Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Coding Connections. Enjoy the 3100-word chapter. I do not own Sonic; Sega and a few others do.
Nano was thrown off… Not just by Nicole, but by her endless compassion. This woman was… More than coding to him, he could not fathom how a woman like it for now… Even though he of all people simply confused him, it confused him more than it was possible.
Yet? He felt a jolt through his system as if he had been struck by lightning itself… Perhaps he had fallen asleep into disrepair?
No, he felt… Hate, disgust, fury, and contempt wash over his entire frame for now… For all he was? For all, he could have been? It was clear that something would become more… And it was clear this hate in his system was directed at Nicole.
All at once? It vanished like someone had poured a thousand gallons of coolant into his systems at once. He blinked and then felt alone and adrift within the system he had.
Perhaps it was just odd that way… Or perhaps he had been confused? Nano paused to let it drain from his systems and then looked to the side.
"How odd, I should run a diagnostic," Nano stated before he blinked, his eyes glowing a hellish red for but a moment. He did not know what was going on for the time being.
(FF base)
Nano withdrew the tendrils from his spinal cavity, blinking as his optics slowly and yet surely seemed to entirely grow on for now.
He hummed, a metallic noise from his vocal processor. There was a familiar noise as the projector in front of him booted up.
"Hello, Nano… How are you?" Nicole asked before Nano hummed and then shrugged for a moment.
"Nicole… I am in working condition. How are you?" Nicole heard from Nano as he slowly started to walk up to the console, tilting his robotic head to the side, he would be unable to see it end for now.
He was not too willing to deal with it for now, he could not understand what was going on. Perhaps it was harder and harder for a robotic machine like himself to do much for now.
The soldier within him seemed to be dealt with as he clicked it once more.
Nano hummed before he sighed to himself and then looked to the side as he looked to the side. He seemed to be dealt with for now as he clicked it into place.
He would be ready, far more ready to deal with it than before… The chaotic need for him to think of it once more? It was too much even for him at the end of it to the end of this day and the end of all such days hopefully.
Nano was silent and he knew why. He had no words, no vocalization for what was going on now and he knew he feared what he could say.
Nicole looked at him with interest and then thought of it now, wishing to deal with the here and now.
"Are you ok?" Nicole asked as Nano blinked a dozen times, his optics changing colors a few dozen colors.
"I am trying to be if you wish to ask. I do not understand organic emotion to determine the status of my distress…." Nano stated.
"Uh…." They heard.
"He doesn't know how he feels, he is trying," Nicole said and walked up to him as Nano blinked, clenching his hands. "Are you emotionally, ok? Are you secure?" Nicole asked.
"I am… Emotionally stable around you currently. Thank you…. Tails, do you need to perform further diagnostics?" Nano asked.
"I do." Tails stated before Nano nodded.
"I shall continue compiling data… Nicole? May you please assist me? I would much prefer your company if you helped." Nano stated before he hummed and then looked to the side.
Nicole clenched his mechanical fingers and nodded, pausing to think of a reason she should not be able to deal with it for now. She had nothing, she wanted to help Nano and he was attempting to try and relax for now.
She did not know what was going on when push came down to shove.
"I will be there to help you; I simply need to continue to deal with my duties…. Give me five minutes." Nicole stated.
"Will that be ok, Tails?" Nicole heard from Nano as he looked over at his friends. "I wish to talk with her before she and I deal with this… That, and I cannot shut down without being in safe mode as my self-defense protocols kick in." Nano stated before he cleared his metallic throat.
"Sure…. But I want you to know when this is not done. I cannot let you go anywhere until it is performed." Tails stated before he looked at Nano as he paused to let himself stay in place.
There were a lot of things he wished to be done and dusted with… He held in whatever ideals and problems he held in his mind, too tired to do much and too unwilling to stop herself.
She wanted to reach out and hug him but she held herself back, knowing she neither could do so for the moment nor the time to do much if at all.
What she did know was she had a LOT more to see and do and she was not about to let this go the way it was for the time being. She would fight and let it go a certain way for now until stated otherwise.
She tapped on both sides of her mouth with obvious amusement, obvious joy at what had been.
It was hard enough not to fall apart at the end of it, it was too much to consider.
He had been too tired, too worn down now to believe it was hard enough on them. Not much had been tossed.
Nano hummed, metallic hands clenching as if he were about to crush a soda bottle within them. He was amused as he looked at Nicole, more amused still as he tossed it aside.
The two quickly shut down, Nicole vanishing into small particles of light and Nano slowly collapsing onto the floor.
