AN: Another short! Here it is! I'm not really reading the reviews, I'm making these after I post the other. Why am I not reading the reviews? Because there's not anything to read! I want to know how I'm doing with these chapters-this story rather. Please, I know that a lot of people follow and favourite this story, so? Leave a review. As a question if you need to! If something doesn't make sense ask me! I might do a Q & A chapter... anyway on with the chapter...
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Rated: M for random shit.
... = A long period of silence or a moment of silence.
Church's POV:
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"Got any 3's?" Cortana smirks.
T: "Go fish."
Cortana digs into the deck to grab another card. I look out the window of the escape pod we're in. We've been playing cards whenever we're bored. We've used them since Theta made them, so 3 days ago. We've found other places to talk, hang out, and sleep. Since John and Carolina started jogging around the ship, they would often run past our corridor. Making it less private for us. We've stayed in their rooms, some empty deserted rooms, and well recently Sigma managed to find this escape pod. I suggested that we use it to leave the ship, but Cortana said "what's the point if the pod isn't steerable nor near any planets." Which is a valid point.
I often wonder what's up with Sigma, along with the other AIs of course. Sigma seems very suspicious most of the time-all of the time. I feel like he doesn't say his entire opinion of anything, as if he has his own agenda. That worries me because last time he thought like that, he brought down the Mother of Invention. Delta seems alright with everything. He likes to hang out with Theta, guess he likes to bore the kid. Theta has been a delight when he hangs out with us. He enjoys our company and we enjoy his. Eta and Iota have become completely inseparable. Iota picked up the fact how Eta fears a lot of things, guess he wanted to comfort him. Gamma has become a completely annoying asshole, he always has his quick witted shit. And his knock knock jokes are annoying. Omega has calmed down, he doesn't mind Cortana's company. Tex confuses me. She seems alright with Cortana but she also doesn't. I will never understand women. I stare out the window once again, to see if anything has passed by.
"Hey Eps!" Cortana calls out to me.
I turn around to see Cortana waving some cards at me, smiling at me.
"Yeah Scarlet Cheeks?" I smirk.
"Do you want to join?" She asks.
T: "Come on, it can be fun."
"Eh, I'm good for now. I'll join the next one." I sit next to Cortana and wrap my arm around her waist.
"Don't peek at my cards." Cortana hides them while pouting at me.
"Don't worry, I'm just watching." I smirk.
Cortana resumes her position and arranges her cards. She has a 5 of clubs, an ace of clubs, 4 of hearts, 2 of clubs, and a king of spades.
T: "Got any 5's?"
"Ugh." Cortana gives Theta her 5 of clubs, leaving Theta with 3 cards left and Cortana 4.
S: "Hello everyone." Sigma appears next to us, observing the game. "How are you?"
"We're fine Sigma." I reply beaming a smile.
S: "That is wonderful, how is the game going?"
"Fine, Theta is kicking Cortana's-" Cortana elbows my side.
"Ow!" I shout in agony.
"Don't swear in front Theta." Cortana whispers.
"Wh-what?"
You're kidding me!
Don't swear?
"You heard me! He's a little too young." Cortana tilts her head at Theta.
T: "I actually don't mind it. I've heard Church swear a lot-"
"Well I'm not fine with it. I don't want you swearing." Cortana grumbles.
"I'm starting to see why Theta sees you as a mother." I chuckle.
"Well you need to act like a father!" Cortana retorts.
"What? Why?" I ask.
She's got it locked down.
I don't need to help.
"Why? We're a better influence if we both agree!" Cortana kisses my cheek.
I smile at Theta. I forget Theta sees me as a father, I guess I should act like it more often. "Okay fine. Sigma what do you want?" I look at him.
S: "Oh, right." Sigma diverts his attention from Theta to us. "I was wondering if you wouldn't mind a trip?" Sigma smirks.
"A trip?" Cortana asks.
S: "Yes."
"Where to?" I ask. "A new room?"
S: "... No, more distant from everything." He smiles.
"How distant?" Cortana asks.
Zzzp...
Pssh...
"What the-" I look behind us to see that the escape pod door has closed. "What!"
A panel appears in front of us.
Disengaging Pod 009
WHAT!
"Sigma, what are you-" I look out the window to see that the pod is drifting away from the ship.
"SIGMA!" Cortana walks up to him and slaps his face. "What are you doing!"
S: "Remain calm Cortana." Sigma rubs his cheek. "We're leaving the Forward Unto Dawn, we will go back to the Reds and Blues."
