The moon hut sat in the middle of the destroyed factory. Alone. The survivor stepped out of the moon hut and looked around cautiously, but only to find he is the only one outside. He was confused, but later he stepped back into the hut.
In Albur's room, Albur curled up into a ball and sobbed in a corner. Still unable to accept the truth Johnson died. Havoc the flash drive AI sat next to him, he looked at the shattered rifle, and sighed.
"You...really don't have to destroy your rifle for that reason."
Albur didn't respond, he just continue sobbing and choke in tears.
"Hey! Be a man already! A man could bleed but they never cry!"
Albur sniffed as he moved further away from Havoc. Havoc stopped speaking, he sighed and stared at the rifle that still have electric sparks appearing on the torn wires. He tried to move, but he forgot he is just a flash drive, he have no legs, no wheels, no movement gears.
Then, his eyes locked onto a box of parts sitting across the room. He let out a scanning wave, and found that it is a box of Cyber Learning Advanced internet Realm Enforcer bots, he found one of them are fine and still have wheels on it. He slowly moved inch by inch by pushing himself to the front, the flash drive wiggled, and wiggled until he reached the box. Then, he ejected a bit of his virus powers and made the edge of the box dissolve, making the parts fell out.
He moved his body and circled the parts for a while, until he found the bot that have the wheels he need. He found the flash drive connector and plugged himself into the bot.
Then, he transfered his consciousness to the CPU of the bot, the bot's screen glowed. He looked at himself, he now can control its limbs. It slowly stood up and pushed the other bot parts away.
Havoc controlled the body and limped out of the room. He passed by Mysty's room, seeing her still crying but wasn't as bad as Albur, she had already calmed down, but she is still sobbing. He walked towards the entrance, and found Covie sitting by the door, in sleep mode, will oil leak marks still not dried yet. He couldn't find Rhea anywhere but wasn't bothered about it. He opened the entrance and limped out of the hut.
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Havoc slowly returned to the hut. He held a lot of things in his hands, he limped back to the hut. By that time, Covie is already awake, sitting on a chair, quietly sniffing. Havoc limped to her, he dragged a hyper gem with him as he slowly approached to Covie. He placed the hyper gem on the table, and sat on the chair next to her.
"Hungry? I am now. I need a recharge."
Covie sniffed.
"Who are you....?"
"Its me, Havoc, can't recognize my voice?"
"Oh, Havoc..."
Havoc sighed as he placed the items in his hands on the table, then looked towards Covie.
"That man is too sad to tell me more about the situation, could you?"
Covie sniffed and wrapped her arms around her.
"If it wasn't my daily reboot.....I would still be crying right now, you don't know how important he is to me..."
"I know its not easy."
Covie looked at Havoc in confusion,
"Before we drift a little too far from the topic, yeah, what's the situation?"
Covie sighed, and slowly told Havoc about everything that happened earlier.
"Ah, no wonder, damn it, I shouldn't have said that to him."
"Language....."
"My bad."
Covie rubbed her arms gently, Havoc's bot's screen flickered.
"I don't know what I can say now, the time I experienced this, there was no one there to comfort me, despite being an artificial intelligence."
"You experienced this as well? When?"
"Well, I never thought Harry would leave me out of a sudden, we are like the best pals in the room. Chat everyday, roast each other everyday, no matter what. Told him not to stress too hard on model 59, but let's not talk about that. "
Havoc looked around the room, Covie looked at the ground and whimpers quietly.
"I couldn't save him..."
Havoc stared at her, he looked at the ceiling for a brief moment.
"Who did you healed today?"
Covie opened her eyes, and looked at Havoc.
"Huh?"
"Who, did you healed today?"
Covie looked at her left hand, and made a brief healing beam.
"Albur....Mysty...no, everyone....."
"If it wasn't you, the number of people who died won't only be just one."
"But.....master..."
"You did your best, in fact, you shouldn't blame yourself because you're incapable of saving him. Your inability to save him isn't what killed him. Everyone have a limit you know."
Covie turned away,
"If I had pulled harder..."
"Then do better next time."
Covie sighed and slowly flew away. Havoc stared at Covie flying away and sighed. He jumped off the chair, he slowly limped towards Mysty's room. On the way he passed by Albur's room, it seems that he haven't gotten any better.
Havoc reached the door and knocked on it. After a few seconds, the door creak opened, Mysty stood by the door, peeking.
"You are..."
"Havoc, I used a C.L.A.R.E bot as my body."
Mysty sniffed and slowly opened the door, she clearly cried for a long time, but she is strangely calm, and managed to stop.
"You wanna come in?"
"That's why I came to look for you."
Havoc limped into the room, Mysty slowly walked to the bed and sat at the edge of it, curled into a ball. Havoc sighed as he helped himself onto the bed, and sat next to Mysty.
They just sat there for straight minutes. No sound, no speech, just silence.
"Unlike the others, you are surprisingly calm. " Havoc broke the silence.
Mysty looked at Havoc, and smirked bitterly.
"I just forced myself to not cry. " her voice is breaking and dry.
"Why so? The others can't. "
"I had to."
Havoc looked at Mysty, and titled his head.
"What do you mean by that?"
Mysty wiped the half dried tears in her eyes. Then moved her eyes towards Albur's room.
"That man, won't be able to move on without anyone by his side."
Mysty slowly relaxed her tightly wrapped limbs.
"If I fall into depression too, who is gonna help him?"
Havoc looked at the floor.
"You are still gonna help him?"
"Why not?"
"He attacked Rhea, he beaten the heck out of her, and almost ended her life. I know its because she killed Johnson, but its still something wrong no? Why help him?"
"We are..... meant to be a team. "
Havoc blinked.
"I am angry for his stupid actions, but I'm more worried about him."
Havoc laughed weakly,
"I thought Albur is the persuasive and comforting one?"
"Even a doctor needs a doctor when he is sick."
Havoc slowly nodded.
"Its hard to keep the whole crew together ain't it?"
"Yeah..."
Havoc returned being silent, and looked at the ceiling with Mysty.
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It has been another hour, Covie, Mysty and Havoc gathered at the dining table. Each of them didn't speak, silence covered the whole place. Havoc lifted his head, and looked at Mysty who had just came out of Albur's room.
"Any luck?"
"No, he cried himself to sleep. I couldn't wake him up and force him a therapy, could I?"
Mysty laughed bitterly, but returned to the frown face slowly after.
"How are we gonna help him then, that would make us lose another teammate instead of one, he is my new owner after all."
"I guess we can only wait until he feels like waking up."
Then, a door's creak open sound is heard across the room, the 3 looked towards that direction. It is Rhea, with her human face completely bandaged and only her computer screen is left untouched. She glanced at the 3, and sighed as she walked away. Havoc scanned her for a while.
"2 dislocated jaw bone, 3 cracked metal plates and a fully shattered tooth."
Rhea stopped, and turned her head, staring at Havoc.
"Shut up."
She walked away.