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Uzi lazily walked through the halls of her classroom. It was nearly time for dismissal, and she was getting bored of math class. Eventually, when the bell rang, She packed her things and started to walk out the classroom.
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She was stopped by the man, the myth, the legend...
Thad himself! Uzi was somewhat pleased to see him, although she'd never tell him that. Thad's green eyes blinked innocently as he looked at Uzi, and began to speak. "Hey, 'Zi!" He said, slinging his arm around her shoulder. On her visor appeared purple blush lines below her eyes, And she instantly smacked Thad's arm away. "E-Ew-!! Don't.. Freaking touch me!" She almost yelled at him, giving him a scolding yet flustered look.

Thad pulled his arm back and winced in pain. "Oww.." He whined, even though it didn't hurt that badly. He then picked up his bag. "Sooo.. 'Zi.. Ya wanna go to my place tonight?" He asked, winking at her. Uzi's eyes widened and hollowed out. "W-wh- No, I'm busy!!" She said as she ran out the classroom. What did he even mean by that..? She thought to herself.. But whatever, She was going to be busy tonight anyway.. because she was going to find the parts to her sick as hell Railgun!
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Later that night, Uzi had set an alarm for herself and woken up at around.. Three in the morning? She hadn't bothered to look at the time. Right now.. her mind was set on one thing. And that was finding that stupid battery for her Railgun. She sat up lazily from her bed, throwing the blanket off of her. Uzi's black oversized anime shirt was lifted up slightly, and she had to adjust it and pull her shirt down slightly. "Eugh.. this shirt's so uncomfortable.." She groaned to herself tiredly and got off the bed slowly.

The floors creaked loudly, and she flinched upon hearing it, Clearly not expecting it. shit, Uzi thought. She panicked slightly, throwing herself back into bed incase her dad walked in to see if she was sleeping or not. When she thought her dad wasn't nearby, she got back out of bed and started to slowly walk towards her bedroom door... Uzi slowly stepped into the hallway, taking in her surroundings. She spotted a picture of her mom, hanging on the wall loosely with only a nail holding it up..

Jeez, he can build highly advanced doors.. but he sure can't hang up a picture. Uzi thought to herself, Rolling her eyes at the thought of it.

She continued to look around, and she hesitantly called out.. "..dad?" She gained a sweat drop on her visor as she waited for a response. And thankfully, There was no answer. Thank Robo-jesus.. she thought as she sighed in relief and started walking towards a storage closet at a more normal pace.

Her steps were quiet on their own, so her slowly and sneakily walking earlier was completely pointless. She opened the storage closet door, and as expected.. there was the key to the doors. Of course, her dad being.. the door lover he is, he had a collection of pictures of random doors. Pinned to the wall in a single corner, in all their glory. Uzi gave the picture collection a weird look, muttering the words "weirdo.." to herself as she grabbed the key and walked out of her family's dorm. She was in the main hallway now, which had the doors to other people's dorms. These dorms were.. fairly big. After all.. they're meant for families, or whatever. She started walking towards the.. Bigger door!

Her dad had built three big doors, for extra protection against the murder drones.. And so she tapped the key onto the keypad that rested right beside the abnormally large door....

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The first door opened up, surprisingly slow. Uzi hesitantly stepped forward. Well, that was easy... She thought as she started walking towards the second door. Uzi tapped the key onto the keypad, and as it opened up.. a familiar figure was standing at the door, arms crossed and a squinted glare. 

"And what might you be doing out here?"

It was... Uzi's dad. Damn it, he was supposed to be at work or something!!!

"Oh Robo-jesus-!" She quickly yelled  reflexively.

 Shit- SHIT!!!! Uh... damn it, come up with an excuse! Uzi thought to herself in a panic.. and she then proceeded to blurt out the first thing that came to mind.

"...Sneaking out to make out with my boyfriend that I definitely have?"

Uzi said nervously as she rocked back and forth on her heel. It was very.. obvious she was lying. No way she'd get a boyfriend. And the sweat drops and hollowed eyes were.. also an obvious telltale. 

Khan couldn't help but laugh, from how much his daughter sucked at lying. She really did take after her mother, didn't she?

