(This whole encounter/battle went in a completely different direction than I thought it would, lol)
When Bax’s power increased, a nearly visible pulse came from the bot and the AI’s arm was instantly shredded just as the blade pierced Hiro’s skin. Within seconds, the rest of it was torn apart, until there was nothing but a large pile of scattered nanobots. However, some still seemed alive and were steadily regrouping.
Malcolm watched in shock, straightening a bit when Hiro fell. He winced at his movements though, his head pounding mercilessly.
Hiro stood as quickly as he could manage, " dad sit.." he said and yeilded baxs power " easy bud.." he said and picked the bot up. (Bit of spice.)
Malcolm obeyed without complaint, holding his head. His right eye was closed, though there was now a gaping hole where his mechanical left eye had been.
Bax shut off its magnetism and leaned against Hiro.
“That was new. I am tired now,”Bax said.
" I bet. You were feeding off my emotions. I felt the pull earlier. " He said and bent infron of his dad " anything I can do?"
Bax hummed, seeming fascinated by Hiro’s words. He then climbed up and settled on Hiro’s shoulder, resting.
Malcolm looked up and sighed quietly.
“I don’t know,”he said groggily.
" I'm getting a med kit.."
Malcolm sighed again, slowly shaking his head as he rubbed his temples.
“Most of it won’t help. Just grab some pain meds from the kit. Also, in my room, there’s a small cabinet with spare eyes next to my wardrobe. Grab one for me, will you?”he said, a bit more focused now.
Hiro nodded. He grabbed the pain killers and an ace wrap for his chest. He went into Malcolm's room and grabbed the eye. He didn't want to stay in there long so he didn't look around.
Malcolm waited patiently, then slowly nodded his gratitude. After that, he took a couple pills of the pain meds, just swallowing them without water, then inspected the eye a moment. Satisfied, he delicately screwed it into his eye socket and let himself adjust a moment.
“Thank you, kid. Though, I think you missed a few,”Malcolm said, pointing at the pile of nanobots that was formerly the AI.
The remaining nanobots had already gathered and formed a four-legged bot that was half the size of Bax. It slowly crawled toward Malcolm and Hiro, repeatedly stumbling on dead nanobots.
hiro shook his head and drenched the bot. " dont fuck with my dad." he said
hiro grabbed a broom " sorry bout the bots.."
The AI bot collapsed, falling apart as the last of the nanobots died. It was fairly easy to sweep all the nanobot corpses out.
“They’re not mine, so it’s nothing to worry about. Besides, the AIs won’t miss one rogue unit. They’re likely already nearing a million strong or more, by now,”Malcolm said.
" woah, you really trust that many?"
Malcolm shrugged.
“I created them. They won’t harm me unless I deliberately attack them. And, they’re a hive mind. Talking to one of them is, in a way, talking to all of them. Though, it’s more like mutual respect and curiosity than actual trust,”he explained.
hiro nodded, lifting up his shirt to clean his wound. " fucking hell that blade went deeper then i thought.." a few wires that had crossed under his skin showed
Malcolm noticed the wires, his eyebrows raising. Had the AI hit anything vital?
“The AIs are fast. Are you okay?”he asked.
" fine, it's just something the blade caught. Clearly nothing important."
Malcolm snorted at that.
“Do you know what those wires do? I’d rather you not collapsing suddenly because one or all of those wires happened to actually be important,”Malcolm said.
He wondered again why he even cared, but decided to brood on that later.
" mm nope, wanna check it out?" He asked
Malcolm sighed softly and waved for Hiro to come over to him. Even though his head still pounded, he wouldn’t risk Hiro over simple pain. That thought confused him a bit, but he simply pushed it aside, still not in the mood to ponder his strange feelings for Hiro.
Hiro squated for his father, letting him see the wires.
(So, is there anything wrong with the wires?)
( ah sorry, umm idk, don't really have anyhig in mind..)
(You’re good. So, maybe the wires were just shifted but are otherwise fine?)
