Omega’s broken Quark Drive

The gholdengo from before cheats on Omega111 and the robot experiences heartbreak.

Omega111 was performing his daily tasks at the beach. Gathering plates and trash from tables, returning them to the kitchen, and washing or discarding them were what a busbot did.
It wasn’t a day he was typically there, but Dib had cancelled on their beach volleyball yet again.
Dib, the very same gholdengo he had rescued from an abusive trainer in Paldea…years ago. He had become partners with the beautiful coin entity.
However, Dib was very distant these days…. Maybe the memories of his trainer were weighing him down again? Omega111 decided the best course of action was to be patient.
The iron valiant continued to clear tables and get water for guests at the fish taco shack.
Suddenly, his audio sensors perked up with a familiar noise. A cute little laugh! It was Dib, for sure.
Omega111 felt a warm lightness in his core and rounded the corner to see his partner.
His LED eyes went wide and he immediately dropped the tray of used silverware he was carrying.
It was Dib alright. It was Dib and another, larger gholdengo…
The larger one was slightly darker in color and bore a permanently lusty look on his gilded face. Omega111 would have analyzed the situation differently, but it was obvious. The newcomer was very handsy; tickling and grabbing Dib wherever he wished. They frequently kissed and exchanged filthy sentiments…at least, Omega111 thought they did. The other guests seemed a little put off by the two gholdengos. Dib seemed very happy for the interaction, though…so The iron valiant did not step in.
He instead observed the scene and analyzed…
The warm, light feeling in his core felt like it had been snuffed quite suddenly. In its place was a painful, cold, dead feeling; like a power failure.
“Critical error detected in quark drive,” the iron valiant said in his mechanical voice, “Running diagnostics…”
Omega111 continued to stare as his diagnostic systems worked.
“No error detected in quark drive Critical error detected in quark drive re-run diagnostics….no error detected in quark drive!”
The awful feeling began to mount and Omega111 wasn’t sure what to do. His coolant seemed to pulse with anxiety and he turned and rocketed his way out of the taco shack.
“HEY HEY! Yo bag o bolts? Where you off to?” demanded the tall regirock in the small white apron.
The rock creature turned to follow, but a small white tentacle stopped them.
“Lemme handle this, Gia…”
A short, curvy white creature with big shiny eyes looked up at the regirock as she carried a crystal crowbar.
“Oh all right, Zero.”
Zero was well respected on the beach. She protected them all from attacks and provided a safe place to live.
The all white eletzytynn pursued the fleeing robot.
“Omega, hey…hey buddy…”
Zero was sort of watching as she ate dinner, but she didn’t want to assume.
“Critical error in quark drive, re-run diagnostics…no error detected in quark drive critical error detected in quark drive re-run diagnostics…” the iron valiant had paused under a tall palm tree and was repeating the same error message over and over.
“Omega, what’s going on, man?”
Omega111 turned to face Zero.
“Error detected in quark drive, upon diagnostic run no error was found.”
“I see,” Zero replied, “Do you know what brought on the error?”
“Observing Dib in a place originally no expected. He had given me false information about where he would be. Not immediately alarming, but found with new partner. No longer partners with Omega111. Critical error detected in quark drive!”
“Ah. You have what us fleshbags call a broken heart,” Zero explained, “Not your fault. Gholdengos are nasty little ghouls. First they break your bank then they break your heart.”
“I should have predicted this was occurring based on the number of times Dib was gone overnight times the amount of occurrences of Dib cancelling our meetings.”
Zero sighed, “You just…really didn’t want to believe it was happening, okay?”
The pale eletzytynn reached up and gave Omega111 a comforting pat on his metal side.
“Hey now…how about I take you to the bar?” Zero offered.
“Excellent course of action. Durian Computers Genius Bar can perform advanced diagnostics and repair.”
“I don’t think the Genius Bar can repair a broken heart…I meant a different bar.”
“Alcohol will slow system functionality,” the iron valiant informed.
“That’s the idea, Omega.”
Zero wrapped one tentacle around the iron valiant’s upper arm and led him off toward the colorful lights and music of Sunset Beach.
“Once we get some liquid courage, I’m going to kick that gholdengo’s 24 karat ass…” Zero muttered to herself.

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