Sasir sits in a small room devoid of any life, just a bed and table with a chair. He sits at the table looking through old photos that date back to before he became a weapon. In photos there is Tailrill as well, seemingly always doing something to mess with him. Sasir sets the photos aside as he hears the door open behind him.
A man walks in a T plastered onto the chest of his shirt. "Some prodigy you have become. To think I thought you could bring power and fame to my family," with that he leaves as he tosses something onto the table.
Bai enters as he leaves. "While he disgraced your family he is still a weapon and a prodigy so he still has his uses," she smiles as they walk past each other.
Sasir looks at what was thrown onto the table, a crumbled piece of paper. As he unravels it he sees that it is a picture of someone who looks similar to Tailrill but older he recognizes the face but is unable to figure out who it is before Bai takes the picture and tears it. Sasir looks up at her annoyed. "Have you come lecture me again about not damaging other weapons?" Bai smiles as she grabs Sasir's hair forcing him to stand up.
"Weapon T-S-2 you are to be sent to the head with me. Specifically we are going to be visiting the nose. They want you to do some special assignment," Bai lets go of Sasir's hair as she pushes him towards the door. Sasir walks out the door turning as he waits to follow Bai.
Hours later they arrive at a building that looks so much prettier than anything Sasir has ever seen. Plastered in gold and different posters saying how to leave your mind to the nose and it shall all be ok. As they enter the building soldiers stand all around some wielding firearms and others weapons. Among them there are a few that stand out more than others wearing more prominent clothing and holding more dignified weapons. Next to those that stand out, stand weapons most look to be rank ones with a few rank twos among them.
They enter a big open room set up similar to that of a church. There is some form of writer that isn't operated but is constantly writing. As it writes and finishes different papers a man grabs them, handing them to someone else after looking at it for a bit.
A man stands looking at a collection of body parts and different swords and guns before he slowly turns around. "So Bai has chosen to follow the nose bringing T-S-2 to us. I thank you Bai." Bai stands silent and still as she watches the man approach Sasir. "Tell me T-S-2 why did you disgrace your family the way you did?"
"I simply failed my mission that is all," Sasir crosses his arms and looks away from the man as he answers.
The man takes a step back after hearing his answer. "You have answered but I feel you have failed to give me your answer," he looks at a sign on the wall before reading it. "Follow the nose and all shall be true."
Sasir glances at Bai, confused who simply watches the man not noticing Sasir's glance. As he looks back over at the man a weapon stands in front of him. Sasir recognizes him as weapon E-R-1 who is now walking up to Sasir. "We shall fight to see if you are worthy of the nose's guidance." E-R-1 eyes are dead as he speaks to Sasir. He grabs Sasir by the wrist and tosses him into a row of pews. "The fight starts now."
Sasir stumbles up surprised by the sudden fight. He quickly readies his sword and his pistol in his left hand. "We are both weapons so tell me what is your name?" Sasir begins to run at him firing some bullets as he does.
"My name is not important for a disgraced and lower rank to know," E-R-1 dodges with ease as his hand convulses and transforms until there is a hold where his hand once was firing a rail gun bullet directly towards Sasir's face.
With barely any time to react Sasir hastily and sloppily deflects the shot with his sword causing it to go into the ceiling yet no damage is caused to the building. "I don't give a damn about ranks and about being disgraced!" Sasir continues to run at him swinging his sword as he gives in range. With a simple hand movement each strike misses hitting the surrounding pews or going into the floor. "I prefer to know who I fight, especially when they are a weapon!"
E-R-1 looks over at the man before delivering a kick to Sasir's right cheek causing him to stumble to the side some. The man walks forward as he watches Sasir quickly get back up and return to fight E-R-1 mixing in gunshots with each swing causing E-R-1 to get slightly damaged but it is quickly repaired by the machines inside him. "Give me your answer T-S-2. Why did you disgrace your family?"
As the question finishes E-R-1 puts Sasir on the defensive, throwing kicks and punches that Sasir has to block with the occasional railgun blast. "I was given the order to disengage so I listened to the order!" The man turns around again, walking away.
"Borih you may back away for now," with that weapon E-R-1 hand returns to normal and he quickly backs away. "The nose would like you to take a visit to the Claymouth district and handle a group of rebelling weapons for us. Bai has already agreed so you should leave with her now." he walks into a door disappearing as E-R-1 follows.
"Lets move or will you make more mistakes," Bai demands as she leaves the room. Sasir follows after her and hours later they arrive at a dirty and moldy part of the city watching as children run around laughing, their clothes dirty with almost everything. "The rebelling weapons are of rank 7 to 3 most of them are on the lower side though. However they are led by a rank 2 weapon of the D family who will be your biggest threat. This should be simple: take out the rank 2 and some of the rank 3 and 4s and you should be able to force the rest to surrender or run." Sasir watches the children play as he listens looking at the rundown houses and the barely lit stores. "Go, that is the hiding spot. Kill or capture as many as possible, preferably capture so we can get them back to work." She points at a small alleyway dimly lit only but the few barely working lights.
