Netway: Evolutions

Chapter 4: Bullets and Blame

"So we're really doing this?" Leafy sighed.

Security Bots surrounded them and Coiny groaned like a teenager who had just lost a video game.

"Let's make it quick," he grumbled.

"Blocky, cover Tennisball!" Leafy ordered as she cocked her gun.

Without any warning, bullets began raining from both sides and Blocky pushed Tennisball down and brought him to an old wall to hide behind.

Gelatin was glad at the opportunity to let out his excess energy and quickly went around tackling robots and stabbing them in the head, laughing maniacally as he did.

Blocky took care of any bots who tried to approach, Tennisball had his gun ready just in case any got too close though.

Coiny dodged debris that flew and using only his brute strength, he ripped off the heads of five bots after wrestling them to the ground, using the "bodies" to damage others.

For a few minutes, he worked alongside Leafy, covering her when she needed it but Tennisball noted that they could communicate with eachother, without words and it was beyond impressive.

There was a look in his eyes that made Tennisball think that he was enjoying this a little too much and the oil on his face was an eerie red, a little too close to blood for his liking.

At some point he got away and Tennisball had no idea where he went but it didn't seem to bother Leafy at all.

But through all of this, it was Leafy who stunned Tennisball the most, he was totally blown away by the amount of skill she was showing.

With how even when she was knocked down, she just got up, how she aimed and hit her targets without failure and such precision.

She was running circles around the attackers, her guns made her a dual-wielding death scentence, light on her feet and totally lethal.

With total ease, she aimed and shot the last bot through the head, standing tall and strong, she lowered her weapons as she stood in front of Nickel who gave her an unimpressed stare with his arms folded.

"Are we done here?" He asked flatly.

Although she tried, Leafy couldn't stay serious and let out a laugh as she put a hand on her hip.

"Sorry about the trouble," she said, Tennisball was surprised at how genuine it sounded.

"No worries, I think I'll play the traumatized card and get a couple days off, so I guess I should be greatful," Nickel shrugged.

"You won't get into shit for this will you?" Gelatin asked.

"Nah, I wouldn't say so, I'll just act like I got hit in the head and can't remember stuff, it'll be fine," Nickel shrugged.

"Stay safe, Nick-Nick!" Gelatin said as he gave two thumbs up.

Nickel glared at him before saying goodbye to Leafy and he turned to get into his car.

"He's fun," Gelatin smiled.

Blocky and Tennisball came out from behind the wall, Tennisball watched as Nickel drove off.

"So, is he like...a good guy?" Tennisball questioned.

"Basically, he's been raised on the system so now he feels an obligation to keep working for it," Leafy shrugged.

"How do you know that?" Tennisball asked.

"It's amazing what people admit to when they're drunk," she smirked.

"Let's get drunk? Okay I'm down," came Coiny's voice.

"No, we aren't doing that tonight, I'm actually feeling kinda weak," Leafy said with some confusion.