Chapter 5: Painful memories of an AI
Smoke hummed softly to himself as they arrived at the entrance of the forest looking around. Moze and J hung in the back with the gunner watching over the berserker. It did not take long before Smoke came to a stop after hearing his Echo III kicked in. The Vault Hunters lined up and looked at Smoke's Echo III blinking their eyes.
"Ah, this sucks! Help! Help!" An unknown voice shouted from Smoke's Echo III before pausing. "Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait - I'm picking up an ECHO signal. Hell yeah. I'm saved! Over here!"
"Who is this coming through my Echo III?" Smoke asked with a raised brow.
"If you help us, we'll help you. We're looking for the Family Jewel," Moze spoke up while J turned his attention forward seeing a pack of Grogs come out of their homes and charge toward the Vault Hunters.
The Gunner was about to say something but was stopped by Smoke as J charged at the Grogs and started to tear them apart.
"J got that," Smoke commented while looking over his shoulder at Moze smirking before he turned his attention back at his Echo III.
"Oh, I know the Family Jewel. I'm Balex, the ship's navigator! I'll prove it. Here's the coordinates for my ass, now save it!" The other answered making Smoke snicker.
"Well, that answers my question," Smoke commented.
"You think we can trust this...Balex?" Moze asked with cautious eyes.
"Meh, we got nothing else to do on so it's a start," Smoke said looking up to see Grog parts scattered on the ground with the fighter nowhere in sight earning an annoyed sigh from the inventor. "Better hurry before J here kills every creature in this place. Just going to...and...done..." He said inputting a few codes into his Echo smiling.
"What did you do?" Moze asked with a raised brow.
"I routed J so he can clear out any hostiles to the coordinates given to us by Balex," Smoke answered before slipping his hands into his pockets and walking along the way with Moze behind him. "Just to be safe, I set it to where he would stop just before reaching the marked location so we can go in together...and to make sure J doesn't tear apart this Balex guy,"
As the two Vault Hunters arrived behind J, Moze could see he was covered in Grog blood and panting softly.
"You alright buddy?" Smoke asked walking up to J and pulled his left hand out of his pocket to place upon his friend's shoulder.
J slowly turned his head to his friend and nodded slowly before looking forward.
"Good to know," Smoke said with a nod before walking forward and looking around. "Alright, Balex. We're here. Where you at man?!"
"Almost there. But I'm kinda in the middle of somethin'. And that somethin' is a big ass fucking dinosaur! Heads up!" Balex warned as a Tyrant revealed itself as it walked from under the bridge and released a roar along with flames coming out of its mouth. "Kill it! Come on, man! You gotta kill it!"
"I don't have time for this shit," Smoke said taking out his rocket launcher and firing his disc at the Tyrant allowing his rockets to lock on. As soon as the marker was set, Smoke pulled the trigger and fired his volley of rockets watching as they crashed into the Tyrant blowing it to pieces before a teddy bear landed on the ground before looking around.
"Oh, man, I'm out! Damn, it was nasty as hell in there. It stunk," Balex called out making Smoke scratch the back of his head trying to find out where this Balex was. "Over here! In the ratty-ass stuffed plushie. Come pick me up!"
"What the hell! What kind of AI is stuck in a teddy bear?! This thing better find us the Family Jewel before I throw it in the trash where it belongs!" Smoke shouted while looking at the plushie.
"This thing has a name! It's Balex bitch! And like I said, I'm the ship's navigator!" The stuffed plushie replied.
"Bitch?" Smoke asked with his left brow twitched until he smirked. "Who the fuck puts an AI in a stuffed plushie? A trash one at that?!"
"Hey, I don't - I don't wanna talk about it. Why are you lookin' for the Family Jewel?" Balex asked as Smoke picked up the plushie.
"There's a Vault Key fragment on the Family Jewel, and we're on a retrieval mission to get it," Moze answered.
"Oh, you're with Wainwright? Okay, all right. Yeah, yeah, I'll show you where the Family Jewel is. It's in a gorge nearby. I can get you inside," Balex spoke before Moze looked at Smoke with a raised brow.
"I ain't carrying no trash," Smoke said with his shoulders shrugging causing Moze to glance at J who had his hands gripped into fists.
"Fine," Moze said putting her in her bag. "How is he supposed to..." She stopped.
