Fix My Mechanical Heart

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and slowly removed the covers, searching for her clothes on the floor.

 

[grey987]

Mark also came out from the covers of his bed, getting dressed in his trademark outfit. He mostly preferred to stick to one style; he didn't have much of an interest in fashion. Afterwards, he picked up his pajamas- which had been discarded on the floor- and folded them up, tucking them away in his clothing drawer.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora finished finding her clothes and walked out of his room to her's, going to grab some street clothes. She didn't really like wearing all sorts of things, just comfortable things. Since it wasn't getting any colder, she put on another pair of short shorts and added a different top this time, walking out of her room.

 

[grey987]

Mark exited his room after pocketing his key, walking in front of Kiora and turning to offer her a smile before he left the apartment and rushed down the stairs. He was feeling rather eager, to say the least, to get back to operating Hunter again.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora walked out of her room, seeing that his door was open and he was nowhere in sight. She smiled and went dashing down the stairs, jumping on Mark's back at the bottom of the stairs.

 

[grey987]

Mark stumbled forward, nearly falling over as Kiora jumped on his back. "Woah, hey!" he said in surprise while laughing and holding her up. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled. "Just having a bit of fun." She called, feeling him hold her up as she looked at him, smiling.

 

[grey987]

"Figures," he chuckled as he set her down gently. "That seems to be your thing. Anyways, I'm sure we'll have some of that at the tournament."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled. "Alright, let's go." She said, turning Hollow on right away and she climbed inside.

 

[grey987]

After powering on Hunter, he stepped inside of his mech, letting it close up before speeding out of the garage. Boosting to his right, he quickly scaled up a building before he reached the rooftop and continued running. He knew Kiora would be far ahead of him anyway, so he didn't bother waiting for her.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and shot after Hunter, her wings extending as she shot after him. She knew that he was ahead of her, but soon enough, she was ahead of him, racing off.

 

[grey987]

"Ugh. And there she goes," Mark muttered to himself as he ran across and jumped over several rooftops, boosting forward on occasion. Catching up to Kiora was no easy task.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and went a bit faster as she looked at him. "Keep up mech boy." She called over the com, turning a sharp left.

 

[grey987]

"Put a lid on it, hot stuff," he answered as he boosted towards an incoming building, propelling off of it to land on another rooftop on the opposite side. Somersaulting forward before coming back up to run, he worked on keeping his current momentum in order to keep a moderate distance between him and Kiora.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled. "Alright fly boy." She said to him, stopping abruptly at a large dome in the center of the city. She began to descend towards the dome, the top of the dome opening up to reveal a large field.

 

[grey987]

Mark grumbled something about kicking her ass under his breath before jumping and using a vertical boost, following behind her as he used his landing thrusters.

 

[IceQueen]

Holow landed with a thud in the middle of the arena, causing the crowd of people on the field with their mechs to fall silent.

 

[grey987]

Mark soon followed, taking a moment to examine the other people in the arena. He wasn't quite fond of the attention they were receiving.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora sighed and opened up her mech, hopping out and causing a collective gasp among the crowd, which was entirely male.

 

[grey987]

"Oh, so that explains it," Mark said quietly as he too stepped out of his mech. He stared at the other contestants for a moment, before calling out, "Mind your own business. It's just a girl, she won't bite. She might kick your ass, maybe, but she won't bite." Waving them away, he said, "Go on. Nothing to see here."

 

[IceQueen]

The men continued to stare at her and she walked over to Mark. "Uh, most of the reason they are staring is because I am ranked number one and the fact that there is a statue outside of the building of my mech." She said to him.

 

[grey987]

Mark narrowed his eyes at her. "I'm sorry, what?" he asked incredulously, before looking back at the other men and clearing his throat. "My mistake. Apparently she's more well-known that I thought." Turning back to Kiora, he hissed, "I am so going to kick your ass now."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled. "This is a partner competition dummy." She said, pinching his cheek. "You have to help me." she said, smiling lightly at him. She smiled and began to move forward though the crowd.

 

[grey987]

Mark growled as he followed behind her. "You piss me off so much, sometimes. But I'm still better than you."

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and slowed down a bit, staying by his side. "Aw, don't say that sweetie." She whispered into his ear, nibbling his ear lobe.