The next seconds were both the fastest and the slowest Lieutenant Poo had ever experimented, everything moved so fast that he wasn't even able to move. One second Commodore Soap was speaking with Mister Squeaky as if they were old friends and the next both were darting around the sea waters skiding all over the place.

 

Commodore Soap shot his load at Mister Squeaky with great gusto and the liquid while hitting Mister Squeaky, didn't stick to him. It wasn't thick enough, it was still worth the effort as it increased the amount of foam and bubbles on the sea, it would help by making sure Mister Squeaky was bathed in the soap of justice.

 

But Lieutenant Poo couldn't help but look back at Commodore Soap; his body was bathed in foam and bubbles, while Mister Squeaky was still devoid of any evidence of the soap of justice.

 

Lieutenant Poo stood like this on the middle of the ocean not moving, just awestruck by everything that was happening, it was almost as if some kind of universe law prevented him from moving. As if only two beings could move at the same time on this ocean.

 

Which was of course ridiculous, there was no way that all their world was reduced to a mere ocean. No, he was probably just nervous about the encounter.

 

"Loading up!" Lieutenant Poo said aloud, his training coming in, he saw a smirk on Mister Squeaky's visage and a low curse from Commodore Soap. Nonetheless, he noticed how Commodore started maneuvering as if to make sure he wasn't on his firing range.

 

Mister Squeaky didn't seem to care, he pranced around as if nothing was going on, his nerves seemed to settle down as he started to move more easily, it was pretty weird. As Lieutenant Poo noticed that as he moved more easily, Commodore Soap started to move more rigidly.

 

Lieutenant Poo would need to check later on that, but for now he finished preparing his load, "Shooting!" And when it was ready he squirted the shampoo all over the area.

 

His liquid was thicker than Commodore Soap, he wasn't sure if command wanted to experiment with a new formula or what, but his liquid did make more foam and bubbles, of that he was aware.

 

Lieutenant Poo was self-conscious about that, the fact that his liquid was more sludge-like, but when he shot his load…

 

He noticed it, his liquid was sticking more to Mister Squeaky, even the little liquid that had stuck to Commodore Soap seemed to stay with him as he moved around.

 

"Ah right, I also need a little!" And then…it came…

 

The voice.

 

For the briefest moment he could…See her.

 

A creature so big and hideous, its body of a pinkish color with long cannon-like appendages, one of those holding his body firmly as the world shifter from the classic ocean combat zone into…a….delimited puddle of water.

 

“[Host…this is a waste of programming power.]”

 

Following came another alien-like voice, mechanical in nature… resonating all around.

 

"But Main Core! This makes it more fun! They think they are alive! And they fight better this way!" The…Eldtrich thing laughed with its high-pitched voice, it all made sense.

 

A twisted sense, the thing had the same type of eyes as Mister Squeaky, looking down on the battlefield Lieutenant Poo could see Commodore Soap and Mister Squeaky there, unmoving, as if frozen in time.

 

Was…was this the eldritch Goddess Mister Squeaky spoke about?

 

The thing seemed to be…smiling? Yes, it was smiling, it was his chance, to protect the Mainland…so he started charging his main cannon, he would only get once chance, two if he got a good shot. The thing didn't seem to think of him as a threat.

 

So he prepared its cannon, and he shot his main cannon when the thing had him almost at its face level.

 

"Oh…Thank you!" The creature said as the liquid hit it on its head, some kind of…cables got soaked and the creature used one of its appendages to smear the formulae all across its head.

 

One second Lieutenant Poo was no the thing's hand and the second he was falling towards the water, panic struck its heart as he prepared itself for its body to crack against the force of gravity. His was a new generation body, top of the line, but even so, the height and speed would probably crack its body in two.

 

"I'm sorry Commodore…" Said Lieutenant Soap as he felt himself fall…and saw his body bounce up against the water's surface; he merely sank a few…centimeters? Meters? He wasn't sure what measure to use. But he shot straight up…

 

Just like…" Like Mister Squeaky…" Lieutenant Soap said as the Eldtrich thing continued smearing its formulae on its head, the thing allowed its body to sink into the water, and soon he could barely see the top half of the body.

 

A few second laters the waters rose as the thing's body fully submerged itself, only leaving the top of its head above the water level, the blue eyes stared at him, and…then he felt it.

 

His body being grabbed from below…and soon…a familiar feeling, the feeling of being able to move again…

 

Horror struck him as he came to the realization, he turned to stare at Commodore Soap's frozen body, but he didn't turn to stare at him, no. Lieutenant Poo turned to stare under the water.