"WHAT!" I shout. "We can't! The pod doesn't have enough steering to get us to Chorus, let alone fuel!"
S: "Well, the plan was for us to drift far enough into a nearby planet's gravity well-"
"Sigma!" Cortana shouts. "There are no planets near us! That's how we're stranded!" Cortana growls in frustration.
S: "I've noticed." He looks around the window.
THIS IDIOT!
"Sigma, why did you do it!" I shout.
S: "I thought it would be best for us if we were back with our-"
"Stop it! You always say what's best for us! You only want to feed your strength! Not mine! You only agree with things if you think it will help me! It won't if you won't cooperate!" I growl at him.
I've had it with this freak.
His suspicious shit is pissing me off!
Everything has been for his cause!
"That's it!" I point at him. "I'm cutting you!" Sigma's AI model fades away completely.
What the fuck?
How did I-
T: "Wh-what did you do?"
"I-I don't know... I think I cut him from the-"
"HOW DARE YOU!"
Sigma?
S: "I WAS DOING THIS FOR PERFECTION! WE WOULD'VE BEEN STRONGER!"
Not we, you...
"Church. What did you do?" Cortana reveals a worried expression.
"He can't form his AI model anymore... at least, not as much." I shake my head, I think that's what happened at least. "He has no control over anything now, he can't do anything, I-I must've locked him in my mind's storage unit."
"Well, at least he's gone." Cortana smiles.
T: "How do we get back?" Theta points back to the Forward Unto Dawn, which is about a mile away.
"I don't know, this pod can't be steered." Cortana frowns.
Huh, the pod has evasive maneuvers.
But how would that move us?
"The pod has evasive maneuvers." I shrug. "How will we move-"
"We can use that to maneuver the pod to drift towards the Forward Unto Dawn!" Cortana smiles.
Right!
"Yeah, that should work." I nod.
Cortana pulls up a panel and begins activating the pod's engines. I walk up to her to help.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Cortana blushes.
"Calm down Scarlet Cheeks, I'm just helping." I continue my calculations of the distance.
"Oh-oh..." Cortana takes a small step closer to me. "Alright."
Huh...
Weird.
"That looks about it." I nod. "I've set the course, just get an algorithm on it."
"An algorithm? Eps do you ever do anything by yourself anymore?" Cortana scoffs.
The pod begins to drift forward slightly. Using the thrusters, it lunges itself forward slightly then pauses, then lunges itself once again.
"What does that mean?" I ask.
"You always get algorithms to do scans and such, do you ever do it yourself?" She asks.
Wow!
I'm not lazy!
That's Grif!
"I'm not lazy Cortana, I just think it's quicker to use an algorithm." I shrug.
"But it's not!" She frowns. "If you truly are an efficient AI then you would be able to do it twice as fast by yourself!" Cortana points at me.
The pod continues to move forward.
"It's working right now, isn't it?" I point to the window.
"Are you saying I'm wrong?" Cortana places her hands on her hip.
...
Shit.
I'm in a tough spot here.
Eh, screw it. I'll stand up to her.
"Yes, you are wrong." I smile.
Wack!
Cortana slapped my face! "Ow! What the hell!" I shout.
"You're wrong." Cortana mutters.
She walks up to the the pod's door and sits there. She turns her head from me and huffs.
You're kidding.
T: "She's uh-kinda upset."
"Yeah, I've noticed." I roll my eyes.
The pod drifts toward the Forward Unto Dawn's docking bay, where Carolina and I crashed. Guess my algorithm worked. I walk up to Cortana and place my hand on her shoulder.
"What do you want? Want to prove me wrong again?" Cortana pouts.
This is a joke.
"C, you're not serious right? This was just a slight disagreement!" I chuckle. "Couples always disagree!"
"Yeah, I know." Cortana smirks. "I just hate being wrong." Cortana rolls her eyes.
"Hey, so do I." I sit next to her and hug her. "You're adorable when you're upset."
"I know, I know. Apparently I'm adorable when it comes to a lot of things." Cortana pouts.
"Oh Scarlet Cheeks, you're too much." I laugh.
"Why do you like embarrassing me?" Cortana asks.
"Why? Because, you get all cute and adorable when you're embarrassed. I love it when you blush, when you try to hide your face." I pull her closer.
Hmm...
Wait a minute...
"Hey C?" I ask.
"Yeah?" Cortana looks at me.
"What do you love about me C?" I ask smugly.
Cortana freezes up. "Oh-I..."
