HONHONHON BAGUETTE. Idk about whats going on really xD.
Morning came around, and the office was completely empty when Golden Night walked in, stretching her stiff joints. She yawned and grabbed a can of oil, proceeding to drink it. The birds were exceptionally cheerful today, but Goldy was still a little worried.
She saw a chair had been broken, for it was on the far end of the room where no one could trip over it. And a chair missing from one of the desks across from her. Either that someone broke their chair or the culprit stole this one as a replacement.
It was too early for conspiracies, so the mecha just strode over to her work space and sat down, immediatly bored. Yuuta then walked in and waved to her as he shut the door.
"Morning, Golden Night! You're up early." He squeaked. Over the course of two years, the grade sixer had grown a lot according to Deckerd, since he didn't cry any more (often) and was taller. His voice had change only a smidge though, so he still had the high pitched-ness. He set his stuff down beside his desk and sat down, "Hey Golden Night, any new leads on the case?"
The mecha shook her head and shrugged, then Yuuta sighed.
"Hm, perhaps we should talk to the Greystone owners. Maybe they have some information... But if they're sheltering them, then they won't squeal..." He put his head on his desk, groaning softly.
Goldy stood up, waving a digner as if she forgot something, making Yuuta just looked at her in confusion, "What is it?"
Then the bot dashed out the door in a flash of gold hair. "Ah! Golden Night, where are you going?-" But she was already gone as the door closed behind her, leaving Yuuta the only person left in the Decker room. The clock ticked loudly as every second went by, echoing as the space went silent.
The sound of a door opening didn't seem to catch Yuuta, but the second time it was louder as Duke walked out, advancing towards his desk. "Duke, please give Gunmax's chair back, there's a new one in the ward for you."
The mecha looked at Yuuta, slightly dissapointed as he didn't look back. Perhaps it was for he best. He wordlessy acknowledged what he said and calmy glided out of the room.
He silently walked down the dark hall, listening to his thoughts as the sounds of the ward got louder. But something made him pause. There was a casual tone that only took him a second to realize, that it was Aleida. The mecha leaned against the wall and closer to the entrance, listening in.
"How so?" Aleida had asked, her tone slightly impatient.
"We're creating a machine that is able to send VR waves to your minds, even with the others." Todou spoke in his kindest voice, "It will be like a dream, but you're fully aware." (VR= Virtual Reality)
Aleida shifted on her trods, "Why are you telling me this? Shouldn't Suki be the first to know?"
"Well you just happened to be in the ward early. If anyone should ask a question here, its why were you up so early?"
The mecha huffed, blowing some orange strands from her face. "I couldn't sleep..."
Duke leaned in a bit closer, adjusting his audio adaptor to focus more on them.
"You're lying, I can see it." His scratchy voice chuckled. "Its boy trouble, isn't it?"
Aleida let out a hardy laugh, "What, boy trouble? Pfft, no..."
"Aleida." The man treated her like a teenager, though she was still basically a child.
The mecha sighed and hesitated, "Yes. Fine. It kind of is. Its not my fault he's so stubborn."
"Who?"
"Duke! He has the hardest head known to any kind, and his fuse is so short!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms up in the air.
"You're holding feelings for him, aren't you?"
Duke leaned a little bit more, wanting to hear what had to say.
There was a period of awkward silence them went on for a short while, "I just want him to accept everyone, accept me."
Todou scoffed, he was like the typical father. "He has to change by himself, don't come to me with relational issues."
She sighed, seemingly shrinking a bit, "I know, I know, 'due to their nature, their minds can no longer be tampered with', that's not what I wanted. I just needed some advice."
"Talk to him," Todou shrugged, a reassuring smile forming on his lips.
"Todou-kun, I hit him last night, how am I supposed to talk to him?" The helicopter blades on her back twitched, showing signs of agitation.
The man just put his hands on his hips, shaking his head while chuckling, "Duke, Aleida wishes to speak with you."
Flinching, the red and white mecha stepped out into the light.
I sure hope he wasn't listening in... Aleida thought, taking a step back.
"Thank you Todou-san." Duke nodded to the mechanic, and he walked away to work.
