You know I'll never understand how N got me to wear this outfit. Currently all three of us are wearing camp leader outfits. And only one out of the three of us is happy about it. V, on my right side, sitting on a bench looking annoyed while chewing bubblegum. . . . where did she get that bubblegum at? Anyways V and I are merely sitting and waiting for Uzi to arrive here with her classmates under the guise of a field trip. Finally getting bored V sighs out impatiently.
"How long do we have to wait for that gremlin and her walking oil cans to arrive"
To be fair I feel for V on this one. We've been waiting for ours for her to arrive with her classmates. This was mostly because N gotten excited to help Uzi with her guise and wanted to be prepared. And thus we arrived pretty darn early and somehow N convinced not only me but V into wearing these camper outfits. Well technically I couldn't get the outfit on so I used my replicating ability to scan the outfit and used the my nanotech and liquid metal to form the outfit on.
"Believe me V, I don't wanna wait any longer but luckily Uzi should be here any minute"
I said to the impatient Murder Drone. V rolls her eyes but accepted my answer as she leans against me, back to back. And this is another thing that's going on, it has been noticeable that V has gotten more bold and open to me. Don't get me wrong V was always bold but towards me it feels more affectionate in her own reserved way. Which kind of created some tension not just between with V and I, but also N. The tension isn't aggressive just awkward. N is in the process of moving on from V and be with Uzi but is still in a position where he still has some romantic feelings for V. While V might not show it or admit it but there is still a part of her that loves N from their past even if they don't remember. So we're all in this dying love triangle, where two ex lovers are subconsciously trying to let go of that dying love and move on. And if I'm being honest I too might have fallen for this psychotic drone of a woman. Which honestly puts me in a weird spot. Remember I used to be human in my past life where this world was once just fiction. So it's hard for me to accept these feelings. I've accepted this to be my reality and know this is real. I guess I just feel like I shouldn't love someone who I once saw as only entertainment.
"Like Metal said Uzi will be here with our fellow campers" N says enthusiastically as he juggles with his clipboard. And as if like the universe heard his voice a bus arrived with Uzi and her classmates. Uzi's classmates came out of the bus one by one as they stumble and trip over each other wondering why they are on a field trip.
"Uh, teacher, what is this field trip?" A worker drone named Braidon asked.
"Yeah, Uzi's idea. Ask her" Their indifferent teacher said.
Braidon scoffed hearing Uzi's name. "Who?" he asks
"I've sat next to you for years." Uzi says to Braidon which ended up startling her classmates. "Bite me! I asked to go alone. He's mad at your test scores." Uzi says obviously upset as she points to her teacher.
"No year-end bonus, no learning." The teacher says lazily at the steering wheel of the bus.
"So, we're just unsupervised?" Asked Braidon before all three of us decided to jump down to meet the students. "What the-!?" Braidon says as V, N, and I landed onto the ground from flying from our previous location. N turns to the group with his visor flashing the iconic X. But then just as quick as it came it disappeared as N greets the campers with great jolliness. I swear he's just as sadistic as V but just does it subtly.
"Welcome, campers! Let's sound off!" N says as he gets ready to do roll-call, but instead begins to count. "One, two..." he started, then he stops. A student gets shot at by V and falls over, dead. In sync, and not wanting to get shot at as well the students yelled.
"THREE/FOUR/FIVE/SIX/SEVEN/EIGHT/NINE/TEN/ELEVEN!"
"That's everyone! Minus One..." N says as he whispered the last part to V clearly not happy with V. I shook my head in annoyance.
"Was that really necessary?" I said to V. I was annoyed by her action, but I was also annoyed that I've forgotten that she did kill a Worker Drone in this episode. So much for trying to save everyone. However realistically I can only save most and not all. She's lucky I'm starting to have a complicated crush on her.
V simply shrugs as she slightly smirks at me and says "They were too slow" she says as she blows the smoking barrel of her gun.
N coughs loudly to get everyone's attention as he says "We got so many distracting activities planned, so no sneaking off to investigate stuff!" He slyly gestures to Uzi. "To the bunks!" He leads the way... Except no one's following him. He looks over at Uzi, then back to the students.
"Sounds good, N!/ Anything for my bestie!" Both Thad and Lizzy say at the same time. They join V, N, and I but no one else does.
