3 Chapter 3: Set Out! The Journey Begins
"I need you both to go to this marked location for the start of your next mission! We have a quota that is begging to be met gentlemen. Get your asses on it!" Shouted Moéru and Joker's boss. "You got it Big Boss! Those variables will be on your desk pronto before you can even say Disestablishmentarianism one-thousand times over!" Joker says with a not-so-sane expression.
"C'mon jackass, don't be mouthing off otherwise we'll get terminated.." Moéru grovels as he drags his white spiky-haired peer by the collar. "Oh don't be such a sourpuss you know I'd never get fired since I got me some tenure with this place!" Joker says after throwing up his arms in offense while still being dragged by his Orange haired friend.
"I'll drop you in the Júnkan river.." he replies. Not happy with being stuck scraping up loose packages from cracks and crannies across the city with his Best bud.
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"What do you mean you lost five whole packages! My god you two are setting out to be the worst workers ever!" Big Boss hollers angrily at the two, who seem to be not too worried about the current predicament, but more focused on how joker is covered in charred skin and soot.
"Didn't expect that agency bot to have a flamethrower. My E.M.P didn't even work.." Joker muttered out before coughing up ash.
"You two need to get outta here! This is the only chance I'm giving you to leave." The boss finishes before sighing and looking at his paperwork.
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"Dammit.." Moéru mumbled as he face palmed. "My sensors couldn't even detect it.." he continued. "I'm sorry Joker.."
~5 hours ago~
"Okay, Moéru this is the last package of today! After this, we're home free!" Joker says over a communication device in his left ear.
"I got it!" Moéru replied cheerfully as he jumped from atop a nearby building's fire escape into an alleyway where the rather large variable was. Then the package started to beep softly. "Wait... shit! Joker E.M.P it!" He cried as the crate popped open to reveal a 5-foot tall titanium and carbon fiber robot with a thick barrel attached to its head.
"E.M.P Wave!" Joker screamed as he landed in front of Moéru, his arm glowing a bright sun-like yellow and crackling, and then an invisible wave of electricity shot out, he then gasped before being burnt to a slight crisp because his EMP failed to work on the bot.
"Joker..." Moéru muttered out in a baffled tone as joker fell unconscious from the burns. "You damned droid!" Moéru shrieked and huffed as his JacKeT, and also his anger, grew brighter by the second. "I'll crush your damned Processors!" He said as he rocketed forward and in the blink of an eye was in front of the agency robot that once hurt his dearest friend.
"Die!" He shouted as he thrust his searing white hot metal fist straight through the middle of the robot shutting it down instantly and giving it a good fist shaped hole that was smoking from Moéru's clenched metal fist.
"Joker... it'll be okay, it'll be okay!" He sobbed out as he hoisted his larger friend over his shoulder with slight ease. "We just have to get back to HQ... urgh.. it'll be okay!" He said drying a few tears slowly with his free hand.
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"I should've just destroyed it before it attacked.... I'm sorry." Moéru apologized once more to Joker who just chuckled. "It's okay kid I'll heal, it wasn't too bad of a burn. You could've been hurt worse so I'm fine with it.." he said as he patted his shoulder with his fully bandaged arm, almost father like.
"Since we're fired I guess we gotta set out and find another job. Not like anyone in this entire prefecture will hire us so pack your stuff. We got a journey to start!" He said with a smile that was slightly cracked by a newly formed scar. He stood up from the bench they were sitting on outside of their old HQ that they once called home.
