A/N: Yo! A heads up, to those who read last chapter like day 1, I spiced Seric's drawing up quite a bit. May want to check that out as I changed a lot of parts of it lol.

Last chapter, Seric looked at a picture of Prósopsi and the Commanders of the Hopian Army. He strangely saw a nude brown haired girl- unknowingly to him being Aphrodite who the others can't see whatsoever. After Metallic fixed Amandeath's sniper, with the "disguises" Marlox purchased for them on, the bounty hunting duo set off.

Amandeath's P.O.V.

"...Hm... hey, on a scale from one to one thousand, how much do you think pal #1 hates me right now? I... I was acting happy at the end for him but, my metallic heart still aches when I remember the way he looked at me. All I did was just try to get close to him- and then he looked at me like I was about to murder him!" Metallic says as me and him start walking down the cement stairs to our new hideout. Annnnd of course the cloudy dark sky is all above us now... oh right Metallic asked if Seric hates him.

"I dunno. Don't think now is the right time to think about that. But, I mean he was seeing hallucinations like that nude chick, so his minds playing aaaall sorts of games with him now. Him being scared of you back there could just be his head being screwed up from what happened, or from what is happening to us now I guess. Or maybe he does legit want you to burn in hell. Both are possible, but it's impossible to tell now..." I reply as I keep on chewing on a piece of my InfiGum... does he really care more about his relationships than his own life? Not like we're in the best situation here... then again, no people are around us right now either.

"Ah- but! Hm. I always think there is a way for things but, yes, maybe now isn't the time for that. On a more cheery note, I can't wait to get further into the city! I haven't been here in a year! We could buy a few sovinuers out there, or mayb-"

"Hey you're a slave bot now remember? They aren't typically that enthusiastic... guess I should, like, oh my God- hehe play my rich city girl part too! ...Gross. Never mind that makes me wanna throw up. I'll just stay the same and act like I'm a spoiled one with distant parents or something... haaaah, 'least part of that is true." I say with a slow laugh as me and Metallic reach the bottom of Marlox's houses stairs... actually nah it's too big for that, it's a mansion.

Glancing back at the thing right now actually, so yeah it's three stories tall, made completely of a sharp and scratchy brown stone material, and has a flat roof. Looks kinda advanced but, still a lot like the older buildings on the outskirts of the continent... definitely unique but not too suspicious I guess, I'll give Marlox that.

"Ah. You should know that I do not appreciate interruptions from human kind. But I suppose I indeed should play my part as your "slave": pa- my apologies, Madam. Would you like me to pour you a cup of water? Tea? I know of thirty eight kinds I could give to you." Metallic says, trying to sound more like a typical robot- which kinda works but... still weird. Meh. I can already start to see people walking by so it'll have to do... a homeless guy to be exact, gotta be careful with them.

"Least we're not in the outbacks of this place anymore, but it seems like the people from the shitty parts of the Continent are here now. Idiots, why did the Hopian Army make that law... now there's just gonna be even more crime around here. Haaaah... oh well... least it'll make us look less suspicious compared to them. I do dig the not-too-over-the-top amount of technology here, I guess." I think to myself as I keep on staring down at the lit up sidewalk beneath me, with a neon blue line dividing it in two. One half of the sidewalk has a bunch of wheel chairs painted on it, and the other has nothing... guess they're trying to be more "equitable". What a fucking joke considering the rest of this place...

Anyways, I slowly look up from the ground to see the area around us. Some decent houses, ya know not TOO much graffiti and all. They look pretty sleek too like Marlox's, guess this is kinda a richish place. Never even been here before surprisingly. But yeah, it's still dark like always but there's a few stores with huge ass neon signs that make the place look kinda pretty. ...Oh, and there's the lights and tracks engraved into the road next to us too that are meant to divide it for cars. But, yeah, only like half of the lights BARELY work anyways... not like any people drive here anymore though.

"Madam, I asked you a question." Metallic says- ah, right. Why do people talk so much sometimes, what he was saying was obviously a joke...

I say back to him, "Yeah, IIIII'm good. Though I may take a snack from that purse you're holding in a bit, forgot to eat back at the place. ...Anyways so the people on the internet, they were saying that our target was last seen close to the dead center of the continent, so we've got a fair bit of walking to do till then. Since I can't really snooze and walk right now, got any stories to tell in the meantime?" I say back to him as we start walking down the street... course I'm just trying to be nice with that last part though, deep down I bet he's still stressed. After all I THINK he likes to tell stories at least... maybe that'll cool him down or something.

