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machinesandman · 2 years

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Cat And Mouse

Seemed that dearest brother had wanted to once again take more reigns. Well, that pushed up Theia’s plans on collecting information and preparing things to flow smoothly, thanks too that mysterious signal that had blipped up on the planets surface, a long lost brother somewhere on this pitiful rock. Who, and where, was the question. Plans had been pushed up since that event at a more rapid pace. Ah, how her brothers loved to do things fast and brutal. But sometimes cunning and efficiency still had their required need. So here she was in this pitiful place, having lured a victim out here. That poor machine with it’s core. That delicious thing it wouldn’t need.

Theia kept her Core carefully concealed and hidden, her signal muted while down here to keep a low profile. She didn’t need anyone alerting too her presence, let alone those pesky Robot Masters.

“So, you said there was going to be training...?” This little nervous thing spoke, looking around. Believing so easily the lies that had been spouted, promising some private training to be stronger, faster, maybe move up in the world. It would be a mercy to end this.

She hummed slightly, and turned back around to face the much shorter one. Theia loomed at a staggering 7′2″ inches tall, her impossibly long and fluffy hair waving in the night air while gold eyes stared down. “I did, didn’t I? Then let us take the first lesson.”

“One, feel fear and rage.” The Stardroid vanished then, moving in a rapid pace. Arriving directly behind the poor victim she had lured out here, making them yelp with fright and try to spin around, only to cry out in pain as he felt the shoulder joint of the arm suddenly pop. Theia had grabbed it, and twisted. But it didn’t come apart just yet. No, no, she was taking her time, enjoying the screams, how uselessly her prey wiggled to try and free themself. It was even better as they turned that other arm into a basic buster, to try and fire a shot. Theia just jerking her head out of the way. “Oh ho, feisty, aren’t you. Good. And a combat capable core. Just what I need...”

“M-My core...?” The poor bastard spoke through grit teeth, realizing his mistake now. Already he was starting to charge up a new shot, trying to hold it as much as he could. He had chosen this arm design specifically, he changed to try and be better, but now he needed it to survive! He tried to twist, and just then is when claws dug into the joint, and yanked, taking the entire limb off with a clean motion. Coolant and oil going everywhere, as wiring sparked. The limb tossed aside. This poor bastard screaming in pain on the ground as he fell, trying to push himself backwards on the ground, staring up at his assailant. And then anger and frustration began to bubble.

There it was. “Mmm, perfect. Yes, I did play you for the fool, rather easy when most of you are idiots.” None of them had any idea what they were in for. This would be fun. She just had the cultivate that anger, some despair. Anything horrid really. And it was so much easier to feel on these creatures, designed as they were. She began too approach then, hands held out wide. Almost taunting them to take that shot, waiting for it.

Her victim, shook on the ground in fear, pain, frustration. He sent out an emergency distress signal, hoping someone, anyone, would show up, even hear or receive his signal this far out. His core pinging desperately. The arm lifted and released his shot at the Stardroid, hitting center mass. And when the smoke cleared, it had done nothing more than smudge the armor plating. Leaving horror to sink deep now...

Theia scoffed and brushed herself off. “Please, really, you think anyone would do this and not be sure of themselves? Half of your kind really are like humans.” Desperate little creatures, clinging onto the shell of this lonely little world.

It didn’t last long then, the pain. As the Stardroid closed in, and dug her claws into the chest armor suddenly, digging deep, leaving the victim screeching- and then, offlined. As she grabbed the Core, and yanked it out. The entire object whole. “There you are.” And saturated as it was earlier, this would be perfect. The metal face plate vanishing with but a single thought, to expose large teeth and fangs, oni in their design. The jaw opening wide and unhinging, allowing Theia to bring the stolen Core up, and slowly eat it, swallowing the entire object whole. Getting sparks flying from her jaws as they closed. Once it went down entirely, her energy rebuilt. And the Stardroid shifted out her core signal, for this new one. Registering as this new age little robot entity, how quaint.

It’s take a few moments for the rest to kick in, to try and shift her synth skins tone too something easier to blend in with, to better gather data- when something caught her senses.

Seems someone had picked up on that signal this one put out... But it wasn’t someone expected.

Theia’s head twisted around in a second, a full 180 degrees, golden eyes landing on someone she didn’t think would ever crawl out of their hiding hole. The turn coat, Comet. No, Techno, now. Little thing. Rogue little droid had found that signal and thought to follow it, probably picking up danger description. What a foolish little choice.

