Hellhound returned from his last mission. He had almost lost his life several times, but he was used to it. His A.I. partner Serena wasn't allowed to join him on his last mission, so she had no way of knowing if he would even come back or not. As a retired war A.I., she was used to keeping herself distant from the people she worked with. However, she had never been partnered with anyone before and was always giving instructions to ships or troops, not communicating with an individual over an extended period of time. It was because of her partnership with Hellhound that she had become more caring and protective. Not knowing his fate and having to wait for him to return from a long mission made her nervous and lonely.
This was highly unusual for an advanced A.I. such as herself. But Orbit, the group that had constructed her, created A.I.s that were far more sophisticated than just regular programming. They used both cloning and biological research along with electronics to form their A.I.s. That meant she didn't just worry for Hellhound, she was also capable of other thoughts and feeling.
A large portal shutdown and Hellhound strolled into the large laboratory. They would be moving soon to a larger and more advance dwelling. Other heroes would be joining Hellhound in his missions, but not for a few more weeks. His body ached and he was tired from the constant battle he had to endure. His last mission was to World- LH4F and had him facing off against zombies, actual zombies. He only had a small group of others to work with and due to Orbit procedures he wasn't allowed to use his advanced technology around the less advanced civilization. So the mission was pretty much just a really long target practice session. He took off his shirt and threw it onto the floor, he tossed his weapons onto a table and continued to unclothe.
"Did you have fun?" Serena's voice came through the speakers. Hellhound always found her voice attractive, but he still only thought of her as a really complicated computer assistant. He cared and respected her, but didn't think twice as he stripped and headed out of the lab and into the personnel section.
"Oh, yea. It was exactly what you would have expected." Hellhound answered her question with little enthusiasm. "Serene, could you start me a hot shower. I have to decontaminate before I head to bed."
"Sure thing." Serena activated one of the showers and Hellhound eased himself in. He instantly relaxed and enjoyed the hot water. He had the body of a soldier, and the scars to match. After his shower Serena broke the usual silence. Most of the time, Hellhound would walk around the base uninterrupted while Serena focused on other matters, but now she had only one thing she wanted to work on.
Serena: "I have a surprise for."
Hellhound: "A surprise?"
Hellhound was drying off with a towel and heading toward his room. He had several rooms for storing his personal belongings, but only one with a bed. It was a small room with junk scattered across the floor. The bed was always messed up and most of the time he would just fall asleep on the coach in front of the television.
He walked into his room and found that it had been cleaned, but that wasn't the first thing he noticed. Sitting on his bed was a blue android of some kind. It was designed to look like a beautiful woman with short hair and large breasts. The artificial skin was amazingly smooth and shinny and it moved very authentically as it stood before him.
"The Alliance let me design my own body so that I could be more useful. Do you like it?" Serene asked as she stood with her own form in front of her own mission. She rubbed her hands up and down her smooth body and smiled. Hellhound was dumbfounded and perplexed at what he saw. He didn't know what to do or what was even going on. Serena could perform complex tasks with many machines and robotic tentacles all around the base. The body wasn't as useful for most of her tasks and was more likely impractical and unproductive.
"Whats it for?" he asked the obvious. Just then, he noticed that it actually had artificial nipples and a vagina. His face scrunched and he raised an eyebrow at the design. He found it too unusual and inappropriate.