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Everything felt strange. It's as if he was still active but not his systems were running but they have stopped all at the same time. When he could finally see, hear and taste again unburden by using the Human teleport system he was quite happy. How did humans keep using this thing? Or were they unaware of how it affected them?

9S will ask one of them when he gets the chance, and again humans. That have been living on earth the recording that 8B sent to him when he was sprinting towards the camp kept going over and over in his head. How did they miss them for thousands of years?

Sure YoRHa is a new organization not even a decade yet but still. Humanity's Trump card yeah? He certainly didn't felt like it anymore, since they missed a whole pocket of humanity no doubt their whole goal of getting rid of the machines blinded them from thinking "Hey maybe we forgot some humans here?" 9S couldn't help but to think thousands of years ago how many humans were left behind when the moon base was started.

He shuddered at the thought of it. We're there more underground pockets of mankind on earth forgotten? He wasn't sure. But he is determine to find out one day. Even if it meant leaving YoRHa.

"It seems rather quite here."

9S turned his head to glance at the strange built human machine that was further away from him it standing next to X6-88 the human who was capable of keeping up with an android. The idea of it still sounded strange.

"Yeah all the equipment is just left unattended too. This common X6-88?" Nate spoke the human who looked at him strangely when he left the tent to greet him, for what reason he didn't know. If 9S was willing to bet he looked sad maybe. He wasn't sure.

"No it isn't Nate there still be at least one person here checking over the samples."

9S looked at the samples dirt and plants stuffed into containers and glass domes a lot of it too. Made sense he guessed comparing surface soil to underground soil? What did humans eat?

"Guess I find the others you guys wait here I be back." And with that Nate walked off while 9S is being honest he wanted to follow the man then stay here even if X6-88 was human too he acted… different more like a android from YoRHa who followed that no emotions are prohibited rule that really no one followed besides the commander and androids who were just very rigid in his opinion. But really if X6-88 was the voice used to send the messages from the moon he would have been a lot better. The other guy just sounded dead.

"Hey X6-88 why do you have a designation and not a name?" 9S asked the question that's been burning on his mind when his pod shared with him the data that was collected on X6-88. It fitted a android not a human they had name's which meant something 9S himself only had that the personality number and his model letter. He wasn't special, they could make more androids literally just like him only reason they didn't was because of a indecent that happened a few years ago. When a scanner even more curious then himself made two copies of the same android and activated as both battle units.

It didn't end well.

"I'm a courser." 9S waited for the man to explain what he meant by that and after while 9S was going to ask again when someone's hand landed on his shoulder.

"Yeah don't bother 9S the guy doesn't talk much. Nate said he was shy." 9S looked at 64B and was going to ask what she meant by that. Until they heard loud thumping of the armor that Nate wore coming back.

"X6-88! We got a fucking problem!" 9S ears would have been red by now with how much cursing Nate was doing if he was human even the others looked a bit unnerved with how angry Nate sounded.

"Explain what happened?"

"The whole damn team is dead! Looked like lar-" Before Nate could finish X6-88 dashed right past them going the same direction Nate came from. Ada made its way towards him.

"Nate what happened?"

"I don't know Ada! When I left looking for them I found them placed next to each other on the ground the 2's taken apart like some animal attacked them, the coursers were killed cant find the third one any where!" Humans dead? He was aware that the 8B and her team followed X6-88 when he left to see but 9S was too shocked move.

Machines.

Who else would have killed them? They were in the forest! They didn't know the dangers of being in here! And 9S couldn't do a damn thing to fix it. He clenched his hands the thought of those damn things running around.

"9S clam down. I know what your thinking it couldn't have been the machines here we have good relationship with them they couldn't have been the culprit. Besides I saw a lot of them here broken too." Nate said as he started to mess with his HUD that was connected to his pip-boy getting ready leave for the Institute needing talk to Shaun about this then talk too Merlin if he's still alive.

"Look stay calm go with the others I need to go back too the Institute talk to people about what happened here. Ada come on let's go, tell X6-88 I went back and to start the search we sure as hell not leaving this as is." With that 9S saw the same blue-white light engulf them and disappeared. He took off once it was over tell X6-88 what Nate was doing he run and with the help of his pod found them in a courtyard machine bodies everywhere if it's because they were a lot or simply torn apart so violently they were everywhere he couldn't tell.

He slowed down his run and simply walked and stared at the bodies that was a placed next to each a large wound in the chest area or heads bent in such a way it would have left a android in a new body greeted him. He was glad they wore those all covering bodysuits, no doubt under it they had a expression of pain.

