Fix My Mechanical Heart

[grey987]

Mark resisted the urge to let out a sigh of relief when Kiora hadn't said anything, continuing to fix up some of Hunter's booster circuits in silence. "So, have you given Hollow any new upgrades yet?" he asked curiously.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and turned back. "That is what I am working on." She said to him, smiling.

 

[grey987]

"Huh. Sounds interesting already," Mark said as he looked over at Kiora and smiled. "What does it do?"

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled at him. "It's an special tube of liquid that freezes on contact with any surface." She said.

 

[grey987]

"Ah, okay," Mark said with another smile, nodding his head once before going back to working on the circuits for Hunter's leg thrusters. "Should come in handy if we run into Crookes anytime soon."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled at him and nodded. "But that is the last of my worries right now." She said to him.

 

[grey987]

"Yeah, of course it is," Mark grumbled. For some reason, hearing her say that made him a little frustrated. "Kiora, you know that we're going to encounter him again one of these days. Just because we beat him once doesn't mean he'll disappear forever. Hell, we saw him in person at the restaurant we went to just two days ago."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora sighed, leaning back. "I know, I just, I don't want to think about it. If I think about it, I think about loosing you again." She said to him.

 

[grey987]

Having finished with the booster circuits in Hunter's legs, Mark stopped working on his mech for a moment and sighed. "Kiora, I promise that I'll be okay," he told her as he reattached the armor plates he'd taken off. "You don't need to worry so much about me."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora sighed. "But I do, because I don't want to end up like I was before." She said to him, smiling.

 

[grey987]

"What? Alone?" Mark asked with a chuckle as he detached Hunter's elbow plating. "You won't be. I'm not ever leaving you, remember?"

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora pursed her lips, looking at him. "I know you wouldn't want to leave me if it killed you." She said softly.

 

[grey987]

"Exactly," Mark responded with a warm tone as he spent a bit of time fixing up Hunter's elbow thrusters. "So believe me when I say that Crookes isn't going to take me away from you. We'll beat him, together."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and nodded. "Just don't break anything again." She said to him.

 

[grey987]

"I'll try not to," Mark chuckled as he reattached Hunter's elbow plates. With the thrusters having been fixed, he thought about potential upgrades he could use for his mech.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and rolled over on her chair, pecking his cheek before she rolled back, going back to the arm plate on the mech.

 

[grey987]

Mark laughed as Kiora came by to peck her cheek before returning to her mech. "Love you, hot stuff," he called over the Hunter's shoulder.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled at him, laughing a bit. "Why thank you cute thing." She called around Hollow's shoulder.

 

[grey987]

Mark chuckled lightly, before his smile fell and he looked down at the floor, thinking about something.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora kept working, wiping a bit of sweat off her brow.

 

[grey987]

Mark stood quietly behind Hunter for a moment longer, letting out a deep breath through his nose before stepping in front of his mech. "Hunter, open cockpit," he ordered, stepping inside of his mech and letting the armor close itself up before he shot out of the garage.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora looked up and smiled, shutting the door before she jumped into Hollow, smiling. "Let's go!" She shouted, racing out after him.

 

[grey987]

After running up the side of a building and onto a rooftop, Mark turned and sighed when he saw Kiora following after him, starting to run again as he opened up a com link with her. "Couldn't keep away, could you?" he asked as he jumped onto another rooftop.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled. "Couldn't resist the challenge." She said to him.

 

[grey987]

"Of course," Mark chuckled. "Now hopefully, Crookes will actually decide to show up."