Chapter 27: Dead End Part 2
The scene changed back to Anton, N, Tessa and Emiliano back at the office area.
Emiliano: Guys I heard some roaring.
Anton: Oh god, whatever it is we have to act fast. Guess you and Lucius aren't the only ones here trying to stop us.
Tessa: Our job is too stop him from getting to the infected drones, like Cyn.
Anton: That includes Uzi right?
Tessa: I'm afraid so.
N: N: Then... can we fix her, right? If we fix her Lucius won't want or need her.
Anton: Uzi! Look I'm gonna go and find her, you three do what you're doing.
He then ran off from the group.
Tessa: Anton!
Emiliano: Well guys I-
???: Emiliano!
He turned to see Lucius, Z and S as they stared at the colleague who was with Tessa and N.
Tessa scowled.
Tessa: Well look who decided to show up-
Suddenly a Sentintel appeared in front of N and began attacking him.
Emiliano: Bro!
Lucius smirked.
Lucius: Deal with them, I'll go after Anton.
He then ran through the office and passed Emiliano, but then a Sentinel appeared in front of him as well and roared. The German jumped passed the mechanical dinosaur and was on his way to where Anton was going
Emiliano saved N.
Emiliano: Hang on N I got you bro.
N: You're a real lifesaver Emi.
The Sentinel was going to give chase but Tessa appeared in front of it which made it stop.
Z: Oh yeah! Kill her!
Tessa: Hey, fella. Me, human, order you to be a nice dingo, please?
Tessa extends her hand out for the Sentinel. It seems to have a change of heart.
But then it bites her.
Emiliano/N: Tessa!
Tessa: *frees herself* Bad, dingo! Bad, dingo!
The Sentinel goes crazy until it smacks against a wall and collapses to the ground. A couple more Sentinels appear to corner Tessa.
S and Z snicker but then Emiliano had a plan.
He then grabbed an empty soda can he had and tossed it at the sentinels and hit one of them. Then all had their eyes on Emiliano who ran to where Z and S were.
Emiliano: Over here morons! Come get us!
S: What are you doing you idiot?! You'll get us kill-
The sentinels roared and ran after Emiliano who ran away as he was followed by Z and S.
N: Emi-
Tessa: He's got this for us N, I know Emi can do it...
The scene changed to Alice still watching as she was booing at the fact that the sentinels were driven away thanks to Emiliano. Then Anton came in bursting through the room.
Anton: Girls!
J: Anton!?
V: Took ya long enough-
Alice: How did you get out of your bed?!
Anton: I have my ways.
He went over to Uzi and tried to free her but then various equipment started floating.
Uzi's eyes glowed yellow as she smiled maniacally.
Uzi/AS: Oh, don't mind me.
Anton: Uzi?
Uzi unleashes her Absolute Solver to destroy the door buttons, thus opening the doors and giving the Sentinels more free roaming in the area. The Sentinels make their way to Alice's room.
Lucius saw the glowing yellow light from outside the door and some sentinels, he grit his teeth before rushing in.
He then did a jumping drop kick one of the sentinels and kicked it away, he made his presence felt as he saw Uzi's Absolute Solver.
Lucius: Incredible...!
Alice: It's you!
Lucius: Yes, it's me...
He was going to enter the room but a Sentinel tackled him away and pounced on Lucius, another one joined in on the fight.
Anton tried to free Uzi as a flash occured, he turned to see a Sentinel as it flashed and paralyzed Alice.
Beau freed V and J as they got out of their beds.
J: I umm...thanks?
Beau just nods.
The Sentinel tried to attack Alice but Anton got between them and stopped the mechanical dinosaur by holding a nearby pipe trapping the mouth of the raptor.
Anton: Free Uzi!
V nods and went to release the straps as Uzi was unconscious.
J changed her hand into a saw and killed the Sentinel.
Lucius was now on his feet as around 3 sentinels surrounded him.
One tried to attack him but he dodged it and kicked it away and then activated his double edged lightsaber and stabbed it from the lower jaw to the top of the of the head.
Then the two others tried to attack him but then he pulled out a beacon and activated it, it stopped the sentinels in their tracks and shut them down.
Then their eyes glowed back again as they were now red, the irises had the "LR" logo imprinted on them. In short they were now under Lucius' control.
Lucius: You're mine now...
Then from the room, V who was carrying Uzi, J, Anton who was carrying Alice and Beau came out and saw them. They were all shocked to see Lucius and the now possessed sentinels.
Lucius: Hunt then down!
The sentinels then went after the group upon command.
J then turned her hand into an AR and fired at the mechanical raptors.