22B was kneeling next to one holding the humans hand female with how the suit hugged her form saying something so softly he couldn't hear. While 64B is just pacing back and forth in anger her blade cutting into the ground back and forth. Only 8B seemed to still have her composure as she crouched next X6-88 who was checking over the bodies.

He didn't want to focus on the… dead…. So he walked over ignoring the bodies and crouched next to them hearing X6-88 talked before he can explain what Nate is doing.

"Blunt force. Here in the chest area pierced him went through his back and" X6-88 raised the body allowing the two androids see the gaping would in the back where a lot of blood flowed out or at least it would have if it didn't dry long before they came. 9S felt sick to his blackbox. "left this behind. It missed the heart but no doubt hitting other organs."

X6-88 slowly lowered the body back to the ground he stood up and looked at 9S his unspoken question ringing in the air.

"Nate said he was going back to the Institute talk too some people about what happened here took Ada with him also. And start the search without him." He nodded and walked off the two following him with 8B yelled to the others watch the bodies. They said nothing but 8B knew they got it.

The two followed X6-88 a bit further away from the others and found a man dressed like X6-88 no doubt a courser like himself he crouched, and stared at the body for a while before looking at his… head a generous term since it was smashed the brain being picked apart by insects. 9S walked away he couldn't see that.

X6-88 poked around in the courser's head looking for a very important piece of equipment that all courser's had in them. A chip. He didn't find it. He took the supplies off X8-32 and added them to his own pockets he lifted the body and took it to the others, After that he found the other courser X1-23 a wound from the back that exited at the front. His head wasn't cracked open.

"What is that?" The voice of 8B spoke if it was to him or just saying it out loud he didn't know.

"Plasma. Don't touch it."

X6-88 stood back up and walked around the area leaving X1-23 where he was at for now. He found laser burns on a tree he looked at the ground and found footprints heavy ones. Small not a man's. He leaned on the tree his head turning until he saw the area where the puddle was at. He walked over.

He imagined X1-23 was at this spot fired at the enemy and rolled at the last second leaving a plasma grenade behind. A android then. He killed it if the plasma puddle was of any sign. Through what killed him? Another android?

For now he mark it as two or more androids that attacked the research team. Now who could have killed them all? Either the resistance or YoRHa. No the resistance seemed rather lacking in areas they couldn't have gotten this far if they forced themselves through. And X1-23 used a plasma weapon kill the android and not his laser gun.

He glanced at the android 8B at his side and thought. He couldn't say it out loud or they might turn on him.

"I be back I'm going to share with Nate what I found." With that he teleported out through not before leaving X1-23 with the others.

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9S looked at 8B and asked.

"So what were doing now?"

"I'm going to contact command tell them the situation no doubt the commander is going to send over backup deal with this… incident. More androids mean we have more eyes scanning over this moon damned forest." 8B always hated this damn place. Now she had even more reason want to burn this forest down but it had a lot of resources that's supposed to be sent towards the moon one day so she had to control her wants. 9S nodded and with that the two made their way back towards the others with 8B contacting command explain the situation.

From what 9S can hear it didn't sound like it was going over very well. When the two finally meet up with the others 9S could only stare at the bodies as he crouched down. He grasped the hand of one that was male and he wondered. What kind of life did this man had? Did he had family and friends in the Institute who will no doubt miss his presence? Did he had kids like animals do? 9S can only imagine the reaction the council will have once they learn humans were killed on earth.

"Blackbox detected. Wanted YoRHa unit in area annihilation recommended." The pods all called out at once. 9S confused looked around until he noticed a unknown unit standing behind him. Before he could say anything she kicked 9S in the chin sending him flying through the air once he landed and rolled to his feet he grabbed his jaw, the thing was disconnected hanging open he couldn't speak but hold it in place in pain as the pods opened fire as one through the unit disappeared in a golden glow.

Hearing the sound of metal striking metal he turned and saw the unknown unit attack 22B from behind through the unit quickly moved out the way when 64B came in her blades moving so fast the unit was left with a few cuts through nothing she couldn't walk off. 9S seeing the unit engaging them stuck his hands out and proceed to hack into her cause some damage to her internal systems.

Everything went black until he was in the familiar closed off space white blocks around him enclosed with his target. He moved around avoiding the shots that coming at him he needed to destroy four before he can reach the main. Once the four were destroyed he was able to get at the last target. Once it was destroyed he was hit with something strange.

We aren't going to be on the moon forever. I mean they took me out of storage, might want me train some of those noodles up there make tough nails out of them.

Well times wasting want to kill the king? I pass this down to the higher-ups they get you whatever you want since your helping me out. Even a visit to the moon or a higher position of whatever group your from.

