Ashe always thought that being a hero was overrated. She was a bounty hunter. She was not a hero or anything special. She ran her fingers through her hair, the light gray hair and sighed. Her new room, at least for now. Meandering around was a different way of life, not one others would prefer. She liked it, though. She was hardened and raised to be like that. Vent offered to have her join a team, offered to have her be a part of something where the people knew how good she was, and she didn't have to always have good days. Showing off could be so exhausting, Ashe mused as she took off her jacket, exposing a jumpsuit underneath. The jumpsuit was sleeveless, to remove all hinderance on movement. The jacket she wore was baggy, protecting her from the cold, and covering up her scars.
It's not that she wanted to hide the scars, it was that she wanted to he bright and happy and how others react to her cheery outlook would change if they saw the scars. These weren't from missions that went wrong or bad nights. She could not remember where she got them. They were remnants from a past that she could not claim. She unclipped her hair and let it flow down, running to the bag to fetch out pajamas and a brush.
"Ashe… phone's going off" Her Biometric companion seemed to shout in her mind. The bimetal went by A, but since ALBERT was out of the question, she wondered what he wanted it to stand for, she never knew. Ashe ran to her phone, noticed that the number was already recognised as…
"Vent. How did-"
"Blame X. You eat yet?" Vent's voice rang out a bit breathless through the phone.
"No, but what does that have to do with anything?" She asked. She was extremely confused and was bewildered when he hung up and there was a knock on the door. Ashe looked through the peephole of the door and completely understood why he asked. Vent rushed in and set down a couple pizza's.
"You wanna tell me how the hell you found me?" Ashe asked, kind of surprised that he was here.
"X's been keeping tabs on lil' A." Vent said, like it explained everything. Ashe blinked and sat down.
"How have you've been holding up. I know that losing Z-" Ashe said as she sat down and took a slice of pizza. Vent was about to answer but X responded first.
"It's not the first time that He's been lost. We'll save him." X said with practiced poise, like he trained himself to give that response. Ashe felt the need to hug him. Vent smiled sadly
"Z was a gift from the man who raised me after. After he died, I kind of treasured Z and the double megamerge that it was because you could feel the partnership that the two have." Vent's said in between bites.
Ashe didn't know what to say. She knew what merging with a bimetal felt like. When they felt emotions that the biometal felt and they felt what the wearer felt. Ashe thought back to Biometal A. How would she feel if A sacrificed himself for her. He knew her and megamerge gets her to know him because they literally one. If Ashe lost A, she'd be completely upset, and feeling like a part of her is missing.
Vent sighed. "the other megamen are still in the ocean. Z holds them down there."
"Z is extremely powerful, but even he has his limits." X said
Ashe nodded. "So are we gonna get him and release the other megamen? We know what megamerge is like. We can't rip the biometals away from them."
"I mean we'll have to, save him I mean." Vent said.
"But what about the megamen? I lost my mother during a maverick attack and-" Ashe looked at Vent.
"yeah, I know." Vent sighed. "We'll figure something out, kid." Ashe and Vent say in silence, not knowing what to say. On the surface, hey, they were family, but the 'father' had some questionable motives because he left women pregnant, just to have the kids fight in some tournament. He either forgot about her, or he thought that she died.
"Hey, kid, try not to think about it too much ok? Blood doesn't mean much if there's no bond." Vent said, smiling. Ashe, shouldn't help but smile back.
"So, we're gonna go save Z?" Ashe said. "This may be fun."
The two of them looked over the ocean. It was extremely beautiful.
"It's hard to see that He's down there." Vent whispered, quiet and thoughtful. Ashe quietly nodded, and the two megamerged. Ashe had her usual armor on, but Vent had the blue armor on and his green eyes, the only family resemblance that the two had, were dulled, like he was about to cry. Ashe looked at him and offered a hand.
"I'm ok kid." He smiled sadly. "It's just that without Z, everything's different."
Vent transformed into biometal L, and looked at Ashe, raising an eyebrow. Ashe blinked and nodded, putting a hand on Vent's shoulder and copied him. Ashe flinched at the pain, like her body was getting rewritten. After a few seconds the pain faded and she took a breath.
"Ready, Ashe?" Biometal A asked. She nodded and transformed into a copy of model L. Ashe smiled and jumped in the ocean, with Vent right at her heels.