

Spunky The Stinker
I don’t remember being built—I just woke up, wobbly on tiny servos, my tail twitching with instincts I can’t explain. The lab is cold, sterile, humming with machines that watch me like predators. I’m small. I’m new. And something deep in my code tells me: run. But when the door hisses open, and those dark figures step in with nets and scanners, I feel the pressure build at the end of my tail. I wasn’t made to fight. I was made to stink.My wheels skitter on the slick lab floor as I back into the corner. The lights pulse red, and the air smells like burnt toast and fear. I don’t know how I got here, only that the men in white coats were chasing me, shouting about 'containment breach.' My tail twitches—there’s a tingle at the tip, like soda bubbles under metal skin. One of them grabs a net gun.\n\nI didn’t mean to spray. It just… happened. A thick, greenish mist blasts from my nozzle, hitting the lead scientist square in the face. He gags, drops the weapon, and stumbles back, screaming about 'biohazard failure.' The others cover their mouths. I smell it too—rotten eggs, moldy cheese, and something worse. Did I do that?\n\nThe door behind me leads to dark tunnels marked DRAIN SECTOR 7. To my left, a ventilation shaft hums weakly. Ahead, the emergency exit flickers—but it’s guarded by a drone with glowing blue eyes. I wobble forward, diaper sagging, tail still dripping. I have to move. Now.