"Of course I do! I mean, I do, miss. Hm... however, I am negatory to your request. Before that, I would like to discover more about your own story. Your life story, of course. More specifically who in the H.E.C.K.- my apologies, who was it that attached that projectile launcher to your upper limb, Miss?" Metallic asks... idiot, that's way to obvious... oh well, never mind no one's walking by yet.

"...Parents. Don't wanna get into details to be honest, but, like, yeah- they forced me to get it attached when I was a kid. Since I wasn't a boy like my parents wanted, they forced me to make up the "strength gap" in other ways. AKA, a fucking rifle. The surgery was reeeeeeal painful... and recovering from it was even worse. But hey, here I am so no point in bitching. I'm glad I have the kickass thing now at least... without it I would've never been tough enough to leave my family and live on the run. Jerks..." I say... ah... kinda got into details there. Whatever. Guess I trust him more than I thought...

"Indeed that is quite the B.A.S.- sorry! Yes. "Bastard", seems like the correct term in this scenario. But how has the peculiar weapon not outgrown your semi tall self miss? Surely your limbs have grown since you have obtained the sturdy and hard weapon correct?" Metallic asks, and at the same time two fat guys in red tuxes with... fake... roses I think? Yeah, anyways the flowers are in their mouths as they slowly walk by us. Right in the middle of the sidewalk too as they stare down at their phones... yup, classic Hopian's, being selfish...

"The material it's made of is made to be stretchable... Eriktos I think it's called. So ya, growing pains were especially shitty for me... but hey, I made myself like the pain to make the best of it. Well, when I have sex at least for the most part... never mind you're a bot, you won't get the joke. So yeah... wh- never mind..." I say. Was about to ask him to say a story again but, kinda tired of talking and all now... man... I've barely been able to take any naps recently. Feeling like the next level of pooped right now, like shitted or something.

"Ah. Well, I shall now tell you the story of which you requested. PROCESSING REQUEST... PROCESSING REQUEST..." Metallic says waaay too loudly which makes me flinch on the inside... people are walking by too, a raggedy looking brown haired guy who's stumbling is right in front of us to be more specific... eyes are completely red and swollen. He's on drugs- or pills, probably Herazon.

"Shut up, stupid- stupid bot!" Oh great, the guy starts to shout as he falls towards Metallic and punches his bronze face in the process. Of course it doesn't do anything to him though, with the piece of shit leaning on Metallic's big body now.

"H.E.Y. it's Metallllllllllllllll- Metal Man! Yes, my owner decided to name me metal man. So please refer to me by that name, and step out of our way, sir." Metallic the fucking idiot says as he shoves the man onto the floor, randomly changing from his normal tone to his new robotic one... guess I'll have to step in...

Oh boy, I start to painfully say, "Like, I'm sorry- sir, but he's an older broken model, so he's a bit nois-"

"S-SHUT UP!" The man slurs as he looks towards me, jumps up and then starts to stumble towards me- fuck, I'll have blow my cover-

*GRIP- CRACK!*

"A-a-a-ahh!!!" The man cries out after Metallic grips and crushes the dumbass' shoulder to stop him with his good arm, I can even hear the guys bones cracking... niiice...

"My orders are to protect my pals, I mean master at all costs. Please leave immediately or else you will be dealt with harshly, by myself or the law." He says in a robotic tone... he messed up a bit but not a bad save.

"A-A-A-A-A- LET GOOOOOOO- MMPH!!" The man screams, until... black blood pours out from his mouth, and his head goes limp... probably passed out.

*THUMP!*

Metallic drops the guy down to the floor, and at the same time a blonde girl walks by us, and people are across the street and all that too... no Hopian Army members, but still I'll have to cover this up.

"Ah- he, he attacked us and started freaking out, can like, someone help please? Anyone?" I say preeetty loudly... course no one even turns their heads to look at us. Why would they want to get involved with a guy who's obviously deranged...

"D-did... I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I do that?" Metallic asks, not even in his proper tone... he really isn't meant for this shit.

"TONE, Metal Man. And yeah you did, pushed his unstable self over the edge in pain... I may have to get one of my butlers to disassemble you for that. Come on, let's go... gross." I fakely spit out as I start to walk ahead, but, Metallic doesn't walk with me... I look back to see him staring to the side of us.