 

There he Saw it. A shadow, one of the creature's feet deformed as its…smaller appendages were used to grab Commodore Soap from below, as the thing's vice got into him, he noticed how Commodore started moving clumsly. As before, as if he was having a hard time controlling its movements…

 

"Hmm,.....I can't control him well enough like this, can't I just grow a new arm Main Core?" The creature grumbled as Mister Squeaky also started moving once more.

 

"[Negative, this isn't a combat environment as such restrictions to shift capabilities are in place. I am unable to kickstart the shift, so host would need to do it manually.]"

 

…Not…combat?

 

"What is our struggle to you then!?!?!?" Lieutenant Poo couldn't help but scream at the creature as he turned around and pointed its main cannon at the creature.

 

"Hmm….No, I don't want to hurt myself like the naggy one did.." The creature ignored him, so he prepared to shoot another load….only for its cannon to not react. No matter how much he tried, the cannon didn't respond.

 

"Fine, after this ends we will start that stupid maintenance thingy and fix this." The creature said turning to look at him, "Let's restart then, Mister Squeaky must be getting restless…"

 

And to his horror, he saw the signs of intelligence return into Mister Squeaky movements…

 

"So you saw…" The high-pitched voice of Mister Squeaky came, making Lieutenant Poo turn, he tried to look back at the Eldtrich being, but he saw nothing. The sky had returned to normal, and the ocean was once more in a state of disarray. "You saw my Goddess…You saw…Alexa."

 

"Wha-What was that?" Lieutenant Poo tried to remember the being, but the memories started leaving him, the memory of how it looked, what it did…All was gone.

 

All that he could remember was a pair of blue eyes that stared down at him as if they were twin moons looking down on him.

 

"Focus Lieutenant Sham-Poo!" The thundering voice of Commodore Soap brought him back, "Shot!"

 

Commodore Soap started moving as if he had never stopped, his destroyer body rammed against the rubber-like body of Mister Squeay, all the way Lieutenant Poo couldn't focus on it, the fact that they were mere…amusement…

 

It made him quest-

 

“[Notice, disruption into the pseudo consciousness stream lineaments detected…rerouting thought kernel…restarting thought kernel….]”

 

It made his engine boil, the fact that Mister Squeaky would go to these lengths under the delusion of some fake eldritch goddess; Mister Squeaky, couldn't be allowed to remain for the sake of the Fatherland.

 

"Your reign of terror will end today, Mister Squeaky!" Lieutenant Poo said as he started loading up its main cannon; it surprised him the fact that his tank seemed to have less fuel than needed, he had only shot it once, and it barely had enough to shoot another load? Had he misjudged the amount he shot the first time?

 

“Muahahahahahahahah, come at me you mongrel!” Mister Squeaky roared his evil laughter, Commodore Soap merely grunted and placed himself in front of him, the waves of foamy water hitting him and dispersing before they could arrive to him.

 

This way, Lieutenant Poo wouldn't need to worry as much about interference and could aim his shot well.

 

"Come! Come at me if you dare! It will be meaningless anyway!" Mister Squeaky roared his mad laugh.

 

But it would matter, the Fatherland would be safe, Commodore Soap would be proud of him and the people at the academy would have their proof that the Hair-Care fleet would grow stronger!

 

"For justice!" Lieutenant Poo screamed as he shot his load and darted forward immediately afterward; he would try to gather as much foam as possible to drown Mister Squeaky.

 

He wasn't sure why he was this roused up, but he would use these emotions to the fullest, justice would prevail. They would stop whatever weird ritual Mister Squeaky wanted.

 

He couldn't help but feel angrier as he heard Mister Squeaky laugh, for some reason those beady eyes stared at him as if he knew something.

 

As if they mocked him for forgetting something…something important.

 

"Do your worst Shampoo." Was what Mister Squeaky said as his rubbery body was bathed in his formula. Making more and more foamy bubbles as Mister Squeaky moved around creating new waves on the ocean.

 

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“[Notice, five minutes till time to start preparations for sleep schedule.]”

 

"Aaawww….Lieutenant Poo was about to get its memory back!" Alexa grumbled as she let go of her Hair-care fleet members, the plot had thickened!

 

They had seen her! Well one of them.

 

"[Taking into account the time for washing away the shampoo and soap on host's skin, drying the hair and putting on the pajamas. Host can't spend more time on this…play.]" Main Core said as Alexa saw the fake conscious streams she had asked for disintegrate.

