![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
[When the Commander debriefs them for a mission investigating something at the commercial facility, a familiar feeling drops in the pit of 2B's stomach. She pretends not to know what it is, even when the Commander has them head back to Earth separately instead of together like usual, even when she reaches the rendezvous point ahead of time. She tells herself that this is just another mission, this is something she's done dozens of times without incident, and the fact that she received a new mail notification the moment she reached Earth doesn't mean anything.
It always ends like this. But she and 9S had just proved that wrong, hadn't they? It didn't always have to end like that. It didn't always have to end in death. 9S was alive and well, and she was fine, and that was proof.
But 2B still opens her mail box, and just like always, her eyes still go straight to the subject line, barely even reading it, she knows the shape of the words so well by now.
Top Se—]
Warning: Abnormality detected in vitals.
[She continues to stand in front of the access point, unblinking but without really seeing. It feels like her entire body's seized, and she can barely drag in a breath. Things were supposed to be different this time. She thought they'd be different this time.
After all this time, she doesn't know why she keeps falling for it.]
It always ends like this. But she and 9S had just proved that wrong, hadn't they? It didn't always have to end like that. It didn't always have to end in death. 9S was alive and well, and she was fine, and that was proof.
But 2B still opens her mail box, and just like always, her eyes still go straight to the subject line, barely even reading it, she knows the shape of the words so well by now.
Top Se—]
Warning: Abnormality detected in vitals.
[She continues to stand in front of the access point, unblinking but without really seeing. It feels like her entire body's seized, and she can barely drag in a breath. Things were supposed to be different this time. She thought they'd be different this time.
After all this time, she doesn't know why she keeps falling for it.]
58 comments | Leave a comment