Soft Metal
If you haven't read Flesh Wound, then don't read this until you've read that. It's the 'Prequel'
So this is the first chapter of the actual story in the Flesh War trilogy. So we last left Gabriella May Doux with our mystery bot. This one saved her from being auctioned off to a shady Tower Brat. By the way, sorry for the terribly long wait and all. I've been super busy lately.
Let's check in on Gabby, shall we?
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I groaned, but from a headache not tiredness. I felt energized and replenished. That was a weird but welcome change considering I always had to get up early to take care of the flowers. My eyes bugged and my heart stopped.
"THE FLOWERS!" I shouted.
It all came flying back at me like a slap to the face. I cried out again as I remembered I had been kidnapped, then auctioned, and brought to the home of the blue and white mech.
A tremendous crash sounded behind me followed by a loud thunk. I whipped my head around to face the sounds and yelped as I found the mech from before rushing towards me.
"Are you alright?!" he boomed.
I froze up. That voice was achingly familiar. I backed away and the mech gave me a hurt look. His expression quickly changed to a soft brotherly smile.
"Do you remember me, or…at least my voice?" he asked tentivly.
"Ghost boy?" I whispered hoarsely.
"Yeah, it's me. My real name is Mirage." He chuckled.
"You bought me at the auction." I stated.
"You weren't hurt there were you?" he asked suddenly.
"I suppose not, for the most part." I shrugged uncomfortably.
Mirage gingerly picked me up and set me in his palm. Cradling me over his Spark Chamber, he walked downstairs to the kitchen where servants were waiting for him. He set me down on the table close to where he sat as the servants laid out exotically cooked energon treats. It made me hungry. I then noticed I didn't have my visor and began to panic. Mirage looked up from his breakfast and cocked his head to the side.
"Your visor is being fixed, don't worry you'll retrieve it later." He told me.
I nodded to him quietly and a collective gasp ran through the crowd. I stared at the servants who gaped at me in horror. I didn't understand but Mirage seemed to.
"They're waiting for you to address me as sir." He explained.
"Why? You're not my master." I replied. He smiled softly.
"You're mostly right. I am not your master whatsoever, but I am the master of this house. I have the final say. You kind of have to." He explained.
"Look Mirage, I'm not from Cybertron, I'm from Earth. Those rules never applied for me. So you either need to teach me or accept that it won't just stick." I told him. He rolled his eyes…optics (Dammit!)
behind me followed be a loud thunk. and white ace. rs. sh War trilogy. "Fine, whatever." He sighed.
He dismissed the servant bots and they reluctantly left.
~Aren't you hungry? ~ Primus said randomly.
I jumped as Primus's voice rang in my head. With a shake of my head I tried to muffle the sounds of hungry protest from my belly.
"Starving actually, so yes, I'm hungry." I mumbled to him.
~Then why don't you eat? ~ He asked.
"It's not my house, or my food so I shouldn't." I told the god.
~But Gabby… ~ he protested.
"No, just go." I hissed.
Reluctantly, I felt Primus leave my consciousness. Mirage poked me on the shoulder. I jumped but turned to him.
"Yeah, what?" I asked.
"Why is your tank rumbling like that?" he asked.
"It means I need to eat." I explained.
"And, just why, are you keeping that to yourself?" he asked angrily.
"What are you so angry at me for?" I snapped.
"If you need to eat then tell me." he scolded.
He got up and opened the cabinets. He ruffled through them and found the smallest plate in there. He piled some of the food that the servants had left onto it and put it on the table. I hopped up and checked it out. They were little glowing blue balls, melted into one blob and sandwiched between two slabs of what resembled bread. With a shrug I took the me-sized burger-look-alike and took a bite.
Oh wow, I was in heaven!
The sheer taste was heavenly. There was flavor, texture, and it was filling. It reminded me of my time on earth though. There were no more Wal-Mart's or Targets. You scrounged for food and hoped to find something edible. I nearly starved many times and I was always hungry. When I did get something to eat it was usually broth or some sort of nasty slop.
I looked down sadly; did I really deserve this? Did I really deserve what my kind was depraved of?
I looked down at my food with a sigh. I picked at it for a few moments before taking another bite. The taste was less amazing now. Sadly I set the food back on the plate. The action wasn't unnoticed by my supposed "savior".
"Is something wrong Gabby?" he asked.
"I suppose you could say that." I muttered.
"C'mon G, you can tell me." Mirage said encouragingly cupping my back with a servo.
"I don't deserve this. Not when the rest of my, err…people are faring much worse." I told him.
"What's happened to them? Maybe I can help…" Mirage asked.
"Well," I mused as I tried to choose my words carefully, "I really can't tell you. Let's just say that there are some really bad people on my planet and they filled it with much misery."
Mirage stuck out his…glossa, was it, in dismay. He got up and put his plate in the sink and began to wash it. I was thankful that he was too far gone as to have his scattered array of servants do everything for him.
"Well, I can't really say that I understand," Mirage gestured to the estate, "I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, so to speak. I really do care to understand the fighting and controversy beyond what I've seen with the other tower mechs. So I really can't say much in good advice."
"That's okay Mirage, I don't mind." I said sadly.
"I can, however, say that you do what you have to. So for right now, eat up. We're going to have hell when I introduce you to the rest of the staff."
I gulped down my pride and a twinge of solid fear. I had to meet the rest of the servants today.
This would not end well…
Finish
So there's the first chapter in this series. I hope you liked it!
Ja ne, Songbird O.o
Check out Flesh Wound if you missed it!