Chapter 8: Me vs fleet, what could go wrong?

After a few minutes of flying I broke through the stratosphere and started to see the warships. Behind me I saw Jenny and Misty, I did not know what they had planned but I am used to working alone and already though of something that could work.

If I managed to teleport onto a ship then I may manage to sneak into the engine room and disable the cooling system causing the engine to either shut down or for older models even explode. Though because I cannot go into overdrive I must be closer than I wish.

On a massive projector I see the face of Vexus.

"Hello there, Rick. I have a massive EMP bomb in one of these ships, if you even dare to attack one of them I'll release it and not only destroy the circuitry of all electronics on Earth but also render XJ-9 useless for it would cause her hard disk to malfunction and destroy all the components within her chassis. Surrender to me and I will not launch the bomb." She stated

"No way, these ships all have the same weight as each other give or take a few tonnes. They are also the standard weight for fully laden warships with infantry." I shot back

"Anti-gravity tends to help on such matters." She replied with a smirk on her face knowing that there was no way for me to disable the bomb in time if she was to launch it.

"You're bluffing Vexus!" Jenny said

"Oh so seeing is believing? Well I'll show it to you but the slightest attack may cause it to activate..."

Now I was being selfish, the world is dependent on technology. The suffering of one man is nothing compared to the effect it will have on trillions of others.

"Vexus... I'll join just don't activate the bomb... please. There are people that depend on technology just to live. I'll join on the condition that you leave Earth alone once and for all."

This is what she has been waiting for, I saw the smile widen on her face to reveal a toothy grin.

"Well then, come aboard Mr. Steward." she said

"Rick, don't sh-" I cut Jenny off with a slice of my hand

"If she launches that EMP the world will be devastated, worse off you'll die. I'm not worth all the suffering that would be caused if she was to launch it."

I flew off to the closest ship and the door opened.

"Rick I have a surprise in store for you. Due to your combat skills I shall make you instantly part of the royal guard. This is something that most robots must spend five hundred years trying to get into and even then it is not always a full chance of them getting in." she said, I guess it was the closest thing I could call to "kindness" from this... thing.

Though not all of the robots agreed. One of them declared "WHAT? I HAVE TRIED FIVE TIMES TO GET IN AND YOU LET THIS ORGANIC IN INSTAN-" I cut him off with a quick stab from 'Daemon slayer' into his chest, I then managed to lift him up and summon 'Angle wing' to my other hand and stabbed him with that as well.

I did not pull my arms back, I wanted to finish this inferior one and show them all that I can kill them all if I wanted to. To prove this with my right arm I pulled it to the right and at the same time I pulled my left arm to the left. The effect was that the robot was split in half within a few seconds of insulting me.

I was in a bad mood and will not stand for taking crap from these weak piles of crap.

"ANYONE that thinks I am weak just because I have skin, stand forth and I will show you that you are wrong..." I growled with pure malice.

Even Vexus seemed to be impressed by my show of brutality, after a few moments she said "Okay, I shall contact Mrs. Wakemen to tell her that the ceremony shall take place in a day. She can bring anyone she wants, also no worries Rick I will not harm them I swear this upon the crown that I wear."

(Third person view)

Inside the ship:

All the robots did not know who this person was, certainly it was not the notorious XJ-9. Also they were shocked to see that she was going to make him a part of the Royal guard. PLD-908 one of the veteran robots who had been trying to get in was infuriated.

He had attempted to get in many times before and was turned down. Now to see that an organic had taken his place he decided to speak up, though he was cut short due to an unimaginable amount of speed he found two swords in him. Moments later he was deactivated, permanently.

Outside the ship:

"Misty we can't just let Rick go and join them, knowing Vexus she'll treat him like shit!" Jenny said

"Look Jen, we can't do anything about it. The bomb is completely undetectable even Rick couldn't find it. Knowing him he won't take shit from anyone so I think he will manage. I'm going back there is nothing left to do here." Misty stated and proceeded to leave.

"Rick... I hope you'll be okay." Jenny whispered and followed her friend

Moments later her chest opened allowing the monitor to open and revealed her mother's anxious face.

"XJ-9 it seems like Vexus had this planned out. There's going to be a royal ceremony anointing Rick as a high noble AND as one of the royal guards. She swore on her crown that she will not harm us and will provide safe transport. I think for Rick's sake we should go, he did give him self up for all of us..."

"Seriously? Rick? A noble eh? Well I guess we should go, I'll tell Misty go and tell Brad, Tuck and Sheldon and make them come. I want Rick to know that he's sacrifice is going noticed." Jenny stated

"Alright dear, I'll go tell them. I think Vexus may actually treat Rick well. He is a man of great value to her considering his power, I just hope he is not forced to harm innocent people." She replied and turned of the monitor.

(First person view)

I guess being a noble should not be that bad. Though there had to be a reason why she would go this far just to get me. Well no harm done, aside from that other one but I do not really care about it. Well it has been a hard day so I guess I should get some sleep.

"Where are my sleeping quarters?" I asked one of the robots

"Go to the end of the hall and take a left, you have room 2015 you should see it somewhere there I think." It said

"Thanks" I replied

The hallway was made of metal, probably made of steel. There were no designs, just long sheets of steel that covered pipes and wires. I was starting to feel alone again, I guess I really was this time. Considering that the only one I knew was Vexus I did not mind not talking to her.

I managed to find my room thanks to the directions given to me. It was pretty simple, bed with a five inch high mattress and steel bed frame, polyester and nylon sheets and quilts. A redwood desk with a fifteen inch flat screen LCD monitor. Seeing that there was no keyboard or mouse I guessed that it was a touch screen.

I took my swords off of my back and hid them under the mattress and put an electrical detector. In case anyone tried to steal them, they would would receive a shock that would probably overload their systems and force them to shut down. I kept my armour on because I knew that they would try to kill me or something.

Well I guess I was paranoid but hey, when you're the only demi-human on a ship filled with robots that probably want to kill you either out of spite or jealousy it tends to sink in.

I materialised my modified Beretta 107 and kept it by my side, I unloaded the current clip and put the 'heavy' rounds in. These have more gun pounder and with the additional weight it also causes more damage. Anyone that tries to get in and kill me is in for a painful surprise...

"ETA Cluster Prime...four hours twenty one minutes." I heard in the PA system

"Well may as well get what sleep I can." so I locked my door and tried to sleep.

AN: Well I know it's a short chapter, I thought I would add this as a small filler so at least I'd have added a new chapter for you guys. Well it's 2 am now so I really should sleep. Anyway, story related stuff.

I'm off to cluster prime, what is Vexus planning? I mean making me a noble and royal guard? Also what do the other robots of an organic taking the place that soo many of them wanted?

P.s tomorrow's gonna be a full day for me so I may not manage to add a new chapter tomorrow. I'll try my best though!