Blues was… admittedly very tired. He’d heard there was a vending machine that sold E-tanks, which would help bring up his efficiency by at least a few percentage points. He was about to put money in, when he realized that he had no idea what kind of currency they used in this century.
All he had was a few American dollars and a handful of yen, which were mixed in with other types of coins from varying countries. He decided he didn’t want to try them, as they might be valuable if those countries didn’t exist anymore.
Thus, he simply tilted his head and began wirelessly hacking the machine. It was rather simple–all it took was a few moments of decrypting and slightly modifying the code to give him unlimited credit.
As he was waiting for the mechanism to release what he wanted, he noticed a slight signal–which he had at some point recognized as the presence a reploid had–behind him. He turned, expecting it to be some hunter wanting the vending machine.
“Mm?” There was someone hiding around the corner. Strange. “You can come out. I’m almost done here, if you’re wanting at this.” He pulls the tank out of the tray it was finally presented on, cracking it open and taking a sip.
He was still entirely ready to jump into action should this person be an attacker, but he kept up the careful facade of being completely relaxed.
Rebecca made a very distinctive squeak before revealing her face and looking a bit sheepish.
“A-Ah, no, I’m…”
She had been curious, and her face went a bit pink. How to word this…?
“I, uh, was just curious. I’ve never seen you around here before, but you’re friends with D- X?”
She hoped that accidental slip hadn’t been obvious. Probably to anyone else it wouldn’t have been.
Kai stepped back as he laughed at her. She was trapped, literally, between two forces that weren’t about to let her go, and in a room that had only one exit.
“I’m going to make sure X and Zero know where you are. They’ll come to rescue you, because they’re idiots and feel some desire to protect a worthless creation like you. And when they do come, I’ll kill them.”
His tone was flat and matter-of-fact.
“Enjoy your time knowing that you’re going to be the cause of their deaths.”
“They’ve got more important things to worry about!”
Besides, she had more faith in her dads than that. They wouldn’t die to some nutjob Maverick who looked like X. If her normal trackers weren’t functional right now, the one in her in her spinal area certainly was as she could detect.
Then she blinked at a faint noise that wasn’t the growling monster behind her, and she looked around. There it was again! And getting closer apparently.
“Huh?”
She really hoped that wasn’t one of her dads because she swore they genuinely had more important things to do right now.
“Wow! I’ve never had the urge to brutally murder someone before!”
Rebecca had spotted the man in the trench coat down the hallway, involuntarily letting out a squeak before diving behind a wall. Who was the guy who seemed to be really friendly with X? Someone from Cain Labs? What would he be doing in Headquarters though?
She peeked out from behind the wall to look at him, before squinting vibrant blue eyes. He looked a bit like Rock actually, mostly in the hair. The mess was a bit distinctive
Was he related to Rock? Maybe the same creator?
Wait, did he see her? She hid behind the wall a bit more, but she couldn’t exactly keep her bangs from peeking out with her…
Rebecca’s escape through the open passage was blocked off by the appearance of an overly large wolf. The creature’s shoulder was taller than her head, and it had to duck its own head down to fit through the doorway, mouth open as a low growl rumbled free. A few licks of flames even curled around its teeth as it snapped at her.
“Oh, you were so close.” Kai let out a mocking pity laugh as he stepped up behind Rebecca, head shaking sadly as he did. “But I don’t think Caco here has any plans on letting you slip past him. You certainly can try, but… he has even less self control than I do.”
Kai grinned as he stood behind her, arms crossed over his chest. He had no doubt that she would try to lash out, but he was prepared to step back to dodge it. Attacking her right now wouldn’t serve any purpose; keeping her in one piece, or in mostly one piece, would make her serve as better bait.
There would be more for him to tear apart if X and Zero didn’t listen to him.
Rebecca skidded to a halt before she smacked into the robotic wolf, her core thudding in her chest. Shit, she really shouldn’t have tempted fate, even in her own head.
Her armored boots scraped on the floor and she winced a bit at the noise. Blue eyes flicked back and forth between the wolf and the hallway behind it, taking a step back to avoid losing a limb or part of her armor to those teeth.
She let out swears under her breath before stiffening, Her instincts kicked in and she swung an arm out behind her. She didn’t expect to actually hit him, but the instincts she developed while working with X and Zero were screaming at her.
And this was probably the best way of getting him away from her.
“Okay, so like-” He sighed, honestly wondering how exactly to put this. After all, he didn’t want her to get upset with him. “Like, it’s kind of awkward, but uhh..” His face reddened. Here goes nothing! “I… kinda, soooorta, have a thing for your sister.”
He let out a nervous laugh. “It’s pretty awkward, cause ya know.. we’re dating and I wasn’t sure how you’d feel about it.” With that said, he rubbed the back of his head.
Rebecca patiently listened before blinking in surprise. She hadn’t expected that at all.
She gently grasped his hands, hoping she worded this right in her head.
“I would be fine if you dated us both, Axl. You’ve got two hands, you can hold both our hands.”
It probably sounded kind of dumb, but that was the best she had right now.
“It kind of helps, yeah. After all, i don’t see why you’d lie to me.” He had to think about this for a moment. Telling them would most definitely speed up the process. After all, he couldn’t exactly go out and look for Tomoe on his own. X and Zero would freak if he did that.
“You wanna go with me? I’m too scared to do it by myself.”
“I wouldn’t, you’re family.”
She linked her hands together, giving it a bit of thought before nodding. She got up off her butt and dusted herself off a bit out of old habits.
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