[These awful, glitchy systems...Sometimes when the loop restarts, certain players keep their memories. That bot in the Hoody kept his once and has continued to keep them ever since...No matter. Perhaps you'll make better choices this time around, Timbot.]
Heat. Unbearable heat consuming everything. He should have apologized to Jessica and Brian at the very least. Oh well, it was too late now. A metal hand on his shoulder. This bot was surprisingly expressive considering it didn't have a face.
Tim woke with a jolt. He was staring at a familiar face. A very proud, very alive face.
"Hi there."
"J-Jay?"
"You...already know my name?" Jay looked puzzled but pleased. Tim didn't say anything. He simply reached out and touched his cheek gingerly. He couldn't feel the flesh beneath his fingertips, but it didn't matter. What mattered is that this wasn't an illusion - It was Jay, and Jay was alive. "Uh...Your name is T-Tim, for the record. I'd introduce myself but you apparently already know who I am. I guess I did a better job on your database than I thought."
"You have to install a system of nerves in me as soon as possible. So that I can feel. You'll need an external battery while you're working and you'll wind up doing it limb by limb but that's okay."
Jay stared at him, mouth opening and closing as if he was trying to say something and failing to find the words to do so. Tim smiled knowingly. He was just happy to have Jay back. More importantly, he was happy to have the edge this time around. He knew exactly what not to do this time. He was still going to rip Alex's arm off the first chance he got. Sure, he hadn't shot anyone yet, and Jay would be angry with him for a while, but he had survived that once and he could do it again. He was going to have the last laugh, even if it was technically the first laugh as well.
Jay never understood why the bot he built for a boyfriend hated Alex so much. He had no idea why it insisted on installing extra locks on the doors and windows, or why it wired an entire alarm system once when he was off buying a replacement part for a project he was doing. He didn't understand how it knew so much already, as if it had done this all before...But he was very proud of it.
[Well, you may wish to know why this took so long and was so short and I'll be 110% honest with you: I had no idea what to do after that last chapter. Welcome to Azazel bullshitting his way through a story, it happens 10/10 times. But there you have it. Loop reset, memory glitch, Timbot will forever remember each previous loop. Just like Hoodybot. Sucks a bit though...He never did figure out how to prevent this entire thing from happening over and over and over...]
[All credits go to tumblr user: theshippingturtle for creating this AU. I am but a humble scribe.]