V spawned her wings and carried Uzi and flew pass the assault.
Lucius was going to catch them but Anton who escaped from the sentinels tackled the German and ran off whilst carrying Alice and Beau followed.
J too flew passed him, Lucius got up as he grit his teeth in anger. He and the sentinels followed them but Emiliano and the Disassembly Drones came out along with the sentinels cornerning them.
S: Hey sir, we have some problems...
Lucius groaned in anger as Anton and co escaped, the uncontrolled sentinels roared at them.
Lucius: You're all useless!
He then approached the sentinels and pulled out his beacon in the process, possibly trying to control them too.
After the encounter with Lucius, Anton seperated himself from three group as he lost track.
He was now with Beau and Alice, it then took a moment for her to wake up from her paralysis.
Alice: *groaned* Where...am I?
She then looked at Beau and Anton who were hiding in a room.
Alice: Oh, it's you kiddo...
Anton: You're awake. Now do you mind telling me what are those?
Alice: The sentinels? Basically they're "cleaners" disposing drones regardless if they're workers or disassemblers. And I see you and Beau here made it out alive *tilts head with a smirk* What happened to them girls of yours?
Anton: We got seperated thanks to those things, guess Lucius is not only the problem we're facing...
Alice: Lucius? You mean that-
She was cut off by Lucius who was now heard loud and clear from afar.
He was now commanding his now controlled sentinels.
Lucius: If you see Anton or anyone from his stupid gang do not hesitate to terminate them on sight. I want his blood splattered across the wall, I want him gone. He meddled long enough.
S saluted to Lucius.
S: Sir we lost I, now what?
Lucius: Through the sentinels we'll get the trail of those fools that botched up my abduction of Uzi Doorman, well massacre them and get to the labs.
Emiliano: Does that include Tessa?
Lucius: Even her.
Emiliano: But Lucius she's probably-
Lucius: I have no tolerance for people going against me, she's also on my kill list. Traitors that are against the company and against me are to be eradicated, that's the policy of JcJensen.
Emiliano couldn't do anything and just nod.
Lucius: Good, now come along...we have hunt to embark on...
He walked off as he was followed by his sentinels and the two Disassembley drones, Emiliano then reluctantly followed.
Alice: He seems peeved off *smug*
Anton: Gee, I wonder why.
He then rested his head on the wall and sighed.
Anton: I need to find Uzi and the others before he does...
Then Beau looks at Anton and poked him, causing the latter to give the baby some attention.
Anton: Yeah? What is it little guy?
Beau then motioned for Anton to follow him as he pointed to a vent.
Anton: A vent?
Alice: I bet he's trying to give you a shortcut.
Anton: Nah, I don't trust you guys?
Alice: Alright then, have fun trying to find Nori's daughter on your own while that maniac and those things are out there, it's either that or you come with us. Your choice partner..*smug*
Anton just stared at her in silence and gave up.
Anton: Fine.
Alice then tapped Anton's shoulder whilst looking at him with a satisfied smirk.
Alice: 'atta boy, you can trust little ol' me. You saved my metal back there so I'll return you the favour and help you find Nori's kid.
Anton: Thanks, and she has a name too.
Alice: Right right, but something's not right with that kid. You've seen her in front of you.
Anton: I know...it's the solver...we have to find those labs before Lucius does come on.
He opened the vent and then got inside and crawled through, Alice and Beau followed.
"Meanwhile"
N and Tessa were in a room as they were silent, but then V, J and Uzi who was on V's back came in.
J: There you are boss...
N: V! Is Uzi–
V: Hurt. We're leaving.
Tessa: I can take a squizz at–
V: *threatening tone* You said you could control the Sentinels!
Tessa: I... At least they can't boot loop me, but we'll just have to–
J: But it seems Lucius was able to control them, they now obey him.
Tessa: He does...my guess is through that advanced technology of his...He and Visar have a habit of making stuff like those to their benefit.
V: *turns to leave* Do whatever you want. N?
No response from N, but then noticed Anton wasn't around.
N: Where's Anton?
J: After Lucius attacked, he seperated from us.
N: Oh! Jumping glazed biscuits, we have to find-
At that moment, Uzi regains consciousness.
Uzi: groaning* Ow... My freaking head.... *sees N* N? Where's Anton?
Tessa: He told us he'd went after to save you, he did but got separated thanks to Lucius.
Uzi: No...Anton...
The scene changed back to Lucius and his pack, they were now on a different corridor.
S: Are we there yet?
Lucius: According to Visar's map that he has provided for me. We are closing in on our opportunity to get to the labs, we'll just have to find an elevator before they can.