"Y-Yeah, they're like my friends, too, so... It's cool." Uzi says feeling a bit insecure. Everyone flees in a panic at Uzi's mere presence. Seriously what's their problem.
"You can be our friend, little guy!" Emily says holding N's hand. "Poor things defective?" says Darren poking V's eye. As V then grabs his wrist and removes his hand from her eye.
"Hmph. Nah, just full of love. This one's a pilot." V says gesturing to N as she acts lovey dovey.
"Wow, a pilot." Rebecca giggles while N obviously doesn't look comfortable. He then looks at Uzi, who gestures that she will go her own way and that N should get everyone else to the campsite. She gives a thumbs up, N nods, and Uzi heads into the woods, alone. Before she can fully go off something unexpected happened.
"Hey Metal buddy, can you go and help Uzi, I know she can like totally go into a spooky forest at a totally spooky campsite where absolutely nothing can go wrong and be fine but can you possibly go with Uzi please" He says somewhat both worried and flustered. I was a little surprised by his request not because it's out of character but because it reminds me how much the original story is about to go off rails. I might have interfered before but it didn't change much of the plot. If I go with Uzi I have no idea what will happen once I do. However I do plan to help as much as I can, so if I can go with her I can possibly stop her from killing her classmates when her Absolute Solver. So I nodded towards N as I flew next to Uzi.
"Metal? What are you doing? Shouldn't you be helping N and V with the field trip?" Uzi asked.
"N wanted me to help you, most likely he's worried about you" I said to Uzi
Uzi somewhat growls in agitation "Bite Me!! I don't need to be babysitted" She says but then her visor softens as she then speaks softly "But thanks for caring about me, you and N"
"You're welcome" he says as he gently pats her shoulders. It seems overtime as we spend more time with each other we grow closer. However unlike with N we aren't developing romantic feelings with each other. Our bond is more Familia, like brothers and sister.
Uzi continues her trek through the woods as I follow her until she reaches an abandoned building. She uses her powers to open the lock, Which almost crushes a bug, and ventures inside. She picks up a Worker hat, then tosses it to the side as she examines her surroundings: Books and bottles clutter the floor, two Worker uniforms are hanging up, furniture are laying on their sides, and a wall has been blasted open. A calendar on the wall catches her eye and she moves it over towards her. It shows a dog on the top half, and the bottom half shows the month of Seramorris. An important note reads, "EVACUATE ALL DOGS! Just in case something bad happens, idk." Two additional notes underneath read, "Cool, we did that. That's canon." and "ALSO, ALL DOGS ARE IMMORTAL NOW! THANKS TO SCIENCE!" Uzi sighs in relief. Suddenly, a noise grabs her attention. She looks around, and gets spooked when she spots what appears to be a human hand reach from around a corner. She tries to steady her flashlight when she hears a scream coming from outside. She heads to the window to find... The other campers rowing their canoes on the lake.
"So, my friend want to know if you'd kill her family. And if you're single." Rebecca asks N.
"Make way for the canoe train!" Darren says as he and Thad carry a canoe with V and Lizzy in it.
"Sabotage, minions! Plan X!" V yells as the boys kick N's canoe and head off while laughing, only to slip and drop the canoe, Lizzy falling out, and V flying in the air. Emily falls out of N's canoe.
"I CAN'T SWIM!" Rebecca yells as she almost falls out, but N catches her. "Oh! Hehe... Thank you."
"Close one." N says.
Back at the abandoned building, Uzi watches this when the glass window suddenly shatters, caused by her right eye reaching high temperatures. Uzi wants to open her bag to drink oil but holds back because I'm here. So I have to let her know.
"Uzi it's ok, I know your need for oil now" he says to her softly. Uzi steps back in fear
"How do you know" she says her voice breaking a bit.
"When we were at Doll's home I saw you taste some oil. And I can detect a hint of oil on your bookbag" I said to her. Uzi looks down to the floor with a look of fear and shame.
"Don't you hate me? Aren't you disgusted of me? I'm literally eating people" She said in such a vulnerable voice you would've forgotten it was Uzi who's talking.