"He can see us by using the Echo signal while also having his map to see where we are going," Smoke answered with a smug look on his face earning an annoyed groan from Moze.
"All right, through them doors, bitches," Balex shouted in which Smoke pointed at the door in front of them causing J to dash toward it before driving his right fist into the entrance and tore it off just to throw it over his head.
"We have to get out of here as soon as possible," Moze commented before looking at Smoke who nodded in agreement.
The Vault Hunters entered the area to find the Family Jewel with Smoke eyeing the ship up and down.
"Yeah, I had to make an emergency landing after a...disagreement between me and my combat pilot. GenIVIV," Balex added.
"Who is your combat pilot?" Smoke asked looking over his shoulder at Moze.
Moze blinked at this before J walked up to his friend with closed eyes before bringing his hands on his shoulders. Smoke was confused at this before J pulled him in and slammed his head against the inventor earning a grunt of pain as he stumbled back holding his forehead.
"The fuck?!" Smoke shouted looking at J.
"Listen. Balex already told you the combat pilot's name. GenIVIV...bitch," J answered keeping his eyes closed to keep himself calm for now.
"If I didn't have my shields on I'd be dead!" Smoke complained before J scuffed.
"Can we get back on track?" Moze asked earning a glance from Smoke who sighed and nodded his head in agreement before turning his attention back to the front.
"You got mutinied by another AI?" Smoke asked with a faint snicker.
"Sounds better than a messy breakup, so we'll just leave it at that. The emergency hatch over there is held shut with hydraulic lines. Cut those and we're in," Balex started. "Now that I got you, takin' back the Family Jewel ain't gonna be a problem. GenIVIV's locked it down tight, but I know all the back routes. Pays to have a navigator on your side, huh?"
Smoke only shrugged at this before he took lead to the hatch where the hydraulic lines were to see a swarm of Ratch fly out. The inventor instantly gripped his left hand and slowly brought it forward incinerating the flying creatures. Once the Ratch's were taken care of, he walked over to the hydraulic lines and cut the lines to turn and watch the door open as the three enter.
"Yeah, back in my ship. Don't look like is now, but this thing used to be one fine-ass vessel. Shame I had to crash it,"
"Fine ass vessel...Fuck this vessel and fuck you. You stupid ass AI teddy bear. If you weren't our guide, I would have tossed your ass int he trash where you fucking belong," Smoke shouted while glaring at the plushie.
"Nothing...just hate this AI plushie...and I fucking hate pink," Smoke answered before turning back and groaned.
Moze blinked at this and looked at J who had his eyes open as well.
"I thought you only hated it when people stole your weed," J commented while rubbing the back of his neck.
"I have my reason alright...let's just get this done," Smoke spoke looking forward. "Where too next?" He asked as he walked into the ship toward a console to cause it to static before the hologram of another AI to take form.
"Balex, you little cutie idiot. What are doing here? Didn't I install you in a kid's toy and toss you out with the trash?" The Combat AI questioned.
"That explains that" Moze commented.
"Cram it, GenIVIV! I've got friends now! We're here for the key fragment. I know you got it in the security hold!" Balex responded.
"Oh, sorry. That's spoken for. Aurelia said if I brought it to her, she'd buy me a dreadnought. So I'm gonna do that!" GenIVIV replied with a chuckle.
"You're going to trust someone like Aurelia?" Smoke asked with a raised brow. "Listen I made a deal with her years ago and she ended up backstabbing me. If anything she'd do the same thing. So save us the trouble and give us the Key Fragment,"
"Not going to happen. I am sure Aurelia will keep to her word," GenIVIV said with a chuckle.
"Wanna bet on it?" Smoke asked with a raised brow.
"Oh? You think you're in a position to bet?" GenIVIV asked with a chuckle.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I am. You in or not?" Smoke asked again with a smirk of his own.
"No thanks. After all, what are you all going to do? Navigate me to death? Navigate to your own ass," GenIVIV spoke before leaving the console earning an annoyed sigh from Smoke.
"I can do more than just navigate! Vault Hunters go through the medical bay," Balex spoke up before grunting softly. "AH shit, I navigated again! Stupid!"
"You can say that again," Smoke commented softly before Moze slapped the back of his head. "What?!"
"Lead on Balex. We trust you," Moze commented while looking forward.
"I can do more than navigate! Vault Hunters, go through the medical bay!" Balex pointed out before falling silent.
