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Chapter 1: Bored and Alone

Laying down in bed 9s couldn't help but feel bored with no assignments listed yet. Fidgeting with his thumbs he finally sat up thinking of any possible things to do. He could run files of humans again, for the 27th time. But he would eventually end up where he was now. He looked around his bunker looking at the books and artifacts he had been keeping for his own personal collection. The desolate spaces of the bunker seemed to make 9S sink in on himself. All he could hear were the constant humm of the lights above his room and the footsteps of an android passing by. He continued to groan over his frustrations and couldn't understand how humans were able to stay sane with all these emotions at play. Like how do you want to be alone but yet feel lonely for doing so?!

As if a higher being heard his annoyance, pod 153 exited sleep mode and hovered by 9s.

"An assignment has been posted for 2B and 9s. The commander would like to brief you on the mission in 2 hours."

Slightly wincing at the amount of time till then 9s was still happy to hear the news, something to look forward to.

"Thanks 153, I'll go check on 2b to see if she heard the news."

"Affirmative, may I suggest checking in on 21O"

"Uhhhhhh maybe lat..."

"Contacting 21O.."

"W-WAIT POD STOP! CANCEL!"

"Affirmative"

If 9s didn't know any better pod 153 had a sick sense of humor. Anyways, as 9s got into uniform he tied his visor over his head and headed to the door but stopped as his door suddenly whipped open with 2B standing there.

O_o "H-h hey 2B!" If he choked any harder he would've made 2B assume CPR was needed. Then as a cherry on top, pod 153 came around as the smartass he is.

" 9S has a sudden pulse increase, may I suggest..."

*9s Mouthing to the pod "Shut Up"*

"Affirmative"

"9S I see you got the message"

" Yeah! Finally I couldn't wait in fact I was gonna check to see if you did also" he was hoping she was as well.

"Clearly, but have you got any battle records from our last mission, I need to review some techniques and tactics." As expected, straight to the point as always.

" oh...sure hold up I'll send the recordings" going into his database he pulled up the file and sent it to 2B.

"Thanks, I'll see you at the briefing" 2b exited the room leaving a now frustrated in more ways than one 9s. Now he was just staring at his metal door.

"Should I tell her?" Looking back at his pod.

However, his pod just stayed there hovering silently.

"Yeah, same here."

He jumped back on his bed counting the seconds.

~2 hours later~ ( yeah I did that I'm lazy okay DEAL WITH IT)

9s and 2b walked into the command center and did the usual formalities once greeting the commander.

"Great, now that you two are present we can address this...curious signal"

9s, as if on cue with his trigger word, asked "What do you mean by curious?"

"Well, you see that's the problem, scouts have been picking up a signal coming from the sewers under the ruins of the city, not only that intel suggests it's a distress signal"

9s further prodded "Do we have a definite location?"

"No, although the signal seems to fluctuate, that's why we are sending you and 2B to investigate"

"Understood we'll report our findings once we find it" 2B then saluted the commander and headed towards the hanger as 9s followed suit.

"Finally something other than reconnaissance of landscape!" 9s enthusiastically stated as 2B nodded her head in agreement it seemed. She was probably bored of his constant babbling during those.

9s and 2B entered the cockpits and started up the green lights signaled their clearance to take off. As the engines roared alive they were off to find the mysterious signal.

~Author Note~

Hey everyone hope you enjoy the first chapter of my first fanfic. I'll ramp things up eventually but until then drop a review! THX