The Geist Forest temperature was always moderate, and this was the hottest month of the year. Augustya had to wait another month for rainfall.
When the sun was high in the sky, Augustya had been training intensively with Sparrow. His movements were not that sharp. Android could predict his movements very quickly and make counterattacks in a fraction of a second. It was a hand-to-hand battle; Augustya's arms were covered with black gooey body, as was his torso.
He was fighting long-range and with a new strategy in his mind. Nonetheless, 9 out of 10 times, Sparrow won the matches.
Moreover, Sparrow's programming to fight at any range was a big disadvantage to Augustya.
"You can defeat this metal can." Augustya muttered under his breath and boosted his morale.
He manifested another extra pair from his black gooey limbs, which were starting from the spinal cord. It was like an extra pair of tentacles on an octopus.
He put on a grin as if he had already won the match. However, reality hit hard.
Suddenly, he grabbed his back and used full force to rip apart his upper shoulder.
*Crush!* The sound of cursing metal echoed in Augustya's ear, which made him delighted.
"Impressive move. But you forget something."
"Remove the right arm?" Sparrow said, rapidly separating his right arm from his torso.
Augustya was dejected and didn't calculate this move. He had never thought that Android had the capability to detach arms like that. Every part of his body was detachable, so even if he lost an arm.
Out of the blue, smog is emitting and blinding Augustya. It was a defence mechanism for Android, so he could get some time to strike back.
Swiftly, Sparrow cut in half his extra pair of arms while considering Augustya's safety.
The boy's eyes met Sparrow's for a fraction of a second, and the next moment he was on the ground.
"Uhh! Ahhhhh." The big grin changed into disappointed screaming. Sparrow not only knocked him down but also whooped his ass.
On the other hand, Dr. Heather was cooling down herself by having an ice bar in the scorching heat. Seeing a brat taste dirt was worth it.
"You deserve this." Dr.Heather whispered under her breath.
For the past 4 days, she had only heard the boy beating, screaming, and whining. Although she wasn't bored yet.
The heatwave was making her lethargic and also tanning her pinkish skin.
"Are we done, or do you guys want to do more brawling?" She questioned both of them as she munched on a big bite of ice cream.
"For today, we are done." Sparrow replied with a nonchalant look.
Sparrow put his shoulder back in its right place and gazed at the boy.
Augustya growled as he stood on his feet in rage. He refused to take help from a machine that butchered so many lives.
Despite staying around for a week with him, Augustya still had hostility towards Android.
Augustya ran in the opposite direction of the forest.
Meanwhile, Sparrow walked over to Heather and started fanning her with his mechanical hands.
"I wish I would be in water territory rather than here. So Hot!"
"My pink skin and ears are tan."
Sparrow stopped fanning and spoke in a harsh tone. "For a few minutes, can you just ignore the heatwave and emphasise the kid? For the past 4 days, you have been lazily lounging around and forgetting the task."
"What do you expect me to do if my client is not willing to cooperate with me? Plus he is a little lamb who is traumatised by the word doctor."
"He is just a little shy. Do you have some plans to overcome?"
Heather cut him off and said in a husky voice, "Let him do what he desires till he becomes a little friendly with me."
For the first four days, Augustya refused to seek any help from Heather. She tried to persuade him in many ways, but the boy disagreed with her. Perhaps he didn't like her bunny appearance or her profession.
Heather could effortlessly read on Augustya's face that he was unkind and unfriendly with her for some reasons. She was also aware of Wrytan's nasty rat experiment on their children.
"So, how may I help you with that?"
"Hmm! I saw a river back there, how about we go and swim?"
"Lovely strategy, doctor. We get lots of information from that."
Heather wanted to correct him, but she decided to keep her mouth shut. After spending four days in scorching heat and listening to kid nagging, it was a good change for her. Moreover, it would rejuvenate her cells again
After sprinting for a while, he got lost in the forest. As Augustya was encircling around again and again.
The sound of a weeping wolf pup reached into his ears. He went in that direction out of curiosity. His eyes met with silver-haired wolf pup, and he seemed to be howling in melancholy.
He had never seen such a silver-haired pup with heterochromatic eyes. He must be 3–4 years old, as his height is around 3 feet.
"Are you alone?" Augustya spoke in a gentle voice. In response, the silver wolf pup quivered as he listened to Augustya's voice.
Hence, Augustya noticed the wolf trapping himself in a longhold trap. It was like a mouse trap, but it had sharp metal teeth that struck his hind leg.
The scent of metal was bursting into his nostrils, so he stepped a little further from the pup. Besides, his grey eyes turned golden.
Over a few days of training, he still couldn't overcome the fear of blood but rather ceased the hunger.
"Woof!" The silver-haired pup howled softly, like a fragile kitten. Augustya pursed his lips and pondered leaving.
He was aware of his nasty personality, and if he tried to help, perhaps he would kill him in the process. Augustya didn't want that. Despite killing a few wolves, he still had some empathy left. Moreover, he is just an innocent boy.
The silver-haired wolf was staggering, trying to remove the trap with his canine teeth, but it didn't work.
"Woof." Howls escaped from his mouth as if he were asking for help from a stranger.
Augustya heard someone's footsteps and quickly hid in the bush, assuming his pack would arrive to rescue him. Furthermore, Augustya read in an animal encyclopaedia that direwolves, or wolves lived in packs.
He peeked from the bush and glanced at two men in weird clothes approaching.
They have a snake logo on their coats and carry an electric and tranquilliser gun.
'Uhohh! They must be poachers. Are they here to take him?'
The first man had a long neck and seemed pale, and the other looked short but had a big belly.
"Shit. You mutt. Why hasn't your mother come yet." The long neck man asked him in a rough way. Not happy with the outcomes.
Chubby guy said in a hush tone,"Perhaps they abandoned him. Now we need another bait to lure the mother." He kicked his silver pup in frustration.
"Woof!" Silver pup moaned in agony.
"What should we do now? Stop screaming you little bitch!" Tall guy shouted and crushed his tail with long boots.
'Don't dare to do that. You are hurting him.' Augustya mumbled, was getting pissed off with this menacing act.
"Treat him like others. Inject the anaesthesia then we dissect his organ and sell it to the market." Augustya was silently watching and his blood was boiling to see that. For some reason he had felt a strong urge to kill.