⚠️!WARNING!⚠️— This Fanfic is very lengthy and lazy at times! Do not read if you dislike lengthy Fanfics! (Also a lot of fluff so BE WARNED!)
Please read Chapters 1-5 before this one to understand what is happening
L grabbed a cup from the sink as they wrapped a damp-ish washcloth around the wine glass and dried the water off of the cup before tossing it up in the air and watching it spin before catching it and sitting it down on another towel upside down. She looked up to her right to see her brother pick up the cup and use a step-ladder to put it in the cupboards. On L’s other side, to see Max washing the dishes.
“Soo.. why did you bring 3, most likely have rabies, animals into the house?” L asked Max as the 12 year old human kept on washing dishes.
“Because they're cute..?” Max replied as she looked up and smiled with her eyes closed. “You know JC Jenson is trying to make all dogs immortal, why not all cats and birds?” She asked as she waved her hands around dramatically.
A tiny bit of soap landed on L’s visor. Her visor started to glitch as she gave Max the ‘are you serious..?’ look she could give someone.
“L,” L’s brother said as they turned around to face him on her other side. “You're not waterproof.” He wiped the water off of L’s screen with a towel. Soon she resetted a part of her glitching code, rolled her white eyes, and went back to drying the dishes that Max had now stopped washing.
“And you,” he pointed to Max, “need to stop waving your hands in the air with soap on them.”
“Sorry D, and L” Max said as she put another cup on the counter for L to dry. D was really only a babysitter to Max, at least, that was the reason that Max’s parents gave C and L when they got him. Though he was an older model than L and C, he treated them like his little sisters, so they called him their older brother. Though, he would rather be called Max’s ‘bodyguard’ (he thinks it sounds more menacing).
“You're fine, Max.” D started, “but hurry and get these dishes done. Your parents told us to finish them before they got home”
Max looked up with a stubborn look, “but they won’t be home for another..” she looked at the clock to read the time, “2 hours. We have time, chill” she grabbed the last cup in the sink, washed it, and flipped it in the air as it landed on the towel as it waited for L to dry it.
L noticed after she picked up the last cup to dry it, that C was nowhere to be found. (Or the animals).
“Hey Max,” L said as she looked up the stairs, “Have you seen C?”
Max’s white eyes looked confused, she turned to D who just shrugged and started to climb the step stool. “She might be with the animals up in my room, or on her charger. No clue, but as long as she’s not scheming something like putting glue on the bottoms of my shoes so I trip when I get ready for school!” Max yelled as she splashed the water in the sink when she slammed her hands down and she stared at L. She was mad for a second before she started to laugh and wipe her hands off with a towel.
“Haheahehah..” Max laughed as she rolled her sweatshirt down, “seriously, don’t do that again..”
L rolled their eyes playfully as Max lightly punched their arm.
“Oh, Max,” D said, “I ironed your dress for tonight. It’s in your parents room.” D wiped off the extra water off the counter with a towel. He then grabbed all the towels and walked out of the kitchen and headed to the washing room.
“I’ll go put on my dress,” Max said as she headed towards her parents room, but before going in, she turned towards L, “why not go check on C. She’s been in my room for a while now. Thanks!” She disappeared behind a door frame.
Now L was alone. Now, she sometimes likes to be alone, but other times she would like some company even if the company didn’t want her.
L walked up the stairs as they held onto the railing. Her suit stretched as she lifted her leg one after another. Once she finally got upstairs, she walked towards their room and lifted her fist to knock on the door. But, her sensors picked up a voice that wasn’t C’s.
“You’ll see me in the near future,” the voice said, “and you’ll see N and Uzi in the further future.” L decided that she was just going to barge into the room so they couldn’t prepare to hide from her.
L opened the door to see what was going on, but it seemed normal. C was holding the cat in her lap as it slept, and the dog and bird were chasing each other. “Oh..” L said as C turned her head round to face her with a confused look.
“Yes L?” C asked. The cat looked up at L, but it had its eyes squinted. L looked at the two other animals. Their eyes were also squinted. Though L could see that the cat's eyes were a green-ish, the dog’s were..gold..? And the bird’s was… purple!?
What is wrong with these animals, geez.. L thought as she started to speak. “Just came to check on you,” L said as she closed the door. L stood there with a discombobulated look on her face as she thought about what just happened.
She snapped out of her trace when she heard the front door open quickly then slammed shut. Before she went down the stairs, she heard the voice again from the room.
“Shoot! More humans!” But this time the voice was different, it was female, just didn’t sound like the first one.
“What do we do!” A male voice called out.
“Uh!” The first female voice yelled, “C! Throw us out the window!!”
