Volume 6 Chapter 3 Titan 4
Titan 4 appeared to be a ghost town. Bottle and Gesus walked in the streets. Large pieces of metal protruded from the ground coated with rust and grease.
The giant head of the Titan laid on its side with cracks and dents. It had a giant glass eye which light had long gone. Pipes and tubes ran out of its mouth which had holes and tears.
Surprisingly it looked even more barren than Dark Side. The buildings are empty, they had no doors or windows. Many mechanical parts would be littered in the streets. Which is strange as such parts would be considered valuable if it came from the Titan.
As Bottle and Gesus walked through the abandoned town they came across a large metal gate. The gate itself was as tall as a 3 story building, on the tip of it was lined with gold statues. Golden vines, flowers, and people were carefully sculpted on the top of the walls.
As for the gate's wall it was graffitied with various scandalous remarks and images, however there right at the center of the gate had giant letters inscribed, "V"
Right below the 'V' was a robot frozen in place. It had a tall body, several inches taller than Bottle. It appeared to be banging on the gate before it ran out of juice. As Bottle went closer to inspect the robot, in a miraculous turn of events the robot reactivated.
[Beep...] [Beep...] [Stability Restored...] [Beep...] [Rebooting Main Power...]
Steam gushed out of its body, its internal gears appeared to be moving as it lifted his bent pose. The metal plates that acted as its skin reorganized into its semi original state.
[?!?] 2x
"Th... Titan..." [Beep] [Rebooting Complete]
It appeared the robot refocused its attention, and spotted Bottle and Gesus. His optical eye began to readjust, and started to scan them both. [Beep] [Scanning Complete]
"Humans... [Calculating] I can tell that you did not come here under normal reasons... tell me do you wish to get in?"
"Heh, straight to the point huh. Yea, we need to get in but I don't see any way to open the gate."
[Calculating] "You may be in luck, I shall help... you get in, however you must stop the fools who wish to defile the great one."
"Oh? Is that so? Sorry but if you want me to help you, you need to provide me with a better offer than that."
"Such greed... very well what is it that you want?"
"A gun, to be more precise a revolver."
The robots eyes lit up, as if that word triggered an internal reaction. He took a closer look at the man before him.
"Then... perhaps we could compromise..." The robot proceeded to walk to a different direction, "This way, it is not safe to stay out in the open."
Bottle noticed the robots reaction, he was far too aware of the behavior of robots. They are logical and yet always strive to fulfill a very specific purpose. He would need to tread carefully, however at this current time he was willing to accept.
"Alright, let's go!"
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The robot let Bottle and Gesus to one of the massive barrels of the titan. Inside of it seems to have undergone a very drastic restructuring. It was a crude structure with metal sheets as walls however it appeared very purposeful.
Straight hallways, with rooms filled with spare parts and batteries. They were led to a wide open area within the hideout.
As usual with robots the room was barren. Bottle went and stood in front of the robot while Gesus started to look around.
"Quite a big place you got here... you live here on your own?"
"Your remark doesn't matter... human."
"Heh, always so serious with you guys huh?"
"The Titan that lays before your eyes has many properties... One of which is a giant forge deep within the heart of Titan, the forge... was originally meant to create other material to replenish and reproduce various materials. Such as Battle Droids, plate armor for the Titan, and etc."
"It... would have been a self sufficient super fortress, however... as you can see it is in dire need of repairs."
"Dire need?!? Hell it would be better to create a new titan instead!"
"Your humor... does not phase me, human..."
Bottle's shoulder dripped, [Heh...] "So you think this forge could create my gun?"
"Even better... I will make this gun of yours... if you acquire the forge for me. I can guarantee that it will be far better than anything a human can create."
"Heh, is that so... tell you what, add a pack of cigarettes and you got yourself a deal."
"?" The robot fell into confusion, in his mind he tried to understand what that meant. Computer circuits ran multiple calculations to find out the reason as to why Bottle would ask for something so trivial.
