Kessie's Short Stories

[MMZX][Mega AU] A-Trans

Originally published 2/24/2020

The thought occurred to him one day without much of a warning; Grey had the power to A-trans without Model A. He didn't know how he had formed the thought, but it was a powerful one. It was a thought so interesting that he didn't dare act on it until far later into the year- he needed a day where everyone was working, while Grey himself had nothing to do.

For this, it was safe to say that Aile was to blame.

When Grey wasn't placed on a babysitting mission with Ashe, he tended to spend his time with the current interim leader of the Guardians, Aile. It wasn't a well known fact, but Aile was slowly dying due to some altercation she and her brother experienced some years back. Grey liked Aile and enjoyed hearing of her past experiences. He was sure that he could have called her a friend, but he never really got around to asking if that was the case.

"You requested my presence, Commander?" Grey greeted as he entered the Grand Nuage's command room. Immediately, Aile turned her chair around to greet Grey with a smile.

"I did." she affirmed. "Help me up, would you? We need to discuss this privately."

Doing as he was asked, Grey helped Aile out of her seat and together they went to the commander's bedroom. Grey helped Aile down on a particularly comfy looking sofa before making sure that the door was securely locked. With that done, he took a seat next to Aile and waited for further command.

"Grey, I'm going to cut to the chase here; do you have Model A with you?"

"No." the Reploid disagreed without a second thought.

"So Ashe has him now, right?"

"Yeah...?"

"Do you ever use Model A, Grey?"

For a moment, Grey gave the Guardians' commander a funny glance. Aile wanted something, that much he was pretty sure of, but what did it have to do with Model A? And why did her face look so passive, yet so incredibly smug at the same time?

"Commander Aile, I don't follow." he admitted. Hearing this, Aile sat a bit straighter in her seat; in another time, had she been able to stand on her own, she would have gotten up and stood right in front of Grey to assert a stubborn dominance over him.

"I'll be blunt then," Aile mused, "When we leave this room, we're going straight to the training room and you are going to A-trans."

Grey recoiled in a mild discomfort. So this is what Aile wanted...

"We don't even know if I can A-trans without Model A..."

Aile reclined a bit, a small smirk crossing her face in amusement. "What was it that you told me Master Albert said? 'I made you in my image' and something about being a spare?"

"Something like that." Grey grumbled under his breath.

"Ergo, since he had some capabilities to A-trans, that means, by all rights, you should be able too."

Once more, Grey could do nothing but stare at Aile.

"Aile, when was the last time you saw a neurologist?"

To his surprise, she laughed at him.

"You're starting to sound like Vent." she snorted. Grey raised an eyebrow as he allowed her to let out a good chuckle. When Aile was satisfied with her moment's reprieve, she turned her attention back to the Reploid. "Just trust me on this, just this once. If it makes it any easier, you can transform into me. You still have that DNA, don't you?"

The already confused Reploid could feel his hair stand up on end in pure shock.

"I... I can't do that." he insisted.