While Mira was being checked, XR made a run for the love of his life. His energy Vampire, his Nos. He knew two things were happening today.
Mira is gonna be a mother and his Nos was waking up.
The receptionist was taking calls and sees a robot she knew already rushing in.
XR was ready to ask her for clearance when she held her hand out with a pass.
"Good afternoon sir I presume to see Mr. 4-a2?"
XR nodded as he took the pass and he rushes in down the hall.
The receptionist looks at her book. "I hope he wakes up soon, my nana's birthday is coming up."
XR already knew where to go and down by the end of the hall, was where Nos was placed. He enters the special code they gave him just as it closes the second he enters in as it automatically locks. XR hates the protocol but knew Nos put it in case if something in his program changed or turn rogue. That didn't change his views on Nos. 'He won't turn! He's stronger than that!' XR smiles at the thought and to see him so he moved to Nos side and unconsciously, his panel opens and his wires connected to Nos core.
He found out after hearing Nos describing his internal memory is within his core so since the first time coming here to now, any chance he could, he would send copy of his memories through their connection, describing to Nos what happened in the past two months. Lately as far as he assumes from stress, the small robot Space Ranger has been restless but being with Nos telling him so far, had help him feel better but it wasn't enough. "But hopefully today would be the day you wake up. I think I have new fear Nos and I blame you for that." He looks to the silent sleeper and he frowns, "I miss when you would purr in your sleep you know; the silence starts to terrify me thinking any moment, you might shut down for good; knowing I wasn't by your side. Promise me you would keep purring in your sleep?" He saw Nos's core a bit brighter and he smiles. "I'll take that as a yes." He smiles calmly, hoping today be the day. The LGMs that's been monitoring him had send him a message about Nos waking up soon.
'I hope he does, I can't take the wait anymore.' He thought as he watches his mate's core glows like a warm fire. XR smiles, Mira is gonna have a baby but couldn't help feeling a little sad and jealous. He knew the reproductive system for baby making was pretty tough but the thought of a baby gave him that thought of how they would have look like. He shook the feeling away and smiles. 'I can't think of that right now, not when Nos is gonna wake up soon.' XR holds his hands and senses Nos was waking up.
Nos sat up and saw XR there happy and crying. He cups his mates head. "XR..."
XR lunges for Nos and hugs him.
"I'm glad you're awake! I missed you!" XR smiles against his mate's open chest. Nos holds hims close, purring and feeling they were still connected. "I miss you very much luv. So much has happened." Nos frowns and nuzzles his mate close. "So you know what's been happening while you were asleep?" XR asked and Nos nodded. "What was it like? Being in that state? I mean it was probably nothing…. Was it?" XR was curious.
"It was... interesting. I was in our home, as if I was there waiting for you to come home." Nos closes his optics at the memory. "I went outside and see a mailbox with your colors and there would be a letter in there. As soon as I open the letter, I was even more amazed it was you writing to me." Nos smiles, seeing XR was amazed.
"What did the letters say?" XR felt Nos holding him in his lap, their cores still connected. "I mean I send you a lot of feelings and some stuff but…."
"I read how you were in the first few days you were staying strong and tried to get along with your father. You wrote you were alright at first but he did not help you when she would come near you and tried to flirt." Nos comfort him but growls lowly. "In most of the letters you wrote it was hard for you to smile around some who were against our relationship but I was relieved you did not gave in nor fight, knowing it was not worth it." Nos holds him closer. "You wrote how Janet has been really helpful to you working with the shops. Luv, please do not overwhelm yourself like that," Nos gave a stern tone but was still soft. "It pains me more when there were in the letters you wanted me there when you were alone in our home, how empty and cold."
XR felt through the connection and felt tears. "I kept thinking each morning you were going to wake me up, kiss and hold me close to you but when I woke up..." XR let the tears out. "I missed you so much! Why couldn't you wake up sooner?!" XR looks to him angrily and sad and hurt.
Nos kisses his cheek. "I wanted to wake up," he kisses each optic, sensing XR was calming now. "It was so empty and cold and each time I tried to escape, I could not. At one point I ended up fighting a manifestation of myself."
XR was shocked. "Can you show me please?" XR then saw through Nos memory.
