Chapter 1: Alone

Chapter Text

Maintenance complete

System Check Complete

Restarting mode proceeding…

Restart mode complete

"Good Morning, 9S"

The white-haired boy was lying under the shadow of the trees, the sounds of nature beginning to come through his senses – the singing of the birds, the sound of running water, the warmth of the sunlight passing through the leaves along with the whispers of the wind. 9S opened his eyes behind the black visor he does not remember even being using since…He sits back surprised as his last memories come to his mind: the Tower, the fight against A2…the last thing he can remember was of her, trying to hack through him. Then, only the shadows of unconsciousness came to cover his mind.

He lifts both hands to take off the visor from his eyes…and stares to them with a new wave of surprise. His hands, both of them, the way they always were, both covered with the black gloves of his usual uniform. His left arm must had been repaired, but how? He was alone, and the Bunker does not exists anymore. As if guessing what was crossing the Scanner's mind, Pod 153 began to speak:

"Maintenance and repair proceedings complete. System working with 100% capacity"

9S looks to the hovering Pod.

"Pod 153", the android asks, "Did you repair me?"

"Affirmative." - the Tactical Support Unit answers.

The android boy turn his eyes back to his new functioning hand, slowly opening and closing it to tests its responses. Working normally, indeed. As if nothing had happened. He smirks with the thought. So much had happened. Too much.

Still sitting, the Scanner looked around. He finds himself in the forest near the Kingdom, his sword spiked in a stone nearby with his backpack hung in it. Besides the elements of nature, nothing more (no other sound, nobody else).

"What happened?" - He asks to the Pod – "How did I get here?"

"This Tactical Support Unit brought YoRHa Unit 9S to this place, to prevent damage from the destruction of the Tower, and provided maintenance and repair procedures."

"Wait, the Tower was destroyed?"

"Affirmative. Unit A2 managed to hack through the Tower network, shutting it down, which caused severe damage to the structure, leading it to collapse."

A2. The simple mention of her name made him feel a dark sensation in his chest, as if a cold hand was pressing it.

"Where's A2?"

"Unable to find Unit A2 black box signal. Proposal: Unit A2 black box went offline due to the collapse of the Tower structure, which probably caused severe damages to Unit A2 systems, leading her black box to go offline"

9S stood up. He approached his sword, put his bag in his back, and with a decisive movement, pulled his weapon from the stone. The android boy ran a finger through the side of the blade; the dark sensation growing in his chest. A shadow passed through his blue eyes, nobody there to notice it happening.

"Probably" – He repeated with a husky voice, while the hand around the sword's hilt tighten.

Notes:

So, this is my first attempt of a fanfic. I have an ideia in my mind of what could happen to 9S after ending C. It envolves the burning desire for revenge...and the desesperate effort of a certain combat android to help her partner to finally heal. But it will not going to be easy...
Likes and comments are welcome :)