"I'm not disgusted nor do I hate you. So what you need to consume oil. I don't hate V or N, why should I hate you? It's ok Uzi, I know you're both scared and confused with the changes that's happening with you. But just know whatever you become Me, V, and N will always be by your side to help you through these changes. Just stick with me ok" I said as I gently hug her, at first she stiffens but then hugs back and holds me tight as if she's afraid I'll disappear. While we hug I look in the direction of a dark spot of the room where the only thing that could be seen in the dark is yellow eyes. I shake my head no towards V who was watching the entire interaction. V was originally supposed to confront Uzi and her Absolute Solver but thanks to my interruption she never gotten the chance to confront her. V narrows her eye at Uzi for a moment but then decided to silently leave. After we separated from our hug Uzi goes to pick up her bag to drink some oil but realized she crushed a bug.
" Sorry, buddy. Gotcha good." Uzi says to the poor bug as she uses her powers to repair the bug back to good health. The little insect wanders away and turns back to Uzi, who salutes it as it heads under the floorboards. Uzi uses her powers to lift the wood up, revealing a rotting, deceased Worker Drone. She lifts up a few papers: Two drawings, and a JCJenson Program Admission Notice. She flips over the last one to reveal a part of a Murder Drone's claw pierced through the side that was otherwise supposed to be intentionally left blank. She pulls the claw piece out as another bug climbs onto her hand. She squishes it, but it narrowly dodges and climbs her other hand.
>:( WELCOME BACK [002]. HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY?
-SUBMIT TIME CARD
-PTO REQUEST
-REGISTER TORTURE CHAMBER COMPLAINT
-END MY SUFFERING (PROMO OFFER DISCONTINUED)
-CALL ELEVATOR
"...Elevator?" Uzi asks
-Elevator?
Insect: PLEASE PLACE ME ON PROXIMITY READER (CABIN FEVER LABS)
"Where's that? What are you?" Uzi questions the bug.
-Wear his hat?
-What argue?
INVALID RESPONSE.
As I turned around only for a glimpse of a second I see red eyes in the corner of the dark room before it completely disappeared. Doll, she was here but now gone and know about the bug now.
After a while me and Uzi walked back to her classmates. Since she never had that confrontation with V she didn't hesitate to walk out into the open. Since we came back earlier than cannon I thought the arrow incident wouldn't happened. I was too careless. Because once Uzi made herself noticed it startled her classmates including the one who holds the bow and arrow as he accidentally shot an arrow at Uzi. Since I thought we avoided the arrow incident I didn't realize and arrow was heading towards Uzi before it was too late. I tried to stop the arrow but I was too late. She uses her powers to stop it... Only for her temperature to rise again and morph the arrow into a fleshy, bloody mess. Uzi nervously freaks out and runs into the woods.
"Wait Uzi come back!!!" I yelled in my frustratingly monotone voice as I run after Uzi. I followed her inside a cabin despite her trying to block me out but I was too fast and ran inside with her. She uses her powers to force all the doors and windows shut. She reaches into her backpack and tries to grab out an arm, only for a nearby clock's ticking to drive her crazy, to the point she has to use her powers to destroy it and the lights. Except for one. Uzi attempts to destroy it, but everything around her turns red as a fleshy abomination manifests...
"Uzi calm down breathe" I said to her while her head as lowered where I couldn't see her visor. "Uzi?" I questioned before she starts laughing maniacally then lifts her head up as her visor flashes The Absolut Solver symbol. Wings of flesh morphed onto her back as she grew a tail.
"Oh no" I said to myself as Uzi used her Absolute Solver to throw me out the cabin through a wall as she laughs insanely. I dig my clawed finger tips into the grown to slow down and land on my feet. She swiftly crawls on the ground towards me as she tries to lunge at me. But I grab her neck and pin her against a tree.
"Uzi snap out of it, I know you're in there!!!" I yelled trying to snap her out of it, Her visor flickered for a second but then her wings flaps backwards and slam the tree between her wings crushing it and causes it to fall on us both. I slam my fist into the falling tree as it explodes into pieces and splinter but abstracts my vision for a second and that second was all she needed to lunge at me again and pin me on the ground. She tries to bite me with her teeth and tail as her tail too has a mouth. I then use my magnetism to push her off and slam her into another tree as she crashes through it. Then I use my magnetism to pull her back to me as I slam my knuckles into her stomach and carry her on my knuckles to drive her into the ground causing the ground to crack under pressure. However Uzi just laughs as she use her tail to grab my leg and pull as I was still in motion causing me to fall forward. Then she kick into my chest as she rolls backwards on the ground and fling me into the dirt. Uzi jumps into the air and slams her foot on my head. Once she does that he grabs her tail from behind and pulls down to slam her into the ground. Standing up I use both hands to grab her tail, next I turn on my turbine, finally I use my now enhanced speed to spin and swing her around fast as I then let go and throws her through a cabin. It was silent for a moment as I can't see her through the debris. Then suddenly she flew through the debris and was about to attack until V suddenly came out of nowhere and drop kicks Uzi on the side of her head causing her to skit across the rocky ground.
