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Murdoc heard a knock on his door.
"Yeah," he muttered, not looking away from his TV.
Noodle gingerly opened the door.
"What are you doing?" she asked brightly.
"Just looking through Cyborg's memory drive to see if I can find anything weird.." Murdoc said, glancing up at Noodle.
"Mind if I join you? 2D's asleep and Russel's out," she asked.
Murdoc patted the place next to him on the ground. "Sure, Noods."
She sat down next to him. "Where's Cyborg, anyway?"
"She's in the closet, half dead because I took this shit out," Murdoc said absentmindedly, pressing buttons on the remote.
Noodle looked at the big TV, showing different kinds of images.
"Look, wait. I can play whole clips of what she's recently seen," Murdoc muttered, pressing different buttons on the remote while staring intently at the TV.
"Here!" he then said triumphantly, as something started playing on the screen.
Noodle looked on, interested as a scene of her and 2D gaming was played. It really was weird to imagine these scenes were coming straight from that weird robot's head.
Murdoc pressed a button, and it went on to another scene of Murdoc throwing beer cans toward the screen, or in other words, Cyborg's head. Noodle chuckled.
A scene of 2D eating breakfast, Russel cooking, just ordinary, daily things. What creeped Noodle out though was that Cyborg had been watching them all without any of them noticing.
Another scene of Murdoc snapping at Cyborg, 2D brushing his teeth.. then something else came on screen.
It was blurry and part of the screen was black, as if there was something in front of Cyborg's eyes. Eventually Noodle could make out more of what was happening. Her eyes widened. There was a shock of blue hair right in front of the vague outline of Murdoc's face. There were some muffled sounds and giggles, and their heads drew nearer to each other, a few growled words were heard – and Murdoc switched the TV off.
"Murdoc, what was that?" Noodle asked with wide eyes.
"It was nothing, nothing at all!" Murdoc said hastily.
"God damn it, I didn't even know Cyborg had been in that fucking closet.." he muttered to himself as he jumped up to the closet where a lifeless Cyborg Noodle was currently staying.
"Murdoc, what was that?" Noodle insisted, standing up and following him.
"Nothing, Noodle! It was nothing. Why don't you go play your guitar or something," Murdoc snapped.
Noodle gave him a long, hard stare. "Fine," she then said very quietly, and left without another word.
After she'd left, Murdoc ran his hands through his hair and groaned. Shit, shit, SHIT. He was so grateful Cyborg had been looking on through the slit of the closet doors, and nothing was too clear.
He fixed Cyborg, waking her up.
"Cyborg, what the FUCK were you doing watching me and 2D the other day?" Murdoc hissed, wanting to sound aggressive but not wanting to speak too loudly.
Cyborg cocked her head, not saying a word.
"What the fuck is up with you these days, you bloody useless robot! I should have left you to rust on Plastic Beach!" Murdoc spat, slapping her on the head. He hurt his hand on the rock hard surface, and he waved it about, cursing.
"Whatever, just DON'T fucking look on when we're.. when.. when we're together!" Murdoc snapped, and turned around.
He was stopped by Cyborg's ice cold, incredibly strong fingers grasping his wrist. He jerked back around, shocked that she would touch him.
Her expression made the snarls dry up in his throat, though. She had a weird smirk on her face and her eyes were glowing bright.
"Cyborg? Let me the fuck go," Murdoc tried to snap, but the words sounded nervous and pathetic.
Cyborg just tightened her grip on Murdoc's wrist and her head twitched, making buzzing sounds. Murdoc swore he could see sparks fly from her eyes.
Murdoc tried pulling away, but Cyborg just held on tighter and pulled him toward her.
The grip on his wrist was getting really painful now, and he tried punching her in the face but she stopped him with her other hand. Then suddenly, her whole head twitched to the side and sparks flew everywhere, and she went lip, chin resting on her chest, hands now lifeless. Murdoc felt the grip on his wrist slacken and the hand slipped off, resting at her side.
He took a step backwards and stared at the robot for a moment, making sure it wasn't suddenly going to jump back to life or something. After he was convinced nothing would happen, he quickly stuffed her into the closet, locking the door firmly, and moving a cupboard in front of it.
When Murdoc finally felt safe, he dropped down on his bed.
What the fuck was that?
He took a deep, steadying breath, and tried to figure out what had just happened.
Murdoc groaned. He'd really have to figure out what was wrong with that thing, he had put too much work and effort into it to just destroy it.
"Murdoc?" he suddenly heard outside his door. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Noodle," he called out, examining his wrist.
Bruises were blooming from where Cyborg had gripped him.
"Fine.." he repeated quietly, thinking hard.
He had to talk to 2D.
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"2D, stop acting like a fucking child and eat your food," Murdoc snapped as 2D was drawing shapes in his mashed potato with his fork.
