"Ashe, get those boxes for me and bring them over to Dutch Rogers's venue."
"Why? Your bones are made out of steel too- I helped give Madame Bouche's order to her earlier and I think I hurt something."
Ren Bonne's stare to her only daughter was one that illustrated certain death and anger.
"You've existed for twenty years girl." Mrs Bonne threatened. "The scientists brought you into this world, and I can take you out before you even dream of another twenty more years."
"But Momma," Ashe said in a cute tone, "Defiance is clearly an inherited trait in our family."
The old Reploid did not waiver and only stared her daughter down.
"Right!" Ashe agreed instantly. "Dutch Rogers, boxes, on it!"
"Thank you pup." Mrs Bonne approved with a nod. "Now hurry, and get out of here with those before he starts marching over here himself."
"Yes ma'am." Ashe agreed quickly before picking up the two (rather heavy) boxes and skirted away without wasting another moment. Mrs Bonne watched her daughter leave with a proud little huff. But the feeling of pride was fleeting when Taniyen came forward with a woman that looked dressed like a skank and held herself like a movie star- except she looked a little beaten up, likely from getting caught by Teniyen, who had secretly dedicated himself to protecting the black market.
One look at Mrs Bonne, and the skank knew she was in trouble.
"We don't need you here." Mrs Bonne told the skank in a cold tone. "You need to state your business with the next thirty seconds, or I'll ask Taniyen to kick your prissy ass until your own mother can't recognize you."
The skank took a look at Teniyen -who was a lot stronger than what he first appeared- and gulped.
"I... I was told that I w-would be able to find Ashe B-Bonne here." the skank said nervously. "I-it's been twenty years and... and the community would like to know where their tax paying dollars went."
Mrs Bonne snorted.
"The tax payers didn't spend a cent on the creation of the abomination child." the old Reploid said. "The 'community' that you speak of had nothing to do with the procedure, nor do they need to be informed about it."
"But... but Hikari's plans, they were public record- and... and the Sage Trinity would have collected tax initiatives to fund the project!"
"Thomas Hikari was a retarded moron, it wasn't his research that led to the birth of the abomination- and the so called Sage Trinity did not fund it."
"But...!"
"Get out." Mrs Bonne said in a low tone. "Or I will make you."
"Y-yes ma'am..." the skank agreed. But that was when Mrs Bonne saw a certain flicker in the skank's eye that made the Reploid have a brief moment of fear. "But if I may ask something- are the rumors that Di Bonne and Master Albert are related true?"
For a moment, Mrs Bonne froze.
"Taniyen..." Mrs Bonne said in such a soft tone that it was hard to hear her, "Please leave us for a few moments."
Taniyen gave Mrs Bonne a wary look, but obeyed. One the Reploid was out of eye range, the skank then held herself higher and almost appeared threatening.
"For the most feared cretin of this generation, that sure as hell was one bullshit of a move." the skank told Mrs Bonne darkly.
"Am I the only one playing with shit?" Mrs Bonne responded coolly. "Perhaps you haven't watched your step since you entered my kennel."
The skank, no longer under the eye of Taniyen, did not back down.
"Tell me about the Weil family." the skank told the old Reploid, "Or I'll tell the freak everything I know and make her come with me."
"I will never violate the vows I made." Mrs Bonne informed the skank, to which she laughed at.
"He's dead!" the skank laughed, "His skeleton lies dormant six feet under. 'Til death do us part', or do you live in a lie from the natural separation?"
Now, it was Mrs Bonne's turn to laugh.
"Di did not have to change my programming. I didn't have to marry him. I do not have to respect the vows we made although he has left me, and his biological daughter never got to meet him. And yet, I have more honor for my dead husband than most hussies can say about their living ones."
"So he made you love him, even after his death? I am impressed."
"I. Am. A. Reploid." Mrs Bonne said slowly as anger started to boil in her circuits. "I. Have. Free. Will. As. Intended."
"And you love a dead man."
"I never said I loved him."
The skank gave Mrs Bonne a rather hard stare as the two were silent for several minutes. To Mrs Bonne's dismay, Ashe was coming back from helping Dutch Rogers. The child was not dense, however, and she paused when she saw the skank. In fact, Ashe nearly backed up and walked in the opposite direction as if she had taken a wrong turn.
"Would you kindly wait, please." the skank then told Ashe sweetly, but an undertone in her voice made Mrs Bonne's fists start to clench. Ashe stood where she was, her face growing pale with an inherent fear that stemmed from feeding off of her mother's anger.
"Tell me young thing, what do you know about the Weil family?"
Ashe looked at Mrs Bonne with confusion.
"Mrs Bonne, am I authorized to-"
"You do not need her permission to answer a history question." the skank snapped at the hybrid. Ashe's body tensed again, this time with her own head rush of anger from being cut off by a stranger.
"Dr Barlet Weil helped create the Mother Elf," Ashe started to say, a hint of her anger hinted through in her tone, "The Mother Elf then merged with Mega Man X for a brief period of time to end the 'natural' Maverick outbreaks. But Dr Weil had fitted the Mother Elf with the personality of a human he had the hots for and he ended up destroying the peace that could have been with the Mother Elf."
"Good girl." the skank then said, rather admirably- but Mrs Bonne knew that it was only because Ashe had revealed information that wasn't known to everyone.
"Now, would you kindly, tell me what you know about Master Albert."
"He's part of the Sage Trinity."
"Is that all?"
Ashe remained silent and threw a side glance at Mrs Bonne. Unfortunately, the old Reploid couldn't say or do anything to get the poor hybrid out of her situation.
"What if I told you, young thing, that Dr Weil and Master Albert are related?"
Ashe shrugged in response, not sure what to say.
"Oh, it's true." the skank told Ashe with a certain glimmer in her eye. "Master Albert is Dr Weil's estranged son. You see, Dr Weil had a wife named Rivina who died quite suddenly at such a young age- through her, Dr Weil gave birth to Albert Weil, named after Rivina's brother in law, Albert Wiley. After the death of Rivina, Master Albert saw the world differently from his father, and when Dr Weil got 'the hots' for the lady that would become the Mother Elf, well, that was the last straw for Master Albert."
Ashe looked at the skank, giving a look of cold distrust.
"Do you want to know who connects Rivina to Albert Wiley?" the skank then asked, flashing Mrs Bonne a look of being victorious.
"No." Ashe said calmly. "Thank you for the offer, but I think that I've learned enough from you for today."
The skank's jaw dropped as Mrs Bonne started to feel like the victorious one. That was her little freak standing up for herself!
"You have five minutes to head out alone." Ashe then said. "Or Taniyen would gladly help you."
The skank just looked at Ashe.
"Four minutes." Ashe then said, paused for a moment, then said, "Three minutes."
Out of no where, Taniyen came up behind the skank- providing the hidden signal for her to start running.
"Two minutes..."
The skank just looked at Ashe as hatred started to boil up and down her spine.
"One minute."
Now, what do you think the skank did next?