And oh, how Techno looked terrified, already taking several steps back and debating how to counter anything that came her way.

“Sister, what a pleasant surprise.” The elder hissed, turning the rest of her self around now, and grinning wickedly with all those unnatural teeth. “I believe we have unfinished promises... You know how badly you hurt us when you left.” Ran away, traitor, sold them out, tried to get others to come after them all those years ago before Earth had even been on their radar. Had probably helped little old races too. Disgusting organic lover. “You know full well how we treat those like you.”

Techno wanted to argue, stand her ground, but not against this Stardroid. She had to be cautious, already getting a defensive stance and summoning energy. But she didn’t have a chance to form a wall of force, to shield herself- because Theia had swung her hand, sending a sudden glowing dart out, a forced generated meteorite no bigger than a bullet, made out of the dust, rock, and molecules of the air. That little thing slamming into Techno’s shoulder and ripping clean through it. Burning the synth parts and metal insides on contact, getting a hiss of pain.

It was immediate the follow up, Theia rushing forwards in the little shots wake. Taking one raw swing of her claws, that carved against one of Techno’s fore arms as she brought it up in defense. Sparks sent flying. The night began to light up with bolts of raw energy and power, leaving impact points in the earth from every impact of strength against one another. Already did Theia send off a little update towards her brothers, having found the wayward space medic of theirs.

A sheer force of sound and frigid fire shoved Theia backwards, sending sparks off her shoulder plates and leaving burn edges against parts of her lower chest plate. Not unlike the tail of a comet, with it’s heat and ice in tandem. “You haven’t lost that potential for strength, have you, Comet? Just let your self grow soft on this tiny little rock. Pity.”

“My name is Techno, you cannibal.” The shorter Stardroid growled out, blue and black eyes gleaming brightly, still keeping her core on the down low and hidden. As such it left her lacking in most strength. She did not want to cause any needless panic, or force pain onto anyone else out in the world who might still be using crystal cores or parts. Which might just spell the younger droids undoing, and knew it, full well lacking her full capability doing this. “I’m not one of you anymore. I did not ask for my design, nor who I am tied too. I make my own life, not anyone else! Terra, and the others, already tried to destroy this world, and died for it. Can you just leave it alone?!”

Oh ho, she didn’t know the extent? How cute. Theia felt a smile curl wickedly onto her face, leaning forwards slightly. “Oh, no, no... You know how much I care about my Brothers, I can not simply leave them, now can I? Let alone their goal.” Her voice carried a taunting tone, ominous. And it shook Techno deep into her crystal, feeling cold fear wash over her. What did that mean...? Was she trying to find their remains, rebuild them?! How!? It was impossible, they would be buried in time and who knows what else.

But that fear was exactly what the older one was looking for. Taking the initiative to immediately close the gap in a blur of movement, which caused the younger to try and move, jerk back as fast as possible, but it was useless. Theia had built up raw energy into her claws, leaving them glowing vibrantly cruel colors and bright heat, dragging it across the armor of Techno’s chest once, cracking the designed jewel upon it, and exposing the delicate internals under it all, sending black oil and glowing blue liquid splattering across the earth, followed by the high pitched scream of agony.

What sweet music-

It was suddenly cut off as a liquid metal slapped across Theia’s face, the edge of it forming into a sharp blade as it slashed across what little was exposed of the synth skin. The force of it was enough to send the other Stardroid crashing sideways. Techno held her damaged arm over the now pouring chest injury, teeth bared and antenna’s both bent backwards on either side of her head. Free arm still held out and ready to attack, a collecting energy source of cold fire dancing between her fingers. But from behind her back, had grown four extra limbs, each one made of liquid metal and shifting their shape, one having hardened into a blade. These were meant for delicate repair work, or making defenses, but not for offense. It was not going to last long.

“Cute.”

Theia chuckled as she returned too her stance. An impossible long tongue extended, to lick her own enjoy clean, taking the loss of black internal ooze back. “Very cute... But you’re still lacking.” Her hand lifted, shook the glow from her hand- and the entire thing became a buster. shifting into what she had stolen from her victim’s corpse laying not 30 feet away. But it was different, sharp edges around it. And when it began to charge, it was negative energy. Higher and hotter, swirling inside the barrel like it was a concentrated storm of mayhem within it’s confines.