"You just navigated plushie," Smoke responded with a smirk.
"Ah, crap. Stupid," Balex scolded himself just as ratches started to pour out of their nests they had set up in the ship.
"That's a lot of ratches.." Moze commented as she was about to grab her gun but was stopped by Smoke who chuckled.
"Yo buddy. You can take your anger on the ratches while we do our stuff alright," Smoke called out earning a nod from J before he ran off to start slaughtering the ratches by himself.
"Will he be okay?" Moze asked looking at Smoke.
"He'll be fine. Now plushie..." Smoke asked looking at Balex.
"Damn, this place is lookin' nasty," Balex commented.
"Just a side effect of your loose navigating, Balex. You took us to a scummy port and didn't get checked. You gave me ratch!" GenIVIV complained.
"Shut up, bitch! You shoved me in a teddy bear!" Balex countered.
"This lover thing is getting pretty damn annoying," Smoke commented with a groan as J returned dusting himself off.
"Right through that door," Balex pointed out making the Vault Hunters go toward the door that didn't open.
"Oh, not opening this one for you. Now, I'm just a heartless combat AI, but are locked doors harder to navigate?" GenIVIV commented before laughing.
"Yeah we don't need your permission," Smoke spoke walking up to the door and placed his left hand over the console while humming softly before it opened up.
"What the hell?" GenIVIV asked.
"You aren't the only one who can open and close doors...so plushie...if you don't mind navigating," Smoke asked moving out of the way for Moze and Balex.
"Right, through there Vault Hunters," Balex spoke earning a nod from Smoke who slipped his right hand into his pocket and entered through the door.
As they entered the medical baya medical bot could be seen inside its pod before activating and aiming at the three. That was until Smoke tapped its head with his left hand shutting it down.
"Through here next?" Smoke asked looking over at Balex again.
"That bot you shut down, tear off its head and install me into it bitch. With my own body, I can navigate better," Balex replied earning a sigh from Smoke as J walked up to the bot and tore its head off allowing Moze to walk up and install Balex into the robot.
"Better?" Moze asked walking back with her hands crossed over her chest as Balex got up with his bot body only to move around.
"I'm in. Ha-ha, I'm alive!" Balex spoke before doing a double backflip only to land on his back. "Ow!" He said before slowly getting off the ground only to start moving around the medical room. "I have arms now! Ha-ha! what's this do?" The Nav Ai asked stopping in front of the door and began to scan it.
After a few seconds of waiting, the door opened allowing Balex to turn and face the Vault Hunters.
"Navigated, bitches!" Balex shouted before entering the room first. "This way Vault Hunters! We gotta get to the security hold to find the Key Fragment."
Smoke followed behind Balex along with Moze and J.
"Balex? Does that stand for something?" Moze asked looking to the navigational AI.
"Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. It stands for Binary Automated Logistical..." Balex paused before sighing. "All right, my old man Jakobs couldn't decide whether to call me Barry or Alex so he ended up calling me Balex. I know it's not the coolest origin story,"
"Nah, I get it. I'm Moserah Yan-Lun al-Andreyavna. Call me Moze," The gunner introduced before looking at J and nudging her head for him to do the same.
"...J" The fighter added before nudging Smoke.
"Fine. Smoke," The inventor said with a sigh.
"Damn. Well, we all got off better than GenIVIV. That ain't even how numerals work," Balex commented earning a chuckle from Moze and a faint grin from J as he opened the next door to find Ravager waiting on the other side.
They didn't even wait as Moze, Smoke, and J all opened fire on the lone creature shredding it into pieces. As the three Vault Hunters entered the room, they found combat bots and Saurians fighting each other. Moze smiled at this and started to open fire on the bots along with Smoke while J dealt with the Saurians by himself by tearing them apart. It took them no longer than a minute to clean up the enemies before Smoke took out a blunt and gave himself a long hit to calm himself down.
"Alright...Balex...where to next man," Smoke said in a chill mood now while smiling as the navigational AI made his way to the second floor of the room by a door.
"We're coming up on the security hold. It'll be around...ah crap, I'm navigating again. You know what? You find it," Balex complained causing Smoke to stop right by him and sigh heavily with his head leaned back to look up at the ceiling.
"We came because we need to stop the Children of the Vault and help out Jakobs. Help us help you...you piece of pink fluffed trash," Smoke said with a smile while glaring at Balex.