Z: And once we get to the labs, that means you'll get what you want?
Lucius: Precisely.
Emiliano then sighed before asking his superior.
Emiliano: I just have a question...Lucius...
Lucius: Why yes?
He stopped and turned to the Argentinian.
Lucius: Ask away...
Emiliano: Why are you doing this? What will you achieve when you get to those labs, you'll get the drones but what will happen to Tessa and N...will you kill them like how you threatened earlier?
Lucius chuckled.
Lucius: Emiliano, is that even a question to me? What is more questionable is your loyalty to the company, you ask me these stupid questions and you're aware of the consequences of what happens to traitors...
He leaned to the engineer's face with a cold dead look.
Lucius: I loathe backstabbers...the world needs less of them and more people with clear minds and a sense of dignity.
He then raised his fist while looking away and straight to one of the controlled sentinels.
Lucius: we used to have loyalty and respect in the old days, but now there's none of that as it's just the age of silence...the era where no one listens as they have their eyes glued to their devices and talk back to their superiors like as if you gouged their eyes out...they're afraid of everything going on right now so they try and escape the harsh truth that waits for them...
He took a few steps forward before turning to his pack.
Lucius: An old man once said this.... Instict is a lie told by a fearful body, hoping to be wrong.
Emiliano: What's that supposed to mean?
Lucius: *smirked* It means, when you base your expectations on only what you see, you only blind yourselves to the possibilities of a new reality...
Z: Damn, that hits hard.
Lucius chuckled before turning to them while motioning his hands around.
Lucius: A reality that I am bound to carve, that I am destined to lead the new age and new generation as we steer clear from the path of darkness that our ancestors and past generations have chosen for Earth. We made a home for the madness, blacked out ourselves from reaching our fullest of potentials...but I have seen the light, and I wish to guide my fellow humans to the better path of our inner peace...*sad demeanor* Altho sacrifices are to be made...but I'll do anything to save humanity from our self destruction...
Emiliano, Z and S watched in silence as they processed everything their boss told them. The engineer had a look of worth as he knew things weren't looking so good.
Lucius then uses his communicator to contact Visar.
Lucius: Visar are you online? I have a job for you...
The scene changed to Tessa and the rest of the drones. Uzi was silent as she was worried for Anton, N noticed this he too was worried for Anton. Uzi looks at N and noticed the sorrow.
Uzi: *silently* U GOOD?
N doesn't respond he was too worried.
Uzi: *silently* IT'S ABOUT ANTON ISN'T IT?
N: *silently* IT SUCKS PRETTY HARD, I HOPE HE'S ALRIGHT
Uzi: *silently* >:3 HE WILL I BELIEVE IN HIM.
They get back to the ground when, in the distance, they see... Doll, stuck in a boot loop and holding the bug in her hand.
Insect: PLEASE PLACE ME ON PROXIMITY READER (CABIN FEVER LABS).
Uzi: That's... convenient.
V: It's a trap!
J: Obviously.
Uzi: Yeah, no... Nevermind.
She begins to unleash her Absolute Solver.
N/V/J: DON'T!
They stop her. Uzi calms down
Tessa: *from afar* Oi! *holding the insect* Bloody convenient, eh?
The trio make their way towards her. Uzi had her hands inside her hoodie, N pats her shoulder.
After catching up with Tessa, V and J notices this sight
V: It's about Anton right? If yes then you guys aren't alone...
N: Yeah...I just hope Lucius didn't get him...will he follow us soon?
J: I should go and look around, what do you think boss?
Tessa: We need all the help we can-
Suddenly, the insect is lifted up. It flies back into Doll's hand, revealing it was, indeed, a trap. Doll uses her powers to call an elevator and open all the doors in the area. She falls down the shaft as the elevator arrives.
Through Doll's screen it had the "LR" symbol, and through her Visar in control.
His expression changed from stoic to a small evil smile as he contacted Lucius about the trap going according to plan.
Lucius: Hehehe, excellent work Visar. Now we step in...
They began walking off, but from above a pair of eyes stared at them from a ventilation shaft.
He, the remainder of his group and the sentinels appeared. Lucius then began whistling which attracted the attention of Tessa and the rest of the group.
They turned around to see Lucius flanked by his group and the pack of sentinels as he pulled out his advanced revolvers and spun them.
J was now afraid, gritting her teeth as she readied her guns.
Tessa: Uh-oh, hope I don't human everywhere!
Tessa spreads the blood from her arm onto the ground in front of her to ward off the Sentinels, which aren't programmed to target humans. The red-eyed Sentinel examines the scene. Tessa smugly leans on her sword, confident she's secured the team's safety.
