Open Path // Murder Drones

4 | Close your mind

(Keep in mind that all translations are from google. this might be a let down, but if you speak any of these languages please correct them if wrong ! this might give you a hint of what's coming next and I wish it didnt ...)

The rubbing of the towel against her skin is a bit unsual, since she tries to not get wet alot. She just watched the TV, huddling close to N for comfort.
"Your room's pretty nice, have I told you that?" N jokes, resting his head on her shoulder whilst humming along to the tune of the theme song playing.
"Oh, thanks." Uzi runs her hands through his hair at the same she's trying not to smile or show that she liked the compliment. She thought he'd like it better if her dad didn't barge through and take away all her mothers notings from her ceiling. 
"Hmm, what is this about? What even is this." He peered closer to the TV before Uzi slapped his head away from the screen and he screeched, rubbing his head slightly though it didn't neccesarily hurt.
"It's just an anime, jeez!" She rolled her eyes, folding her arms and nudging N. 
"I didn't mean it like that, of course.." He muttered, looking away and playing with his fingers. "I geniunely wanted to know."
"It's about a girl whos a ship rider and loves the sun. Ship Sun." Uzi lets in and sighs, informing her friend about it in a nicer tone, still completed sucked in.
"Your the pirate then, you know..pirating all of these videos." He giggled, turning back to the TV as they sat on the floor of Uzi's room, absorbed by the screen. It took a while until the joke set into her head and she bursted into laugther, slapping him jokingly and gently. Then the silence came in again, and they were cuddling again on the cold floor, still "attempting" to dry up Uzi and wait for Tessa to calm them to actually do something. Until a question popped up.

"Hey. Why did..this whole thing, pick me?" The outro theme was playing by now, but multiple episodes later. N beeped, startled by such a vague question. Is it her dad related complications? Is it the situation they're currently in?
"What do you mean?" 
"The whole solver thing, I saw it somewhere but I'm guessing its the thing that made me.." She stopped, holding her breath figuratively and her voice dropped before she continued. "Kill some of my classmates."
"I honestly don't have the answer to that. Is it bothering you Uzi?" He tilted her head and made it face his, N's face was smeared with concern. "If it is, you can..try to leave me."
"WHAT? No! Never." She immediately shouted back, standing up with fear causing her legs to wobble like cooked spaghetti. "I don't want to! I'm fine, I was just curious!" She rambled, playing with her finger's just like N. 
"Oh, I'm sorry! I just thought you were implying that..heh." He scratched his head frantically, knowing that he didn't want such either as he stood up to face her.
"It's okay, just," Uzi turned away, still sligthtly surprised by this. "Close your mind and. Don't do that again, seriously." She threw her towel away and grumpled, staring at her wrinkled jumper and short, fruffly skirt. It was already dark, but the wetness made it look black now. Uzi was acting as though she was about to run off somewhere.

"Hey, where are you going?!" He put a hand on her shoulder, watching how she was moving around, pacing at this point.
"Are we just gonna sit here and cuddle like children?" She snapped, edging her shoulder away from his fingers and stepping back. "I can't bare this place, and you know that." She rubbed her hand against her other as she rotated slowly around uncomfortably. 
"Well, sorry." He whispered, kind of hurt by her statement. "Where are we gonna go then?" 

"Let's find the labs." 

"HUH!?"

"What?" She tilts her head, confused by his reaction as she slowly taps her foot impatiently.
"We can't just..find the labs? If it were that easy, why would Tessa act this way?" N replies, shaking his head with disapproval. He wasn't wrong, but Uzi knew that she would have to counter with something logical, but none of this was logical. She wanted this life, she worked best in it. But it got to the point where her and the Murder Drones differences were truly getting into the way. She had a clear memory of what happened that night, with J, V and N. (She won't bother mention Tessa..) So, maybe she could still fit in, right?
"What if she's hiding something from us? Somebody is hiding something from us, clearly. That thing, tried to block out your memory! We need to take action, before this does." She says it in such a professional way N just can't deny it. They take what they need, which isn't much since they have each other, and off they go.