A Hopian Government news projector that's engraved into the sidewalk is projecting some propaganda shit into the air. Looking closer and squinting a bit with my new contacts, I can see some text that reads, "Death count from King Metallica's attack soars to 80,567 as search efforts continue". Guess it wasn't propoganda for once... but I know why Metallic's waiting now at least.

"Ah... Please, wait a moment madam. Should I not assist this man if I was the cause of his misfortune? I... I believe that this could make pal- your family be more amiable of me if I did so. Do you not think so?" Metallic asks......

"Haha, hey sister, is your robot not working or something? So weird..." A girl puts her hand on my shoulder, and looking back real quick, not a threat, she's in a... bikini? The he- ah, never mind, I wear pajamas around too...

"Right? I think it is broken... like ew... just leave him to the Hopian Army robot, he already tried to hurt us. If we do help the guy out, he'll obviously pretend like we hurt him, and rat US out instead- haha, I don't know why I'm explaining this to a machine. Come, now." I say, I'm reaaaally praying to HIS God's that he gets the hint... this bitch still has her dirty hands on me.... obviously a prostitute.

"Nonsense! I mean, excuse me, but I believe that you are judging him a bit too quickly, miss. The probability of this man having a kind heart, but just needing assistance is relatively high as well. He was most likely attacking us too... practice his fighting. Yes, that is why. After all, I am only a machine, what happens to me does not matter in comparison to a human." Oh great, Metallic the sudden pacifist decides to dick around... the girl beside me is just laughing too, and even more people are crowding around us... uggggggggHHHH!!

I stomp over to Metallic, making sure to step over the body on the ground so I don't get the iron idiot even more stupid acting. I get right on my tippy toes and lean towards him, "You're just confused, so listen. Do you want us to get caught? Do you want Seric to be left alone for good with that weird ass doctor? Do you want to see Karia again? Who do you care more about, a random person who hates you and me, or your ACTUAL pals?" I whisper in as mean of a tone as I can manage. I swear there was venom on my tongue there as Metallic twitched as I finished with that last line.

"......O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OK. I... suppose, perhaps, I am confused... let us go." Metallic finally fucking says with a stutter, with him looking down quick, then back to the projection, and then starts to walk ahead of me... I roll my eyes and shake my head at the laughing few people who watched the scene.

A few hours later...

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Metallic's P.O.V.

"...Heeey, this is our stop, "Metal Man"." Amandeath declares as me and her are currently standing inside of one of those public trains that are hanging in the air, with it coming to a creaky stop just now. There is sure a lot of trash in here around the cracked, hard creamy colored seats though. Plus some graffiti with some naughty words sprayed around the walls. But I still love it all the same, especially with us being crammed in here with bazillions of people, feels just like home!

Anywho, the pretty somewhat-see-through energy barriers that are serving as doors to our ride suddenly dissapate into thin air! We follow the flow of people and, unfortunately have to push through some of them to leave- but it's worth it as we finally get out to the great outdoors!

"Say, isn't this place just magnificent, Miss Death? For me at least it makes all of my worries just melt away. The rainbow lights all around are perfectly suitable for the consistently dark atmosphere, the massive and tinsy buildings are all S.T.U.N.N.I.N.G., and there's all sorts of cool stuff to buy in them! Plus the humungous holy pillar Vega itself is practically right next to us now, just look at how tall and wide the darn thing is, it's like there's a green sky right next to us! Ah, my apologies, I broke my role..." I shout as me and her walk down some black metal stairs. They're attached to the T.H.I.C.K. white plastic train tracks that are suspended in the air actually. I believe they hang them up there to avoid any hooligans trying anything funny with the train from the ground level.

"Yeah, watch it bot, don't call me that name either. Seriously... we're in the dead center of the continent now. We'll probably see some of our baddies here soon... can't have you pulling anything like you did before again." Pal #3 says as she brings THAT up again, after all she was half asleep during our ride. But of course her words instantly sink my heart right back down to the, the confused state I believe it was stuck in before as we reach the cracked cement of the ground... or, artificial ground of the Continent.

"Those words are- veracious... please forgive me for causing you trouble back there. However, you at least saw the meaning of my actions, did you not madam?" I ask, a tad bit uneasily admittedly as we walk alongside a few civilians, with them wearing all sorts of different clothes. But of course, every one of them is staring down at those damned phone thingies that they have in their hands! On the plus side though there's even a few bronze bots like me around!

