Fulmination (A Murder Drones Fanfiction)

Ch. 5

     The next few weeks blurred by as we discussed what the next step is, that is, until Uzi came in with a choker on that was eerily similar to Dolls bracelet. "So your mom was from the same place that Doll's mom was?" N asked confused, Uzi nodded casually leaning against me. "I guess? Apparently there's an outpost in the middle of the frozen wilderness that could lead us there, or at least give us something to go on." She said looking around on a map before finding where we needed to look, "Here, this is where we'll need to go, unfortunately my dad told the teacher who has decided to make this a class field trip." I groaned loudly "So we gotta deal with the rest of the snot nose shits in your class while we sniff around this place?" Uzi nodded sharing my annoyance. "Well what if we distract them while you search Uzi? We could be like park rangers! Do activities and stuff so they won't notice you're gone!" I snapped my fingers and pointed at him "Hey that's not a bad idea N!" He puffed his chest and nodded "I can be smart when I want to!" V giggled softly at his antics before leaning back in her chair, "Hope there's something actually there since we have to wrangle a bunch of oil bags for god knows how long." She started picking her teeth with her claw, "Can I at least eat a couple?" I shrugged "Long as it's not one we actually give a damn about." She formed a wicked grin. "Aww thank you Catie! And here I thought you have up on me!" I flipped her off "Piss off V," I thumped her on the head and motioned for them to follow me out of the pod, "Alright. N, V you two go get whatever we need for this to work, Zi head back to the bunker and get ready to head out with your class, I'll chill on top of the bus in case something dumb happens and I need to help, and then you two will meet us at the outpost when you've got everything. Sound good?" Uzi looked at me confused "what could happen?" I gave an unamused look. "This is us we're talking about." She nodded "Yea fair enough." I looked to the other two, N gave me a thumbs up, and V rolled eyes but gave a small smile. "Alright! Shoo, go away get your shit." The two spread their wings and took off, "Now then, I will be your bodyguard today." I grinned at Uzi who blushed and socked me in the arm. "Bite me, let's go." She grumbled as she lead the way back to the bunker.

I stood next to the, oddly enough sentient, bus and its driver as I waited for the rats I had to babysit. They exited the bunker and looked at me confused, "Alright idiots I'm gonna be your bodyguard for the day till you get to your destination, I'll be on the roof. No you cannot talk to me. Get in." They all pile in excitedly chatting between each other in their cliques. I gave the driver a thumbs up as I jumped onto the roof of the bus and sat down, nearly being thrown off as the bus kicked itself off its front wheels and took off...galloping? I'm not sure how to describe the way this thing moved.

The trip to the outpost was...comforting... kinda. After so many weeks of nonstop research, attacks, and drama it was nice to just sit for a while with my own thoughts. Of course it would've been nice if the emotions and experiences I've been repressing hadn't had a chance to be unrepressed, for example prom."Fuck!" I yelled as I put my head in my hands, 'What the hell did I do?! I kissed Uzi like it was nothing! Where the hell did that come from?! I mean I like her, but, for fuck sake neither of us are in a position to be in a relationship like that!' I could feel the blush in my face, so warm it was threatening to overheat me. 'Should I step back? No that's stupid that would just cause issues.' My thoughts were spiraling out of control for a second before I shocked myself lightly to ground myself. "Okay, no need for that. It'll be okay. It'll be okay." Then I started thinking about J, I thought we at least had a decent working relationship. Yet she betrayed me so easily, tried to kill me. At this point I wish I could just flood my system with the rest of my memories so I could figure out what's going on, it would probably hurt like hell but it would be worth it. It feels like I know everything and nothing at the same time, it's starting to get frustrating. I sighed and closed my eyes and did a diagnostics test, all green despite me knowing otherwise. Looking around to figure out where we were I decided to do a bit of a deep dive into my systems. As I scanned my systems I couldn't find much of anything, then I found a file named (_AS_BLOCK), I knew immediately what it was and stopped there not wanting to accidentally set off that repair function but kept a mental note about it. Rubbing my face in exasperation it came to my attention that the bus had stopped and the oil bags had gotten out while I was distracted. My eyes scanned each student and made sure all of them were there when I saw Uzi walk off with a cute little bat backpack.