Titan King

Chapter 39

White glanced at A2 as they walked in the hallway of the YoHRa base. The rouge Android had agreed to the conditions they had provided to her, do not run or attack any other Android and no one will hurt her. The conditions were simple like Pickle had advised her to keep, which she was honestly sceptical of but they had worked well and A2 had not done either of those things, so maybe it was not so bad. A2 seemed to observe the changes that had been made to the base, another one of Pickles's ideas to allow Android to exercise their creativity which went various paintings were hung on the walls of the hallway. Some of them were of forest, some of mountains and oceans. Some of the recorded YoHRa victories against the machines and more.

Right now, she needed to check on 2B, which Pickle had asked her to do. She did not know why but he wanted her to look after 2B for some time, it kind of sounded ominous to her but she shrugged it off. There hadn't been something that could hurt Pickle and from the medical tests they had done, there wasn't anything in this world to hurt him.

A2: Since when did Andorids start painting?

White was brought out of her thoughts by the sudden question from A2 but she smoothly answered without missing a beat.

White: Just recently.

A2: It is stupid. 

The rouge Android commented without hesitation as she continued to observe the painting, more than once a painting of Pickle would come up, causing annoyance to rise in her.

White: On the contrary, it had been helping the Androids perform better, their outputs had increased by 106% since they had taken up painting.

A2 huffed and crossed her arms, looking away towards the glass that allowed them to view the world below. She refuses to acknowledge it, she had better things to do than be walked around like a dog but she did not have a choice in the matter. She would endure it before she confronts Pickle. He was in a world of pain when she got her hands on him!

They made their way towards the medical bay and quickly found 2B, she was in the middle of putting on a skin-tight black spandex. White recognised the material, it was used whenever Androids went under surgery to have their old skin changed whenever it was too damaged from a battle. A new skin would still be fresh and connected to the systems of the Android, making it much more sensitive, it would go down to normal but during this time the Androids must wear a special material that keeps their touch sense from overloading.

2B: Commander.

The Android nodded, White gestured for her to get ready and 2B quickly did so, putting on her dress and equipping the weapon that was prepared for her.

White: How are you recovering?

A2 raised an eyebrow and looked at White, the Commander-type Android who had never shown concern about others under her command when she was still part of YoRHa, it bewildered her more than the existence of Pickle. 2B nodded at the White, keeping her eyes on A2, her memory core brought up the information on the rouge Android.

2B: The progress of the recovery is as expected. I should be able to go back to schedule and in the field as calculated.

White nodded but before she could any another, a loud alarm rang all throughout the base, bright red lights flashing all around them and a voice on the speakers spoke, everyone recognised the voice of 21O rang out.

21O: Commander White requesting your presence in the command centre, I repeat Commander White requesting your presence in the command centre.

White was quick to move, with 2B and A2 following, it was the best option in this situation. The run to the command centre was short, the moment the trio entered the room their eyes landed on the main monitor that displayed a large moving red dot. Everyone was quick to notice White's presence, they also noticed the two Androids next to her.