Chapter Warnings: N/A
AN: Very short explanation chapter; next one will be longer and more interesting if you can't tell by the end of this one. ;P
"S'ah, dude!"
Yellow forced the most convincing smile he could muster. It seemed to do the trick when the default returned it. "Hey, Bing! Um…what are you up to?"
Bright yellow eyes flashed behind their glasses. Yellow had to force himself to laugh as he was pulled to his feet. Bing didn't answer; just dragged the Google through the building and to the Door that would teleport them to the Septics' place. Ah. It was one of those days, was it? Yellow had to suppress a growl of irritation as he was pulled through the door.
He could only be grateful that Chase's little terrors weren't there to scream his ear off this time. He felt fortunate that Chase didn't have full custody of the kids. At least that meant Yellow got some reprieve from what he deemed miniature devils. Why was he the one who had to deal with Bing and Chase? Red was the more patient of the Upgrades… Then again, he wasn't the best as studying emotions. Yellow suppressed a sigh. That was why he was the one who had to put up with Bing and Chase, after all.
No matter. Once it came to Yellow's part in the plan, things would start to get interesting for him. He had that to look forward to, the Google reminded himself.
Yellow grimaced as Chase shot a mini confetti cannon in the robots' direction. How obnoxious…
Blue had better get on with the plan. Yellow was oh, so close to just strangling Chase and shooting Bing to just get it over with.
Day by day, the Googles worked tirelessly closer to starting Phase One. As far as the Upgrades were aware, it was a simple step that none of the others would notice. It was a simple step that left the Upgrades bored or annoyed with their current posts.
It was a simple step that had Antisepticeye throwing a screwdriver at Blue's head.
The Googles could only blink and stare at the glitch after it bounced harmlessly off the back of their leader's head. Anti didn't budge: Neither leaving nor moving farther into the room. He wore a wide grin, but it didn't quite reach his eyes.
"Antisepticeye." Blue turned away from his computer, face void of emotion. He grabbed something off his desk and crossed toward the Septic as if nothing had happened. The Upgrades watched with interest. This would make their fifth attempt with the item Blue proceeded to toss at the glitch so as to avoid physical contact.
Three pairs of eyes—red, green, yellow—watched the glitch and their leader. Blue held his forearm out toward Anti as the Septic clicked the item—a shock collar-looking thing—around his neck. The glitching of his form stopped, but now for the moment of truth…
The glitch's hand rested atop Blue's arm, and the Upgrades' eyes widened when the older android didn't react. Blue didn't flinch like last time as the point of contact sparked, or crash like the time before that. Anti smirked.
"Finally got it to work," Anti said. He couldn't hide the fact he was impressed as he crossed his arms.
Red furrowed his brow. He looked over the rim of his glasses to lock eyes with the glitch. "Why is he here? We haven't even begun Phase One."
Blue returned to his computer before answering, "I have had to make alterations to our plans. Phase One will begin with Anti rather than Yellow." The Google in question let his shoulders sag. Blue seemed to notice and smirked lightly. "Yellow's part will come later. It will involve…" he glanced at Anti. The glitch could word things in far more…interesting, ways than the android.
"A 'change in mind' of your dear friend the default," Anti finished. His grin bared sharp fangs, baby blue eyes flashing to black for but a moment. "A fun little reprogrammin'."
Yellow quirked his brow with curiosity. Originally, he was supposed to get rid of Bing and try to turn Chase. This…could be far more interesting.
"To begin, Green," Blue continued, "you will need to keep Dr. Iplier distracted; do not allow him to contact Schneeplestein and keep him in his clinic. Find a way to break his CAT scan so it appears as a malfunction. Try to get tools as payment for repairing it; preferably ones we don't already have." Green nodded. "Yellow, bring Bing, Chase, and any other Septic you can manage to our building. Keep them away from Ego Central until after Phase One is begun." Another nod; this one from the yellow Google. "Red, start a fight with Jackieboy. Get as many of the remaining Septics out of their building as you can, but do not draw their doctor's attention." A roll of the eyes, but Red nodded as well. "I will be working on the program for Bing and setting up an area for the next step in this Phase."
The lead Google then turned to Anti. The glitch raised a brow. "Many of your creator's fans believe Schneeplestein was kidnapped and possibly tortured, correct?" The glitch nodded. His grin grew slightly; he already knew where this was going. "Make it happen."
AN: Oh, did I tell you Anti would have a major role in this? No? Oops~
I usually write him and the androids as unable to stand each other. This fic is quite a step away from my usual stuff, so I started thinking, "Hey, what if they actually work together for this fic?"
. . . That was a bad idea. (warning) He has now set in stone that this fic will be a lot darker than I originally intended.