He was desperate to get a moment alone with him so he could ask him about what he knew about Cyborg.
"Sorry," 2D said sheepishly, and scooped the food into his mouth.
"Guys, do you want to watch a movie tonight?" Russel suggested.
"No!" Murdoc snapped.
"Yeah!" 2D said at the same time.
"Oh come on, Murdoc, stop being such a sour old man and come and watch a movie with us!" Noodle joked.
Murdoc threw her a glare at the 'old man' part.
"No, I have something I need to talk about with 2D," Murdoc insisted.
Noodle glanced at him.
"Aww, but Muds, I really want to watch a movie! Please?" 2D asked, looking up at him with huge black puppy dog eyes.
Murdoc grit his teeth, he hated when 2D put on that face.
"Fine," he growled. "But right after that we're going up."
"Sure!" 2D beamed, and they finished their dinner, and went to the living room.
Russel chose some kind of horror, and they all sat on the couch comfortably. Murdoc couldn't concentrate on the movie, though, and sat waiting impatiently for it to finish.
As soon as it did, Murdoc grabbed 2D's wrist and pulled him up the stairs to his room.
Russel and Noodle looked at each other, confused.
"What the fuck was that all about?" Russel asked.
Noodle shrugged, although she had a fair hunch.
Russel glared at her. "You do know! Jesus Christ, I'm always the only one who doesn't know anything in this house!" he exclaimed.
Noodle looked at her hands guiltily. "That's not true, Russ. I don't know much more than you."
"Oh, come on Noods! You always know more than me! I'm sick and tired of being the one who's always being left out of things," Russel said angrily.
"Russel, there are a lot of things going on that we both don't know about," Noodle said quietly.
"Whatever, Noodle. I'm going to bed," Russel said, shrugging, and left.
Noodle sat there, fighting a silent war inside her head. Telling Russel what she'd seen would mean betraying Murdoc's trust, and not telling Russel would mean he would stay angry with her.
She knew Russel was right, though. Usually when something was going on, he was the last to know. She could understand why it made him frustrated.
She decided she was going to go up to his room and have a good talk with him to straighten things out.
On her way to his room, she heard Murdoc and 2D talk loudly in 2D's room. She paused at the door, her curiosity getting the better of her.
"Why the fuck didn't you tell me?" she heard Murdoc hiss.
"I'm sorry, Muds! I thought you told her to do it! You were mad at me at the time and.." 2D trailed off.
"God damn it, 2D. I wondered where they were coming from! Satan I'm going to fucking blow up that robot.." Murdoc snarled.
Noodle heard movement in the room, and decided she had better go. She quickly and quietly went to Russel's room, knocking on the door.
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"Where else?" Murdoc snapped, turning 2D around.
2D raised his shirt to show his side, revealing a huge, albeit healing, bruise.
"Shit, I thought that was me.." Murdoc muttered, touching it lightly.
2D shook his head. "Nope. She punched me, it hurt quite a lot."
Murdoc stared at 2D. "How the fuck can you be so casual about this? My fucking robot has been beating you up right under my nose!" he snapped.
2D shrugged. "I'm used to your beatings, and I just thought she was acting on your orders. She hasn't been doing it since we've been here, though."
Murdoc shook his head. "You're a fucking idiot. Why would I make someone else beat you up when I'm best at it myself?"
2D looked at his feet. "Sorry, Muds."
Murdoc sighed. "Ah, don't apologize, Stuart. That's it though, Cyborg's going out."
2D nodded his agreement. "She's really creepy, Muds."
"Do any of the bruises still hurt?" Murdoc asked.
2D shook his head. "Not anymore. They did a few days ago, though."
Murdoc gave an exasperated groan. "You'd think you'd know better by now, Satan. Let's just go to bed."
"Alright," 2D said brightly.
It just made Murdoc more angry to see 2D act so normal when he was covered in bruises, especially since they weren't inflicted by him.
He though about giving 2D a punch, but at the last moment decided against it, since 2D was letting him sleep in his room and all that.
About that, 2D offered his bed to Murdoc, saying he could sleep on the mattress on the floor. Murdoc had given him a slap on the back of his head for that.
2D didn't really know what he'd done wrong, but he didn't say another word as he crawled into bed and switched the lights off.
It wasn't until he realized how cold it was in the room that he heard Murdoc shivering. The heating was off, and there was a draft on the floor, he remembered.
"Muds," he whispered.
Murdoc ignored him.
"Muds!" he hissed more loudly.
"What?" Murdoc snapped quietly.
"Are you cold?"
"No!"
A pause.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes!"
"I don't believe you."
Murdoc paused. "Fuck you," he then muttered, and climbed into bed with 2D.
2D gave a little smirk and pulled the blankets up high, his body automatically wrapping itself around Murdoc's.
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