In Nos memory
Nos woke up to the same room but he knew this wasn't his home. "My little one is not here." Nos sighed and decided to go through with it with hope of XR's letters. "I wonder if something new happen to you?" Nos purrs at the thought of XR and went to the door only it wasn't their usual door. He glares at the sight of Zurg's symbol was on the door. Nos didn't want to enter but something was not right and need to understand what it is. Resisting to stay, Nos went forward and the door opens to a dark violet hall he was very familiar with. He enters and floats through it as it lead him to the throne room. Nos raises a brow and shook his head. "I gave up villainy!"
"Or have you?"
Nos turns to see himself only his other self wore a purple cloak cape.
"Let me guess, you are the dark part of me that wants control but you need to destroy me." Nos glares.
"Almost but I am not here to destroy."
Nos backs away to see the said self coming closer. "Zurg had a special virus in those bots that infected you to turn back and wreak havoc once again but there is only one problem, it separated us."
Nos shook his head. "You are lying."
"Oh I am not lying. Tell me, have you noticed the unusual activity? No nightmares?"
"This is technically the mindscape, I do not have any means to feed-"
"So you think. Here." The self he now dubbed dark Nos threw him a battery. "Take a bite."
Nos threw it away and growls. "Tell me something only both of us knows."
Nos laughs. "While we were villains, you had long and desired to kill Zurg and even when little one helped 'change our view', you still want to kill him. You waisted our chance!" Dark Nos growls.
"We would be no better! Killing him is not worth it!"
"Oh what a saint you became. So heroic to our little one you showed but we both know you are not. You killed for the joy and for the hunger and let's not forget the fear you left!"
Nos was quiet and looks ahead to the dark part of himself. "It killed me in the end. I do not want that path-"
"But imagine what we can do! We would be doing everyone the favor! End him!"
"For what!? To claim his rule?! Forget it!"
Dark Nos smirk. "Think of what we can do! For our little one."
Nos thought of it but then remembered the look XR gave from the the first meeting. Nos shook his head. "I would rather hear him say we'll get him next time instead of seeing him fearing me. He taught me there are more ways to stop evil. Evil can never be stopped but to me I have a long time to help change that." Nos stood tall. The dark Nos growls and raises his clawed hand. "Pathetic you are."
Nos deflect away from the blast and sees the dark Nos attack him. "We could do far more than as an errand boy!" Dark Nos continues on blasting at him and roars "We could rule with XR by our side!"
"And what if he refused?" Nos dodges him but not the blasts.
"There is no if! He will be forced!"
Nos growls as he bared his fangs to him. The dark Nos continues and pushes Nos into the walls to find it was his home again. "What a lovely lover he would make in chains. I will take him the way I see fit! What you've been holding off!"
Nos was painfully getting up seeing he was hurt and his optics were cracked. Nos knew he couldn't take another attack. He wasn't strong like before.
"You can do it!" Nos looks up to see XR but as a hologram. "You're my Nos-4-a2! You can't fail! Remember your promise! I'm still waiting for you!" Nos felt his core vibrate as it glows bright.
Nos stood tall and although in pain, he needed to fight back. Nos growls as he enlarges his claws.
"Give up and let me rule over!"
Nos rams in full speed and tackles him to the ground.
Dark Nos growls. "I am the true Nos-4-a2! I am-"
"You are nothing but a memory!" Nos bit into the dark Nos.
"NOOOO!" Nos felt the energy in his fangs and tasted something else. Nos spit it out as he saw it was a red snake. Nos blasted it and saw it burning and shape from the smoke. "Not bad…." The unrecognized voice hissed. "Till next time…." And it vanished. Nos took a deep breath and pierces through the chest and tears it apart. Nos saw the body vanished as if it was never there. Nos fell to the floor, more drained than energized. Nos saw a figure before him but with his sight fading, his only thought before going unconscious was XR.
Nos awoken to find himself incapable of seeing but felt bandages on his optics. Nos sat up and pulls the bandages off to find himself in his coffin. Nos frowns to find anyone here but notices a letters by his coffin. Nos opens the letter and smiles to see they were from XR. Nos notices a few more and saw a small note on the side.
