"The day I went to zekes game was an interesting day to say the least. It happened on the day Lucy went on the run"
(3 weeks ago)
Honey was surveying the damage to her store. While she could still operate, she couldn't make more Honey products until repairs could be made, which could take a while. Having died at lucys hands wasn't pleasant either.
"I thought I could trust her, then she stabs me with a laser sword. I just wanted to talk nicely with the police" said Honey
"Maybe she had a good reason" said Stinger
"She committed the crime if she ran, that's the only explanation I can think of for now" said Honey
Honey noticed her glasses were a little dirty and removed them to clean them up. She heard a voice call to her and she angrily shouted, but upon putting her glasses back on, she saw it was zeke. She apologized for her outburst.
"Sorry, bad morning, didn't know it was you" said Honey
"So this is your shop, nice place. But may I ask about-
"I really don't want to talk about it right now" said Honey
"I understand" said Zeke
He looked around the store and honey explained all the stuff she sold the best she could. Zeke has grown an affinity for her treats not long after meeting her. The 2 talked for a bit before he decided to head back to his game, agreeing to meet her again soon. Zeke was hesitant to take her to his game fearing for her safety, but he did agree to come back to world designer.
Honey went to clean up her shop after zeke left, intending to close early. While sweeping, she came across something very valuable to zeke, a survival knife owned by his father. She knew it was important to him and wanted to give it back immediately. She knew her bees wouldn't approve of her plan to go to zekes game, but she had a plan for them.
Upon arriving home, she ordered a pizza hand rented a few random movies, not really seeing what they were.
"There's your dinner guys, I got something really important I gotta do but I'll be back in an hour or 2" said Honey
"You sure you don't want us to come with you?" Bumble asked
"I'll be fine. You guys just eat. I'll see you soon" said Honey before leaving
Her bees continued eating and went over to the pile of movies honey rented. They picked one out and inserted it into honeys DVD player, the movie was The Terminator.
Sometime later outside the game, Honey found herself outside the entrance of terminator resistance. She felt nervous but wanted to give the knife back as soon as she could. She made sure it was tucked safely inside her purse before pulling out an E-11 blaster rifle. She didn't like using the weapon but understood she needed it for her protection in other games, she wasn't the naïve young girl she once was.
Upon entering the game, she found herself in the ruins of an old city. It was night time, but she could still see her surroundings well. Buildings and cars were trashed, and scattered around were the bones of dead humans. She was very unsettled.
"How can anyone live in a game like this?" Honey asked herself
Honey wasn't sure what to look for regarding finding zeke, or any other humans, but for now she figured she should just walk and hope for the best. In the distance she heard plasma blasts firing, must've been gameplay. For a little bit she just walked, not seeing anything. Then all of a sudden she heard jet engines, and saw searchlights. She knew what it was, an aerial hunter killer. This one looked different than the ones she saw around world designer, but she knew how deadly they were. Luckily she knew how to trick it. Honey quickly got on the ground and closed her eyes, pretending to be dead. The HK shone its searchlights at her direction, scanning the ground for humans, and lucky for her, it didn't see her, and simply moved on.
Honey got back up and ran in another direction, not knowing something saw her. Honey went towards the ruins of an old hospital, and was startled when a purple plasma blast shot towards her. But it didn't hit her, it killed someone behind her. She looked to see what appeared to be another human, wearing worn out clothes and carrying a plasma rifle. Without even regenerating, the person got back up.
"Infiltrator, kill it" she heard someone shout
Honey ducked as more plasma blasts were fired at the man, before finally being knocked to the ground. She got a look at the man. She saw while it had real human skin, it wasn't human, it was a machine.
(Cut flashback)
"A machine with human skin?" Cinnamon asked
"Indeed, hard to believe I know" said Honey
"It sounds just like the thing that framed Lucy for those crimes" said Kevin
"A machine framed you? Did any of you ever figure out why?" Honey asked
No one had any answers.
"Anyway, I was taken to a resistance base, and they told me zeke had been sent on an important mission, and if he came back alive I could talk to him. Not wanting to wait I volunteered to go out, and they agreed after they demanded I changed my outfit, they said I stuck out, and they weren't wrong, as you can obviously see by my outfit. The rest of my story will be told through camera footage, they put a camera on my glasses to better guide me through what came next. Will someone get the lights please?" Honey asked
Lucy shut the lights off as honey played a video for everyone to see. In the video, honey was running through city ruins with other soldiers, avoiding plasma bolts being fired at her and the others.
