(AN: Now the angst gets real. I apologize for the long-ass chapter. Enjoy~)
"THIS CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION!" Thomas demanded
It had not been five minutes since they had returned to the hidden domain of the robotic musicians, and both Daft Punk and Marie were overwhelmingly thrilled to see that Mau5 had successfully completed a tour in one country.
"Hasn't he done it himself before?" Raven asked, recalling his appearance in her hometown.
"THAT WAS ACTUALLY HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO TOUR. AND AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, IT WAS NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL."
Guy patted Mau5 on the back, a thumbs up figure appearing on his face. "YOU DESERVE A MASH DOWN, MAU5."
Raven immediately gave a puzzled look. She had never heard that expression before, and she certainly did not expect to hear it from one of the robots. "A wot?" She asked.
Mau5 was beaming from ear to large, circular ear as he answered her: "Mash down? Oh yes~ That's where all of us take some hits that make us feel really good~" His tail coiled with delight at the thought.
"So…" Raven began, almost sure what he was referencing, "You drug yourself with your own chemical?"
"NO, MAU5'S MIX ONLY WORKS FOR HUMANS, AS IT IS MADE OUT OF HUMAN DRUGS. THOSE DRUGS CANNOT EFFECT US THE SAME, SINCE OUR BRAINS ARE NOT ORGANIC. WE USE SOMETHING DIFFERENT…" Thomas trailed off.
Before Raven could ask, Mau5 burst into an excited laughter. "Electricity and viruses!"
Raven's mouth dropped. "You're joking…"
Both Guy and Thomas shook their heads. "THINK OF OUR MINDS AS A VERY COMPLEX AND ADVANCED COMPUTER." They chanted together. Thomas continued, "WHEN A COMPUTER TAKES IN TOO MUCH ELECTRICITY OR OBTAINS A VIRUS IT CANNOT FIGHT, IT'S PROCESSOR FRIES. NOW THINK OF A VIRUS OR A VOLT OF WATTS TO BE A STRONG DRUG, SUCH AS COCAIN OR HEROIN. AVERAGELY ALMOST ALL HUMANS WOULD DIE FROM AN OVERDOSE. TOO MUCH ELECTRICITY OR VIRUSES IS LIKE AN OVERDOSE ON COCAIN OR HEROIN." Thomas raised both his hands out in front of him, as the words 'not like us' scrolled over his visor. "BUT YOUR COMPUTERS ARE NOT AS STRONG AS US, AND TO US… THOSE 'OVERDOSES' ARE OUR HIGH… OUR TRIP."
Raven only stared at both Thomas and Guy, slightly in shock. Her opinion of them was based around the idea that they were superior beings, perfect, as compared to humans. But after hearing them explain that they wanted to trip out and get high on electric volts and computer viruses, a new idea of these mechanical aliens came to her. Perhaps they were more intelligent than people, and perhaps they were more superior, but they too had emotions; it seemed, as well as desires. And the desire to feel good 'mentally' was the same as anyone else. "Right…" She began. "So wot, you just have to plug yourself into an outlet or a virus and you trip balls?"
The saying was a bit foreign to them, but they understood what she meant. "You can join us, lil Raven~" Mau5 said.
Raven raised an eyebrow. She tried not to look it, but she was keeping her defense up. "Wot do you mean?"
Marie was the one who spoke up. "They provide me with alcohol whenever they have one of their mash downs. A long with a few other things…" She smiled. "So you are welcome to get a rush with us."
Raven was not as surprised to hear that Marie was into this kind of thing, as much as the Daft Punk members. She then made a concerned look. "Mau5's red drug won't be involved, will it?"
"No, no, of course not~" Mau5 said, grinning. He didn't appear to show it, but Raven could still make out a fiendish smile. "Only if you request it, will you be given it~"
As much as the trip of it was an amazing experience and feeling, she did not like the after effects, nor the fact that she couldn't remember anything, not to mention the association of being taken advantage of.
"C'mon, Raven, let's have some fun with the boys. I've never had another person, or another girl join me before," Marie beckoned. There was something about the way she was begging that showed her weak side, thought Raven.
Usually, Raven did not have the personality to do hallucinogens. She was the rebellious raver, who got high on the joys of music alone, and usually declined all offers to speed, shrooms, etc. Once or twice she had smoked weed, and occasionally she drank with her good friend London, or her mother. But up until she had a taste of Mau5's drug, she never had anything quite so intense.
Yet for some reason, tonight was different. The circumstances have changed. Stress from the tour, and the anxiety from the losses around her, she felt a desire to lose herself. She didn't care if she was with beings she didn't really trust. What could she possibly lose at this point?
"Sure.. why not-" But before she could finish, the oversized, red rodent hoisted her in his arms. "Oh good~!" He took his furry face and nuzzled it into her hair. Raven struggled to be released, but she didn't fight him nearly as much as she would have a week ago. She was beginning to get use to his ways and company.