Aleida didn't meet his eyes, or turn her body to face him whatsoever. Duke just looked at her, a face of pity following.
"Aleida, I..." He started, but stopped, not knowing what to say.
"I'm sorry..." She piped up, "For what happened last night..."
"No, if anyone should be sorry, it's me. I let envy get to me, I'm sorry, for treating you like that." Now he was the one who looked down at the floor, and Aleida just turned her shead away. "I now know that I didn't want attention..."
With a few shakey breaths, Aleida looked at him and spoke with a small voice, "Then what did you want..?"
Duke surprisingly chuckled, "As for that? I really don't know." He also looked up to see her face, and star into her ice blue eyes.
A moment passed, and Aleida broke their lock, not wanting his emerald eyes to see her soul. So, eventually nodding, she gripped her arm, "Well, I hope you find out soon." Then hurriedly began to walk to the entrance.
"Wait!" The mecha who stayed behind reached out and grabbed her arm, stopping her. She hurled a surprised look at him, clearly wanting to leave, "I.. I want to start again, we got off on the wrong foot before and I, I want to fix it."
With this, Aleida relaxed and gently pulled her arm back to her side, "A fresh start, huh?" She hummed, pondering that thought for a moment. "Alright, Sir Knight, I'll play along."
Duke smiled thankfully, "Thank you." His tone was completely different from yesterday's, which relieved the rose pink mecha. She found herself smiling back, then turned and walked out again.
"Duke." The bot turned around to look down at Todou, how just smiled up at him, "Your new chair is over there, try not to break it this time."
"I won't break it, I promise." Walking over, Duke picked up the replacement seat and walked out, holding it tightly under his arm.
In the Decker Room, there were still only a few bots awake, which didn't surprise him at all since the recharge sequence only deactivates when they are fully charged. It was still only 6 in the morning after all. Aleida must have been an early bird, since she was up before him. He appreciated that kind of behavior.
Gently setting it down, Deckerd looked up. "No longer in a sour mood?"
"Eh," Duke shrugged, "I haven't expired yet. Or so I realized."
Deckerd tilted his head a bit, "Well this certainly was a dramatic change, what's up?"
"Nothing really, I realized that there's no reason for me to be like that. So I'm starting fresh." Duke smiled at him then picked up a turned over paper to read it.
Dear Lady,
I have been selfish wihin the team. But feeling left out, wouldn't you? My situation was made clear by your newest creation, Aleida. And I thank you for creating her, she spoke the mind of those who couldn't. I drove a wedge in our work. Yet they were strong and managed to pull through.
These are the amendments to myself, and I hope that they hold strong. For I have changed to fill the hole in my now human heart.
Duke
Satisfied, it folded it serveral times to get it to the size he wanted, and put it in a envelope. "Boss," he closed it and reached up to give it to him, "May you mail this for me, please?"
Yuuta looked up from his work and plucked it out of his large hand to inspect it, "Sure thing, Duke." He smiled politely at him then continued to work, setting it down in the corner of his desk.
Shadowmaru silently walked in, looking around the room, "Is Golden Night still asleep?"
"Daw, he's even worried." Chiyoko teased, making Aleida and Suki giggle.
"Of course, she's... like a little sister." He quickly made something up.
"Yeah, you want to date your little sister. Sounds legit." The green bot smirked then returned to reading reports.
The ninja bot just glared at her for a moment.
"She went out." Yuuta called.
"Where?" He pushed on.
"I don't know." The boy shrugged, twirling his pencil. Shadowmaru was still too groggy to get the slightest bit upset. So instead he just softly groaned then trudged over to his desk.
"Well I'm off to do my rounds," Aleida stood up, a smile on her face, "So if you'll excuse me, Suki, Chiyoko." She nodded to them as a goodbyw then strode over to the entrance, looking back at Duke and nodding to him too. "Duke."
He just smiled back at her, warm and welcome. He understood that being envious was immature, and that this woman had a beautiful and kind soul. She reminded him of Regina, at how she can be feisty at one moment then be extremly kind the next, and he loved that.
Deckerd caught Duke smiling, then looked in the same direction he was looking, catching a glimpse of orange leave. "She's changed you."
"How do you know?" The british mecha said in a cool tone.