"Smoke. Let's go. If he wants Jakobs to bite the dust then fine," Moze commented as she pushed him along with J following behind her.
As they reached the end of the corridor, Balex sighed and moved in front of them.
"There's the door to the security hold! And GenIVIV's barricaded it. My med bot clearance won't do anything here. Great!" Balex shouted before Smoke walked up to the door humming.
"We got this," Smoke said placing his left hand over the doors control.
"Oh, security! There's an adorable little idiot criminal trying to break in. Please pull him apart. Slowly," GenIVIV commanded as the security alarms went off.
"How about no...you psychotic bitch!" Smoke said flicking his left pointing finger causing the alarms and combat bots to shut down.
"What did you do?" GenIVIV asked with an annoyed tone.
"I didn't do anything. I'm just an inventor but that doesn't mean I don't have friends on the other side...bitch!" Smoke replied with a chuckle.
"That's what I'm talkin' about Vault Hunter! You're a natural hacker!" Balex cheered.
"I'm not the hacker, I'm the inventor. Get your shit right Balex," Smoke commented looking over his shoulder at the nav AI just as the barricaded door opened seeing nothing inside.
"I moved the Key Fragment ages ago, you cutie dummies. If you really want it that bad, you'll have to come to the bridge and fight me for it," GenIVIV spoke before laughing.
"Fuck you GenIVIV!" Balex shouted.
"Vault Hunters, I'm sorry you have to see what's turning into a messy breakup. I really thought Balex and I were made for each other. He took me places, and I killed people there," GenIVIV started.
"It was never going to work, GenIVIV! We're from two different manufacturers! That, and you betrayed the Jakobs Family. But MOSTLY the manufacturer thing!" Balex replied.
"This breakup thing is getting annoying. I'm running low on weed here," Smoke said looking at Balex. "So any idea what we're dealing with Balex?"
"Okay, listen. I got an idea on how to beat GenIVIV. Now, she's installed herself into a Maliwan mech. But there's a second one in the shuttle bay. If we get me into that one, GenIVIV won't be able to stop us! Let's head through Engineering," Balex asked facing Smoke.
"Maliwan mech? Pffft we don't need no second rate mech to take on GenIVIV," Smoke said with a chuckle. "I used to work for Maliwan. Hell! I was their head inventor...so if she's in a Maliwan mech...we can take her,"
"What are you talkin' about? We're fighting against a mech with impenetrable shields here!" Balex complained.
"Maybe to everyone else but not this guy. Plus I got something GenIVIV doesn't," Smoke said with a smirk. "Iron Bear Mark II and a pissed off modified brawler,"
"Iron Bear Mark II?" Moze spoke with a raised brow.
"Trust me," Smoke said with a grin. "To the bridge!"
-Bridge-
"Oh! Vault hunter. I see Balex is with you, that's a surprise. Come on in," GenIVIV spoke confidently seeing as she was installed into a Maliwan mech.
"Don't mind if we do," Smoke said walking in and looking around with a joint between his lips while looking around. "Shit place you got here,"
"You can blame cutie idiot for that one," GenIVIV spoke before laughing. "So, are you all ready to die?"
"Us? Nah...but maybe you are," Smoke said raising his left arm to his lips. "Code: Weed is good,"
GenIVIV was confused at this for a second before her barrier shutdown making her gasp.
"What?" GenIVIV questioned as Moze hoped up and entered her Iron Bear Mark II and J fusing with the mech unit making it more humanoid that seemed to be as tall as GenIVIV now.
"Iron Bear Mark IIJ," Smoke commented with his arms crossed. "This shouldn't take long."
"Shouldn't take long?" GenIVIV argued while glaring at Smoke.
"Yeah. As high tech as that mech SEEMS! To me, that looks like an old model," Smoke answered as Iron Bear IIJ took aim at GenIVIV with every single weapon that was fully charged now. "Giver take...a second,"
With that said, Moze unleashed every single projectile at GenIVIV that were all infused with corrosive damage thanks to J's elemental changing ability. As the barrage of projectiles faded away, all that was left was the Key fragment before the Iron Bear Mark IIJ shut down due to the extensive firepower they poured into the attack.
