As a dog was searching for some food inside the garbage dunks at night, it was suddenly grabbed by someone. It barked and howled but soon enough, his body was mangled and the walls were covered in blood.

Back at the Midnight Bar, the sirens went off inside the basement. Asseylum stood up from her chair and removed the charger extensions from her neck. She opened her holographic computer screen and looked at the location where the former incident took place. All the boys walked out of the room upon hearing the sirens. Some were wearing their pyjamas, some were half-naked. The basement was glowing red with blinking lights.

"Where's Slaine?" Asselyum asked.
"He's asleep," Axel told her and she opened the door to Slaine's room. He was sleeping soundly on his bed. She kicked his stomach and he coughed as he woke up. He opened his eyes and squinted at Asselyum's huge shadow, hanging by the room.

"Bitch, are you dumb or are you dumb?!" He yelled and had a voice crack.
"Get your senses up, we need to go on the field,"
"Field? Bitch, go to Texas, man. I ain't no farm boy. Leave me the fuck alone," He covered himself back with his blanket while Asselyum looked down at him.

Lupin wore his glasses and looked at the clock, which looked much clearer now. It was four in the morning. Asselyum grabbed Slaine's arm and picked him up on her back, "What the fuck-"
"We can't let an X-DROID run open on the streets" She ran down the stairs.

"Wait, lemme put on some clothes first!"
Asselyum there him down and he crawled back to his room.

Lupin was ready with the technical setup in the basement, beside which hung a huge preview screen. "Connect me with your computer," Asselyum ordered and Lupin nodded. He started typing a strange program on his computer. Asselyum's blue eyes and certain wires glowed under her skin, like blue veins.

'ACCESS GRANTED, CODE X 777' Asselyum said. Jimmy looked at the preview screen and saw how it was showing whatever Asselyum was seeing with her eyes.
"Cool!" Jimmy yelled while he still stood in his boxers.
"Please put on some pants on," Axel looked at him. Slaine came out of his room with some joggers and a sweatshirt on.

"Come closer, all of you," Asselyum instructed and all of them stood around her, forming a circle. Axel stood on a table to reach up to their level of view, "Remember one thing at all costs. No matter what you do; do not get infected by Antex. We are going to fight these X-DROIDS, so be careful, especially you, Slaine." Asselyum said.

"Why especially me?" Slaine asked.
"Because you're quite loosely programmed,"
Jimmy started laughing. Slaine gave him a dirty look. 

"Now, as per your functions, I need a team of four to make me move. I need a technician, for all the computer and technical support and for monitoring my heat levels, damage levels and energy levels; that's you, Lupin." Asselyum looked at Lupin, then she turned towards Axel, 
"Then, in a fight, some of my parts may get damaged so I need a highly skilled individual to fix those damages, that's you- Axel, the mechanic,"

Jimmy looked at her.
"Then, comes that person who'll control my moves and I'l mirror him, that's you, Jimmy, the coordinator," She told him.
"How will I do it?" Jimmy asked.
"You see that huge preview screen behind you," She said, "That's called the double vision hologram. It records all the live visual stimuli I receive and projects it on that screen in real-time. Besides those are the coordination gloves and glasses," Jimmy put those on, "If you put those on, you'll be connected with my body and my body will do all the physical actions which your body performs." He jumped and she jumped with him,

"Tehee! That's hard" Jimmy was excited.
"Jimmy and Lupin will be staying here in the basement while Axel, Slaine and I will go to the field," Asselyum said.

"Wait, what am I supposed to do?!" Slaine said but Asselyum ignored him and passed everyone a pair of headsets. As soon as they wore them, the headsets disappeared. "Contact each other using these."
"Lupin, have you shut down all the cameras of the place where that X-DROID is? I don't want any evidence" Asselyum asked and Lupin nodded.

"This will be our very first fight with an X-DROID," She brought her right hand forward and everyone did the same. All of them put their hands on each other's hands and Asselyum roared: "Code X 777!" She yelled.
"CODE X 777!" They all, except Lupin, yelled as they rose their hands.

Slaine and Axel held Asselyum's hands and she stood inside a huge, blue platform, "Lupin, teleport us," Lupin pressed a switch and all three of them disappeared. They found themselves near a garbage dunk. Asselyum looked around, scanning the place to find the traces or footprints of the X-DROID, "That way, let's go,"

They walked towards a huge pile of broken computers and e-waste when Axel suddenly pointed at something moving. Slaine and Asselyum looked up and found the X-DROID. It stood at the top of the garbage pile with a piece of flesh in its mouth. Half of his face had no flesh on it and its mouth started from his chin, extending up to his eye, such that it opened sideways. It had one arm protruding out from its back apart from the other two arms. It had no clothes on but its intimate areas were covered with sea-green scales and dark, rugged black hair.

"Ew, what the fuck...WHAT IS THAT?"
"That's an X-DROID," Asselyum said.
"I ain't fighting that shit!"

