The duo's bikes sat idle nearby a wooden pole, while Maxima and K' stare out at the blue sky. Winds pick up as a transparent sheet of sand surrounds the area. K' checks his pocket on his jacket, fumbling around for a bit until he realizes that his snack is gone. Maxima chuckles at this.
K' gives him a look.
"'You really think I eat those things? I have a bit of a dry mouth issue, why chalk it up even more?"
"I don't know," K' sighs, walking towards the wooden pole, leaning against it as he tucks his hands into his pockets. His partner continues to stare afar as K' looks at the ground with his sunglasses, obscured eyes half-opened.
"I'm about to go to sleep."
"Heh, you reminded me of a friend that always said that, K'."
"Right," he slowly nods.
The cyborg starts to worry about what happened back there.
"I'm wondering if N.E.S.T.S. had been on the sidelines, checking our every move when the mercenaries were onto us."
"Maybe. Why don't we find someplace to hide."
Maxima looks at the teen in slight irritation.
"K', we can't always hide from them, we got to do something. I mean-"
"Max, not even my strength can hold a candle to the cartel's men. 'Bet you were gonna say the opposite, weren't you?"
Apparently so as Maxima sighs. After a silent moment, he takes the initiative.
"I'm attempting to contact Harry Ness. It's your choice, 'Dash..."
No words come from the bleached-haired teen. Now Maxima is hesitant. The two have been with each other for awhile, almost like an oddball father-to-son, brother-to-brother bond despite their exact opposite personas. He feels that K' isn't safe with him, and K' knows that. Underneath that tough exterior, K' is a bit of a coward. He was almost fried to bits escaping the cartel's lab along with his cyborg friend. But, he does have a bit of a vendetta against the cartel for making him who he is now. Even K' himself is hesitant on going with Maxima or not.
After what felt like forever, the silence is shattered as K' makes up his mind.
"Can't you just call already?"
"So that settles it." Maxima calls up their friend.
After Maxima was done informing Harry of the news, they hop back on their bikes, preparing to head to their destination.
"We do make a good team, I'll admit."
"Yeah, and a good friend like you is gonna buy me a bag of jerky on the way there."
"Really?"
"You hacked into back accounts in order to get some money for us to stay in the apartment, so don't even try to fastball buying a bag!"
Maxima laughs at K' response.
"Okay, you got me."
It's true, though. K' doesn't nab any bucks, so he lets Maxima do the dirty work in terms of finance.
As they turn on their engines, they peel out from the side of the road and onto the dusty blacktop.
Apologize for the short chapter, but this is pretty much how it looked originally, aside from the chatter I added between the K' and Maxima in the beginning and end in order to lengthen this up some more. There was a fourth chapter, but it was barely finished, so I didn't bother posting it. However, I do remember what I had planned for it, and if I ever get around to writing and a new-and-improved version of a NESTS story, I might be able to squeeze it in somewhere. Yes, I know this isn't the best story ever, just wanted to post it up because I thought it wasn't half-bad.