"Damn Vault Hunters. Remind me not to piss you off," Balex commented as the mech suit dematerialized with Moze and J to land on the ground. "See ya later GenIVIV. I always hated you,"
Smoke walked to the Key fragment and chuckled as he picked it up and glanced at it.
"Alright with the Combat AI...well...taken out...we can head back to Sanctuary," Smoke said looking at Moze.
"Mission accomplished," Moze agreed while nodding her head.
J on the other hand looked around the area making Smoke blink his eyes.
"You alright buddy?" Smoke asked walking up to J.
"That was too easy," j said looking back at Smoke.
"Well, what do you expect? You're teamed up with the one who built most of these damn suits. I am a little surprised that Katagawa Jr. didn't take my personal code out... then again he was a lazy asshole," Smoke pointed out while looking up at the ceiling. "Fucking idiot,"
"So you used to work for Maliwan crop?" Balex asked with an amused chuckle. "That explains a lot,"
"Like what?" Smoke asked looking over at Balex with a raised brow.
"Why you don't like me. Which is dumb," Balex pointed out earning a groan from Smoke before shaking his head.
"I don't hate you because I used to work for Maliwan. I got my own reasons you plushie trash AI. Now come on, let's head back to home base. Don't wanna keep my...lady waiting," Smoke spoke while brushing his right hand against his spiky hair back chuckling.
"Gross..." J commented.
"Shaddap! Like you know what it is for true love at a glance," Smoke commented while stretching his arms apart chuckling. "Best of all she's also a scientist,"
"Whatever you're into has nothing to do with either of us...so do us all a favor and keep it to yourself," Moze commented as they all started to make their way toward a console.
"You're all just jelly. Jelly that I got someone to flirt with," Smoke said closing his eyes and sighing heavily.
"...jelly?" J repeated while blinking his eyes and looking at Moze who chuckled.
"It means we are jealous," Moze explained.
"Jealous? Of what?" J asked looking at Smoke now.
"Is this guy a virgin or somethin?" Balex asked earning a snicker from Smoke.
"Well yeah. He's been locked up most of his life from a kid all the way up to...well now. It's only been a few years since I got him out of the Maliwan testing facility," Smoke started looking at his friend. "But I tell ya what! He ain't innocent either! This guy tears shit up just for pissing him off and it does not take much to get him their either...come on we'll talk about more of this at Sanctuary,"
Moze nodded her head in agreement as they left the Family Jewel.
-Sanctuary III-
As they arrived in Sanctuary, the Vault Hunters were greeted by Tannis once more.
"I am in my lab with Lilith. We are storming our brains on ways to combat the Calypsos. Bring me the fragment," Tannis said.
Before Smoke could say anything, the sound of GenIVIV laughing rang through the ship's speakers.
"Aw, nah! I know that evil laugh anywhere. GenIVIV is all up in your ship," Balex spoke making J look around.
"Hey, cutie idiots! I like your ship. Not as well-armed as the Family Jewel, but I think I'll fit right in once I make some modifications. Oh, on-board service bots? Please take apart the crew," GenIVIV spoke through the speakers.
"What the hell Vault Hunters, we're locked in here. Get to the bridge and fix this," Lilith commanded.
"Abandon the ship! Robots and children first!" Claptrap added in a panicked.
"Well, that escalated quickly," Smoke commented blinking his eyes before letting out a heavy sigh. "Alright so let's head to the bridge while destroying robots that attack us."
J and Moze looked at each other before turning their attention back to Smoke nodding their heads seeing he was glancing over his shoulder at them.
"Then let's get to it," Smoke said looking and moving forward with a smirk.
The three dashed to their destination finding only two robots that have gone rouge until they reached the entrance of the bridge. Upon reaching the entrance, they were attacked by five service-bots. Smoke only chuckled before J ran forward and tackled one of the bots to tear its left arm off and throw it toward and second breaking it in half. Moze and Smoke simply provided suppressive fire around J to wipe out the remaining bots before the four of them entered the bridge to hear GenIVIV once more.
"I'm going to fly you, the key fragment, and your whole ship to Aurelia! And once she rewards me with a dreadnaught, I'll travel from system to system, burning every inhabitable planet I find!" GenIVIV explained before laughing again. "I've always wanted a vacation,"
As she finished talking, Sanctuary III warped to a large asteroid field as rocks crashed into the window of the bridge cracking it but not enough to shatter it.
