Chapter 3

The robotic cyclops almost got thrown back as it got hit in the eye by a Desert Eagle. "Bitch!" Jo said, lifting her gun so that it pointed to the sky. She then looked over to the other officer. "You okay?"

"Oh yeah. Yeah sure." He nodded. "They just popped up. Where the hell did they come from? What the hell are they?"

"Why are you asking me? I've never seen them before." She walked over to the corpse. "Let's see." She ripped off the chest plating to uncover biomass. "I thought so. It's a cyborg." She examined it further. "Two big meatballs in a robot body, head and chest. That's all I can find out. We should get it to an autopsy. Help me carry it."

"Right." They got it into the car and drove off. Halfway to the station, they received a call.

"Officer Carpenter, officer Tokinawa, report!"

"This is officer Carpenter. We got confronted by an aggressive cyborg. It's dead. We're bringing it's remains back to the station."

"Roger that, officer. Is the cyborg brown, slightly humanoid with one red eye?"

Oh, this ain't gonna be good. "Yeah, that's correct."

"These creatures are appearing all across town and dragging citizens down the holes they appeared from. Deliver the body and then move out for damage control."

"Roger that."

"And one more thing."

"What?"

"Your girlfriend is here. She won't stop annoying us until she sees you."

That made Jo smile. "Roger that. I'm on my way." She hung up. "I'll tell ya, Tokinawa, when this is over, I'm gonna marry that girl."

"Oh yeah, she's a real treat." Tokinawa said sarcastically.

"JO! THANK GOD!" Meg yelled as she threw herself onto Jo. "I was so worried."

"Why? An army of cyborgs is popping out of the ground and dragging people down with them. What's there to worry?" Jo smirked.

Meg took a step back, not looking in the slightest bit amused. "It's not funny. The last thing I want is for you to die in the plot of yet another crazed megalomaniac."

"Wow. That's a big word for you to use." Jo said, looking genuinely surprised.

Meg's jaw dropped. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Guys?" Tokinawa intervened. They both looked at him. "Sorry to interrupt, but we gotta go."

"What?" Meg brought out in disbelief. "Go?"

"Yes, Meg. I'm sorry. I have to get rid of the other creatures crawling around the place."

"But, you..." Meg was silenced by Jo pressing her lips against hers. Their lips separated, but Jo kept her face close to Meg's.

"Don't worry." Jo said, gently stroking Meg's cheek. "This is low profile. I'll be done with it quickly."

"You say that, but..."

"Shhh." Jo pressed her index-finger against Meg's lips. "You don't want me to knock you out again, do you?"

Meg looked away. "Just...promise me you'll be alright."

"I survived the RAPT explosion, didn't I?"

"No."

"Whatever. Just stay here and don't get yourself kidnapped." Jo said running off.

"Don't patronize me, it's been three years now."

Tokinawa drove the car to the barricade that the police created and the two got out. A police officer went over to them and handed them shotguns. "Those things have very strong armor, but these are strong enough to stun them for a short time."

Jo looked at the shotgun. "And that's good because...?"

"We've snipers stationed everywhere, ready to fire."

"These things aren't exactly fast."

"We thought so, too. But every time we try to snipe them, they sorta speed out of the way, as if they could see it coming."

"And what's up with the barrier? I thought these things traveled underground."

"They do. But we found their...well, we don't know what it is. We assume it's some sort of nest, or a base. This barrier is using seismic waves. For those things, it's like running against a wall. They can't pass it."

"So they have to come up and overcome the barrier up here."

"That's right."

"Impressive, you guys sure are quick."

"When we got the details, we quickly put up the seismic generators. The rest of the barrier is made out of anything we could find."

"Alright, good work. Now it's time for us to do our part." The two stepped through the barrier.

Tokinawa turned to Jo. "You gonna use the shotgun."

"Perhaps if I run out of ammo." She said, loading her Desert Eagles.They began shooting down the creatures.

Toberman looked at the satellite picture showing the two and pressed a button, activating the intercom. "Sir, primary target is currently engaging in combat with our forces."

"And?"

"It's not looking good for us, sir."

"Excellent."

"Sir?"

"It's time. For too long have we left it in the dungeon. I have anticipated this day. Send out Experiment 238."

Toberman's fangs separated, revealing the jaws that curled up into a horrid grin. "Yes, sir." He answered strangely emphatic. He then pressed a few buttons and a quake went through the entire base as something got shot up and drilled quickly through the ground.

The ground shook under Jo's and Tokinawa's feet. "What now?" Jo yelled, slightly annoyed.

Suddenly, something shot up from the ground. It looked like a gigantic capsule, which opened. As it opened, a creepy cackling emanated from the inside. As did the sound of a chainsaw. When it fully opened, a big creature stepped out. It was mainly metal, but one could see that it was just armor. It lacked on it's right arm and the left side of it's face, revealing the pink, raw flesh. It had a big, running chainsaw attached to it's left arm, and a big minigun attached to it's right arm. It had razor-sharp teeth, and the part of it's mouth on the armored side of it's face was covered in wires, limiting it's ability to open to open it. But still, a horrible cackling came from it's mouth, which almost turned into a maniacal laugh as it ripped the chainsaw into the air and charged the two.

"So much for low profile." Jo said, readying her Desert Eagles.