“Bite me!” The second female voice yelled at the first voice. “I’ll fly out the window! I’m a fricken bird!”
“Won’t that kill you!?” L recognize that voice, that belonged to C. Either C had amazing vocal ranges, or the animals could talk.. And both choices had very small chances.
“We’ll be fine! Toss us!” The first voice called out as she yelled out one last time before simultaneously being thrown out the window.
“Come on N!” The second female voice said as she must have flown out the window as well.
“Man you're heavy, Doggo..!” C strained as she must have been trying to pick up the dog. She heaved a sigh of relief when the dog started to yell.
Don’t question it L.. shes probably playing..? L thought as she walked down the stairs. She walked into the kitchen where Max’s parents, Max, herself, and D were. They walked beside D who was beside Max as they began to listen to what Miss. River and Mr. River had to say.
“Max, get your suitcases together and pack everything you can fit in there, honey” Miss. River said with a sad look on her face.
“Mom! Just tell me what’s happening! Why do I have to pack my suitcases!?” Max yelled at her parents.
L leaned over and looked at D with hollow eyes. He shook his head and looked at the Rivers.
“Sweet pie, we will explain. Let’s just get your stuff together.” Mr. River said as he held his shadowed hand out.
Max swatted at his hand and started to demand, “No! Tell me what's going on! Where are we going!?”
Miss. and Mr. River looked at eachother with deep and sad eyes before Miss. River started to talk.
“It’s more like.. where you're going..” she said as she kept explaining. “We are sending you to an exoplanet. The company has made many escape pods for people because they have detected a dangerous AI on earth, a zombie drone to put it, but they just don’t know where.
“They made one for us, but.. we have decided to stay and send you instead.. you may take your drones with you, one of our friends' family will look after you until you're 16 and can work for the company. They will give you a house and supply you with food and clothes.”
Mr. River turned towards D, “You will still be her babysi-“
“Bodyguard. She needs me now more than ever..” D stated. Mr. River nodded his head.
Max leaned into her parents as they wrapped their shadowed arms around each other in a tight embrace.
L saw C standing in front of the stairs with a bewildered look on her face and tears in her eyes. D lowered his head in respect and L.. L’s vision started to glitch.
Everything kept glitching as the glitch turned purple then a teal color.
L was in darkness for a second before booting her vision up again.
L was now in a pod with D, C, and Max. Max was looking out of a window, crying and waving to her parents as they stood behind glass and a control table. A guy through the radio started to count down from 10. Once he said 1, the pod took off upwards and sent L, C, D, and Max to their brand new home..
L gasped and jumped as she awoke violently from her sleep. As she kept breathing fast, she looked around to see where they were. Once she noticed they were in Uzi’s room, she started to calm down.
“Wow” a voice said from above, “it was that bad? Glad I didn’t go in then,”
L got onto her knees as she looked up to see V sitting on the bed with N laying on her shoulder. L also noticed that V most likely put pillows under L, C, and Wren while they were in her and C’s memories.
L shuddered, I didn’t want to remember that pod moment.. she thought as V held out a can of oil. L jumped as she noticed that V wanted her to take the cup.
L took the cup even though she didn’t need to drink oil unlike V, N Uzi, and Wren. V gave L a slightly sympathetic look before patting the bed.
L noticed that V wanted them to sit beside her, so L stood up, switched out her hand for claws, yanked the hacking device off of her head, and sat beside V.
They took a sip of oil as they looked at V. “He fell on my shoulder when I sat on the bed, no comments..” V stated, “You gonna be ok drinking that?” V asked L, “I heard that you don’t need oil, but you looked like you might want to try it.” V smiled as she took another sip out of the red can. She leaned back as she chugged the rest of the oil. N’s head and body fell into V’s lap. The contact must have scared V a little because she jumped as she lifted her other arm above N.
“Aw..” L said as N just layed there unconscious as he must have still been in the memories, and V started to rub his hair as she took off his hat and set it beside her, “He’s kinda cute when he’s asleep. I see why Uzi likes him.” L said as she took another sip of the hot oil. V was right, L did need something warm to soften her anxiety right then.
L looked over at V who was covering her visor. L pulled down an arm thinking she was overheating. Oh! L thought as she saw blush lines on V’s visor.
“This um..” L started as V looked at them with the blush fading, “might be a little personal, and if it is you're allowed to punch me. But.. Do you like him?”
And with that, V blushed harder as she turned away, punched L in the arm, and turned her head down to look at him.
She shook her head slowly, “I can’t..” she mumbled.
“I.. can’t..” V looked at L with tears in her eyes.
[Next Chapter Comes Out When It’s Ready] = True]
(Just a few more chapters @biscuits-and-such and @roxy4life.. then, y’all come..)