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[BOT POV]
S Class. The golden standard for heroes. People so powerful that they could contest the might of hosts. Bot had always felt a bit scared of them, hearing all these crazy stories about black holes and aliens and whatnot.
But that changed when they saw one in action- the mighty Robot Flower.
"Wakey wakey, there's a mission pending!", they shouted down the halls of the A-Class dorm. Groans and annoyed chitter filled the hospital-like space. Bot, being a robot, never did understand the concept of sleep. Mom had tried to explain it to them a couple of times, but they'd never quite grasped it. Oh well.
A door opened, and out came one of Bot's colleagues. Then another, and another, until half the dorm was up and about, brushing their teeth and whatnot. Bot went over to their friend Polka Dot, who had been depressed for a couple of days now.
"How are you holding up, Polka?"
"It's....fine. I guess. Didn't feel like waking up today, but thanks."
Bot patted her shoulder a few times. "Sorry for waking you up today, but there's a mission pending for the A-Class!"
"What is it this time?", Polka Dot said in a displeased tune. "Another bug infestation?"
Bot was about to reply, but BMFTB (Baby Monster From The Backrooms) had apparently taken a lesson from Taco in sneaking up on people. "I loooove the bug missions. They are very tasty."
Exclamation Mark spoke while watering a plastic flower, "Bugs and hugs, all around!"
Halo stretched, having just exited his dorm. "I swear to me, if I have to squash ONE MORE bug in my life, I'm going to kill that bossy bot."
Everyone in the room, Bot included, let out a groan at the nickname. Why did Golf Ball have to be the leader of the Hero Association? Why not Bot's mother, Test Tube? Or better yet, Bot themself?
Bot spoke, "This one's special! We'll be defending a facility from some unknown villains."
Polka Dot did not seem very excited, sipping some coffee. Bot wondered where she'd got it from, since the usual coffee-distributor Bryce had been out of comission recently.
Bot continued, "If we succeed in this mission, we'll be promoted to S-Class!"
The words seemed to be like a shockwave as they spread across the room, which was alive and called Roomy. Exclamation Mark threw his watering can out the window. Polka Dot spat out coffee, thankfully not in Bot's direction. Halo floated upwards and hit the ceiling. BMFTB looked weird, but that was normal for him. Roomy let out a gasp. Every other unnamed hero in the room also probably did something to indicate their shock. Bot wasn't paying attention.
Polka Dot: "Are you... being for real?"
Bot: "Yep! Although, whoever owns the facility only paid for seven of us, first come first serve I guess."
"That is correct!", said a raspy, annoying and almost hideous voice from the doorway.
Everyone was in so much shock from the revelation that they didn't even roll their eyes when Golf Ball entered the room. Bot lowered their audio processing capacity to zero percent and turned on subtitles.
Golf Ball: "Seven objectively inferior A-Class heroes will be selected by yours truly to attend the mission. It is of utmost importance that this selection happens quickly, or else we might lose the funding."
Bot's screen filled up with "Can I join?", "Me me me please please" and "I'm so awesome". Halo said the last one.
Golf Ball seemed to do some mental calculations. "(Sound of a clock ticking)" came up on Bot's screen.
Golf Ball: "I have decided. Polka Dot, you have always been worthy of the S-Class, but there were always other options. Now that most of the S-Classes are out of commission,"
Bot felt a bit uneasy. Most of the S-Class being unable to fight was only something that happened once or twice in history, always after huge battles. No such brawl had happened as of late.
Golf Ball: "Polka Dot, you shall be team leader for this mission. Do not disappoint."
"(Mild Applause)" came up on Bot's screen.
Golf Ball: "Bee Em Eff Tennis Ba- Tee Bee, ugh, your combat performance has been incredibly .... impressive recently, even if your presence is incredibly irritating. Same goes for Halo. I would like to conduct some research on you two. BMFTB and Halo are in."
"Cool", said the horrific white monster that always creeped Bot out. Honestly, they were fine with staying an A-Class if it meant they could avoid BMFTB. Halo did a fist pump and hollered.
"FINALLY! I'LL GET THE RANK I DESE-"
"Silence. Anyways, next joining are Bot, Roomy and Exclamation Mark. Bot is coming along because Test Tube is being annoying about me not 'seeing their potential' or whatever. Roomy's abilities would be useful in this fight. Exclamation Mark is somewhat like an algebralien, I hope they find a special technique in this fight. And finally..."
The silence that followed was interrupted by some kind of sound Bot couldn't hear, they figured, since everyone was looking at something behind Bot.
When they turned around, they saw... were their systems glitching? The face recognition software mom had installed wasn't responding to the mass of angles and colours that had appeared in the hallway.
"Yes! The final hero to join you will be the elusive new A-Class, Abstracty!"