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Chapter 4 - Friendships and divorces?

Zada finds herself in an odd situation. She's currently in a hobby shop staring at a miniature model of high gear standing gallantly surrounded by blue and gold lighting she currently has many emotions right now, none of which are pride.

Instinct: I vote we sue them for making profits off of our likeness.

Logic didn't even bother looking at him.

Logic: that won't work for starters. It's likely we're more of a public IP, therefore making it the stance that our image is copyright of it hard to achieve considering we don't have a patent. If anyone is likely to have a patent, it's motor City and the likeliness of them. Suing a small business over a toy is less so than them suing us for existing, which I'm sure they would if they could.

Instinct shrug not getting it.

Instinct: then why haven't they? I would if I were them.

Logic: they can't do that because it breaks their whole plausibility of deniability stance they've got going on. The best they could do is argue that they were planning to make a mascot but we came out around the same time but then they would only be suing us for existing as we are in comparison to a non-existence entity but even still the moment they bring this into debate human experimentation comes into effect and they could easily go down if they getting tied to that.

Instinct gave up on the conversation entirely while zeta continues to marvel at the statue. Feeling embarrassed, shy and a bit concerned about her likeness going around.

Instant: when are we getting burgers.

While the three of them are lost in the statues image Mia shows up from behind and taps zado on the shoulder. Turns around to find Mia carrying a few bucks, some of which are officials, some of which are produced with creative liberties and a couple of model kits, plus some supplies for the model kids apparently.

Mia: I thought so you're interested in high gear aren't you.

Zeta didn't know what to do and giving it awkward expression admitting it is the same as putting herself on a dumb would path towards basically being suspected as high gear while denying it while showing obvious signs of interest could look suspicious, therefore leading verification of her being high gear.

Logic: just say yes.

Zeta: yes. I'm not a huge fan but the air he puts it. Adam kind of interests me.

Is what logic fed into her ears as a response to those words? Mia nodded with enthusiasm and feeling that the two of them had are like-minded disposition. S, however, was scaring us outside the window of the hobby store across the street to the burger place drooling with longing.

Mia looked at how zeta wasn't carrying anything. He gave a slight frown.

Mia: are you not going to buy anything? Is there nothing here you want? Don't tell me brought this some place that you didn't really have an interest in.

Cuz Aiden noticed she was starting to download spiral and started to download spiral as well. Not sure how to fix the situation then instinct told her exactly what to do.

Instinct: grab a book over there on your left. Also those boxes on the right three of them should do.

He said without even bothering to break eye contact with the poster of the burger special hanging outside the burger shop across the street.

Doing what he said is that to grab the books and held them out showing that she was just grabbing the things she wanted.

Zeta: no actually I was just picking which things I wanted. I was really trying to decide if I want to get into.

She looked down to what was in her arms. A. That was an introduction to model making for model guns and the three boxes she picked up were for guns, particularly guns. She's never heard of something about a desert eagle, a rifle with only numbers and letters and a Tommy gun. Why does a gun need the name of a human she wondered?

Mia: so you're thinking about taking up a muddled gun hobby? That's interesting. Only known a few people who've actually bought those. They're usually the edgy Lord type sort of the military otaku types But it's a totally cool hobby to have. Yeah.

Feeling Mia's opinion of zeta dropping logic does right thing to do and gestures for zeta to grab one more book located behind Mia.

zeta: there is actually one more book I was interested in getting.

Reaching behind her zeta grabs a fan-made graphic novel about 20 chapters long about high gear book. A bit confused.

Logic: I feel we should gather more information about the human opinion on us.

Seeing this. Mia smiled a bit more feeling that kinship of two people sharing us similar interest and decided to do something bold to Kindle their friendship. Further, when they got to the register she asked the rather husky looking fellow who runs the store.

Mia: how much for the high gear statue on display.

Store owner: sorry that one hasn't been decided to go up for sale yet. The Creator was inspired by the first appearance of high gear. Wanted to be the first one to put out something awesome I'll let you know when it does go on sale though and I'll be happy to pass on your first impressions to them.

Slightly disappointed along with zada exited the door both carrying bags full of items bought as they walk. Enjoying each other's company as much as they enter the bridge tothe shopping center they're in to cross over to the other side in order to get to the burger shop to enjoy a meal together. It hangs over the intersection to prevent people from getting hits and slowing people down.

As they hit the middle section of the bridge zayda notices something annoying, a rather irritating red. Just so happens to fall to the ground creating a thumping noise just as they pass by. She hoped no one noticed the side nor paid attention to the noise and that she could just go about her day when suddenly.

Mia: oh my god did you just see that.

Saying it with an exotic noise knowing exactly what it is, she runs over to the window of the bridge to look down. Holding in a size. Anna follows suit. Also looking down to see none other than top gear Lang on his face in the middle of the street. Zeta's newfound Hope is that someone might hit him with a car but unfortunately no cars are on this road right now. It seems that someone's quarantined the area or sort of quarantined it. There's still people walking around. Do cops just do a pseudo? Poor job she wondered.