Khan quickly stopped laughing, and paused to look at his daughter. "..Seriously, though." He said. Uzi continued to rock back and forth, and hesitantly started speaking. "I need to.. measure the hydraulic mechanisms of door.. 1! Because.. that's the project I'm working on for.. school?" Uzi nervously spoke. That seemed... believable enough, Uzi's dad supposed. His face actually lightened up at the thought of his daughter also liking doors too. Khan turned towards the Worker Drone Defense Force, aka the WDF, and yelled out so loud the whole colony could probably hear. "Guys!! My daughter is into Doors!" 

...great.. Uzi thought, rolling her eyes at her father. The other drones, which Uzi could only assume were his Co-workers, started cheering. Khan took out a remote from his pocket, and used it to open the third door. A large gush of cold wind suddenly hit them, making Uzi shiver from the large temperature difference. Her dad started pushing her towards the outside. "Your door specific destiny awaits!" He yelled out to her as she started walking towards the outside of the Colony.  This was.... way too easy. She thought. She looked back towards her father. "Great..! I'll just.. be outside, then! Since this worked surprisingly well.. Uh... Go doors!" She raised up her arm and gave a thumbs up, and in response her dad immediately shut the door. Rude.. She thought. 

Uzi then realized.. She forgot to bring her Railgun. Shit. Well.. she didn't exactly need the Railgun, right? She could simply.. get her stupid battery thing, and go back inside..

Right?

Well, whatever. She can Totally fight back against them. Or.. that's at least what Uzi thinks. Uzi looked up at the corpse spire, towering over everything it possibly could.. her eyes hollowed at the sight of so many dead worker drones. They had thoughts, feelings, families. Now they were permanently shut off, maybe never to be turned on again. Uzi couldn't help but shiver at the thought. Maybe.. just Maybe.. She couldn't fight back. She sighed to herself, and started looking around for the battery. Uzi looked everywhere she could, though she never bothered to look up. She then spotted something glowing green! There it was, the battery! But as she grabbed it, she managed to look up afterwards. And then she saw it, the pod the Dissasembly drones came in. If she remembered correctly.. this meant she was in Murder drone territory. Deep in murder drone territory. "Shit." Uzi said quietly to herself, and she immediately turned back. But then she heard the sound of wings flapping.. a Dissasembly drone. 

Uzi swore she had seen this drone before. But she didn't know exactly where.. She's kinda cute.. Uzi thought to herself, then shook her head rapidly, as if trying to get the thought out of her head. She immediately played dead, as.. hiding didn't seem to be an option. Or a good option, at least. The female long haired Dissasembly Drone landed gracefully onto the snow, her feet hitting the ground making a bit of snow fly up. She had this beautiful suit on, paired with a flowy black skirt. Her outfit looked professional, yet comfortable for combat. She even had a little pilot hat.. aww.. Uzi couldn't help but open one eye slightly to look at her. Honestly, she gave off the vibes of a golden retriever- wait, What-?! This is a murder machine we're talking about!! Eugh, whatever..

Uzi closed her eyes again, hoping the Dissasembly drone wouldn't mind her. Unfortunately.. The murder drone was a curious one. And started poking her with a long stick. Uzi ended up accidentally making a noise—which alerted the Dissasembly drone. 

"Hey..!!! You're alive!"

The Dissasembly drone exclaimed, and switched her hand to a gun. Oh fuck.. Uzi thought. Uzi stood up, and tackled the thing. She managed to catch the Murder drone off guard, and she seemed confused.. until she started trying to fight back. Kicking and punching the hell out of Uzi, trying to get her off of her. Uzi wasn't a scaredy cat, and therefore started fighting back too. Uzi managed to grab the Dissasembly Drone's stick she was using to poke her earlier, and started repeatedly hitting it in the head. Uzi was pretty sure she hit something sensitive, because one of the lights on her headband started to glow red. That probably meant something, right? She looked back at the Dissasembly drone's visor, only to see she was rebooting. Uzi took this as an opportunity to get up and run, but as soon as she was able to stand up..