“Let’s bring you home in pieces shall we?”

Blue and black eyes widened in fear as the arm was brought up, and fired from such close range. Techno brought those liquid limbs together in front of herself, rapidly hardening them- but it wasn’t fast enough, the shot cut through them, and slammed directly into her exposed chest sections, while damaging her arm further. The choked scream broke free as metal and bits went flying, making the smaller Stardroid crash backwards and tumble across the earth. Only stopping in a skid on their side after sufficiently covering some distance. Leaving a trail of black and glowing blue fluids. Dazed and in pain, vision blurring. The only reason that blast hadn’t completely torn through her center was thanks too the liquid metal extra limbs, but now those were gone again, not enough focus to keep them manifested.

Sound of crunching earth and heavy foot steps hit the ground, approaching slowly. And then one hard kick onto the shoulder, had the traitorous little Stardroid on her back. “You’re more clever than I thought. Should have killed you, oh well. We always were built of better stuff, weren’t we? Stardroids are better than any of this around you. Such a waste.”

Strings of warning files popping up, critical damage read outs almost blinding her optics. Techno was dismissing and trying to rapidly get rid of as many of these as she could, regain her senses. No, ignore the damages. Cease flow of coolant, temporarily disable lesser functions. Her core- oh no... Oh no her core-

It was exposed. The vibrant glow inside her chest pulsing desperately now. Nothing to keep it hidden or even keep the signal hidden. It was practically screaming distress, panic, frustration. Loud and unhindered. Techno was suddenly incredibly aware, and grit her teeth, feeling the power returning into every single sub system. Come on, faster, faster...

“Oh, look at that, giving your self away on this planet. I could leave you here, and let the Robot Master’s kill you, wouldn’t that be fun to watch. Let them think they handled their problem... But no, I said I’d bring you back in pieces. But maybe this? This you can do without for a while.” Thiea let her voice flow heavy, as she knelt down, hand slowly reaching out. She had to take the thing whole, without a crack. It was easier to punish and fix when left intact, if it were in pieces, that just made more work. And she wanted to eat it first anyways...

Energy finally clicked and responded. Legs going stiff, and boots shifting. Techno glaring up at Theia with a sudden vibrancy and active awareness she didn’t have seconds prior. “You’re graveyard jaws shall not claim this life! Sit on a black hole, and spin!” She shouted, and the bottoms of her heels exploded into energy, sending her flying away across the ground at high speed. She rolled on the dirt, and curved upwards into the air, taking off into the sky and picking up speed. A loud ‘THOOM’ giving off as she broke the sound barrier quickly enough to send a rumble into the ground, and wind blasting behind her. The one bad arm tucked tightly against her chest as she panted, so many alarms going off inside her head and distress signals needing to be muted. she just had to make it too her hide away, then she’d be fine. But would her power reserves hold out after this sort of damage, she wouldn’t know. If Techno had been using her full Stardroid potential, she’d have last longer, but she didn’t want to give herself away. Too late for that now...

Theia stood up, staring after the sky’s darkened horizon with a smirk. Slowly licking her hand clean of the fight. “I’ll see you soon enough again. But we have more important matters...” With that, her body shifted. Grey skin becoming peach toned. The hair remained vibrant magenta purple, eyes golden. But the black was now white. Metal face plate was put back into place, hiding her jaws once more.She could blend in and gather information on the surface, and keep things updated...

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Meanwhile, the moment that Stardroid’s energy signature had blipped online, Blues had staggered a moment, stiffing quickly as panic and rage suddenly roared across his network signal. Shadow Man had been right there at the same time, his own primal protective instincts coming too full front as his anger and distress built. The Robot Master’s sent into a tizzy as they recorded that signal, memorized it, and made sure everyone know what to look out for. It vanished out of existence so damn quick, hiding it’s self no doubt.

Blues was barking orders over the Network without hesitation, no one questioned it. This was not going to be taken lightly...

And this is what Theia wanted.

#COMMS;; On Blog Plot #MM??;; Theia Muse #MMC;; Stardroid Techno #(( warning for robot core and robot fighting. ))#(( And eating of cores. ))#(( also very long post. ))#(( I lost control of english about half way through. ))#(( Forgive me and my rough writing. ))

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