Ouch.
That stings.
"Um, please don't say all your praises at once." I say sarcastically.
The pod slowly move towards the docking bay, looks like it's slowing down. We should make it in soon.
"It-it's not that I don't like-I mean..." Cortana face palms. "I'm an idiot. *Sigh* I'll try again."
"Yeah you do that." I turn around. "How are you Theta? You holding up okay?" I smirk.
T: "I'm good." Theta nods.
Cortana turns me around to face her. "What are-"
"Church, I think you are a hilariously caring AI who hides the fact he's soft inside. What do I like about you? Your humour, it always brightens my day. Your compliments, I don't deserve them but you make me feel like I do. Your comfort, you never leave me astray. You always want to comfort me. The fact that you have had the most painful and thought provoking adventure but you still keep on smiling. You are always nice to me, you try to be nice. But you're not afraid to do what you want." She grabs my hand and snuggles close to me. "You're too kind. I love you for it." She then pecks my cheek.
Damn...
"Oh-wow... um-damn. I-I didn't expect you to speak like me." I chuckle.
"Well, I might have picked up a thing or to." Cortana smirks. A panel appears in front of us again.
Fuel: 24%
What!
"How? Wh-what?" Cortana shouts.
T: "Our evasive maneuvers have drained our fuel." The pod stops nearly 10 meters in front of the docking bay.
"How will we have enough fuel to maneuver inside?" I look at the pod's status.
"We're going to have figure out a different route." Cortana says. "You think we can maneuver by turning into the docking bay?"
"We should be able to shift forward. How do we do that? Spinning will redirect our direction." I scratch the back of my head.
T: "We should find a different way to turn."
"How? We don't have a lot of maneuvering capabilities." I look outside the window and into the docking bay.
We're so close!
Damn you Sigma!
"A 360 spin." Cortana smiles.
T:" A what?"
"A 360 spin, if we only use one thruster and only one! We can use enough fuel to spin around a full rotation and once we release it should drift into the bay!" Cortana pulls up the design schematics of the pod and points to the thrusters.
"But if we don't time it right, it could send us even further from the Forward Unto Dawn!" I point out.
T: "We don't have much options."
"Agreed." Cortana looks at the design once more.
Ugh...
She's gonna rub it in...
"We'll have to do it manually." I mutter.
Cortana turns around. "Wh-what was that?" She smiles.
She heard me.
She wants me to feed her ego.
That's my thing.
"We have to activate it manually!" I shout. "Ugh, an algorithm might not be as accurate."
Cortana laughs. "Aw, Eps. you upset too? Guess we have one more thing in common." She winks at me.
I grab her sides and pull her in front of me. "Enough horsing around, let's do it!" I peck her cheek.
"Alright, activating left thruster." Cortana presses the panel button and the pod begins to spin immediately.
The pod continues to rotate counter-clockwise very slowly.
"I would say I'm about to be sick, but this is WAY too slow." I laugh. "I think we need to up the juice."
"What? We can't, that-"
"Would drain fuel, I know." I finish for her. "But we won't get enough speed if we're moving this slow."
She bites her lower lip. "I guess so. *Sigh* Increasing power by-"
"20%" I finish for her once again.
"Yeah yeah." Cortana groans.
The pod begins to speed up rapidly. Fuel must be draining quickly.
"Theta!" I call out.
T: "I'm already on it, fuel is at 13%!"
"We have to cut it before it gets to 1%"
T: "9%!"
"Oh shit, no another crash landing!" I shout.
"Oh have a little faith!" Cortana shouts back.
T: "3%!"
We're so dead.
"NOW!" Cortana cuts the engines, flinging the pod directly into the hangar.
"OH SHIT!"
We crash right into the Eagle V and bounce of the floor at least three times.
BOOM!
T: "Are we dead?"
"I-I don't think so..." Cortana smiles. "We're not dead!" Cortana cheers! She then crawls next me and hugs me.
"Uh-yeah? You didn't think it was gonna work?" I smirk.
Cortana frowns and replies, "don't act like you didn't think it was going to work either."
"Yeah, I-uh, thought we were screwed." I chuckle.
T: "Well that's positive thinking." Theta laughs.
"Alright you, I think you've experienced enough today. I'm going to cut us." I smile.
T: "Okay, have fun with the cards and such. Love you guys!"
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Wait what?
Did he just-
Cortana and I freeze up. "You heard that right?" Cortana asks nervously.
"Um... yeah." I nod. he meant it in good heart. "I'm pretty sure he was just getting comfortable." I shrug.
