The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

Infiltration 3/4

"What the hell was that!?" Fitzgerald exclaimed. "We have to leave, now!"

Anna nodded and went for the door, Fitzgerald was close behind her. As the two were about to walk out of the room, a loud thud sounded behind them. The two then turned their backs and saw a mysterious metallic monster whose silhouette was visible against the dim light of its red eyes which shone and faced the duo.

"I- I don't detect any magic!" Anna exclaimed, "Your holiness! Please get out of here!" She pleaded as she went in front of Fitzgerald and went into her fighting stance. Fitzgerald quickly ran outside. Her fighting stance was similar to that of Kung fu's, the circles which floated on her palms glittered as her eyes began to shine faint red. The unknown intruder also went into fighting position, pulling out a small blade from its wrist much to Anna's shock.

"Fire Blast!" Anna placed her hands together and cast Fire Blast, flames then spewed from her palms which formed a wall of flames. The wall of flames burned the room save for the furniture which was unscathed.

The metallic monster suddenly jumped onto the ceiling, avoiding the walls of flames and seemingly crawled its feet into the ceiling, suspending itself. Anna then pointed her hands towards the ceiling.

"Fire Balls!" She repeated over and over as she ran across the burning room. Balls of fire flew towards the monster who jumped all-over the room completely avoiding Anna's attacks. Anna then stopped as she realized she was trapped, the burning room was beginning to collapse and rubble fell near the door. The flames were smoldering hot and even as a Fire Mage she wasn't able to withstand such heat. This was the byproduct of the wood used to construct the room. The wood burned hotter and longer than normal wood much to Anna's dismay upon realizing.

The monster then appeared against the smoldering fire in-front of her, appearing from within the flames like a shadow of a demon coming out of the depths of hell. The monster wasn't affected by the heat nor did it seem to care. Anna gritted her teeth and summoned forth her fire sword. She was trained in hand-to-hand combat and was more than ready to confront the monster whom she thought would resort to melee.

The monster dashed towards Anna. She barely dodged death as the monster raised its sharp blade and slashed through her hair, cutting it in half. Anna and the monster then engaged in a melee. With each swing of her sword, the monster would block and retaliate in full force without showing signs of fatigue. As the fight raged on, Anna's cloak and skin were getting slashed little by little as the monster seemingly predicted all of her moves.

Then, the monster swung its blade from its back and over its head at amazing speed. Anna held her sword up high in an attempt to block. The blade shattered her sword as it moved through the iron and made its way to Anna's face. The blade of the monster pierced her forehead and sunk deep into her skull. Her eyes were fixated to the monster's tiny menacing red eyes before finally dying.

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Alpha pulled its blade from Anna's head causing her body to slump down to the ground. Blood was pouring from the hole on her forehead and dripped onto the floor. The Android's right blade was stained with her blood, dripping steadily onto the floor. The flames were getting ravenous by the second and so, the drone went outside.

Thanks to its Premelium armor it barely felt the effects of the heat from the room as it walked through the soaring flames. Anna's body remained on the floor and was burnt along with the rest of the room.

Alpha made its way down the stairs as their cover had been blown, a malfunction in Echo's weaponry caused an unwanted short circuit which triggered Echo's explosive weaponry and subsequently blew a portion of the castle.

As Alpha ran through the corridors, blood stains and corpses littered every hall. The Androids massacring the people inside as they went by in an attempt to quell any alarms but to no avail.

[This is Echo, we have a group cornered at ground floor, near gate]

Echo said through its internal transmitter.

"I am en route" Alpha responded.

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Eve held her ice spear tight. Sweating profusely, she held her head up high. Ten guards were with her, with their swords drawn and they surrounded the Archbishop. They were in the main lobby and the exit was just in-front of them. Pools of blood and bodies were scattered all-over the lobby, vases were broken, tables were turned. The banner of the Senadate Theocracy lied on the floor, ripped.

Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and Echo surrounded the group on all directions. Bravo blocked the exit as the other three Androids were positioned exactly east, west and south of the group. Eve and the guards gritted their teeth, not wanting to remove their eyes on the four demons surrounding them. Fitzgerald wanted to help but his magic would only kill them all, all he could do is to wait.

"Milady, orders?" One of the guards asked in a shaky and low voice, his eyes fixated on Bravo who was just standing near the exit, not moving an inch.

"Don't separate! We must protect the Archbishop and wait for reinforcements" Eve answered, she was noticeably tired after running endlessly through the halls as the Androids chased them. Charlie was responsible for the bodies on the halls, direct orders from Artemis himself.

The Archbishop was quivering and staring at Eve who had her gaze switch between the Androids.

Alpha burst through the ceiling directly above the group, he was holding onto a flat disc. The flat disc was a Barrier Emitter which would create a blue-hexagonal dome which was transparent. Eve and the guards withdrew their gazes from the other Androids looked up as Alpha dived towards them.

The four other Androids then pulled out their Assault Rifles from their knees and aimed towards the group.

"No!" Eve shouted. Yet it was too late.

The Assault Rifles opened fire.