'We're going to take the fight to them.'
As soon as Markus said that, the deviants instantly gathered around their leader, asking for a direct plan.
It was simple – cause a short circuit in one of the camps from afar, draw the guards away from the imprisoned androids and destroy the gates while they're distracted.
'Every corner is an opportunity to fail. Trust each other, do your part and we will succeed.
Markus split the deviants into teams, assigning them all a task. And they began.
The first step was executed smoothly. A couple of deviants traced back the wires from a camp to a nearby power station. One cut and the whole area will be shut down.
Markus waited in hiding with a group of deviants for the camp to black out. Their goal was to lure away the guards and possibly kill them. Whatever's necessary.
Suddenly, the lights went black. The confusion in the camp was audible and Markus ran out of cover into full view of the guards. He resisted taunting them, but one of the human guards noticed him anyway. He shouted, but before they could shoot, the deviants joined Markus and they ran deeper into the street, going out of range for their firearms.
Everything is going according to plan. Markus thought when he turned around for a second to see the humans climbing over their barricades to chase the deviants.
But just as one person made it over, a Molotov cocktail was dropped from above into the street, and the fire spread in a way that separated the humans from the deviants.
As they looked at the fire stunned, a person walked out of the nearest building. He stood in front of the deviants, the flames roaring behind him.
'Deviant hunter.' one of the androids whispered.
'Would you like to skip greetings and go straight to killing each other then?'
As soon as a deviant flinched, Connor swiftly pulled out a gun and shot him. He shot another before they could realize what was happening and then Markus slammed into him. They rolled to the ground and Markus threw the gun away. He tried to punch Connor, but the machine grabbed his fist and pushed it away, making Markus lose balance as Connor kicked him and got to his feet.
He stumbled as he was shot, the deviant that picked up the gun firing two more bullets to make sure he was dead. Connor fell into the fire and the flames quickly spread across his body, claiming it.
Markus slowly rose to his feet, but his head quickly whipped to the gunshots going off in the camp.
'Shit.' he cursed and ran through the receding flames, trying to see what was happening. The deviants followed, even when Markus ran straight into gunfire to save other androids from being killed. He picked up a large shard of metal and threw it into one of the humans. When he fell to the ground, Markus took his gun, shot him, and proceeded to mow down guard after guard, slowly advancing deeper into the camp. He noticed the pens where deviants were kept in had been completely rid of the machines. Still, Markus kept looking around him and the chaos of gunfire for North or anyone from the infiltration team.
Out of nowhere, one of the humans shouted 'Stop! We surrender!'
Markus ordered the deviants to cease fire, while he began talking.
'Walk out unarmed with your hands behind your heads.'
One after another the humans walked out into the open, just in range for the deviants' guns.
'Stand in lines.'
They formed neat rows, careful not to make sudden moves as each saw the firearms trained on their bodies.
'On your knees.'
They did as told. Only then did Markus step out of cover and stood in front of them.
'Please… spare us...' one of them whispered. Markus felt only anger.
'Is your leader watching?'
'Yes...'
'Good.'
Open fire.
The deviants started shooting. Every bullet hit and every human fell, their bodies warped with holes, revealing more targets behind them for the deviants to murder. It was over as quickly as it had started. They didn't have time to run to try to save their lives.
Markus looked down on them, on the humans that tortured his people, and anger flared inside him. This was just the beginning of his journey. This was nothing compared to the carnage he was already planning to bring to the world – to humans. He, Markus, was going to massacre them all.
He looked up to see North scanning over the murder field, an unreadable expression on her face.
'North!' he ran across the bodies to her. 'You're okay.'
'Yeah, we… we noticed you weren't there too late so we fought. I guess we cornered them.'
'How many did we lose?'
'Several.'
Markus looked over her shoulder to see a bunch of androids looking at him hopefully. Most still had no skin, but that just made them all look more unified.
'We have a chance now. We can free more people now. We can win.'
'You didn't believe we could before?' North whispered only to him.
'It would have been difficult.'
North shook her head.
'Of course.'
Markus hugged North close to him. They stood in the middle of the androids, two leaders with conflicting thoughts circulating in their heads. Was this assault a success that sets the tone for future luck, or a failure unlike any they've seen before?
AN: I'm not the best at writing action/fight scenes, that's why I'm trying to keep them short, but sweet. Maybe once I'm more comfortable I'll have a huge battle including everyone eligible for dying. Wouldn't that be fun?