"COME ALONE." Guy said, taking Marie by the arm, gently and guided the group down the glowing blue halls.
…
They emerged into the large studio room. The lights in the floor and the ceiling had been programmed to flicker multiple colors slowly.
A man on the left came in through another pair of doors and met them in the center of the room. He was wheeling a large tray stand on wheels. Where did he come from?
He met with Marie, who nodded to him. "That will be all, thank you." And with that, he was dismissed from the room (as well as the entire building).
"Bwahaha~ what do we have?" Mau5 chuckled.
Marie opened the side doors on the stand. Her hands reached in and pulled out a huge clump of cables, all in different lengths and colors. Raven slightly gasped at the sight. Was this process of getting high really that complex?
Marie laid the huge mess of cables on top of the tray, and Guy and Thomas proceeded to organize them. Next, Marie pulled out large batteries, what looked like several different USB drives, and bulky hard drives. Each individual thing was labeled with various things:
5,000 volts, 10,000 volts, 50,000 volts, 100,000 volts, and 500,000 volts (on each battery).
Comspec, Trojan, Abraxas, Vexa, Matura, E1ectr0n, and Kak Worm (on the USBs and Hard drives).
Some of the computer viruses she had heard of; others, not at all. She could only imagine how much damage they all did to processors. She also eyes the batteries that had the volt power of 10,000 and above. It only took a few of those batteries to power an entire building. How could Mau5 and Daft Punk handle so much energy alone?
"OKAY, MAU5. YOU EARNED THE FIRST HIT. WHICH WOULD YOU LIKE?" Thomas asked, lining up two of the cables in his hands.
Mau5's face was illuminating with eagerness. His head moved from side to side as he examined his choices of drugs.
"Mmmm~" He hummed, placing his fingertips together. "Lemme start with 50,000 volts… then I'll get a hit of Vexa."
A smiley icon appeared on both Thomas and Guy's faces. "OH REALLY? EXPECTING SOMETHING TONIGHT?" Thomas asked.
Mau5's eyes became fixed on Thomas, and his grin remained large. Both Thomas and Guy still had the smiley icon on their face. "I'm expecting many things to happen tonight~"
Raven looked from the rodent to the robots, very curious to know what they had in mind. She knew it had to be no good.
"ALRIGHT THEN, I THINK WE SHALL JOIN YOU AND TAKE THE SAME HITS." Guy said. He then picked up the 50,000 volt battery and handed it to Mau5. The mouse DJ looped his tail around and the tip plugged into the battery's side.
"Ready~" Mau5 giggled.
Guy turned a knob and the battery hummed to life. Immediately, Mau5's eyes began to glow a bright white as he tipped his head back and his mouth opened wide.
"Ohhhhhh~" He laughed and jerked. The electricity made his limbs and ears flail and twitch at random. All of the fur on his head and tail stood straight up. "Feels…. Nice~"
Raven's eyes were swollen wide. She couldn't believe his whole body wasn't frying into a crisp. 50,000 volts. Fifty fucking thousand volts of electricity. And he was simply twitching, as if it was a mere tickle. Amazing.
After a few more seconds of absorbing the energy, Mau5 unplugged his tail and handed the battery back. "Heh.. ready for… whoa," He stopped for a second and stared at the ceiling, as if he saw something there. He then resumed back to the group. "Ready for some Vexa now~"
Thomas synced the hard drive labeled Vexa to a plug converter. He then handed it to Mau5 while Guy began to open Thomas's coat to reveal his cable outlet. "CAREFUL MAU5, DON'T LEAVE THAT ONE IN FOR TOO LONG."
Raven shuddered a bit. Some how, this was beginning to look like a really horrible sci-fi porno. The sexual puns were there, all right.
"FOR THE RECORD, RAVEN… NEVER TOUCH MAU5 WHEN HE IS PLUGGED INTO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY. YOU CAN GET SHOCKED."
"Wasn't planning on it…" Raven said softly. She could tell it was dangerous to touch from how much static was in his fur.
"Here you go, Raven," Marie said. In her hand, she held out two pills, both white with pink rings around the ends.
"Wot's this?" Raven asked, taking the pills from her.
"Pink Bentley," Marie said simply, smiling. She took two more pills out of a bottle and popped them in her mouth. "You'll see…"
Raven looked at the pills. Speed? Extacy? One way to find out… Raven took them dry and waited.
"Relax, it takes a while to kick in."
Raven nodded. She looked back up and Mau5 was synced to the hard drive now. The expression on his face was absolutely priceless. He had a mix of complete relaxation and stupidity.
"Ohhhhhh myyyy~" He slurred.
"You doing okay there, Mau5?" Marie asked.
