CHAPTER 11
RE-EDIT 2
Lopez Speech
O'Malley Speech
BLUE TEAM
"Get out of my body Tex!" Church growled, rushing up to his ex-girlfriend. Who's currently possessing Lopez. "Your body?" She said with a tone, "This isn't your body in the slightest. Its the robots body."
"Yeah, well, I stole it. So it makes it mine." Church's logic is completely false. Watching the exchange between the two, Sheila voiced her confusion. "I don't get it. I thought your name was Lopez and I though you were a man. This all so strange." She muttered this the last part, "I think I feel my circuits cross... and I like it."
The three Blues felt turned off a bit when hearing Sheila say that. "Sheila, you're tank with no gender. I don't think you can swing both ways." Tucker told the tank. Though, Sheila doesn't listen to him. Just then, the sound of a gun cocking caught everyone's attention. Church turned around to see Caboose pointing his pistol at Tex, "I can get her out of the body." He slightly turns his head to Church, "Wink."
Quickly standing between the two, which wouldn't do much since the bullet would go through him. Church tells Caboose not to shoot his body and to go to Sheila and explain what's going on. The blue soldier jumps on to the front tread and crouches down and starts explaining the situation.
Over with the rest, the ghost leader turns to Tex, "Alright Tex, now what would it take to get you outta there?" Tex lets out a sigh, she knew it was only a matter of time when she had to tell the story to someone. "Well ever since I've been a... ghost, I've been watching you guys a lot."
Tucker jumped in shock, "Whoa... when you say you've been watching us, does that mean you've been watching us, ALL THE TIME?" He slowly turns to a big rock about 15 or 20 feet away from them. The rock was spray painted with aqua colored words, saying 'Tucker's rock, keep away!' He turns back to Tex and meekly replies, "Even when we're alone?"
Tex spoke in mother scolding like tone. "Yes, Tucker, and you should be VERY ashamed of yourself." The aqua trooper looked to the ground, "It's very lonely out here." He said. "Anyway," She said, wanting to get back on topic. "I've noticed a change in one of your guys. Caboose." She subtly nudge her heads towards the Blue soldier, who's still explaining everything to Sheila. "A change?" Church questioned. "Like what? He's finally learned the whole alphabet?" Church's tone is nothing but mocking-deadpanned.
"You haven't noticed that he's become super aggressive lately?" There's no way they didn't notice the change in their comrade. "I have!" Tucker exclaimed, stepping forward. "It started about the same time Sheila got disabled and you got blown up." He explained the moment when the changes first began, he then gestured his thumb to Church, "I tried to tell Church but never listens."
Church turns his torso to Tucker, "Tucker. There's very fine line between the listening and not caring." The transparent soldier proudly puts his hands behind his head. "I like to think that I walk that line every day of my life."
Tex goes into a long explanation about how she over heard Church's plan to warn the Reds about her repairing the tank and using it on them. She goes to explain the A.I. calculated it's chance of survival and didn't like the odds. Then she gets to part where once Caboose turned on his radio, the A.I. took it's chance to jump to another host. "That's when he started calling himself O'Malley." Tucker said, putting the pieces of the puzzle together. "So the A.I. that was in you infected Caboose?"
Nodding her head, impressed that the Aqua trooper caught on real quick. "Right," Came Church's voice, "Every Spartan, Freelancer, and even our cheap version of the Spartan armor has a slot for one A.I. Caboose's would've been vacant."
"I think there are a few of NON-artificial slots that are empty too." Tucker couldn't resist making another joke of Caboose's intelligence for who knows how many times. The only female in the canyon continues, "And before I could figure out what happened. That bitch in the pink armor killed me. And the next I knew... I'm a ghost."
The leader of Blue Team understood what Tex is getting at. Saying she won't give up his body till they help her get her A.I. back, but no, Tex tells him they're not going to help her get it back. But to help her kill it.
RED BASE
Over with the Red Team, four out of the six members stood on the roof of their base for a very important meeting. Sarge walks to front of them to address the soldiers, "Ladies, it has come to my attention that we are in need of a new robot type person." He looks between his soldiers and asks, "Who here wants to volunteer?" He asked them. "Are we going on a trip?" Donut asked excitedly, "I love trips. Can we play I spy and license plate game?"
"Shut up Donut!" Grif said, getting annoyed with the pink soldier. "Please." He continued. "Uh sir-" Simmons began, only to be cut off by the banter between Grif and Donut. When the two finally went silent, Simmons could say what he has to say, "What do you excactly mean by 'volunteers?'"
Sarge turns to Simmons and answers his question. "Quite obviously we are without a robot or any other type of soldier with mechanical training or dexterity." He pauses for a second. "Therefore, the only solution is to turn one of you into a cyborg."
Both Simmons and Grif were shocked at the news of being turned into cyborgs and of course voiced how stupid this is and how their leader is crazy to come up with the idea, though. Not all of them were against it. "Cool! I vote for Simmons." Donut said.
Sarge goes on to explain to them that the process to become a cyborg is a simple procedure really. Saying the only things that need to be removed are the useless guts and slimy goo of the human body. Then are replaced with the more superior guts and oily goo of a robot. Grif mumbled being confused. The Red leader turns to the three, "If you're lucky... you may even get a copper rectum."
"Sir, wouldn't it be better if we didn't do that, instead of doing it?" Simmons' hoping Sarge sees reason. "Good thinking Simmons." Sarge said, The Maroon trooper felt a ray of hope. "But no," It was covered in shadows. "I like the removing the guts thing so I think we stick with that."
Grif spoke up, "Yeah, sir, I hate to agree with the kiss ass, but. Wouldn't it be better if we just called command to send us a new robot instead?" Once again Grif throws out more logic. "Negative meat sack," Though Sarge doesn't see or use logic often. "Another new robot could be reprogrammed by our enemies just as easily as Lopez. We need someone we can trust." He gaze turns to Simmons.
"Oh, fuck me." Simmons Muttered. "Or someone whose mental capacity is so tiny. That he can never be used against us." Everyone turned to Donut, "Hey! Pink suit guys." He pointed to his armor, "I think it's time for someone else's turn in the barrel."
"Then again we should just stick with the trustworthy thing." Simmons points to everyone and says, "You backstabbing ass monkeys." Sarge focuses his attention to the orange soldier. "Now Gif, I'm going to need some things from my medicine chest for this operation."
"Two quarts of vodka."
"Check."
"Eight pounds of Vaseline... condense."
"Check."
"And old tire iron. Metric."
"I... think I might've left in the bathroom."
"The latest issue of easy bake oven for kids monthly.
"I have to check."
"Check, no wait. Check, as we have it?"
"Check, no not check check."
"Don't got all day, got to gut this fish."