"I-I suppose so. I think it's adorable how he admires us this way." Cortana holds my hand and leans her head on my shoulder. "Don't you?"
"Yeah... yeah. I actually like it." I smile.
I peck Cortana's forehead, making her blush. She snuggles closer to me, getting comfortable.
"Hey Eps?" Cortana smirks.
"Yeah C?" I look at her.
"Do... do you think we know each other?" She holds my hand tightly.
When she does that she wants to feel comfortable.
"Wh-what?"
"I mean, our similarities. Our relatable factors. What makes us love the other. Do you think, aside from that... we really know more about each other?" Cortana looks out the window.
"I... I'm having a hard time following." I chuckle. "Let's-uh go back to our corridor, you know get out of this pod. Then we can-"
"No, let's do it here." She smiles. "What I mean is we love each other. But, do we both know we each other that well? In the span of the time we've been together do we know we can trust each other?"
Huh?
"*Sigh* You know I love you right?"
"Um... yes?" I raise a brow.
"I know you love me." She nods.
"Yes I do."
I don't get it.
"That is all, I just wanted to know if we both know that." Cortana snuggles closer to me. "I just wanted to get an understanding of our relationship's trust."
Oh...
Huh...
"Oh... okay." Wait! "OH!"
Cortana shakes due to my startling realization.
"You wanted to know if we can trust each other-Cortana come on!" I laugh.
"Wh-what?" She blushes.
"You know I trust you, I know you trust me! There isn't any way possible where I wouldn't trust you." I smile.
"Really?" She raises a brow. "I feel the same way. I just thought... because when we were in the pod, you noticed how I was shocked when you tried to help me." She frowns.
Oh, right.
She panicked when I tried to help.
"I just didn't want to make you think I didn't want your help." Cortana looks to the floor. "I was just not used to having someone helping me. I think I could work better on my own that's why, I'm sorry if-"
"Cortana, I get it. It just surprised you. But remember... we don't leave each other sides. I will help you, whether you want me to or not. You said it yourself, it's better to do things manually. What's to say doing things manually and double the AIs?" I smile.
"I know. I just want you to know that I trust you. Next time, I'll be more... open minded." She smiles.
"I know you will, cause I will too." I smile smugly. "And, you were right about the manual thing." I laugh.
Cortana laughs with me. "Of course I was, I mean... I thought of that manually right?"
She and I laugh for a minute. She then rests herself on my chest once again.
...
"C? You awake?" I whisper.
"*Yawn* Why do you bother whispering if you're gonna wake me up?" Cortana grumbles.
"Oh, sorry." I smile. "I was about to get up."
"No!" Cortana whines. "Let's stay here, we *yawn* should rest." Cortana closes her eyes again.
"You get tired easily." I chuckle quietly.
"Oh yeah? How do you stay up? Aren't you tired?" She groans.
"Yeah, but I'm used to it. Porting is the main cause of it. Don't worry though, after about a week the fatigue will wear off for a first timer." I smile.
"Why did you *yawn* want to get up?" Cortana turns over.
"I wanted to play cards with Theta." I smile. "I owe him another game."
"We can play later." Cortana smiles. "Just sleep with me."
"You can sleep here, I'll just play with Theta over there." I point to to window.
Cortana grabs my hand and pulls it down to her. "No, stay with me." Cortana grumbles once more.
"Why? Do you always have to sleep with me?" I smirk.
"Yeah. I like sleeping with you, I feel comfortable with you." Cortana pecks my cheek.
"Fine." I sit up and rest Cortana's head on my lap. "Stay here."
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"Theta?" I call out.
T:" Present." Theta appears in front of us.
"So, how 'bout that game?" I smile.
Theta pulls out the deck of cards excitedly.
T: "Best 3 out of 5?" He sits down cross legged in front me.
"Sure, shuffle the deck." I clap my hands together and rub them excitedly.
"Uhh." Cortana moans. "Be quiet guys." She snuggles close to me.
T: "Oh, sorry about that." Theta apologises as he deals me 7 cards. I look at my cards, no pairs.
"Don't worry C, we'll be quiet." I shake my head. "Hey Theta, got any 4's?"
T: "Go fish."
I dig into the deck, grabbing another card.
This is going to be a long one.
AN: Bam! Another one... another one... another-nah I'm kidding. This was another basic and random chapter. I feel like I've incorporated the Theta and family very well. But hey, tell me! Ya know review and all that shit. Until next time...