Sasir walks down the alley for a bit before hearing distant chattering, not being able to make out what is being said. Eventually someone descends from a ladder standing in front of Sasir. "What are you doing here? Have you broken free as well?" Sasir looks at the girl noticing a lack of any high grade equipment most likely making her a rank 5. "If you have broken free then join us," she turns and starts running towards the voices. "Guys we have someone who has broken free just like us!" She turns a corner, going out of sight as Sasir begins to follow.
As Sasir turns the corner there stands about anywhere from 20 to 30 thirty weapons all talking to one another, some sitting near a fire. He glances between each of them looking at their equipment and enhancements. He hears someone land behind him who quickly grabs him resting a knife on Sasir's throat. "Ritha what have I told you about talking to other weapons!?" The man looks at the girl as the cold knife stays on Sasir's throat. "State you damn callsign or I fucking slit your damn throat!" He makes demands as he presses the knife harder on Sasir's throat.
Sasir looks the man up and down, noticing several higher grade implants and enhancements. Sasir looks the man in the eyes, keeping his mouth shut. The blade presses into his throat the cold steel starting to hurt.
"There is a way to truly kill a weapon you know. I know what makes you slaves tick and what allows them to be free like us. Tell me what is your damn callsign?"
Sasir grabs the man's arm and quickly switches sides and pinning him against the wall. Seconds later the other weapons who have been watching quickly run over towards Sasir. Sasir pulls the man off the wall holding his arm around his throat as he holds him in front of himself holding his gun in the other hand aiming it at the charging weapons causing them to all stop and stare. "All you better do exactly as I say or I'll shoot this one!" Sasir shouts, switching between aiming at the man's head and the other weapons.
The other weapons share glances at each other. Some of them slowly approach while others stand back observing the scenario. One of them stands above looking down Sasir is unaware as he jumps down knocking Sasir back. With that the other weapons begin to charge at Sasir and the man stumbles forward. He turns as the weapons begin to pass him as four gunshots ring out followed by the sound of slashes. "You dumb fucks get away from him!" The man starts to run towards the fight pushing weapons back while others retreat back some on their own. As the man reaches the front he sees two weapons with bullet wounds one lays dead on the ground the other still breathes some as his eyes meet the mans. The weapon tries to speak but fades into death before he could speak. Another one lies with a clean diagonal cut through its mid sections sparks and blood shoots and flows from the cut. "What is your call sign? Answer me you stupid slave!"
"T-S-2. That is my callsign," Sasir watches as fear and desperation fill his eyes. The weapons that stand behind him begin to whisper amongst each other, some of them panicked and others mortified.
"The disgraced prodigy," the man's words are weak, barely able to speak. "They sent the disgraced prodigy," he turns around looking at the other weapons. "All of you get the hells out of here now!"
As he turns his back Sasir charges at him. Seconds before Sasir's strike lands the man blocks it with a shield. "Don't call me the disgraced prodigy. I will prove that I'm not disgraced," the two engage in combat as the other weapons start to run, jumping over trash and running through different alleyways scattering like flies.
The sound of clanging steel fills the alley as the fight continues. The man slams his shield into Sasir followed by a quick slash to his leg. Sasir quickly slices at the man's left arm causing him to jerk backwards. As he stumbles back Sasir delivers a swift kick to his right ear as sparks fly out of it as he stumbles over. He attempts to stand up as he groans in pain. "You bastard! Do you have no idea what it is like to be free," once he stands he stares down Sasir. "To be free of those bastards giving us orders in our ears all the time. Oh does that freedom feel amazing. I won't let you take away what I've given everyone! For the good of us who are free I will kill you in a most brutal fashion!" As he continues to shout about freeing weapons the air begins to distort around him as his right arm falls to the ground. Slowly a sharp wing emerges from his right shoulder growing till it is the same size as his arm. "Yes I will break the weapons free and we shall obtain true freedom!" in a swift movement he slashes the wing at Sasir who barely dodges in time.
He quickly grabs his gun firing his remaining rounds which arm simply absorbed by the wing. "What the hells is this thing!?" Sasir jumps backwards blocking strikes and dodging others. "Bai I need you to look through my damn feed, what in the hells am I fighting!?" Sasir is in disbelief and truly speaks to Bai for the first time.
Bai leans back as she pulls her phone out and switches her feed to Sasir's. She quickly sits up and grabs her rifle and sidearm. "I'm coming now T-S-2. This has turned into something delicate! Don't you damn get this mixed up with me caring about your survival by the way. I'll gladly sacrafice you or give you a suicide mission just like all the other weapons I work with."
In the alley Sasir continues to slowly walk backwards as the wing clangs and scrapes with his sword. He continues attempting to shoot the man some yet now each bullet hole patches itself quickly no matter how many connect.
As Bai runs down the alley towards the conflict she has a small notebook open rapidly flipping through the pages till she finds the weapon termination page. After she reads she drops the book seconds later arriving at the conflict firing three shots not caring for Sasir's safety two bullets almost hitting his ear. One bullet is absorbed by the wing while the other impales the man in the skull and he falls backwards, his eyes closing.
"I need a special research unit now!" Bai yells into a comms device as she runs past Sasir picking the corpse up being careful to not touch the wing. As Sasir follows behind Bai he hears shouts from the street. "We will deliver the captured to the realignment zone and yes I need that special research unit now. We got another case of metamorphosis."