A New Friend
Belle didn't know why she was here.
After she return from Tokyo-to she just want to be a left alone, she...
She...
Never see so many people die.
She is surround by killers, people that will kill anyone on they way. She know this since the beginning but it's another thing to see with your own eyes.
It was unfair to Canaan, Clove and Piastol that but do they really need to kill all those cops?
And Metal destroy whole floors of that skyscrapers with air defenses that she hope were empty. She has to specify him to not kill anyone and he still find a way to kill people.
All of them are serving someone bent on world conquest that will kill more on the following days in his wars.
Gears and Starters she saw a whole city district burn in flames killing who knows how many on the orders of a madmen.
It's not that she naive, Papa make sure to explain to her on the day Belle asked why she have a combat mechanism. He said, with a uncharacteristic sadness that sometimes people hurt others when they are scared despite wanting to do good, almost as if he was remembering something else before quickly changing the subject.
Dr. Eggman's base wasn't a place for her, not truly. It was all cold metal, sharp edges, and artificial calculations, a far cry from the warmth and care of Mr. Tinker's little workshop. And yet, she remained, as if some hidden part of her believed that staying here might help her understand. Perhaps there was something left of him buried beneath all this steel and machinery. Perhaps she just wanted there to be.
Eventually she came across Dr. Eggman workshop and she don't even realize she get inside and start to explore.
Her wooden fingers ran along the surface of the workbench as she wandered the room, letting her thoughts drift. That was when she saw spot a Moto Bug sprawled motionless on the floor of the cluttered workshop, discarded like a broken tool.
Belle knelt beside the little Badnik, tilting her head as she examined it. It was partly dissablembed, it's chassy open, the tire was missing, and its optic lens completely dark.
She hesitated.
This wasn't like fixing a toy or tuning a music box. This was a badnik, one of Eggman's creations. She shouldn't care, shouldn't feel an ache in her chest looking at it. And yet…
"Guess I could use a project," she muttered, kneeling down and lifting the broken bot onto the workbench.
Half because she wanted to, and half because she needed a distraction.
Hours pass and Belle worked tirelessly, hands moving with practiced care as she replaced circuits, adjusted wiring, and cleaned away layers of grime. But as she worked, an idea took root in her mind.
She had seen something strange while wandering the base sometimes. Badniks left to their own devices, displaying behaviors that weren't part of their programming. A lone EggRobo, pausing during its rounds to pluck a flower and stare at it as if admiring its beauty before quickly crushing aside when realize it was not meant to do that and continue as if nothing happen. Some Egg Pawns wearing the hats she put on them during the whole trip to Tokyo-to and acting as if they are a sailor crew.
And so on this little oddities happen.
Did Eggman know this was happening?
Was it a glitch? Some unintended side effect of their AI routines?
Whatever it was, Belle couldn't help but find it…
Fascinating.
It was like a spark of something more, something beyond what they were made for.
So when she finished repairing the Moto Bug and she altered its programming, just slightly.
A little more curiosity. A little more freedom. A chance to
be something more than a simple drone.
She decide to long last active and it's optics were fill with light.
She set it down and watched as it rolled in a small circle before looking up at her, optics blinking. Then, to her surprise, it nudged against her leg like a pet seeking affection.
Belle let out a small laugh.
"Guess you like your new self, huh?"
Motobud beeped in response, its little antenna twitching.
"Oh, you're just adorable! I think I'll call you… Motobud!"
Motobud beeped in approval again, revving its tiny motor and circling Belle excitedly.
She wasn't sure if it was
alive, not really, she wasn't sure if what she had done was right or wrong. But as she watched the little bot happily wheel around the workshop, she decided one thing for certain:
She was glad she had done it.
Here is my omake and introduce a new character Motobud!
Let's give Belle a friend that is not a dangerous person or a killer, the poor girls needs.
Yes btw this was the Moto Bug Sage use to contact Eggman, I just think the doctor forget all about it in the excitment of getting Sage back.