Bottle noticing that the robot was dazed snapped his fingers. [Snap!] [!?!]
"... It appears I was... never mind, so... are you ready?"
"Yea, just hold on, hey kid we're moving out again, come on!"
"NO!"
"I'ma stay here you can go on your own."
[Sigh~] "Alright then..." Bottle quickly turned to the robot "take care of her while I'm gone yea?"
"Fine... this way."
Volume 6 Chapter 4 Velvet of Vina
Bottle stood on the very top of the barrel of the massive cannon, right next to him was the robot. On Bottle's back was a makeshift parachute. They are pretty high up, at least a mile up from the ground.
"When you told me you knew a way to get in I didn't think I would need to jump to my death."
"Do not worry... as long as you pull the red leaver at the right time... your survival chances will increase greatly."
"Oh really? Then what are the odds right now."
"That is unnecessary information... just remember to secure the forge once you do I press radio me with this radio." The robot handed Bottle a walkie talkie.
"Hey wai-" As Bottle latched the walkie talkie on his belt the robot pushed him off.
"Arghhhhhhhhhhhh...." [Click!] [Vwoshh!] Bottle deployed the parachute and glided into over the decorative wall.
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Bottle glided smoothly in the sky, as he looked down he could see relatively clean streets. Only few major buildings stood. One looked like a barracks, while another looked like an administrative building and etc.
There were no single houses except for a few further back. What struck Bottle as odd was the look of the buildings, the older they looked the more refined and elegant. The newer buildings such as one of the barracks looks strange.
For example the said building had no windows, even then the building's walls were made up of various materials. The older buildings were albeit messy due to all the decorations such as statues and some sort of flowers.
Bottle then noticed the group of female guards amassing right beneath him. They had what appeared to be very shiny/gold armor with many different engravings, that would protect major parts of their body, such as the torso, knees, elbows, head, basically any place with a joint. Kind of like protective bike gear.
As Bottle observed the movement of such individuals he noticed that they moved rather too quickly. The amount of armor they wore did not correlate with their speed it was too odd, could it be genetic enhancements or specially crafted light armor?
Bottle narrowed his vision trying to understand, but then he could hear [Grush!] [Crush!] [Grush!] An all too familiar noise. The sound of tin foil?
As the female guards chased after him they bumped into each other bending their shoulder's tin foil armor. They proceeded to sit on the ground criss cross and reshape the tin.
As Bottle noticed this his face cringed and warped in a rather perplexed expression. Originally he wanted to ask them to help make his revolver but now he decided to ignore them and go straight for the Titan.
"Ha! Like hell, as if you could try to catch me! Seeya later suckers!"
Sadly Titan was too far away for his little parachute to reach. He landed on top of the roof, but realizing that he didn't know how to properly stop he soon got pulled off. [Crash!] He landed on the ground and was promptly surrounded by female guards.
Using the back end of their fancy golden spears they proceeded to bludgeon the day lights out of him and took him to a dungeon.
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[Knock!] [Knock!]
"Come in"
One of the female guards with golden colored tin foil armor came in and knelt down.
"Lady Tequila we have taken a prisoner, what shall we do with him?"
"Prisoner? Since when have we taken any prisoners? [Sigh~] Just execu- Actually I change my mind I will meet with him soon, see to it that he is still... conscious before I arrive will you."
"Yes!"
The female guard soon left. Tequila soon sunk down in her chair. The stress of being the de facto leader of the Velvet of Vina was taking its toll. She wasn't supposed to be the leader, in fact she was just supposed to be the 2nd in command.
She was mid 20s with fair skin and a smooth complexion. Skin care, bio enhancements, and etc would be used to beautiful all the females who served under Lady Aquila Luu'quor in order to achieve beauty just as her.
However, the stress has made the front part of her hair white, unable to cope with such deformity she dyed her hair white.
Her almond eyes soon drifted to the piles of paper on her desk; She snapped.
"Arghhhhh!!!! So much work!!!!" She sprang up from her seat and grabbed her white fur coat and stormed out.
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