"It said thank you for not giving up. After that I kept the same routine over and over again. The most painful moment would be waking up within my coffin, alone. What help me go through the limbo were your letters, they brighten my core. Your letters helped me by letting me know you were safe and most letters had small gifts. I would get worried when I found some had tears that made me shed as well. I wanted to leave the house and find you but even when I was free from my darkside, I was still kept in." Nos holds him tightly. "Each time I tried, I kept ending back to our home and I was fearing I was never going to leave. I almost lost hope but then something odd happened." XR raises a brow. "Today before I woke up, I found myself within my coffin." Nos pauses and shows XR in his vision. "For a moment I was dreading it but then I saw two small figures standing by the door.
Nos's memory
Nos was staring at in surprised but he couldn't see how they look. Either way he knew somehow they were not an illusion.
"Were you the ones that helped me?" He saw them vaguely nodded and Nos smiles and stood up. "I appreciate the bandages but-" he saw them run out and he too floated to the door. He sees them ran down the stairs. Although new he didn't care as he followed them and saw one of them slip! Nos rushes to their side and holds them protectively.
"Are you alright-" he stopped when they hugged them and Nos felt for a moment tears coming down. "Who are you two?"
They didn't say anything but jumped out of his hold and followed the other small child.
'Are they children?' He took another look and somehow he knew they were children. "Please tell me who you are?" And he follows them out of the house...
"They ran outside passing the mailbox but I did not want to leave them. I felt if I did, I would never see them again."
XR saw and felt that pang but then the two small figures held out their hands for Nos and he took their hands but he kneels to their level. He saw Nos looking worried but they unexpectedly hug him. He felt tears from the good feeling of reassuring as the figures although mysterious, heard them say in sync. "It's time to leave-! We want to come with you but we can't go yet! We're not ready- We'll miss you!"
XR looks to Nos and saw he was confused too but tears falling down. "Who were they Nos?"
Nos shrugs but alas he closes his optic, "I do not know but somehow maybe one day we will understand but for now let us get out of the lab."
XR smiles and kisses his cheek. "Well whatever crazy thing called life throws at us, we can handle it right?"
Nos held his head up and kisses him sweetly. "Let us go and head to the sweet shop. I have a feeling a certain lady friend needs our help." XR smiles as Nos helps him down and was floating to the door. As XR exits, Nos pauses and looks back to the room. He didn't know what happened or who they were but when one of them slip, he swore he saw mirror color optics of his own. Nos shook it away, thinking it was a hopeful dream. Just as they left the lab, they made their leave to the entrance.
"Excuse me but are you Nos-4-a2 the energy vampire?"
Nos and XR turns to see a man with slick black hair in a white lab coat and goggles around his neck. "I am prof. Williamson and i was hoping if you would like to work with me in my research. I heard you are a special case?"
XR didn't like this guy especially the way he looked at Nos.
"No thank you sir, as you can see I wish to leave-"
The man tries to get close.
"But sir you must understand! I am intending to breed population of your kind!"
Nos raises a brow. "I am just a machine-"
"Who has an organic core and might I add is a producer of certain -"
XR went in front of Nos and glares at the man. "Look pal he said no."
The man looks down at XR, sneering at the Space Ranger. "Don't you wish to repopulate energy vampires? That replacement is not capable of being a bearer, with him being a… 3rd class robot. Would you consider as volunteering-"
"I have chosen who is my life mate and he is far more than capable. I DO NOT care if he cannot bear me children. If my population cease to exist then it is meant to be just a memory, part of the old tales. I wish to be who I am, not what I am and my mate reminds me every moment. Good day." Nos and XR left the man shocked and enraged.
XR although smiles at his mate's honesty, frowns at the thought of incapable of having kids.
Nos holds his hands. "You know that I love you XR there are many other ways to have children."
"So even if I'm not a female and I can't bear kids, your ok with that?"
Nos smiles and kisses him and XR was blushing. "We have a very long life XR and I want to share it with you, child or no child." And he scoops him up like a bride.
"You like being dramatic don't you?"
"I cannot help it with you luv and I do have to practice since we are getting married."
XR blushes and holds onto him and they flew out. A robot in a trench coat came into the lab with a few things.
"Salutations Nos and it is an honor to meet you-" but Ryder froze to see no one in the lab room. "That rotten- he knew I wanted to meet XR." He exits the room. "Next time I will hide my signal and finally get my autograph." he mumbles away but was glad his acquaintance was back online.