Mau5 just hunched over slowly and stared up at Raven. "Oh Raven~ Heh.. I… you look… damn~"
Raven only chuckled from the lack of understanding. "Wot?"
"You look so… ready to be hammered."
Raven giggled nervously. "Wot the bloody hell you talking about?"
"OH, DON'T MIND HIM." Guy said. He busily helped hook Thomas up to the 50,000 volt battery. Guy turned it on and Thomas's visor began to light up different colors and patterns of static. He made strange sounds that sounded very computer based. Guy's helmet made the words 'LOL' appear on the front.
"Okay, Mau5, you've been exposed to the virus long enough.." Marie grabbed his large red tail and unplugged it from the hard drive. Mau5 began to lean backward and he fell flat on his back, staring up at the ceiling, giggling. "Oh so much fun~ So, so much fun~ We're gonna have fun~"
"INDEED WE ARE." Guy said. Now Marie came up and turned the battery off. Thomas also slumped over and cocked his head to the side. His visor was still full of some static but a broken pixilated smiley face could be seen scrolling over his visor. Now Marie began to hook the Vexa virus up to Thomas while Guy plugged himself into the battery. Passing around the drugs, Raven thought.
Now Guy got his shock, and Thomas got his exposure to the Vexa virus.
Once Guy had enough, Marie turned to Raven, "Be a dear, and disconnect Thomas while I help Guy?"
Raven came over to Thomas who was trying to say something but he was full of too much bliss and corruption for the words to be heard clearly. She reached to pull the cable out of his chest when his cold silver hands closed around hers. She jumped and looked up into his buzzed face.
"…kktzRAVEN. Gtttthhhh…zz. YOU AREartttth."
Raven only stared, completely unsure what he was trying to say. Did it matter? If he was 'high' then would his words even make sense? Thomas then brought Raven into a big hug and squeezed her tight. He was making a sound like an electronic chuckle.
"….Uh.." Raven stared at Marie for help.
Marie only laughed. "Just push him off you. He's going be like that for a few minutes until his system begins to function with the virus in him."
Raven pushed herself from his grasp and yanked the cable firmly out of his chest. He, like Mau5, slumped all the way over and feel down on the floor, continuing to make his electronic giggles.
Raven shook her head at the sight of them. "They're like mindless fools.."
"Oh don't worry, you'll be like that in half an hour." Marie said, plugging Guy into the virus now.
"Fun.." Raven said. She meant for it to sound sarcastic but she didn't think Marie picked that up.
Mau5 then immediately jumped up from his daze on the floor. "Music~ We need to play some music to fit the mood~" He then scrambled off towards the giant black pyramid in the room.
First, he switched off the slow lights, then switched the club lights on, and then his music filled the room.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
Raven grinned. Ghosts n stuff. Good choice. The lights were a dazzling combination of green, cyan and orange. With the mixture of the music, Raven could feel a strange tingle in the back of her head. She felt happy. Very happy, but still in control. She liked this a lot.
Marie finished up with Guy and he was now sprawled on the ground, giggling helplessly.
Marie must have started to feel the same feeling as Raven because she now giggled and her voice relaxed from sounding professional. "C'mon, let's dance!" She said cheerfully.
Raven smiled. Excitement and energy pulsed through her now.
"Yaaay~!" Dead Mau5 came bounding back to the group and began jumping around excitedly to his music.
Both Raven and Marie helped Guy and Thomas up who began to regain self-awareness.
The lights were like a spell and the drugs was the trap.
All five of them were moving to the beat, overwhelmingly happy and giddy. Raven couldn't quite stay connected to reality. She let herself go with the music and the pleasure.
"It's been so long, I've been out of my body with you~" The deep and beautiful voice of the man called Rob Swire sung.
Pink Bentley…. It did so much to her now. She felt waves of desire. Happy bursts of energy firing in her veins. And then that familiar feeling… She was feeling aroused.
"I feel alone, feel at home, feel like nothing is true~"
The group was dancing and moving so closely together. They all felt it. The atmosphere was thick and heavy.
"She took me to a place where my senses gave way~"
Raven felt Mau5's hands slide around her torso as she continued to move to the music. He pulled her close as they all continued to dance.
"Turning 'round, shutting down, like the people say~"
The moment his fingers closed tightly around her body, she felt the volt of emotion serge through her. Her eyes closed and her mouth opened as she let out a sigh.
"Climbing up, coming down, lemme give you some~"
She felt Marie, Guy and Thomas all very close to her. She did not wish to open her eyes. She kept her attention on the feelings and the music swirling in her ears. Mau5's fingers then slipped between hers and he pulled her with him.
