Kessie's Short Stories

[Mega AU][MMZX] Distortion

Originally published 12/16/2018

The longer he had to stay in this area, the more Vent realized he hated being alone.

Guardian HQ had picked up a signal from a fragment of Model W, and being the more able bodied of him and Aile, Vent had gone to investigate with Model Z and Model X.

"How much further is the Model W fragment?" Vent asked into his headset to HQ.

"Not far from you." Aile declared from the other side. "According to the radar, it should be within five feet of you. You should be seeing it soon if you haven't seen it yet."

"Got it." Vent affirmed before closing the connection. Under his breath he added, "Not that it helps or anything..."

Vent...

"Did you hear that?" Vent asked to the Biometals. "I thought I heard something..."

'Ignore it.' Model Z immediately told him.

Vent...

"There it was again." the young man mumbled. He looked around for a moment before heading in the direction he thought he heard the voice.

Vent... I'm here Vent...

Vent had to dig around in some vines before uncovering what they had been looking for this entire time. A fragment of Model W sat there in the weeds and the mission said that it had to be destroyed immediately, but Vent hesitated.

'Vent, use the buster to destroy the fragment.' Model X gently reminded him. 'You know what our mission is, and you know how important it is.'

'We have no other business with this fragment anyway.' Model Z agreed. 'Get rid of it quickly before something bad happens.'

Ve-ent... Come closer...

To this day, Vent wasn't sure if he was following his own will as he moved closer to the Model W fragment. His hand reached out to it in curiosity and wonder.

'Vent, don't...!' Model X shouted a second too late as Vent touched the Model W fragment. A sudden shock of pain jolted through Vent's hand and to his heart, causing the young man to jump back screaming. The pain was too intense for him and without warning, Vent lost consciousness and hit the ground hard.

When he came to again, something seemed... off. Vent tried to move around to get a better understanding of where he was- it didn't take long for him to realize that he was clinging to something, like he was being carried.

"Are you up yet bug?" the voice of a female woman softly asked him as she put a hand on his back. "You have to walk when we get to Boss, you know?"

Vent, who had not quite registered that he was a lot smaller than usual, only nestled closer to the woman carrying him. Her clothes smelled a bit musty -like she had left them in the washer for too long before finally putting them in the dryer- but there was also a hint of a light lavender fragrance. Vent nuzzled even closer to catch a whiff of one other smell that hung on the woman's clothes. It was so familiar; it wasn't like motor oil, but it reminded him a bit of...

"Alrighty Vent, down you go." the woman said, moving him around so she could place him on the ground.

No! Vent bemoaned to himself as he resisted the motion. The woman was warm and the world was cold; pick me back up, pick me back up! But the woman insisted, and before he knew it Vent was standing on the ground looking up at the woman's lower torso. He only came up to her hips, after all.

"Mama..." Vent whined, trying to get the woman's attention to pick him up again. "Mama. Mama!!"

"Oh come on Vent." the woman sighed despite letting out a small laugh. "You're a big kid now. You don't need me to carry you everywhere."