9S couldn't focus long on the strange information that he found as they were still being attacked through his hacking did slowed her down even if it didn't have any effect on her strange ability infused with that strange glow.

For she kept dodging the attacks so close but she still had enough speed to fight back. Until 8B was involved.

Her spear was nothing but a blur as she slowly chipped away at the unknown YoRHa unit tearing apart her thighs and arms all while ignoring her golden strikes and backed away once she activated a protective barrier around her that neither 8B's spear or pod fire can get pass. Once it seemed the hacking 9S was fought off by the unit its speed was back to its regular fast paced movements.

Through it didn't matter it merely made her losing parts of herself harder for 8B who loved the challenge. But 8B knew this needed to be ended quickly so when the unit tried landing a punch at her she pushed it aside and stabbed the spear point into the units foot keeping her in place. In retaliation she lifted her other hand and charged a blast straight at her face, before it can be fired 64B cut the units arm off at the elbow.

With this done 22B cut the other arm off and with the three so close they all brought her down to the ground with 9S running towards them intending to hack her systems and bring her in.

Until she exploded in a golden inferno that burned everything around her, turning the three holding her down into scraps and severely damaged 9S far enough that he escaped the death of his fellows but close enough he suffered damage that left him half blind, and crippled his systems barely holding on with the damage done to him. 9S felt the connection to his pod was gone and knew he was at the mercy of this android he doubts could have ever belong to YoRHa.

For she stood back up her arms now reattached back to her and the damages seemingly disappeared as if what 8B done to her never happened. She walked over and kicked 9S into the air and he could do nothing as he flew into a tree his body hitting it before falling back to the ground face first. The unknown android picked up his cruel oath and tossed it aside her the blade worthless to her.

"You saw something didn't you?"

A2 knew he did. But The thoughts of one YoRHa unit was meaningless to her since she wanted Nate for what he did to her. Left her as this thing neither android or machine. Only once he was dead or broken could she feel again.

"Wel-" Before A2 can talk she felt the same shots as before tearing into her back melting the skin and metal eating her alive in fear and rage she turned around sending golden energy towards the forest the shots came from. Nothing for more of the same shots hit her from the side the same tactic followed but no matter how many shots she fired in every direction they kept coming tearing her apart in the end she allowed her form to be consumed by the gol-

"Got you bitch."

And felt a blade enter from her back through her chest and looked down recognizing it. That scanners blade. She was lifted into the air before being slammed into the dirt then left there pinned to the ground.

"Didn't I kill you?" Turning her head she saw it was Nate in his bulky power armor.

"Know what? I don't care far as I know you took my son no one else would have reason for all this." A2 only gave him a sneer and spit blood at his helmet. Nate didn't care.

A2 didn't want to be in this position anymore so she quickly released the golden glow once more sending Nate flying but the blade cutting right through her. Then she felt something else. It was reaching from inside her trying to get out and it disturbed her. So she fought back and tried to keep it down but it was so much stronger and then.

She felt it.

Something came out of her back and it was large the feeling was horrible, disgusting and painful she felt… used the only feeling that matched what she felt now was when she realized her team was nothing but sacrifices in a mission she was supposed to die in.

And then the new figure picked her up and looked at her with his red eyes. The thing looked at Nate who was getting out of his ruined power armor and screamed before they were suddenly fired upon through it was quickly blocked by the golden shield.

Nate got out of the armor and looked at the androids and ran towards them his laser pistol in hand when the barrier fell he aimed his gun at the new figures head and fired. Saw as the man's skin melted off and the metal underneath was heated before Nate can fire again the man fired a shot of golden energy from his mouth that hit Nate's hand and passed through his bicep turning his forearm into a mess of skin and bone. The pain through didn't matter. He kept running and right before he reached them they teleported away and Nate fell to the ground where they should have been.

He stared at the grass he crushed with his weight. It felt like hours as he stared at the dirt but only seconds passed and Nate heard and felt as X6-88 came and lifted him from the ground and started talking about what he couldn't hear. The only thing he could focus on was the fact he failed again.

Dead loved ones, dead wife and his son taken by a person who won't stay dead and can teleport. The last thing he saw before he fainted was Kellogg sneering at him blood shot eyes burning with hatred.

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Done. So the story is dead. I still like the idea of it I just dont like the direction I had it going so one day I want to come back and rewrite it. Just have no idea when.

Undead3- before Nier automata starts. The two just never seem to agree on one thing yes?

enumeaelish666- he did didn't he? Through at least Nate can Mr. X not so much the Terimantor if Skynet sees him as real threat. Don't they just keep sending terminators kill John until something sticks? It's been years since I seen the movies.

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