O101 looked at the girl who was standing in the circle of guards.
"Weak things, aren't they?" he said to her, looking kind of displeased. "Still, I would think that the first other person that I found here would have a mouth"
It was kind of disconcerting, seeing someone who didn't have a mouth. It was like seeing a cat without fur for the first time. As a little kid, you're now mentally scared of cats, and there was the same effect here. Here was a girl staring at him, without a mouth, wearing the same kind of jumpsuit as him. She had long blonde hair, full blue eyes (that is to say that the whites of her eyes were blue as well), and was possibly the most terrifying thing that anyone in the vicinity had ever seen. He looked at her curiously, kind of impressed that she had killed all the guards there, without apparently moving. She was holding a knife by the blade, because it's not like she was taught which side to hold, and which side to hit people with.
Besides, she would have held it this way even if she had known, because it's more creative than stupid "normal" ways to hold knifes. He looked down at one of the dead soldiers with a hole in their foot. It looked more painful than being punched in the stomach, that was for sure. She looked at him with her cold blue eyes. As predicted (from her noticeable lack of a mouth), she didn't talk much.
"Ok, wave your hand if you want to get out" he said, kind of disturbed.
She didn't move.
"Ok, now wave your hand if you don't want to get out"
She didn't move.
"Can... uh... can you hear me?"
She didn't another word, he turned and left through the door he came from. When he turned around, he saw that she had followed him. It was kind of creepy. He thought about what she would do if she decided she didn't like him. His mind recoiled from the thought as quickly as it had entered. It would be painful for him.
"So, your mouth. That's... cool?"
She didn't move.
O101 went red, and gritted his teeth. "Hey, are you even going to TRY to interact with me?"
Ten points if you can guess what she did next. That's right. Zilch. Zero. Nothing. Nada.
'GOD DAMMIT!" he yelled, and walked on, trying to ignore the thirteen year old girl behind him.
Ignore her... she'll just go away... he thought. Just... go... away...
He tried to recall where he had seen this before. He hadn't, of course. He was, in technical terms, just born. He started to contemplate how he could talk. How he actually knew anything. He looked at the ground, and gritted his teeth. He didn't like being left in the metaphorical dark.
The girl bumped into him from behind. He kept walking, not looking back. Not there... Not there...
The next opened pod should be around here... he thought. If this one doesn't have a mouth I'm just leaving the last one.
HEY.
O101 stopped. Had he just heard a voice? No, he hadn't heard it. Must have been his imagination
I SAID HEY.
O101 looked around. There was no voice, but he knew the words. It was like a thought that was niggling its way into his head.
WOW, ARE YOU BRAIN DEAD OR SOMETHING?
O101 went white. He had never experienced anything like this in his thirty minutes of life. As far as he had learned, when people said words, they traveled through the air. He spoke cautiously, his voice quavering slightly. This was too much. No mouthed girl, now a disembodied thought. It would be incorrect to call it a voice, because a voice implies sound. "Hello...?" he said quietly.
AH, THANK GOD. YOU'RE NOT HARD OF THINKING.
"No, I don't think so. Who... what is this?"
THE PERSON WHO'S FOLLOWING YOU. MY NAME IS... IS... IT'S..
"You don't know either?" he said, not turning around to look at the mouth less girl.
NO.
"Please..." he requested, rubbing his ears, ineffectively, obviously. "Be quieter"
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THINK QUIETER. DO YOU?
"No..." O101 admitted sheepishly "But it is kind of like talking quieter though, I would expect."
NOT REALLY. YOUR THOUGHTS ARE REALLY LOUD TOO. SO DO THE GUARDS.
"OK... I'm kind of scared out of my wits now..." he tried to sound as brave as he could. This might be the first challenge that he would encounter.
I'M NOT GOING TO ATTACK YOU. I SEE NO POINT. I COULD USE YOUR HELP TO ESCAPE THIS PLACE. EVEN THOUGH I CAN CRUSH PEOPLES MINDS, THOSE BULLETS STING, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT BY TO MANY.
"O...K... Still kind of freaked out though..."
ANYWAY, AFTER READING YOUR MIND, I KNOW WHERE THE NEXT POD IS. HASN'T IT OCCURRED TO YOU THAT ONE OR MORE MIGHT NOT BE HUMAN? WHAT IF IT'S A HYBRID OR SOMETHING OF THE LIKES?
"Then... uh... we run from it?"
YOU KNOW WHAT? STOP TALKING, I'LL JUST READ YOUR MIND.
"Hey, but-!" but it was no use. She had closed her eyes and he felt her presence in his head. It was more annoying than anything else.
RATHER EMPTY IN THERE. HA, I'M JUST KIDDING. NOT REALLY, BUT WE BOTH KNOW HOW THAT ARGUMENT WOULD TURN OUT ANYWAY. DON'T DENY IT. I CAN READ YOUR MIND. ANYWAY, I BET YOU'RE WONDERING HOW I KILLED THOSE GUARDS, HUH? YES, OF COURSE YOU ARE. I KNEW IT. I BASICALLY SCARED THEM TO DEATH. THEIR MIND SHUTS DOWN FROM SHOCK. I CAN IMPLANT ANY IMAGE INTO YOUR HEAD DEPENDING ON YOUR INTELLECT. IF YOU'RE CREATIVE, IT'S EASIER OF COURSE.
The words vanished from O101's head. The thoughts were still there, but now they were in his head. He knew quite a bit more then before. He saw all the potential abilities and outcomes for the abilities that she could perform. It wasn't painful, having a large amount more memories in your head then five minutes ago, but it was uncomfortable. It was like waking up to finding half your bed missing. You suddenly felt more uncomfortable. O101 looked at the girl.
"Hello, O100"
HEY.
A/N: I'm sorry the chapters are quite brief. I work on them when I can. Still, I got some views, which is quite a good start. Link your friends and follow if you enjoy! -Creator, O100, O101.
P.S. Also, still no Homestuck refrences. They may take some time- I still need to get them out of the facility.