Curious as to what caused his fall. She followed the trajectory of his descent and immediately spotted rather peculiar side on the wall of the shopping center

There hanging on the wall was a rather outside a machine that looked like a combination of a Komodo dragon mixed with the Brachiosaurus and mounted on it was a cowboy with more guns than what anyone could see as legal.

Zeta:(what am I looking at here.)

Logic: according to me motor City database, today's scheduled test is a bomber mount and since this machine requires user, they've hired an individual by the name of Bobby Hunter. There's a footnote here says don't ask about his wife?

Zeta: we still have access to that.

Logic: no one has appeared. Kick us out yet? I assume they have don't suspect us to have betrayed them yet, but I'm of course working on a back door program just in case they do. Useful information is useful information after all.

Outside on the streets. Top gear glares up at the very abnormally large size robotic lizard walking on walls with a cowboy casually riding it.

Top gear: Bobby, I thought you said you were retiring.

Bobby: I understand your confusion Mr. Gear sir but unfortunately just as I was about to my ex-wife's lawyer had sought me out and get this. He States I owe child support which I know is incorrect. You see, I hate her. $3 trillion to raise our kids. So now I got to hire my own lawyer as well as a detective to figure out what happened to that money and unfortunately times are trough so I had to put back on the old guns and hooked me enough bodies to pay for it all. No offense but look on the Brad's side. Okay, I'm not here for you. I'm only here to test this pretty little thing and also catch me a runaway experiment.

Top gear wanted to himself with the runaway experiment could be having a flash memory of a certain dark look-alike that kicked his butt the other day. Shaking his head to forget the memory.

Back on the bridge zana and the AIS both immediately felt up in notching was very accurate and understated.

Logic: I feel like we should help him.

Zeta suddenly looked away

Zeta: (I don't know. I feel like he's got this whole thing under control.)

As she finished saying that Bobby's robotic mound opened its mouth and started spraying out microbombs which exploded upon impact to the streets and parts of the wall, high gear runs over and punches of fuel of them defending some passerbys who are almost caught up in the crossfire.

Zeta couldn't help but wonder how a bunch of idiots could just keep going about their day today when a very clear and obvious battle to the death is going on here. Logic pointed at the whole situation. How top gear? Clearly you did not have it handled. And then Santa looked old for it too Mia who was fixated on the battle.

Zeta: (what do you want me to do? I can't just up and leave and then high gear shows up imagines this suspicious as that would cause.)

Instinct: just say you got to use the restroom works every time.

Logic: I actually have a more realistic approach to this.

While passively watching The exchange between the dinosaur and the idiot, she gives gives logic an ear.

Logic: we haven't discharged so we do have a surplus of energy more than and top gear. Just so happens to be an unfortunate incident that may require our services. The way I see it put the excess energy into the high gear armor then I will use a remote linking program to control the suit so low. It will be only 25% of our actual power, but that should be more than enough for it this sideshow.

The three of them all looked at the thing that's going on in the middle of the road. Not wanting to call it a battle then zeta gave it us a subtle not not drawing too much attention to Mia.

Japan subtly hid her lip on behind her back. Her bracelet expanded allowing light to transmit from it. Producing the gear riser logic then flew behind zeta and channeled some energy into the game Riser then zeta filled it with the excess energy. She's been carrying the gear riser and then converted into electricity traveling along the wires hidden in the ceiling of the bridge.

Back outside top gear glares at Bobby wall. Trying to deflect as many bombs as he can while the bomb team misses still destroy the infrastructure of the road and many civilians that are starting to notice the conflict is getting out of hand are starting to inch away slowly from the scene out of nowhere.

Gear riser: gear up!

Recognizing that distinct noise top gear unconsciously looked over to the top of the overhanging bridge where the noise came from there standing up top. It was none other than high gear, although you looked a bit different but he couldn't get his finger on what was different. Curious what what top gear was looking at Bobby Hunter also decides to follow his gaze spotting something new.

His electric goggles immediately started going off making what he would call. Good beeping noises when he spotted High gear.

Bobby Hunter: golly Mr. Gear, you must be my luck charm not only do I get paid which has to live here experiment. I also get the pleasure of a bonus for capturing the runaway experiment.

Saying that Bobby Hunter pulls arrival from his back, I didn't even have a high gear

Logic: honestly, top gear. I was considered steady out of this but to think you're so pathetic you can't even handle someone as low level as this guy.

If those words said top gear glares at him almost ready to fly at him in hopes of fighting but remembers the situation he's in. Then the bomber mount immediately aimed its mouth at high gear and the bridge full of people that I'm standing on talk to her starts to panic then can use. Got to step in before they all get hurt but as the bombs are launched out of its mouth and Bobby fires a bullet.

Logic using the high gear armor lifts up one arm casually without much effort and blocks the bombs with an electrical wall. The bombs all get snared on the electricity but the rubber bullet does. Nick a piece of the high gear armor in intriguing logic but not enough to warrant concern.

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