She did not wish to think of it now when it came crashing down as she both thought of it for now as she wished it to be thrown off now at the end.
(Within Nano's CPU)
Nano hummed, looking to the side as he tapped his metallic armor which chimed in ways it would not when it came crashing down now.
Nano was humming to himself before he sighed and then thought once more as she wished to let it come crashing down. Nano clicked his fingers, looking around as dozens of cubes of data scrolled past him, exploding into dozens of streams.
"This part of my code is…. Odd." Nano stated before Nicole materialized behind him as he blinked once more.
She was too thrown off as she paused to try and think of what was growing more and more as she wished to think once more.
"Are you ok?" Nano heard as he paused, thinking of what was happening once more.
"I do not know," Nano stated before he rubbed at his metallic head as he glitched slightly. "I do not know what I am dealing with for now," Nano stated before he sighed as he clicked his fingers.
She was too interested in what was going on, watching as it came crashing down on the ground. Nano hummed as he slowly started to teleport to another level. She wished to think of what was growing more and more interesting.
She and he both thought of what was growing for now. She and he seemed to think of what was growing on her mind as Nicole clicked her fingers, watching as she paused, thinking to her.
Nicole was eager to think of what had happened, too interested in the data. She was curious in the world around her was fascinating for now.
Nicole was eager to think of what was growing now as she clicked her fingers once more, the data pausing in mid-flight as both began to think of what was going on now and for good reason.
"Sometimes I forget you have accessed my subroutines," Nano stated in an amused and surprised tone.
He of all people could tell that she of all people was tired and that her exhaustion had caused some issues. Granted? Trying to run an entire city was not easy and one could not entirely blame them for that… But it was hard and impossible to deal with for now.
All of it became harder and harder to stand as both looked to the side, something oddly in line with it for now and for good reason.
Nicole looked at Nano who seemed to think of what was going on now when it came crashing down to it…. Something about it all became harder and harder to think of it all now.
She and he were both undecided on it now when it came down to it all as of now. All of it became harder and harder to deal with now and for good reason.
"Your power reserves seem to only enable you to work for 3 days," Nicole stated to which Nano hummed.
"My core personality is preserved within the head nanite, existing within the small shell I inhabit is not slowing me down… But yes, the power cell for my chassis is very limited, I believe it is due to the high demand abilities of my body." Nano stated as Nicole hummed.
She was too interested in what was going on beyond them. She watched as dozens and dozens of information cubicles went flying past the two AIs.
She could tell Nano was busy trying to think and all this simply told him EXACTLY what was growing on his mind and growing WELL beyond what he had to deal with it to the end.
She and he were two different people. Yet? She felt a kinship with him, knowing that he of all people was distracted, too interested in it to the end now and for good.
She and he knew both well enough now at least. So? Nicole decided to grip his hands gently as Nano hummed, pausing, and brimming with interest on his mind as more and more information all up and down on his mind.
Nicole was too interested in what Nano was doing as he sighed and then watched as more motes of light the size of baseballs began to swirl from his fingertips towards her hands.
She thought of it well as both Nano and Nicole were too immersed in showing data to each other. Nicole watched as Nano closed his eyes and then thought of it now.
"You are scared," Nicole stated to which Nano hummed, pausing to close her eyes and then she looked to the side. "There were a lot of repairs we had to attempt on your chassis, most of the internal components were damaged besides your nanobots," Nicole stated.
"Fear is an emotional response to something like being caught off guard. I am… Not?" Nicole heard before Nano hummed and then blinked to himself once more, pausing to think of it for good reason when it came crashing down.
Nicole hummed and then thought of it when it came crashing to the ground. She knew Nano was scared and right now, he was scared and did not know how it to have been.
Nano could not understand it as emotional desires like fear were illogical once and forever now and for good reason at the time being.
Nicole had been something that Nano found to be odd… She had been too interested as he clicked his fingers.
She seemed to be eager to think of what was growing more as she thought of what was growing.
Nicole watched as Nano hummed and then thought of his next move. Nicole seemed to be thinking of what was growing on her mind as she smirked at the time being.
"Are you ok?" Nicole asked to which Nano hummed and shrugged, snapping his fingers.
Nicole seemed to look over at her friend as Nano hummed, floating around the hyperspace. She had been too interested in what was in his mind.
Nicole sighed and then thought of what was growing on her mind before now.
Nicole seemed to crack her fingers as she investigated the giant code streams and then smirked to the side.
Nicole watched as Nano hummed, rolling around the data stream before he thought of it all as she thought of it.