"This is it, our final battle"
"Tonight we take back our world"
"Aerial incoming"
Honey quickly dashed for cover as an HK aerial flew overhead, firing its guns at the ground, lucky for her she didn't need to fight it, as something took it down. She looked through smoke and saw a hunter killer tank firing its weapons at the machines ahead
"HK tank approaching your position, it'll help you smash through Skynets defense grid but you need to protect it at all costs"
Honey clutched her plasma rifle and took some deep breathes
"I can do this, I can do this" said Honey
"We know you can"
Honey smiled watching the video. To the kids, all they heard was buzzing sounds, but she could understand just perfectly her bees flying into view.
"Guys, what're you doing here? How'd you know I'd be here?" Honey asked
"Where else would you be? We know you" said Bumble
"You gotta get out of here it's too dangerous" said Honey
"We're not leaving. Without you who would care for us?" Stinger asked
"We stick together to the end" said Buzz
The bees flew onto honeys hat and perched themselves.
"Come on Honey, we can't do this alone" she heard a soldier shout to her
Honey straightened her glasses and made a charge for the next cover, occasionally stopping to fire at the t-800's firing at her. She was forced to hide when 2 more aerials came into view.
"Aim for the engines" she shouted
Between bursts, honey ducked out of cover to fire at the jet engines on the sides of the machines. With enough concentrated fire from the others, the humans took down the machine while the tank destroyed the other. Unfortunately for honey, the team she was with reached a point where the tank could no longer follow.
"Just got word that skynets attempting to activate the time displacement equipment, they know they're going to lose this war. You need to hurry" Honey was told in her headset
"What's time displacement equipment?" Honey shouted
"We're almost to the lab" a soldier shouted
Honey turned a corner and was forced to hide as another HK tank fired at her direction, this time at her. And worse, guarding the lab, were terminators that reminded her of the harvester she encountered back home, a t-47, a large bipedal hunter killer terminator with 2 large guns.
"When did video games become so violent and scary?" Honey asked herself
After a couple breaths, honey screamed and fired wildly at the approaching endos, taking a large amount of them down. If she was gonna die, she wasn't gonna die like a coward. Unfortunately one of the t-47's got a lucky hit and sent her flying. When she got up she saw several soldiers surrounding her, trying to cover her as they started to get overwhelmed. Honey grabbed her rifle and backed away, but was smacked and sent flying in another direction.
Honey was scared as she didn't have her rifle. The terminator aimed its rifle but it was shot out of its hand by a soldier, who was killed in response by a t-47. Honey backed away as much as she could before the machine grabbed her by the neck and held her up. Honey was terrified. The machine raised its fist and went to attack her face, but froze before reaching it.
Honey was confused and looked around, she saw the machines around her falling to the ground. Moments later she watched the terminators eyes shut off and let her go. Honey looked very surprised at what happened around her
"The central core is down, Skynet has been destroyed. Repeat, Skynet has been destroyed"
Honey cheered with the other surviving soldiers, and to her surprise she saw zeke in the distance. He was running towards her, probably happy to see her. Suddenly honey grew scared again, she heard the noise of jet engines. She watched in horror as an HK aerial spun out of control towards her direction. Lucky for her, Zeke tackled her to the ground just as the machine crashed down, saving her life. The camera was damaged and that's where the video ended before honey turned the lights back on.
"That is something I'll never do again. Anyway after destroying Skynet zeke and I came back here, I wanted him to stay. He was reluctant at first, but I told him he'd find a place of his own very easily. We were watching tv in tappers when we found him a career he might like"
(Flashback)
"I don't know, I'm a military man, not sure if I'd fit in here" said Zeke
"There's a job for you somewhere here, I just know it" said Honey
"Be a part of something, join the empire"
Honey turned her attention to one of the bigger tvs, with zeke looking too. On the tv was an ad for the imperial military, the city's police force and second military.
"See new places, learn valuable skills, bring peace and order to the game. Be a part of something great, join the empire. Talk to your nearest recruiter today"
"The imperials seem like people you'd fit in with" said Honey
"You think so?" Zeke asked
"I know so"
"Well, that armor does look cool and shiny" said Zeke "alright, after I settle down, I'll find a recruiter"
(End flashback)
"Today's his first real mission, he excelled in training. I do have 1 more story of survival I think might interest you. I was-
"Uh, sorry to interrupt, but lunch is served" said A droid
Honey looked at her watch and was surprised at the time, more time passed than she thought.
"well then, class dismissed, enjoy your lunch" said Honey
Honey watched as every kid went to eat, before leaving to get food herself.