Chapter 16:

Twinky Winky Attack

LOCKOUT!!


Back at Coyoter, Haylee, Nicki, and Vanilla slowly crept up to the entrance. Despite Vanilla saying the place was heavily guarded, not a sole sentry was present anywhere on the premises. The only robot present was a small blue octo-bot, the model Gu-gu as it was officially known. It was currently preoccupied servicing a goth Leeannan woman, who was not happy in the slightest both to be stationed here and to be subject to a makeover.

She had a short black bob, and ever so pointy ears, giving her a more vampire-esque vibe. Her attire consisted of a black latex bra top, black latex pants, and sneakers. Though a white robe was added to the mix along with a white shower cap fancied to look like a towel turban.

"The hell do I have to be subjected to this!?" the girl fumed as she was restrained to a chair.

"Orders from queen Kyutee von Sexy-Ulalala-Banks," the Gu-gu responded as it began spewing beauty gloop all over the girls face, which also seeped under her clothes to encase her skin beneath.

"There's a "von" now? How egotistical- Mmph! Ngh mpmph ngh!"

The poor girl was cut off before she could finish, though her muffled protests still rang out from beneath the gloop.

On the human side, it was all smiles from Haylee as she sensed a big chance. "What an idiot. She's so obsessed with her beauty that she let her guard down. Let's take her out and find the archangel!"

"No! That's Lalavera, aka Vera Hellkindle! She's one of the smartest enforcers out there!" Nicki frantically whispered.

"I know who she is, but that's why I wanna get the jump on her when her ass is exposed."

"You really think she'd just put herself in a vulnerable state without having someone stand guard!?"

"She's right. All the sentries being gone is also a big red flag," Vanilla added.

"How do you know they're gone and not in hiding?"

"I can sense it."

"How?"

"Radar tech, that's how."

"Can we see?"

"Literally something I can't show."

"Oh can't you?"

Amidst the two's squabbling, Haylee had rushed forth, with laser pickax in hand, hoping to take out Vera in her vulnerable state. "You executed so many people from the colony... This is for them!"

As she attempted to swing her pickax down, a red cylindrical device manifested in Vera's hand. "Trying to attack a woman in the middle of her makeover!? F*cking bitch, both you and Kyutee!" Vera thought as gooey red liquid shot forth from the device in her hand.

Haylee dodged with ease, prompting Gu-gu to intervene to save it's client's life. "Interruption of Lalavera Vera HellKindle's makeover treatment: Forbidden," it stated as it extended it's tentacles and restrained Haylee's wrists and ankles.

"The hell!? Let go of me you creep!"

While the primary function of a Gu-gu bot was to provide beauty treatment and hair removal plus bald maintenance services, they were capable of combat as well. Programmed with the strongest combat AI, these little guys would turn into vicious killers, but only if their combat senses were triggered. And the only way to do that was to threaten a client in it's service. There was a fatal flaw though, as if say Vera were to be slashed in the shoulder with the pickax, but also lose all her hair, the Gu-gu would prioritize shaving her to complete baldness, only entering combat mode if Haylee continued attacking. But if Haylee stood down and watched, the Gu-gu would ignore her and continue shaving Vera, not even bothering to treat her wound as it would continue it's shaving protocol regardless of if Vera died of blood loss midway through.

Of course, that was all a hypothetical scenario as Haylee had been caught.

Haylee's shouting immediately drew Nicki's attention, a look of horror on her face as she realized Haylee had messed up. "NO! You idiot! If you get caught... we're both dead. I can't fight, dammit, and even if I could, what chance would I stand against her!" she agonized in her mind.

Before she could agonize further, a gust of wind thrust her into the open, sending her rolling along the ground. Vera's ear twitched as she heard the noise, but with her sight still obscured by the beauty cream, she was unable to see just how big a treat Nicki was. Nonetheless, she fired a blast of red gloop in her general direction.

The gloop missed, but landed mere inches from Nicki's face, freezing her in place with fear. The liquid sizzled, but then hardened, confusing Nicki as to what it could be. But a blissful aroma from the liquid filled in the missing piece to the puzzle.

"Candle wax. It's candle wax. Hot candle wax based on how it fizzled. I've seen people executed with this stuff from afar, but to think it was candle wax the whole time. But what launched me over here anyway? A booby trap? Another enemy? ... ...!"

Nicki darted her head back frantically just in time to see Twinky Winky, riding atop his scooter, charging for her.

"Yeah, Twinky Winky's here! Smell ma stinky feetsies!" Twinky Winky cackled as he kicked off his slippers.

A visible purple odor emitted from his now fully exposed feet and crusty purple toenails. He then dangled one of his feet next to the orange ball on his scooter and pressed a button on the scooter's handlebar.

Nicki suddenly felt herself slammed into the ground by an invisible force. And worse, she was suffocating from a horrible smell. The odor of Twinky Winky's stinky feet had been sucked into whatever force was emitting from the ball's bottom, a force Nicki correctly deduced to gravity. But knowing what it was didn't help.

Twinky Winky also knew his craft well, which was why he knew the exact safe distance to hold his foot to the gravity beam and avoid being caught in it and yanked off the scooter himself.

And since his feet had been modified to emit nasty odors, odors that stemmed from his naturally putrid smelling feet, that extended upwards to a foot, he could fully utilize the gravity blaster and stinky feet odor combo to truly suffocate his foes.

Nicki's eyes bulged as she felt something coming up through her throat, and with a mighty puke, Twinky Winky turned off the gravity beam and descended to procure the barely conscious Nicki.

"Leave her alone! Haylee shouted as she struggled to break free.

"Nuh-uh, we're takin' her n' you back to the ranch," Dixie sneered as she hopped down off of Twinky Winky's back, her ten-gallon hat continuing to fall down over her eyes.

"First, I think we need to rough them up a bit, maybe humiliate and torture them," Vera growled as she was freed from the beauty cream. "You bitches tried to interrupt my facial. I hate getting makeovers, but when I do get them, I want them to be relaxing. You trying to attack me ruined that."

As Vera took notice of the candle wax on the ground just a few inches away from Nicki, a malicious smile spread on her face. "Twinky Winky, toss the long-haired girl in the chair. I'm gonna wax her," she cackled as she flashed her candle wax launcher.

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