Lucius: Are you sure about that?
The sentinels stopped and turned looked at Tessa and the team as they all roared.
Tessa: What?! How did-
Lucius: Are you surprised at this point? They obey me no matter what you do, the blood trick doesn't work. Nice try tho hahaha.
Uzi: Where's Anton!?
Lucius: Your human is nowhere to be found, it's a shame I didn't get the chance to congratulate him for leading to you to see the true potential your solver wields.
The sentintels then roar a hearty roar and slowly advance, thanks to Lucius they acquired a new taste for humans. Tessa is shocked out of her bliss and hurriedly readies her sword, while V crawls to the ceiling. Ready to aid in her friends' escape, Uzi begins to unleash her Absolute Solver to break a hole into the back of the elevator.
N: Uzi, no!
Lucius: There's no way out for you, thanks to Visar who is controlling the other solver drone I have sealed your fates, might as well accept it since in the end you don't win.
S: We do! Too bad you won't see a better future!
Emiliano was worried, he knew he had to act. But couldn't because he was aware of the consequences that would await him.
Emiliano: *mumbled* Tessa...N...I'm so sorry...*slowly tears up*
Uzi's AbsoluteSolver suddenly glows yellow, causing her fingers to crack, bend, and contort in all the ways no finger should. It produces a black hole that blows a wide, oozing opening into the elevator.
Tessa: Whoops, all mitosis!
Tessa sprays more blood in the way of the advancing red-eyed sentinels.
Lucius: Fire back...
One of the the Sentinels regurgitates a severed Murder Drone arm and, clasping it firmly in its mouth, fires a bullet at Tessa, only for V to get in the way and catch the bullet with her bare claws. She tosses the bullet back at the gun arm, disarming it. It turns out she's wearing her old, broken glasses, which sharpened her vision enough to perform such a feat
J spawned in a rocket launcher from one of her hands and aimed it at Lucius, she was going to fire but S then flew to where she was and spat venom on her visor.
J: Ah!!! *rubbed her face*
N: J!
Uzi's AbsoluteSolver is out of control, distorting the hole in front of her. She panics, panting heavily as she tries restraining her glitched arm. Left with no other choice, N hacks the mangled hand off with his sword. For a split second as she falls back, her head snaps towards N, eyes gleaming yellow and mouth twisted into a grin, showing him a single message:
"MISS ME?"
Lucius noticed Uzi going out of control and just laughs. She turned to where Lucius came from, she slowly backed away in fear and was right behind N with another message:
"Monster!"
N catches her in his arms. Uzi coughs up oil as her eyes switch between purple and yellow, her voice overlapping with the Absolute Solver's.
Uzi/AS: *severely glitching* What the hell is going on?
Tessa: Bugger, that's bad. Come on, team!
Tessa pulls Uzi, J and N into the elevator, only for it to get stuck.
N: V, come on!
J: V! What are you doing? Get in!
V isn't listening. She's still fighting the red-eyed Sentinel. Still clutching the severed arm, the Sentinel extends its blade and deftly swings at V. With her vision in peak condition, however, V's robo-dinosaur sword fight ends in seconds as she knocks the Sentinel to the ground.
Just as she readies her arm cannon at the Sentinel, another pulls out the power supply to the elevator, causing it to rise slightly. With both sides of the elevator wide open, the team inside are sitting ducks. The Sentinel flashes its lights.
Lucius: Too late now!
He pulled out his double edged lightsaber with a sadistic grin.
Emiliano: N! Run buddy!
V whips her head back to avoid the light, causing her glasses to fly off her face. Another Sentinel crushes the glasses beneath its foot.
V is surrounded on all sides by the sentinels and Lucius' group.
V: Hey, um–
N: NO, NO, NO! V, WE NEED YOU!
V: ...Nah. *to Uzi* Uzi?
Uzi looks at V, her expression grim.
V: ...I trust you....And if you see Anton...tell him that I love him...
J: V! Don't say that, just get-
V didn't listen as she slashes the elevator cables with her laser cannon.
N: V, PLEASE!
V doesn't get in, she knew it was too late for her.
With a resigned smile, she gives one final salute as the sentinels and Lucius' group surround her. Knowing the fate awaiting her.
From behind Lucius with a grin activated his lightsaber, spawning in sharp red energy blades, he began laughing maniacally.
Then the cables snap, sending the elevator down.
Emiliano: N! Tessa! *tears of sorrow*
To be continued....
OK guys, this was chapter 27.
Peace out!
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