Chapter 11:
N: "Day 78 since the second time I lost control over this thing inside me. It's become harder to fight control for my body with this monster. I have my advantages and so does this thing. More Disassembly Drones arrived and tried to slaughter the Worker Drones. Few lives were lost before I let myself be consumed by the Shadow Demon and had it handle the Disassembly Drones. It's about to be one year as well since I crashed on Copper-9. I've found a way to make it my home but...when you're alone and isolated from the rest...it doesn't feel like it."
V sighed heavily with guilt and sadness as she continues to read N's journal regarding his time on Copper-9 and the situation with Venom. The first few pages were very rough for her to read through as it seemed like N was completely losing it and wanted to take his own life multiple times. She then happened to notice that as each page go by, N would write the number of days since the last incident with Venom.
N: "I lost that feeling of home...a long time ago when the house I grew in and the friends I've made were all slaughtered and killed including myself by someone who I trusted and cared for like a sister...Cyn. It's still blurry to remember what exactly happened on that day but I still remember...V and I...dying together...holding our hands before Cyn changed us to Disassembly Drones. That dying image of V still haunts me to this day and it never leaves me..."
If V could cry, she would right here. N has been through hell back on Earth, here on Copper-9, and mentally inside his head. He didn't deserve any of this and she knew it very well. He is sweet, smart, brave, funny, kind, helpful, you name it as if he was the almost perfect drone to exist.
V went on to read a few more pages which were thankfully his daily life here and scientific notes regarding Venom until she reached the next page and noticed the number had decreased massively.
N: "Day 5 since the last incident...Only this time I was the reason for the monster to come out. I had enough. I wanted it gone. I wanted no more of this pain and burden...I found the highest mountain on this planet and decided to end it all and for my body and the monster to never be found again. We would collapse in the coldest icy river, plunging into the cold water, and freezing ourselves for good. The pain of knowing these Worker Drones and helping them stay safe from the Disassembly Drones...that's why I helped them build secure doors and locks that not even a Disassembly like me could enter. That was the plan...I made it to the top of the mountain, strong winds, heavy snow blocking the entire view around me, I was ready. I doubt a place like heaven would accept a robot but wherever my soul was going to go...I was going to be free...WRONG!
V: Venom...
N: I was so wrong...and I underestimated the monster inside me...I had my nanite acid tail ready for use, right at the core...I lunged right at it...and it stopped me from ending it...I didn't feel the needle nor the acid as I looked down and my hand was now the Shadow Demon's hand. I couldn't react as I was quickly consumed by the darkness with the only thing I last heard...was an angry roar of the monster...
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Venom flew through the skies of Copper-9 before reaching down on its next destination. He looked around and inspected the sight until seeing what looked like a large church not far from where they landed.
N: This is the place...where the core of this planet was blown up...but the question was how? If Cyn was on Earth, how did this happen?
Venom: Perhaps a malfunction in the Absolute Solver when Doll or Uzi had it.
N: Not possible. If my calculations were right, both Doll and Uzi would still be small and I don't think their bodies would be capable of holding the Solver in them. My guess...there was another drone with the Absolute Solver...
Venom: You said, Was. Are you suggesting that-
N: Dead. For this to happen, no drone could survive. Let me out and I'll walk us through. I'm smaller so it wouldn't make us too obvious on sight if there is something lurking around here.
Venom: Hmmmm. Very well, but once something goes off I'm coming out.
N: Deal.
Venom reverted back to N as the Symbiote Drone pair carefully made their way to the large church. N scanned the area with no sign of life but he noticed that this place had the most damage from the implosion.
N: You were having control of me for four years since we crashed. Did you ever come by this part?
Venom: *appears on his shoulder* Once. I was being chased by those Murder Drones and led them on a chase to find a way to trap them and finish them off. However, I noticed that when I made it around here, they flinched and glitched which caught my attention but still finished them off. Tasty as always.
N: *thinks* Considering that you and I are bonded especially for 7 years, it doesn't seem to affect me getting closer to this place. But for other Disassembles to be affected and glitching...there's something here that perhaps can be used against Cyn.
Venom: *looks ahead* N, Look.
N looked up and saw a freak horror show in front of them. Blood stains, chunky flesh, and bones all over the place followed by a massive hole that leads to a deep, dark place...They then looked up and saw chains alongside claw marks. This was much more serious than they they were expecting.
N: Seems like the experiement...got really out of hand...
Venom: *senses something and looks over* WATCH OUT!
N felt the alert and instantly grabbed a pickaxe aiming right at him. Then he noticed a massive boulder coming right at him before dodging to the side and activating his blaster to find who's attacking them.
N: Venom! Be my back eyes!
The two searched and scanned the place as everything remained silent from that sudden attack. It wasn't until N stepped on something and heard a loud SNAP! And before either of them could react, they were hung upside down by a heavy chain wrapped around N's leg.
N: Gah! My leg!
Venom: Enough of this!
Venom instantly transformed back, causing the chain to break as Venom landed on the ground and instantly sensed where the attacker was, he stretched his arm out, and pulled what looked to be a core of a drone!
Venom: So you're the culprit trying to attack us! *Licks my lips* Tasty!
N: Whoa! Whoa! Hang on! It's just the heart of the drone! *realizes* VENOM! IT COULD BE THE DRONE THAT MALFUNCTIONED WITH THE ABSOLUTE SOLVER?!
