NightmareEyes
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"Navi, any chance you can take back control of th' showers?" Arizona asked as she started to rummage through her bag, looking for something that would help divert the stream of water.
"Of course I can! Except whoever's in them would probably drown in the process, and it would make a certain someone even more angry that he already is, which is not ideal."
"Ya realize ya could've just said 'no', right?" Arizona mutters, glancing at the pouring stream of water before tucking an umbrella back in and rummaging around for something else.
"No, because I don't want you to think I'm more worthless than you do already." the fairy said with a sniff.
"Ah don't think you're useless, kid. I just rarely have any need of your extensive talents." the hybrid soothed, pulling a water repelling charm from her bag as she dived into the downpour, dragging the occupant out and helping him to his feet, a young, quivering fox who coughed up a load of water as Arizona picked up a nearby towel and wrapped it around the soaked lad.
"Sounds like a fancy way of saying I'm obsolete."
Arizona didn't respond, instead opting to pull a cookie jar from her bag, offering the fox a peanut butter cookie, which he gratefully accepted.
"You gonna be alright, kid?" She asked softly. The fox nodded, and Arizona smiled as she gently rubbed his head.
"Good lad. See if ya can meet up with some of the others when you've recovered here. Take care of yerself, now."
The fox nodded as she turned to dash back into the main area to see if Mambi needed any more help.
"So I see you are taking the scenic route to the garden path."
Arizona muttered a curse under her breath as she turned to face the grey, holographic dragon. He didn't resemble Aurora at all anymore, with three hissing, snapping heads that all spoke in unison, clawed feet and hands, as well as those same glowing red eyes.
"What makes ya think I'm headin' over there? There's nothin' stoppin' ya from doin' all this to everyone else one way or another. How do ah know you won't just keep doin' all this after you're finished with me?"
"You do make a fair point, Miss Hartlow. I suppose my word means nothing to you then? Of course it doesn't. Look who we're talking about." HY-0R4 says with a laugh.
"Move along, Hydra. I'm used to all your silly li'l tricks at this point. There's nothing you can say or do that can hurt me."
"Nothing, eh? So I assume Mambi knows what happened to the Earth of 123-1d?"
The coyote's eyes flash with panic.
"How...how d'ya-"
"One way or another, I will destroy you, Miss Hartlow. I care not why or how. Five minutes left to turn yourself in. Consider that every minute I spend with you is another minute everyone else here can use to escape. Consider the look on Mambi's face when he discovers the monster you really are. Despite what you try to tell yourself, Miss Hartlow, you are always meant to be alone."
You are always meant to be alone.
The words echoed in Arizona's head long after HY-0R4 had left. As much as she tried to tell herself that wasn't true, that he was just trying to shake her up, she knew, deep down, that HY-0R4 was right.
"Well, that was certainly a load of malarkey." Navi said with a snort. "Sure, that stuff that happened on 123-1d is a real deal-breaker if ya ask me, but hey! You'll always have me to tell you stuff you already know until the end of time."
"You...you know all about that?" 'Zona asked, fighting off tears.
"My old master knew about it too. And after a little more digging into your past, he'd figured you'd suffered long enough. That's like...the one thing he and I agreed on."
"Th-Th...Thank you..."
"Yeah, yeah. We got an evil A.I to stop, remember? It's hardly the time for sentimentality."
"Right." Arizona nodded as if to reassure herself, wiping away the tears as she hurried to see if Mambi needed any help pulling people out of the top pool.
"Of course I can! Except whoever's in them would probably drown in the process, and it would make a certain someone even more angry that he already is, which is not ideal."
"Ya realize ya could've just said 'no', right?" Arizona mutters, glancing at the pouring stream of water before tucking an umbrella back in and rummaging around for something else.
"No, because I don't want you to think I'm more worthless than you do already." the fairy said with a sniff.
"Ah don't think you're useless, kid. I just rarely have any need of your extensive talents." the hybrid soothed, pulling a water repelling charm from her bag as she dived into the downpour, dragging the occupant out and helping him to his feet, a young, quivering fox who coughed up a load of water as Arizona picked up a nearby towel and wrapped it around the soaked lad.
"Sounds like a fancy way of saying I'm obsolete."
Arizona didn't respond, instead opting to pull a cookie jar from her bag, offering the fox a peanut butter cookie, which he gratefully accepted.
"You gonna be alright, kid?" She asked softly. The fox nodded, and Arizona smiled as she gently rubbed his head.
"Good lad. See if ya can meet up with some of the others when you've recovered here. Take care of yerself, now."
The fox nodded as she turned to dash back into the main area to see if Mambi needed any more help.
"So I see you are taking the scenic route to the garden path."
Arizona muttered a curse under her breath as she turned to face the grey, holographic dragon. He didn't resemble Aurora at all anymore, with three hissing, snapping heads that all spoke in unison, clawed feet and hands, as well as those same glowing red eyes.
"What makes ya think I'm headin' over there? There's nothin' stoppin' ya from doin' all this to everyone else one way or another. How do ah know you won't just keep doin' all this after you're finished with me?"
"You do make a fair point, Miss Hartlow. I suppose my word means nothing to you then? Of course it doesn't. Look who we're talking about." HY-0R4 says with a laugh.
"Move along, Hydra. I'm used to all your silly li'l tricks at this point. There's nothing you can say or do that can hurt me."
"Nothing, eh? So I assume Mambi knows what happened to the Earth of 123-1d?"
The coyote's eyes flash with panic.
"How...how d'ya-"
"One way or another, I will destroy you, Miss Hartlow. I care not why or how. Five minutes left to turn yourself in. Consider that every minute I spend with you is another minute everyone else here can use to escape. Consider the look on Mambi's face when he discovers the monster you really are. Despite what you try to tell yourself, Miss Hartlow, you are always meant to be alone."
You are always meant to be alone.
The words echoed in Arizona's head long after HY-0R4 had left. As much as she tried to tell herself that wasn't true, that he was just trying to shake her up, she knew, deep down, that HY-0R4 was right.
"Well, that was certainly a load of malarkey." Navi said with a snort. "Sure, that stuff that happened on 123-1d is a real deal-breaker if ya ask me, but hey! You'll always have me to tell you stuff you already know until the end of time."
"You...you know all about that?" 'Zona asked, fighting off tears.
"My old master knew about it too. And after a little more digging into your past, he'd figured you'd suffered long enough. That's like...the one thing he and I agreed on."
"Th-Th...Thank you..."
"Yeah, yeah. We got an evil A.I to stop, remember? It's hardly the time for sentimentality."
"Right." Arizona nodded as if to reassure herself, wiping away the tears as she hurried to see if Mambi needed any help pulling people out of the top pool.
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