"The way you look at her is different now, and you don't snap at people anymore, that's a first."
"Yeah, well you'd be surprised how much sense a woman can knock into you." Duke chuckled, opening a book.
"Knocking some sense comes in different ways." The blue mecha looked at Suki, who was happily chatting away with Chiyoko.
Duke smirked at him staring, it was a natural response to something you liked so much. "Don't be obvious."
"Hm?" Deckerd hummed, his head still turned. "What?" He finally turned back to Duke who clearly looked amused.
"Don't look straight at her," Duke whispered so that they couldn't hear.
"What do you mean?" Deckerd whispered back, leaning in with a confused expression.
"She'll get suspicious, and your secret will be out."
"What secret?" Then duke gave him a 'isn't it obvious?' look,"Oh... that secret."
"Our A.I.s are almost the exact same, technically speaking, don't think that I don't feel a spark everytime she speaks to you."
Deckerd pouted a slight, "She probably already knows anyways."
"Then why don't you take her somewhere?" He asked, pushing him to make up his mind.
"I already did, but she didn't catch on." Deckerd sighed, looking at his papers, "Maybe next time."
Duke hummed softly and leaned back into his chair. The phone rang and Suki picked it up, pressing it to the side of her head.
"Brave Police, what is the problem?" She spoke in a calming tone towards a clearlt panicked person on the other side. "Calm down Ma'am, speak clearly."
"Is it that bad?" Chiyoko mumbled, putting down her pen and flexing her wings.
"Right away." Suki hung up then stood quickly and looked at Chi, "Wake the others, now." The green bot then got up and booked it towards the quarters hall to shut off the recharge sequence.
"What's the problem?" Shadowmaru asked, looking at her.
"Golden Night and Aleida are in serious trouble. A monster is terrorizing Downtown Nanamagari."
"Lets go then, we can't wait for the others." Yuuta slammed his hands down on his desk to get up, then dashed out the door.
Shsdowmaru was already out the door once the others got up, followed by Suki,Duke and Deckerd.
Once out, Suki chsnged so fast it slightly started the mechas behind her as she blasted into the open sky.
Soon as it happened, she was joined by Chiyoko and Drill Boy. The blue hue of her jet thrusterscause them to stay back a bit, for she could do a full sudden thrust any moment she wished.
"Over there!" Shadowmaru swooped in, changing direction as he spotting a destroyed path. The road was completely curved in, something big has made its way through here, and it did not seem friendly. A loud rumbling noise caughr them all off guard, and the jets would slow down.
Suki spotted something below, something rose pink and running, "RUN!" She was clutching her side, and her blades were damaged or completely torn off.
"Guys..." Choyoko said with a shakey voice, following Suki as she turned to her right. They yelped when a giant hole with razor sharp teeth and a long tongue snapped at them, making them scatter.
"Suki!" Deckerd exclaimed, letting Yuuta out and changing, "Boss! The command!"
"BRAVE UP!" The boy called, his badge blinking. In the next moment, J-Decker, Super build Tiger and Duke Fire lumbered off to take care of the beast. Gunmax studied the situation for a moment, then took off after them to help Chiyoko.
J-Decker picked up speed when seeing the beast go for Suki, then snatched her right out of the air before it could bite down.
It had visibly large and layered scales that were extremly tough and a square snout. It's horns were curved much like a ram's, and the eyes were small and yellow, glowing against the dark morning atmosphere. It was incredibly large in scale, and it's tail had a sinister looking spike at the end. It could only walk, as it's dragon features lacked big enough wings to fly.
"Look for weak spots!" J-Decker called out, letting go of Suki and allowing her to fly off. "Dig under it's scales! Where is Shadowmaru?"
"He went off looking for Golden Night!" Tiger called, firing rounds into the beast. It roared as he did so, and attempted to bite him, being too slow to achieve even getting close before he moved.
"It's size intervenes with its speed!" Duke Fire said, scanning it over.
"Use that as an advantage!" Gunmax yelled, escorting Chiyoko from the danger.
"He's right! Lets go!" Yuuta ordered.
"Yokai!" They all rushed for the beast, who roared with might as they advanced towards it.
Wooo cliff hangers :D