 

Alexa had asked for some of those fake minds like the one Main Core had made when they had fought against the mean lady. Main Core had made three of those, one for Commodore Soap, one for Lieutenant Poo, and a last one for Mister Squeaky.

 

Each had a temporary [Information Core] assigned, so they weren't aware of or could interact with the other consciousness stream. This was a new thing she had thought of doing, and since she hadn't interrupted it when using Lieutenant Poo to wash her hair…

 

Yeah, he had seen her. But that was fine!

 

She was using her soap bikini! All her no-no zones were covered! To think one of the naggy one's memories would serve such a purpose! She wondered why naggy one had thought of using one with Sam though...

 

And even if they weren't, she had destroyed that Consciousness Stream, so no one would see her anyway! Safe!

 

“[Host…please proceed with next stage.]”

 

"Fineeee…..Save the templates and store them away, we don't need them joining the [Mindscape] or [Headspace] thingy we made. Just throw them at the end." Alexa grumbled as she started herding the bubbles to the far end of the bathtub.

 

She needed clean water, and sadly…that meant not playing with the bubbles anymore… She would allot time to playing with the bubbles later; she had been too engrossed in the interactions of Commodore Soap and Lieutenant Poo, "Main Core! Start the washing out program!" Alexa said and started spinning around the bathtub.

 

She had seen some mammals act like this before to remove the water that fell on their fur, alas, "....Everything is spinning~~~~~~" All she got was dizzy and danger of falling into the water again.

 

So after fixing the problems with her balance Alexa surrendered herself to defeat, instead of attempting to fix her soapy problem, she lowered her full body under the water and pulled the cord that would allow the water to leave her sacred combat zone (bathtub).

 

Soon this place was devoid fo water and at the bottom stood Lieutenant Poo, Commodore Soap and Mister Squeaky.

 

She placed Mister Squeaky on its spot, she would get more servants to fight with him later. On the other end, she placed Commodore Soap and Lieutenant Poo, they would need a refill later, and maybe she would see if she could get some Corvets to fight with them, maybe a carrier?

 

She would see later.

 

Now all that was left was her squeaky clean body covered in shampoo and soap, so walking to the devil's spawn (Shower head), she stood proudly puffing out her chest and….

 

"Brrr……….." Opened the gates of hell, she made sure to get the water to the same temperature as before, but it was still colder than the water on her bathtub, so Alexa ended up shivering under the cold (It was lukewarm) water.

 

Soon enough she was extra squeaky clean with no evidence of soap or shampoo on her, all that was left was to dry herself. And Alexa knew the best way to do it.

 

“[Starting-]”

 

"To the Mango Towel!" Alexa said as she ran (And almost fell) to the towel hanger. There a ginormous (Alexa-size) towel with mango scent and mango drawings stood ready.

 

Alexa hugged the towel, and in quick practice (It was her first time doing it), she covered herself in the sweet embrace of…justice!

 

"Hmm….." Alexa said as she made sure to tightly cover everything of herself and squirmed under the care of the sacred relic (The mango towel). “...Alexa Mango Taco ver, Mk 1.”

 

Alexa couldn't help but say that as she saw herself reflected in the Alexa-size mirror in the bathroom, it was…" Glorious Alexa Mango Taco ver, Mk1."

 

“[...this is… not efficient.]” Main core as always was a denier of progress!

 

"Your mother is not efficient!" Alexa retorted back with a laugh, she liked that one. "But fine… let's go,"

 

Alexa, however, knew the importance of efficiency…and of being in her warm bed, not shivering because all that covered her body was a holy relic (Mango Towel). So with heavy steps and a heavier heart…She dried herself using her towel and dressed up.

 

She put on her fungi underwear (They were comfy!) and a pajama that…either the naggy one or [Fan Girl] had left for her, it was a pair of silky pants and silky blouse. Alexa didn't mind it since it had a small little mango drawing on her chest.

 

And what better place there was for a mango than near her heart? It would keep her safe and secure!

 

Also if she was hungry she could nom her mango if it was this near!

 

It was perfect!

 

All that was left was to prepare for the next part of the night… She didn't want to do it, but knew that she needed to do it, the naggy one and the mean one would be extra annoying if she didn't…

 

And she also needed Main Core to work at his best, the fact that she couldn't grow an extra arm to play better on the bathtub was a wake up call after all.

 

"Core…start the [Maintenance]." Alexa said as she settled on the bed and closed her eyes.

 

The next thing she saw was the world turn dark as she sank within herself…It was time to find out what was happening…

 

It was…time to boogey.