Part 1: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/62779270

As stated, Sweetpuntato's Zombot drawing really got me in the mood and I miiiiight have gotten a little bit carried away with this one...

Ft.
Dia (Jirachi) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dy.....vwkefl462ee34y
 vizlottz (OC)
 cmnesia(OC)
 stazix (Meoletta)
Boofan (Emolga) https://bsky.app/profile/boofan22.bsky.social
 guywithglasses (OC)
Ethan: (Mew) https://bsky.app/profile/ethaaab.bsky.social
 qu- (Victini) Also helped with the background and shading

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She might be a robot but a metal body certainly did not improve Mia's tendency to make shortsighted decisions.
If you are going to are going to condemn your friend into a mindless, highly infectious minion, you better have a back-up plan in case your "Quick test run" ends up getting out of hand. All it took for Ethan to float past Mia and what she still calls "Fabio". With the curiosity of a cat, Ethan floated down to investigate, asking Mia what she was doing and why Fabio was looking so... weird.

Mia tried to use her "Desception_protocl.exe"... aka putting herself between Ethan and Fabio before awkwardly plying dumb by saying "Fabio? Oh yea if you see him, send him my regards". Ethan was left quite dumbfounded by this child-level attempt to get out of a situation but even if Mia somehow rolled a nat-20 on that deception throw, it wouldn't have stopped Ethan's curious Tailmaw to slither past Mia while the two were talking to explore what she was trying to hide.

Ethan while trying to find words was suddenly yoinked forward as his tail was violently pulled by Fabio's cold, slick claw-hands. Mia quickly reacted, managing to separate Ethan and her "experiment".

"H-hey woah! What the... what was that?!" Not even seconds after the two separated, Etan was overwhelmed by the cold sensation rushing up his tail which unnoticed by him was starting to take on a glossy, dull-pink texture... fur sticking together and becoming slick liquid metal that was rapidly running along the length of his Tail.

"My apologies for this mishap! You see I am merely trying to... surprise Fabio with a... replica of him! Yes! unfortunately it has been acting quite volatile up until now..." Mia's story still seemed hard to believe but Ethan was not only shaken up by being suddenly attacked like that but he also was not wanting to be a part of whatever recipe for disaster Mia was cooking up this time! He learned from experience!

"Well eh... good luck with that..." He mumbled while rubbing his arms together. This oddly could and... disconnected sensation had started to spread through his tiny body and his fluffy fur did little to nothing to keep the cold feeling out.

Ethan drifted off, taking a rest in a nearby alleyway. "Brrr... I... I better find Fabi or... someone else... better someone keep an eye on Mia b-before..." Ethan thought out loud to himself, his words gradually becoming more and more slurred as a mental fog was clouding his mind, slowing his train of thoughts down to a crawl.

His gaze briefly glanced down as he suddenly felt his tail shift under him without his conscious input. He raised an eyebrow when he saw his Tail seemingly turned to "look" at him

"W-what the- MPFH?!" Ethan didn't even get a chance to put together what was happening as his own Tailmaw shoved itself against his snout, locking him into a tight smooch and quickly spreading the infection to the rest of his body. Ethan's body began to be overcome by lethargy, his emotions and thoughts were being dulled as if he was being sedated until his once lively green eyes faded into a unfocused, aggressive red...

Once his Tailmaw pulled away from his shiny snout, he let out a mindless groan as he aimlessly began to float around the area like a NPC with broken pathfinding... that was until a voice caught his attention: "Haiiii Ethaaaab~" Dia, the ever cheerful Jirachi and Ethan's girlfriend cheered. Funnily enough, Ethan in his mindless state wouldn't even get the chance to fully turn around to be overwhelmed by the instinct to spread as Dia suddenly came up behind him to hug her boyfriend, unknowingly dooming herself in the process.

"Hehe! Gotcha! heh... he... hey Ethab? W-why do you feel s-so..." Dia's usual cheerful tone quickly began to transition into a fearful stutter before becoming completely cold and emotionless: "... cold...". That would be her last word before her mind was assimilated beyond the ability to speak. Her eyes rolled up as a piercing red hue overtook them. Her hands slide off of Ethan's slick body and drop limp to her side where they bend into claws. There was a hint of confused sadness in her eyes as she began to tear up, but her body was already too far gone to the point where even her tears weren't water but instead more of that thick metallic liquid that was claiming her body. Tears of infectious metal sludge drip to the asphalt below as her teeth sharpen into fangs. Her wishing tags flutter in the wind as they were tearing in places. Dia who once loved nothing more than to make people happy was now nothing more than another mindless highly infectious Zombot.

From there the infection was starting to spread like wildfire. Turns out when a big enough cluster of Zombots forms, they'll begin to passively assimilate the very environment. People on the street and in their homes such as Keith who was sitting at his desk, working on his latest art project suddenly found the very floor under their feet to melt into a shiny silver paste. By the time they would even take note of it, it would already be too late for them.

By the time Mia took note of what was going on in the nearby city, it was already way too late to contain it. She witnessed one friend after the other being assimilated into "her" army altho with how mindless they are... it doesn't seem these Zombots are really capable to follow orders... At least as a robot, she won't be able to get infected herself. The Zombots were simply ignoring her entirely as if she wasn't even there so in a twisted way, her wish to get some minions was fulfilled... so why doesn't she feel accomplished? Why doesn't this feel like victory?