Encounter

Summary:

2B finally meet 9S. Would it be too late?

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As 2B runs to the Forest Zone, her mind tries to process all the information about what happened after her death. Her Pod showed her. She saw 9S seeking revenge for her death. She saw the Tower. The fight against her copies. The fight against A2. And even after all that.

The two Pods managed to keep contact with each other, sharing information between then. So as her Pod was working on her, his Pod let it aware of everything happening with the Scanner Unit. So she also could saw his awakening in the Forest Zone. His decision to keep seeking revenge. The hatred in the male android's face. The joy in his eyes while he was destroying everything in his way. She felt something tighten in her chest as the images passes by her mind.

He was losing himself in that mad darkness. And she was afraid of being too late to prevent it.

When her Pod finally managed to restart her, the machines had already tried to ambush 9S, and they were fighting for some time now. Maybe too much time. She was afraid of being too late.

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9S was breathing heavily, countless pieces of machines lying next to his feet, a drop of blood escaping a corner of his lips, scratches in his face. The machines tried their best to overcome him with their greater number, but they did not expect such a strong enemy, so hard (impossible?) to defeat. Hell, the android himself could not imagine what he was able to do once he decided to gives himself up to the hatred inside him.

As if possessed by a demon, he became faster, stronger… deadlier. His enemies' numbers were decreasing in front of him. Sure, they managed to do some damage on him, but his black uniform suffered most of it. His jacket had ripped in some places, leaving his chest bared and revealing scratches and minor, bloody wounds here and there. The rest of his clothes were damaged here and there, but he does not give a damn to it.

Since he gave in to the hatred, he was feeling overwhelmed with the pleasure all that violence was causing on him. No WONDER the Combat models (and the Execute models?) enjoyed fighting so much. The sense of euphoria was taking all his body, pleasing him. For the first time in a long time, he forgot the pain, the fear, the sadness. He will do everything to keep feeling those new sensations, no matter what.

As he recovers his breath, he points his sword to another group of machines. He smirk when realizes then hesitating, beginning to retreat. While wiping the blood on his chin with the back of his free hand, he took a step toward his enemies (his prey?).

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"It's too late', he says with a cold, sharply voice. "There is no escape"

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"Alert!" – the voice of his Pod hold him for a moment – "Damage in Unit 9S' mind increasing"

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"SHUT UP!" – He shouts to it before the Pod could say anything more. With a sharp, fast movement, he approaches the machines…

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And the destruction begin again.

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When 2B finally reached the Forest Zone, she saw some machines trying desperately to run away from the area, many of them seriously damaged beyond repair. She began to feel a cold sense of apprehension at that image. Machines normally would fight until face utterly destruction, what could possibly be happening to make them just give up and chose to run away instead?

What could have caused so much fear?

She hurries herself through the wood, fear for what could happened to 9S increasing in her chest. She follow what seems to be the last sounds of a battle. She just reached a high ground, with some remaining pieces of medieval structure in it, when she finally sees him. He was at some distance below her, pointing his sword to a fallen machine at his feet, some ash staining randomly his pale skin, contrasting with the red of his blood coming from some wounds.

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"Kill me!" – The fallen machine shouts – "What did we do to you?"

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The male android giggles sarcastically, delighted.

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"9S!" – 2B shouts at him, but it was too late to stop him from trespassing his sword through the machine, ending its misery.

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He took a moment looking to the dead metallic body, before slowly turn his eyes to face her. The moment they eyes meet seems to stop, lost in the eternity. Her face was full of angst, worrying for him. But his remained cold with hatred. After a long moment, he pulls his sword from the dead machine body, starting to laugh, a shadow of madness staining the sound.

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"So, even now you machines are still trying to mess with me" – he points his sword at the direction of the female android – "Big mistake"

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"Alert. Mind damage reaching dangerous levels. Proposal: Unit 9S should stop…" – his Pod began to speak, but was suddenly cut off when the android boy grabbed the closest machine part he could find and threw at the Tactical Support Unit's direction with all his force. He was so SICK of that godammit thing's "proposals"; he did not even care to shout it to shut up anymore. Luck for the Pod, he missed. The Tactical Support Unit turned away from him, joining its comrade hovering above the female combat android.

The white-haired android points his sword at the female combat android again. – "Don't worry, '2B'. I will kill you too." He says with a cold voice, while takes a step toward her.

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"And I will enjoy every moment of it."

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2B could not believe what was happening in front of her eyes. As he threatens her, heading toward her, she notices a little red light turning on behind the blue color of 9S' eyes, soft at the beginning, but looking more intense as he approaches her. A Logic Virus?

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"Alert!" – her Pod cut off her thoughts – "Unit 9S is corrupting his own system."

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"What…?"

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It is not a Logic Virus. The truth is, all that hate, all the pain, the desire for revenge, all the cold, twisting darkness…it is not part of who the male scanner truly are. He has a good, caring nature, and it could not bear all he had been through. All those twisted things were in conflict with whom he really are, and were finally charging its price.

He could not stand anymore.

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2B eyes widened in surprise when an alert signal appeared in her sight. One she knows too well. It comes when she faces a particularly dangerous target. She saw it before she fought the Goliath. She saw it when she faced Adam and Eve.

"No…Not Nines…"

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WARNING

YoRHa UNIT 9 TYPE S

Notes:

I hope you're enjoying reading it as much as I'm enjoying writing :)

(P.S: the warning signal is that one on the game, that appears when you're going to fight a Boss ;) )