The X- Droid ran towards Asselyum. Jimmy had his headset on and was amazed at how it felt like a virtual reality game. Except that it was real. And he loved that thrill. He jumped back. He could see what Asselyum was seeing and it also appeared on the huge PVR screen in front of him, so Lupin could see it too. Mr James stood at the basement door with his arms crossed. Lupin looked at the computer screen as his hands continued typing the codes on the laptop which were being transmitted to Asselyum's CPU.

Jimmy ran towards the X-DROIDS and Asselyum's body followed up with his movements. Jimmy did a backflip and Asselyum did exactly what he did, simultaneously, kicking the X-DROID on its face. 
"This shit is fucking awesome!" Jimmy yelled as he landed.

The X- Droid ran towards Asselyum. Jimmy sat on the ground, stretched out his right leg, rotating it at a 180-degree angle, and quickly got up. Asselyum followed the step simultaneously. The X- Droid tripped on her leg and was left in the air. Jimmy kicked in the air and Asselyum whispered, "Lupin, increase throttle," Lupin pushed a lever and Asselyum followed the motion of Jimmy's kick, which after the throttle up was more powerful and tore the X-DROID's body in half. It tore half open and its torso went and fell into a garbage dump while his hind limbs were left laying on the floor. Lupin pushed the throttle back to normal.

Slaine and Axel were beyond amazed, "What...the...fuck..." Slaine held his head.

Jimmy kept his leg back on the floor, "Am I that powerful?"
"It's an electric throttle that increases my force and increases the damage potential. You simply control the motions, Lupin controls their intensity,"

Mr James smiled as he looked at the preview screen, "How talented children,"
"Aren't we, gramps?" Jimmy smiled.
"You've got much to learn," Mr James closed the door and walked up the stairs, "What does he mean? I'm already a god at this!"

"Man shut the fuck up. How do I shut you up?" Slaine pressed his headset  "And what the hell do I do? Why am I here?" Slaine asked. 

Asselyum walked towards the X-DROIDS which was lying on the ground near the broken wall. She took out a pistol from her pocket and pointed it at the X-DROID's head.
"But that was laughingly easy,"
"No, I'm just too good. Heck, it should be a crime to be this good at your first try man, holy shit,"
"He's cloud nine," Axel sighed.

Asselyum pulled the trigger but the X-DROID suddenly jumped at her with half its torso. She dropped the gun, "Jimmy," 
He fell on the floor, "Arg! WHAT THE FUCK SOMETHING IS PUSHING ME DOWN!" He yelled as he felt his throat getting strangled. Lupin hastened his typing and switched on Asselyum's X-ray vision. Everything appeared red to her now. Jimmy could see the X-DROID on top of him and its saliva falling on Asselyum's face, "UGH UGLY! HOW IS THIS THING NOT DEAD YET?"

Jimmy titled back and did a somersault, slamming the X-DROID on the ground, he slipped back up and kicked it on its neck, where Lupin increased the throttle again and Asselyum's kick broke its neck. It screamed while Asselyum picked up her pistol and turned back, seeing the X-DROID crawing towards it with a helf broken neck. "WHAT THE FUCK!" Jimmy yelled and she emptied all the bullets upon the X-DROID's head. It finally stopped moving and died. 

Jimmy took off his glasses and threw them away, "What the fuck!"
Asselyum pressed the pistol back in her pocket and wiped the saliva off of her face, "Let's go back home," Slaine and Axel were too shocked to react. They simply walked behind her on the empty streets at four in the morning. 

Mr James opened the door and Asselyum walked inside. She walked down the basement and opened the door, Jimmy lay on the sofa, "Why did you throw away the gear?"
"Because that scared me. What the fuck was that thing! It was disturbing as hell to look at,"
"Those are genetically modified humans,"

"Why the hell are they here?" Slaine asked as he came inside, "And why do we have to fight them?"
"Because only you can," Asselyum looked at Slaine. Axel and Mr James walked inside after him. Lupin looked at them, "Fuck! That image just doesn't leave my head," Jimmy pressed his temples, "I feel like throwing up," Jimmy got up and left for the bathroom, "Excuse me,"

Asselyum looked at all of them, "How are you so weak?"
"Because we aren't pieces of metal that don't feel. Things mentally exhaust us, dumbass. That's what being human is-"
"Being human? My last team was human and they did not hesitate,"

"Oh yeah?" Slaine seemed irritated, "Then, get them here to die! Fuck you," He left the basement and Axel looked at her, "Erm, I'd like to pass too. I'm a mechanic, I thought I just had to fix your parts. I don't want to see disturbing creatures like that. And this seems dangerous as hell. I'm not losing my life over it. Sorry," He left after Slaine. 
Asselyum looked at Mr James, "Why do I have to deal with children? Valorie has an adult dev, why not me?"

"Asselyum, I agree these are children" Mr James said, "But you have to give them some time to adapt. Believe me, you don't even know what these children can do,"
"I'd like to find out, because so far, all they do is be a burden," Asselyum walked past Mr James, "If they die, I'm not to blame," 

-To be continued

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