#more nugz n charlie lore yippee!!

[bumblebeeig]

“ You sold your friends like guns for hire. “

flames. all around them. all they could see. flames.

nugz breathed heavily, their breaths causing their mask to become stuffy. they grasped their staff close, gripping the handle so hard it could’ve broken it, if they were strong enough. thump, thump, thump. their robotic heart was the only thing they could hear, its constant thumping not helping the storm in their head.

it had been bad this time… but then again it always was, with talon. the same bullshit every time. they come, they destroy, they leave. with whatever new thing they oh, so desperately needed. this time it was Petra. and every time it would bring them back. bring them back to the destruction that had led them to talon. the flames, the billowing smoke, the painful burns that had destroyed their old body. god, the pain. they could still feel it sometimes, even with their mechanical body. those phantoms of injuries still lingered. they grasped their coat, the thumping of their heart quickening. it was becoming harder and harder to breath, their vision blurring, their mind becoming fuzzier and fuzzier-

“Nugz..?”

a familiar voice snapped them back to reality. a voice so distant yet so soul shaking.. but it couldn’t be. talon said they were dead. that they had died on that stupid solo mission they were so desperate to undertake. they were supposed to be gone… was this a side affect of the medication moira had been giving them? another hallucination? another twisted part of nugz’s psyche coming to bite them in the worst way??

they turned around, seeing the figure of their “undead” friend standing amongst the rubble and flames. charlie held a large drill in their hands, blood dripping from it having fought off talon agents just mere moments ago. their cybernetic blue eyes glowing, staring straight into nugz.

they both stood, frozen. as if an ice age had hit them at that moment, freezing them in place. for a moment, the painful thumping of nugz’s heart stopped.

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@nuggziwugsi