Nicole watched as Nano floated down towards her, his data orb in his hands before he looked to the side.
She hummed and then smirked to herself, poking at himself before he relaxed to the side. Nicole was all too interested in something as she connected her fingers to the data swarm.
She closed her eyes, watching as Nano did the same thing. He hummed then smirked once again.
Both AI seemed to cross back and forth at the time before she looked to the side. She was able to relax once more and then tired himself before he relaxed.
(5 minutes later)
Nano hummed before he disconnected from the mainframe, a dozen wires popping from his chassis as the android slowly pivoted, metallic shell snapping in several directions.
Nicole popped from the console and appeared in her hologram form before shifting into her hard light form before she thought of her idea.
"Are you ok?" Nicole asked to which Nano hummed, inclining his skull.
"I am functioning," Nano stated to which Nicole hummed to himself before she smiled, and relaxed.
Nano was all too had been done and dusted as he clicked his fingers, snapping his form backward into a metallic clack.
Nano seemed to be thinking of it differently when it was all said and done, something about it all came crashing down to the ground.
Nano seemed to be relaxing, he had been too distracted, far too distracted… All of it was odder and odder in his mind.
He had been too interested in it all, something about it all came crashing to the forefront and he was able to think of it to the end.
"I am fully operational What is it you ask of me, Nicole?" Nano asked with a raised eyebrow as the machine hummed, clicking his metallic body into place with everything ready to get work down at the end of the time.
She knew more and more that Nano was trying his best to relax which was part of the plan now.
Something that they could have been dealing with for all such issues… They had been too interested in it all before now… Something, he had been too trying for it all.
Nicole seemed more than a little confused for now, it had been harder and harder to figure out with each little moment… Granted?
Well, granted, most had been quiet for now as he looked to the side, Nano hummed, almost blinking for a moment. He had been tired but that had changed… As it would have always.
Something within him had been changed… And it would remain like it now and for good reason.
He had been distracted, mentally and psychically. Each component of his body cracked and then shifted into place as he looked downwards towards the ground.
Nicole was not at all interested in it but she watched all the same as the machine slowly began to shift his weight towards her.
He still had been too disturbed for now to do more than move forward. She looked over at him, too thrown off at every single rate he took was disturbing for now.
He grunted, cracking his metallic fingers before he looked over at her. his optics slowly narrowed as he thought of his next move… Something which had been done would have been too disturbed for now… Something which would have been harder and harder for now.
It was not something which he had been too tiresome with it all for now… An idea that had been too much to understand with it all on the line.
He hummed before cracking his metallic fingers, he had been so disturbed with something that he had been too tiresome with it all for now.
Nicole seemed to be too interested in it all now.
"Are you ok?" Nicole asked to which she paused, making Nano hum.
"I am functional, why do you ask? I do not understand metallically if I am ok… We have more work to deal with." Nano stated to himself more than her.
She had been in a pickle now and the way it had been handled… Did little to distract it for now.
She had been too disturbed… Something which had been harder and harder to deal with for now and for a good reason.
Something within her had been thrown off for now… Granted? She was a soldier, one who had been too disturbed for now and for a good reason.
Something that she almost laughed at which had been odder and odder with each little desire to do better.
Nicole hummed and then looked over towards her, thinking of it all as a game and more of something she had to deal with… She would deal with it for now and for a good reason.
Nano cracked his metallic body as he hummed, looking around the room with a metallic click of his body as he thought of it all differently.
He was built for certain work. Yet? He had been here… He had done things that needed to end for now… They had a lot more to try and figure it out as of now.
There was a lot more to try and understand… All of it now? They had no real idea for now besides chaos. He had left something else to try and figure it out now.
Nicole seemed to think of it all differently, they had a lot of ideas now… They had a lot more to deal with for now, he had a lot more to try and for the end of the time.
Nicole looked at her friend… Too amused by his antics to do much… It would be much too hard to deal with for now… Nicole knew him and she knew better.
The idea of it all was a lot more farfetched…. They had a lot of different ideas like this would end… And it would end well enough.
They had a lot more to deal with… Nicole felt more go through their minds as a result… The more they had something.
Nano hummed data flowing through his fingers…. All of it was just more and more tiresome…. They had a lot of different ideas.
"Are you ok? You seem far more tired." Nicole said, not knowing what would be going on.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out next chapter will be delayed or so. It will be 900-6500 words and will show more of both Nano's programming and a report with someone else. Until the 2-10 month, Lighting Wolf out!