The Big Damn Fight

This creature - he supposed it was a she - offered its hand. He took a tentacle out of its slot, and wrapped it around her hand, out of either a gesture of alliance or because he wanted to feel her skin.

"It's III☆. Where I'm from, a proffered limb indicates that you want to have sex with me."

She withdrew her hand quickly.

"Aaaaaahahahaha! I got you good! Nah, nah, I get what you were doing. Alliance is a good idea, at least for the moment. Intel sounds good too. But, can I ask you a question? Have you seen a big yellowish Multitech? It should be in Prone Form, so... like a ground vehicle I suppose."

"I just got here, same as you, so no. Should we start looking?"

"Huh? No, I know where it is. I just wanted to know if you thought it was cool. You'll see when you see it. Well, let's go! I don't know about whatever plans you had in mind, but this is priority number one for me. My Multitech is my body, my soul."

The Multitech, as it happened, was one floor above them and slightly aftwards. Zaiza's sensor chip told him this. Of course, he was a bit concerned about how he would get it out of here to begin with. These hallways were ridiculously cramped. It seemed like a miracle that nobody came to investigate the brawl. Right on cue, a small cleaning robot turned the corner, and scooted towards them. It paused for a minute. Then it went on, ignoring them. Zaiza took his remaining mecha-foot and set it on top of the robot, preventing it from moving.

"Hey Nova. There's a computer connected to this robot. Might be a good idea to hack into it, see what's up with the invaders?"

"Yes. If we want to gain the upper edge in this competition, we should scope out the battlefield. From what I can gather, it seems we've arrived in the middle of an ongoing battle between humans and aliens. Uh, other aliens. These invaders."

Nova then grasped the small robot and picked it up.

It squeaked. "Hey, put me down! Have you no respect for vacuumbots?"

She did.

"Shit. Um. INITIATING CLEANING PROTOCOL #420. PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB VACUUMBOT W-W-W. THANK YOU."

It started rolling away.

"Ohhhh no you don't. I need your computer."

He leapt on top of it, gripped the top part, and pulled. Wires snapped, and the robot went slack. Sure enough, there was a laptop hidden just underneath the top. The screen was dark. Zaiza inspected it, and was about to turn it back on, when it did on its own. An angry face displayed on the screen.

"Okay, that is rude. I don't go around ripping you flesh-puppets out of your mechs."

"Please, like you even could. Now, be quiet. You're coming with us."