Hearts of Delmar 2... ( 2 many Nicoles)

Jack and Nicole sat on the edge of the deck, facing the ocean.

"So what's the plan?" she asked. He noticed her black lipstick, thinking about the answer. "I'm the Evil one. What's the plan for us?" she repeated.

"I don't know yet."

"That's not reassuring." She admitted.

"Well, for you the plan is whatever you want. We all accept you. Granted, having 2 Nicoles would be a struggle. Just one is a handful." He joked. "But you have the same human rights as she does. Hyde, on the other hand. He has enemies, he has unresolved issues, and he doesn't exist according to records. He can't even buy a beer without an ID, or buy anything without credit, can't open a bank account, and can't get a job, nothing legal. He may have no choice but to go off-world. Technically, if someone walked right up to him in public and shot him down, they've only committed the crime of owning a gun. A stabbing wouldn't even get a fine because he's nobody."

"If he leaves, I'm going with him."

"You're a 28-year-old gamer girl from a small town, who barely survived moving here, honestly without us and Vinn you may not survive.

"I don't have Vinn here either. I can't be around him every day watching him with another woman, knowing I can't have him, just being 'friends' is fine with all of you guys, but not him. This week has been rough on me, it's not better just because I repress. The man I love is married to someone else. And you think I'd be okay living here? Single, alone?"

"Well, the only solution would be to get a place close by and live alone, and without Hyde by your side that would be lonely. I get it. I just don't have a solution."

"I might." said a deep female voice behind them. It was the lawyer robot, but her red eyes were bright blue.

"You hacked the robot to spy on us, Gizzy?" Jack chuckled."

"Well I didn't know what Hyde was planning, so I said screw that shit, and tapped into the bot. I told you I'm everywhere. I can fix your Hyde problem."

"At a cost, I assume."

"Obviously, no favor is free, and we all need them." She said casually as Hyde approached.

"I don't believe we've officially met." He said, staring her down.

"Yea we have."

"Gizzy hacked your lawyer."

"Right. Buy you knew Kraken, you never met Hyde. Couldn't show up in person even for your own creations?" he accused.

"Hyde, I get that you're angry, and you'll have your chance to get even, and I'll work my magic to get you an ID and basic rights again. But you need to drop the attitude and do me a favor first. Right now the council is against me for a murder you committed."

"Self defense." Nicole corrected.

"Well, either way, I had nothing to do with it. They don't believe me. They can't convict me, but they can turn against me and in the council, favor is everything. If they even THINK you stabbed another member in the back, you lost every vote you take, and they will cripple your power. So the best thing I have to prove my innocence is, well, you Hyde." Gizzybot smiled.

"And you plan to take me down there if I agree or not, right?"

"Hyde you killed an elder of the council, you're gonna take it in the ass for that in some measure, but I can get the sentence lightened or voided if you cooperate. No more living like a fugitive. You can stay here, get a place with Nicole, Hell we'll dig a hole and park your ship in it, classify it as a mobile home. I don't care." She scoffed as he stepped up, towering over the bot. "You really think that's intimidating. I'm right in testicle reach, and all you can do is kill your own robot and delay me slightly."