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N slowly sat up and blinked her eyes. She saw this.. silhouette standing in front of her. Her optical sensors weren't exactly in good shape at the moment. She couldn't tell who it was, She could only assume it was someone new to the squad! She stood up slowly, then started squinting at the figure. "Hey! Are you.. new to our squad?" She asked. Though, the drone didn't seem to be responding. The drone was just staring at her. She couldn't tell if it was in awe or fear.. or maybe admiration! Though, she could see that the drone didn't seem scared anyway, so maybe it was admiration? She's good at telling body language, because she observes people a lot. N snapped her fingers in front of the oddly short drone's face. "Hey..? Helloo!" She called out. This managed to get the drone out of her trance. "Oh, Robo-God-!" The short drone yelped in surprise. N couldn't help but notice.. this drone sounded like a teenage boy with a hint of femininity, there's.. not many words to describe it. Though, the Drone's voice was pleasant to listen to.. Whatever, N didn't mind another girl being added into the squad anyway. "You're part of our squad, riight?" She asked excitedly. The drone answered back "Yeah..! I'm.. a Dissasembly drone. Just like.. you?" The drone said. Now that N thought about it, this drone was kinda.. short. For a Dissasembly drone, anyway. But she didn't want to ask any offending questions. 

"I'm Serial designation N! Nice to meet you. What's your name, fellow teammate?!" N asked excitedly. The shorter drone then answered back nervously and hesitantly.

"..Serial.. designation .. Uzi..?

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"Uzi.." N muttered to herself.. It was certainly a nice name. But it sounded.. less Dissasembly drone-like, and more... Worker drone-y. Although.. N wasn't one to judge that much, so she shrugged it off. After all, she didn't want to scare the newcomer! N held out her hand for a handshake, expecting the drone to reciprocate.

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Uzi glared suspiciously at N's hand, and hesitantly shook her hand. She couldn't help but notice just how.. Adorable N was. The way her tail wagged, how puppy-like she was.. and how.. weirdly soft her hands were. Why were they soft anyway, they're made of metal!! "Bite me.." Uzi grumbled lowly as she let go of N's hand, letting her hand fall to her side. She saw N's head tilt curiously, like a dog. "Whaddya say?" N asked, not seeming to have heard what Uzi said. "...nothing... J-just forget about it-!" She lightly whacked N on the arm, making the long haired female drone wince a bit in pain. Though, The Dissasembly drone's tail continued to wag. N then looked down at her. "So..wanna go into the pod? I can show ya around!" She excitedly exclaimed. Uzi rolled her eyes at this. "..Sure." Uzi said, starting to walk towards the pod. Uzi was walking next to N, who's tail was wagging.. really fast. Weirdly fast. It was adorable, to her at least. They eventually managed to make it into the pod. N started showing her around the small pod, although there wasn't very much to see. Uzi and N then sat down in two chairs facing each other...

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N looked at her curiously as she started talking about the pod. "This Isn't just a landing pod.. this is a space ship!' She nodded at Uzi while smiling. ''Well.. it's actually more of a one use missile! They never taught us how to land..." She shrugged while fidgeting with the buttons on the control pad. "Yeah.. But this could get us off the planet!" Uzi said. Gosh.. Uzi's voice was so.. satisfying to her. She wanted to hear Uzi talk more, she could fall asleep to this... in a good way! N was then snapped out of her trance from seeing Uzi stand up on her chair. "I- uh.. the worker drones, we could work with them to fix this! Instead of all the murder!" She pointed a finger at N accusingly. N couldn't help but get flustered, Although she didn't know why. "Which.. uh.. why are we doing that again?" N gave her a warm smile. "Well.. other than ingesting their warm sweet oil to avoid overheating and dying.. I guess I just wanna be useful! I was given a job, and I always want to try my best." She said to Uzi, who just glared at her. "And look at all the respect it's gotten you, N! You think the company Isn't gonna dispose of you once all the workers are dead?!" ...Well... huh. Maybe she was right. N couldn't help but consider that thought.. She'll think about it later. "Hah, my! You sure are rebellious! It's kinda exciting!-" N said, before the sounds of walking started heading towards the pod. Her teammates! They'd love to meet Uzi... probably.. She then heard a loud bang on the pod walls, alongside the familiar sound of her teammate's voice.

"Get out here, idiot!!"