The Kappa Chronicles (TDC 3)

Chapter 7: On The Clock

Location: Federal Army of Chorus

Time: 8:00 AM

Arizona searched through some garbage. "Found him!" He pulled Lopez out and Sarge tried turning him on. Lopez activated almost immediately.

(TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH) "Why did you have to find me?" Lopez asked.

Sarge grinned. "I can't understand a word you're saying, but good to have you back in the land of the living!

"I wasn't dead. I was happy. Put me back."

"Now let's get moving!"

"I made friends with a space rat."

Arizona turned to the Fed that was helping them. "Now where are Freckles and Kappa?"

"What's a Freckles?" the trooper asked.

a deep voice rung out behind them. Arizona turned around, glaring under his helmet. It was Locus.

" 'Freckles' is a Mantis class walker tank. It was not functioning properly, so we dismantled it. Here." He tossed a memory card to Arizona. "It's basically it's brain. Do with that what you will." Locus turned to walk away.

"What a dirtbag."

"And Kappa?"

Locus stopped. "Kappa? Your AI, you mean?"

Arizona took a few steps forward. "I know you have him. Hand him over."

Locus turned around to face them. "You don't want him."

"Yes we do, now i highly suggest you hand over our friend before i go full taco on you." Lopez said.

Arizona rolled his eyes. Locus is so cliche. "Yes we do. Where is he?"

"Artificial Intelligence Program Kappa decided it would be fun to encode himself so that the only way to unlock himself is by entering an 11-key code. Unfortunately, that code has to be in binary... and Spanish."

"Oh cool. Dirtbag."

Locus glared at Lopez. "I AM NOT A DIRTBAG!"

"HOLY CRAP HE'S BILINGUAL! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!"

Locus nodded. "Good robot. Unfortunately, Kappa used a dialect of Spanish i don't know. But hey, if you want him, here." Locus tossed another memory card. Lopez caught it before Arizona could.

"Mine now."

Arizona, understanding why Lopez had grabbed it, nodded. "Thank you, Locus."

Locus walked away. "No problem."

Once Locus was out of earshot, Arizona turned to Lopez. "Lopez, get to work unlocking Kappa. Since we're now employed by the Feds, the rest of us have training to do."

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Location: New Republic

Time: 9:11 AM

Caboose walked around a corner in the New Republic's base. He had just helped out the machine people who were working on a tank. He saw that there was gas on the floor, so he decided to make it go away using heat! Clever, huh! Caboose heard them yelling behind him. They were probably thanking him.

"AAAUGH! GET IT OFF!!!!"

"IM ON FIRE! OH GOSH! SOMEONE HELP!

"WHERE'S TUCKER WHEN WE NEED HIM OH GOD!"