"Aw crap, we're in an asteroid field! Vault Hunter! She's got her claws in your computer system. You can't hurt her from here. I gotta go in myself," Balex spoke up making Smoke scuff.
"You did your part Balex. I was hoping I could save this for some other time but...I guess it can't be helped," Smoke said with a heavy sigh as he walked up to the console and placed his left hand over it. "Time for Corah to come out and play,"
"Corah?" Moze, J, and Balex questioned in unison.
"Who the hell are you?!" GenIVIV demanded before the laughter of a young teen was heard.
"Hello. My name is Corah. It's nice to meet you!" The other AI introduced cheerfully.
"I don't give a rats ass who you are!" GenIVIV replied.
"But you asked who I was...so I told you. Why are you mad?" Corah asked with a sad tone.
"Corah. Sis. She's a baddy. Kick her ass!" Smoke shouted with a wide smile.
"But I do not do the kicking of asses," Corah replied making Smoke blink at this and sigh.
"She wants to kill cute furry animals," Smoke said closing his eyes while hanging his head down.
A gasp came from Corah before GenIVIV went silent.
"How rude!" Corah shouted before GenIVIV started to shout and scream before being ejected into a chip. "Meanie has been dealt with!"
"Alright," Smoke said opening his eyes with a smile before taking the chip and rolling it between his fingers. "Now...what to do with this troublemaker?"
"Hah-hah! Sucks to suck, GenIVIV!" Balex spoke causing Smoke to chuckle.
"Alright, Corah. I'm pulling you out now," Smoke spoke putting his left hand back on the console and pulling the AI out. "Balex, you take over from here,"
"Why can't Corah do it?" Balex questioned while J walked up and plugged the plushie in.
"Because she's built to hack things...not navigate things..." Smoke answered before making his way to the exit. "I' ma turn the Key fragment into Tannis,"
"Alright, turning off lockdown and getting your ship back to normal," Balex said using the speakers of Sanctuary.
Moze watched as Smoke left the bridge along with J who sighed.
"Did you know about the AI?" Moze asked looking at J who shook his head. "Thought so..."
-Lab Room-
As soon as Moze and J entered Tannis' lab room, Smoke would be chatting with the scientist while Lilith just stood there with a raised brow. Eventually, Tannis saw the other Vault Hunters and cleared her throat while smiling.
"Vault Hunters. I was just talking to Smoke here about a plan to open the Vault without giving the Calypsos what they want again," Tannis said with a cheerful smile.
"Now that we know they're after the power of the Vault monster itself, we can hurt them. Tannis is looking into a way for you to destroy the monster before Tyreen can take its power," Lilith started before smiling. "And you saved Sanctuary...twice on your count Moze. Thanks, Killers,"
"Welp at least the ship has one hell of a navigator. Ain't that right Balex?" Smoke asked with a smirk.
"Hell yeah! I' ma stick around. This ship is tight!" Balex commented through the speakers causing Lilith to look up.
"So Sanctuary has a voice now. Sure, why not? I can roll with it. Oh, I heard from Clay. He's got a lead on the next fragment. Go meet up with him," Lilith commanded making the three nod their head.
As the Vault Hunters made their way to the teleporter, J looked to his friend and sighed.
"So...what's this about me being a virgin?" J spoke up causing Smoke to cough loudly and bring his left hand up to cover his mouth.
"I forgot all about that," Smoke commented catching his breath and clearing his throat.
Moze only blushed at this and looked away with her left hand rubbing the back of her head.
"I'll be blunt J. Buddy old pal. A virgin is someone who has never had sex before," Smoke explained as he walked up beside his friend laughing softly and placed his hand on J's left shoulder giving it a soft pat. "And that's what you are,"
"...you mean the thing you were doing in the bathroom or a bar..." J was stopped as Smoke placed his hand in front of his mouth laughing loudly and nervously.
"No one needs to hear that!" Smoke shouted with wide-eyes before looking around to see if Tannis heard any of that only to look back at J chuckling lightly. "Yeah...that's a good example...I guess,"
"...what about you Moze?" J asked looking at the Gunner who snapped her attention to the brawler. "Are you a virgin?"
"That's not...something you ask anyone buddy. especially girls," Smoke whispered the last part while nudging his head at Moze. "So for now let's leave it at that and make our way to the cowboy," He spoke as the three made their way toward the drop ship.
/To be continued...