Venom:*growls then huffs* Fine! I'll spare you IF you explain who you are and WHY YOU DARED TO ATTACK ME?!
Venom approached the nearest table and placed the Drone Core there as she gasped for air from that horrifying and crazy scenario that ensued.
Venom: Now explain!
Drone Heart: BITE ME!
Bite Me.
Uzi: BITE ME!
Bite Me.
It struck N in the head like a lightning bolt. If he was in normal form, his eyes would have been completely widened. This wasn't just any ordinary Drone heart that's walking around and hiding...
This was Uzi's mother...
This is Nori Doorman...
N: Venom, let me out.
Venom: What?
N: NOW!
Venom growled at N's outburst, but the connection of their minds made Venom understand N's reasoning. He followed as Venom reverted back to N while Nori watched in shock and amusement.
As it turns out, N and Nori have met before. This happens to be the first time they meet in person as the clues and first look appearances made the dots connect for each other and realized who they were standing right next to.
N: H-Hello...Rebel Heart...
Nori: G-Golden Retriever...
The special help that N's been working with ended up being Nori while the helpless boy that Nori was doing her best to help find the cure ended up being N.
A few minutes have passed as the two settled down with oil drinks and Venom taking in a small nap during the two discussing everything such as science, the symbiote, plants, and a few other nerdy things.
Nori: I just recently got to your message since I was pretty occupied and did reply back. But, since you're here now; N, the more you lose control of the symbiote, the harder it's going to get for you to find something to contain it if you're still desperate to escape.
N: I think it's too late for that as he has gained more control but it's looking to be balanced now unlike a few years ago where he was mostly in control or recent where I was in control.
Nori: You probably know this already since you're fused with him but the reason none of the cures have worked is simply because he isn't a virus or a parasite. Venom is a living being.
N: Yeah...I figured that out when he mentioned that he was never affected by the attempted cures. However, he and I are focusing on one bigger issue that maybe you know of.
Nori: The Absolute Solver. I know a lot of info on it but the question is how much do you know about it?
N: From the beginning. Cyn was the one that brought Earth to extinction and created the Disassembly Drones including myself. She's now power hungry for more with other drones having the Solver here and if she gets to them...it's over...
Nori: You said other drones! There are others with the Solver?
N: Just two. A Russian Drone by the name of Doll-
Nori: That's Yeva's kid. It must've been passed down to her. And the other?
N: Uzi.
Nori felt herself freeze and her eye widened as her worst fear have come through. The Solver was passed down to Uzi which meant danger for everyone and her daughter.
Nori: U-Uzi...Wait! How do you know my daughter?
N: I had a feeling you were to ask. I was welcomed and have been doing school plus work at Outpost 3 with Khan and Uzi is my classmate.
Nori: Does...she know?
N: She does...And it's interesting...because for some reason she's been able to keep me calm and controlled. She also seems to know how to keep Venom low and result in him transforming back to me.
Nori: *thinks* Interesting. It's like for the both of you, she's the thing that can keep you two at a relaxed state. I can understand you but why the symbiote?
N: That's a good point. Venom, you and Uzi have no sincere bond so what gives? Why does she calm you down?
Venom: *emerges and thinks* Hmmm.
Nori: Remarkable. The ability for a partial piece of the Symbiote to emerge while you remain in control. There's many remarkable things about this but at the same time, we don't know exactly what happens if you get overpowered by Venom and lose control completely. We've never seen anything like this or at least what I've seen humans here study. For you to have this thing in you for so many years and remain alive, it's beyond my comprehension.
N: *eyes widened in realization* Nori...there's something you should know and why Venom and I arrived here. Doll not only as the Absolute Solver...she also has a symbiote.
Nori: WHAT?! B-But Yeva-
Venom: Yeva What? What did she do?
Nori: Y-Yeva...said she killed it...she lied...
N: Yeva...had Scream...
Venom: I didn't even know this...I couldn't even sense her!
N: She was perhaps in a dormant state. But Yeva having Scream then passing it down to Doll...just like the Absolute Solver...the ultimate weapon being of Copper-9...The Symbiote Solver...
Nori: N! Yeva was slowly becoming insane and losing her screws just as I was! I believed it was because of the Solver trying to take control of us but it was much more...Doll is justa kid like Uzi! She can't handle the full power of the Solver nor having a Symbiote that take full control and become a savage beast just as you and Venom.
N: And if both happen, it could be bad news for all of us, Copper-9, and even Cyn.
Nori: You need to return to Outpost 3 and find Doll before it gets worse! Yeva suffered a terrible fate in her final years of life, I don't want Doll to go through that! Nor my daughter!
N: *looks at her* She doesn't know you're alive...
Nori looked away in guilt and shame by the statement given by N. All these years her husband and her daughter believed her to be dead yet was she was here. She wanted to return to them a long time ago...but she was also scared to return...
THUD! CRASH!
A loud crash as if something landed was heard from outside as N took out his blaster once again from his left arm while his right arm transformed into Venom's arm. Nori watched in amazement at the sudden teamwork tactic between the two. Footsteps were heard approaching the place as a large shadow loomed over and Nori's eyes widened in fear while N's eyes widened in a complicated expression.
N: Crap...
That figure that now stood in front of them just finished eating up a heart of a Disassembly Drone before slowly transforming from the monstrous symbiote known as Scream to Yeva's daughter.
Nori & N: Doll...
Doll: Добрый вечер, Н. Здравствуй, Нори. (Hello, N. Hello, Nori.)