"Why are you holding back, you could easily kill her" V asks while on guard narrowing her visors at Uzi.
"Because I'm not trying to kill her V, she's a friend and we must help her" I said while also keeping my guard up.
"She's YOUR friend not mine, and that thing is dangerous. She can't be allowed to roam much less live" She said very seriously, she's not sadistic, she's not sarcastic, she's not playful, she was dead serious.
"Listen V I might not fully understand your mission, but Uzi is my friend and you might not show it but I know you also care about her. And if you still wanna kill her, then please let her live for me." I said to V imploring her to let Uzi live. V looks at me and then Uzi, till she finally groans in annoyance but acceptance "Fine I'll help you calm down the gremlin, but only doing this because I still owe you one for saving me from the blast of that railgun" she says as we get ready to fight Uzi.
Uzi finally lunges at us, she first goes toward V but was stopped midair by my magnetism as V jumps and spins horizontally in the air as she slams her legs down onto Uzi's back as Uzi speeds into the ground. Before she could get her bearings suddenly her wings sliced off by my now formed blade on my arm where my hand used to be. V then used her blade to slice Uzi's tail off, and throws her though a tree. I sped behind Uzi as she tries to use her Absolut Solver, but before she could I had an idea and used a method that Alice used to stop Uzi from using her Absolut Solver in episode six. I grab a part of her head and activated my magnetism which caused her Absolute Solver to glitch out and deactivate. I used this time to hold her down.
"Uzi calm down" I said to Uzi. Uzi squirms and lashes out wildly as she tries to break out. She then clamps her teeth around my wrist and snaps her mouth causing my hand to separate and falls as she uses her newly grown tail to grab my bladed arm and slashes it across my visor, temporally blinding me as she breaks out of my grip and jumps on top of V about to drive my bladed arm into her core before suddenly out of nowhere N grabs Uzi and picks her up.
"Whoops. Easy there, buddy." N says cheerfully as Uzi thrusts my bladed arm into N's hand which finally snaps Uzi out of her frenzy. "Haha, ow. Up we go!" N say as he tosses Uzi into the air and removes the blade from his hand. "Thanks for watching out for Uzi for me Metal, I got this now" He says as he flies after Uzi and gives her the much needed pep talk.
"You ok" I said looking at her, my visor and hand repaired as I gave my wrist a wiggle.
"Yeah, totally fine" She says sarcastically, so she's fine.
Later N and Uzi finally landed back onto the ground with Uzi in his arms bridal style. Suddenly Uzi's classmates came out of hiding as Lizzy walk beside V.
"Ew" Lizzy said at Uzi and N's public display of affection.
"Don't patronize me." V said with agitation
"What? I think it's gross all by myself. God, you're a diva lately." Lizzy says as she walks away. Funny enough this caused V to smirk in satisfaction to herself at being called a diva which I found oddly cute.
I helped N and V gather the students and takes them all back to the bus. Thankfully since I was with Uzi no one died, well accept the Drone that V killed but to be fair I've forgotten. So when the teacher asked for the only missing student V admitted to killing him which the teacher once again act like he honestly doesn't care and is indifferent to their death. Seriously how is this guy a teacher. The Sun rises and Uzi's hand starts to burn. N notices and reaches to move it out of the way as their hands briefly hold. N quickly, silently lets go without waking Uzi up. He looks over at the Zombie Drones VHS tape he brought with him. The thought of what could be on the tape worries him. V however snuggles into my shoulder as her arms wrapped around my arm as she sleeps. And thus I close my eyes I chuckle to myself, I guess we're all freaks but I wouldn't change a thing. Those were my last thought before darkness takes my vision.
[Author here sorry it took so long to update another chapter. I was very busy on the weekends and was burnt out. But fortunately I had the motivation to write this chapter for you all]