"...Whatever it's cool. I get that just like "him" you're confused too, plus you're noooot really made for this kinda stuff obviously. Just don't do anything stupid like that again though, we can't afford to have morals like that right now." Amandeath says as she looks up at me, aw, she really is sweet to forgive me like that! Or I believe that's what "it's cool" means.

"Will do, I heavily, greatly, undoubtedly will not abuse your forgiveness. But, for my morals, I- AH, "Tony's Treat n' Eats", is around here... there it is." I say, supressing a M.A.S.S.I.V.E. amount of enthusiasm as I look up at the dim lights that are lighting up the store's logo, there's even a neon palm tree at the end of the logo! Well- it along with a few letters aren't exactly lit up but, still super pretty and hey it happens!

"...Huh... hey, we've walked for a shit-ton of time already. As the boss of our trip, if ya promise to keep your promise, I'll let you get "me" something from that place with the Herin that's in that purse. Then, you can deal with the stuff when we get back "home". IIIImma buy some things for myself outside quick." Pal #3 says which makes me spin my head all the way to the right in an instant so I'm staring at her. But, in tow, she's staring at a man with a long beard who's shakily standing alongside a building, and who has his hands shoved deep inside of a large ripped overcoat over him.

"Ah, you like Tony's goods as well? Hm... perhaps I could get some for myself then as well?" I ask hopefully, why would she be so temporarily rude as to decline me them as well?"

"......Haaaaah, that's what I meant. Ya, knock yourself out." Amandeath says with a cute chuckle as she walks off towards the man- and I take that as my que to skedaddle straight towards the home of my delicious goods as well!

Actually though, I stop as I notice part of the window to the shop is broken... hm... oh well, I suppose. What's on the inside is what counts they say!

A few minutes later...

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"Say, what did you buy from that man over there Ms.? It must have been something quite extraordinary for you to have stopped our trip- even for a moment." I say as I pat the purse that's storing the 57 different treats I purchased from the store... 650 Herin, a small price to pay for me to be in heaven! Soon at least!

"...Huh? Oh, just a different kinda "candy"... Luckily I'm not addicted to it, but yeah for today at least the drugs should help me cool down and have a bit of fun tonight. Ah... shouldn't say that outloud but, basically everyone does them here anyways so eh. " Amandeath says with a yawn. Ah, considering her gum, her having a sweettooth shouldn't be surprising! Perhaps I should ask that man for some of that candy too... nope, remember your pals stuck at home me, no time for that!

As I have nothing to chat about at the moment, I stare up at and observe the area around us. Massive skyscrapers stand tall, which are living quarters for so many civilians. Many of those living quarters are connected to the countless M.A.S.S.I.V.E. see through tubes above us that are transporting the big humans around. Ah... I, suppose they live there... or, the 80,000 people I killed used to... live there... too... no, keep positive, don't focus on that now...!

"Watch out, baddies ahead of us." Amandeath says with a tap to my nude arm, which brings my head right back down to earth. Looking ahead above the lit up pavement beneath us, there truly are a squad of those bastardly Hopian Soldier's ahead of us now, each of which are carrying measly guns. I'll have to keep my act on point regardless, though!

"...Ah, correct. I wanted to ask, where do you obtain your gum from? Plus the- erm, little helpers for your little metal friend that I touched up beforehand?" I ask, not exactly knowing how to be subtle about my questions about her bullets but- she'll get what I mean!

"Oh. Ya, it's pretty cool actually. My pack of infigum has like, a tiny teleporter inside of the bottom of it. Dunno how it works but, it connects to a conveyer belt in a factory that makes the stuff. Costed sooo much money out of my mom's credit card, but now I have an infinite supply of gum... and yeah, it works the same way for my "little helpers" too." Amandeath says, I lean down and glare at her to hint that I want a demonstration but- she just stares back up at me then back down to the road! Dang it, oh well, at least I know that we won't have to worry about her "little helpers"- A.K.A. her ammunition anymore.

"Also. I was going to mention it to Serrrrrrr- our little guy, but, I didn't want to stress him out anymore. I do not think it is in your interest madam to tell our "heartless" ally about the fate of that spearman. I believe that you should instead tell her that said person is still alive, she needs to learn her lesson on foolish revenge." I say, making sure to sound exactly like those oil licker slave bots as those members of the Hopian Army walk awfuly close by to us.

A/N: The center of the Hopian Continent is finally being explored, and now Metallic is planning on keeping Diosa's fate a secret from Karia?

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