"Take my hand, and let it come~ Let it come~ Let it come~"
Her memory was hazy from that moment. The next thing she knew, her body was straddling Dead Mau5 on a large king sized mattress. They were striped from clothes. Cables were scattered everywhere around them. Behind her, Guy, Thomas and Marie were tangled together in the cables. Marie's lips were gliding across Guy's smooth helmet as his hands felt her breasts. Thomas was just behind Raven, his cold hands sliding up her back. Each one of them made their own sounds; All of them full of so much pleasure.
Mau5 eagerly then sat up and grabbed Raven's face in his hands. His furry lips pressed roughly against hers. The touch was exhilarating. Her whole body felt numb.
Oh this felt so... wonderful.
She didn't feel like she was actually here. She felt like she was way above the clouds, in the night sky. Lights of bright blue were glowing all below her. Mau5's warm breath felt unreal against her face. His tongue in her mouth felt unreal. His face looked unreal. His eyes, now glowing brightly were so unreal.
Raven grinned and shut her eyes, as she felt pleasure flowing in and out of her body. Mau5 gripped her shoulders tightly as he thrust against her. Quicker… harder.
Don't stop…. Don't stop… Oh god, don't stop.
Thomas was now caressing her neck and breasts with his cold metal fingers.
When did this start happening? When did she return to the ground?
Marie was now lying next to her, looking completely delighted. Everything was changing so fast…
She looked over at Raven and smiled. Raven made eye contact with her. Her face looked like it was surrounded by a halo of light; a perfect ring.
In a daze, Raven tried to reach out and grab the light. Marie only grinned wider, and took Raven's face in her hands. Marie leaned in and pressed her soft, wet lips against Raven's. This felt all natural. Was it? She could hear Mau5's voice mumbling something. She could hear the strange electronic sounds coming from Guy and Thomas. The pleasure was still pulsing so strongly.
And then there was darkness….
Not an eerie, alone-feeling darkness… but a darkness that was calm and peaceful. She felt weightless. She felt... happy.
…
Raven regained self-awareness. Slowly, but surely.
She awoke in the arms of the giant rodent DJ again. This time, she was lying in his bed, and the brightly lights in his room were dimly lit now. Her head was pulsing heavily. She felt like she had been lying still for several days.
"Mau5…" Raven mumbled, struggling to lift her arms and push him off of her. "Please…. Move…."
Mau5 mumbled in his slumber. Then a huge grin crept up his face and he nuzzled closer to Raven.
Raven growled, starting to feel irritated, "Wake up!"
Mau5 slowly opened one, large eye and blinked up at her. "Ohhhh, Raven~" His voice lulled at her.
"Please… lemme up.." She demanded.
Mau5 slowly released her from his grasp and then stretched his arms above his head. His large mouth opened wide and he yawned deeply while he stretched.
"..Oh god…" Raven mumbled to herself, sitting up and on the corner of the bed.
Her memory was barely recalled, but she had a general idea of what happened a few hours before.
Mau5 then scooted closer and curled around Raven, his face glowing with delight. "So much fun~ Lil Raven, you were so pleased with me~"
Raven looked over at him, eyeing him with a cold glare.
"And ohhhh my, you made me feel so-"
"Alright, Alright, bloody hell…. I know… kinda wot happened, but I dun' want to hear about it.." Raven said, letting her head fall into her hands. She rubbed her face roughly as she contemplated what to do now.
Mau5 tilted his head as he stared at her. "Did… you not enjoy last night?"
Raven sighed looking back over at Mau5. His large eyes showed that he would be completely hurt if she were to complain about her poor choices.
"I'm.. sure I enjoyed it. Yeah, I remember feeling really happy and.."
"Please~?" Mau5 asked, eagerly. His tail coiled up in response to his question.
"…Sure, I was pleased. But now that I think about it, with all the drugs out of my system, I feel.. weirded out." She was thinking back on how Marie and Thomas were involved with her sexually.
Mau5 seemed to think on her words for a bit before his large, signature grin returned on his face. "Oh I see… Lil Raven, I think your in denial of enjoying being with me~"
Raven scowled. "Wot the bloody hell are you convincing yourself with?"
Mau5's tail only curled in delight as he gazed at her with much amusement. "You know, Raven~"
Raven continued to hold her sour expression on her face. She looked back at the ground. Then she looked at her bare legs.
"…Where are my clothes?"
"Hmm? Probably back in Guy and Thomas's room."
She felt kind of chilly being in only underwear. Some how, for this moment, she managed to get passed the fact that she was around Mau5 with no clothes, or even a bra. Psssh.. why should she after last night?
"Mau5, just becoz I know you will probably get your hopes up after this… Keep in mind, last night was a one time thing."
Mau5 didn't seem phased by her words at all. He only put his hands behind his head as he looked up at her. "We'll see about that…"
Raven looked away and at the door leading out of Mau5's room. His confidence made her sick. She then shuddered slightly. Maybe that was because she was afraid of him being right.