"Hold on, Uzi! Where are you even headed?!" He says, still enthusastic as he struggles to keep up, admiring the whereabouts eagerly. It's the same old snowy terrain, but it's still different to where he came from.
"Just follow along, please." She yells back, but it's passively aggresive. They are actually headed to the Camp once more, but something feels more eerie without N's - not Uzi's - pal accompaning them. Uzi couldn't help but admit that Tessa generically seemed like someone who just knew what to do. No faults in her movements, other then when she got dragged away by a trap, but that added to something Uzi wanted to know. More about her mother, Nori. She did find out that was sort of a traitor. But she didn't linger on that thought.
"Why didn't we just follow Tessa?! The elevator led to the thing." N mentions out of impulse, meaning he was likely thinking about it. Uzi tries to ignore him, but something about his words seem interesting and correct at the same time. 
"Huh?!" She yells back, his words still faint until he manages to reach up to her compeletly.
"J just took Tessa, and Tessa lead us right away from the main place..we were originally heading to in the first p-"
"Oh shoot. Your right." Uzi puts her hand out and stops him from moving as she stops herself, stress setting in. "Didn't you follow them?!" 
"No?! J went so quick, and you had to go to school, and I just sat waiting for.." N stopped, lines of blush appearing on his screens as he covered his face with his hands. Uzi smirked, noticing this little detail as she folded her arms and turned to him.
"Waiting for what, huh?" She leered at him, popping her head close to his face. He remained mostly silent though before saying something under his breath. "Speak up, dude." She laughed, shaking his shoulders violently until he broke.

"FINE! I was waiting for you okay!" He announced, turning around to a false audience. "Are you all happy now? HAPPY!?!?!" His screen expressed his manic mode until Uzi slapped him back to reality.

"Damn, 'we' get it, N." She shakes her head in disappointment again, before going back to their previous conversation. "So, Tessa left us and went back to the Labs! What is she hiding from us?!"
"Is it, her? What if J purposely did this, since she was both angry at us to begin with." N makes a good point, which is hard to argue with. They ponder on his theory, and sit down on some rocks whilst thinking off a better plan then mindlessly going.

"And besides, if we go into the place, we'll see V! Won't..we.." He paused inbetween, staring at Uzi's unfazed face which showed she didn't have much hope in such. "I shouldn't get carried away, heh." He rubbed his arms together awkwardly.
"No, it's not even that. It's, how would we find our way? Te-...the traitor left us! She knew we couldn't make it." Uzi grumbled, rolling her eyes and stomping her feet like a toddler drone. Now they both pondered on it again.
"So, are we just gonna sit here til the situation is done?" He spins the question back to Uzi, which stops her. When the realization hits, she pounces onto him and begins to attack him slightly. He screams for help, but there's not much people would do for a Murder Drone. She finally stops when something zooms past, which happens quite frequently in this time.

"What was that?" They say in unison, before turning to each other and noticing how Uzi was on top of N after punching him harshly. She stands up, streaks appearing on her screen now as she curses under her breath.

Something makes crackling, glitching sounds and straight away they face it. It's something familar, and the ominious feeling in the oits of their stomachs falls down deeper. They are both so silent, they were unnoticeable. Everything was silent, except the rustling of the trees and the the fractured matter infront of them. Uzi stood up, approaching it.
"What the hell? What are you doing-" N hissed, reaching his hand out as he tried to get up but was quickly interrupted.
"Shut up, I know what I'm doing."
"Really now?"
"When did you get the 'Sarcasm101' update.." She mumbles, putting her hand through the matter and instantly it grabs onto her, pulling her in. Her voice is high as she shrieks, and N want's to jump into actions until the solver symbols pushes him aside. "N- HELP ME!" She screams out, her body shivering with fear as she's unable to use her own abilities now. But she falls to the ground and mumbles in the snow.

"это всего лишь я, успокойся" (it's just me, calm down.) They calm down now, but N isn't so happy with how he was being treated recently.
"Doll? Why are you-"
"Не здавай мне вопросов." (Don't ask me questions.)
"Alright then.."
"Давайте тогда." (Let's go then.)