4. Saving the Day

Sissy pulled the trigger. The shotgun setting had more recoil than she had anticipated, and the blast took the gates clear off their hinges. Alarms started going off.

"Heh, shoulda figured Johnny would go for overkill." Drawing the slide again, she charged in.

Several robotic security drones came after her, and she blasted the first one. Unfortunately, the armor on the drones was tougher than the gate, and it was only knocked back before getting up and coming again.

"Shit!" Sissy cursed, then twisted the slide. She came to an ammo that mentioned piercing effects, cocked the slide, aimed, and fired.

This ammo didn't give as much kickback, and the shot was smaller. It punched right through the target, though, leaving a rather big hole. The drone tumbled over.

"Sweet!" Sissy cocked the weapon again, and proceed to take down the drones one at a time.

It was a long, hard fight getting through the base, and several times she had to find somewhere to hide while the gun cooled down or recharged. She was glad Johnny had made the gun so sturdy, because there were a couple of times where her only option had been to use it as a club to bash in the head units of the security drones. It was a surprisingly effective strategy.

"This is starting to feel like a pretty awesome video game," Sissy commented to herself. "I'm beginning to understand why Johnny always liked doing things like this so much. I just wish the stakes weren't so high."

FInally, she came to the center of the base. Facing her...was the biggest robotic cat she had ever seen.

"Well...I guess this must be the boss fight. YAH!" She leaped back as it struck. She evaded the strike...mostly. The tip of the claws tore her shirt off. "Son of a bitch!" she screamed, and she fired on the beast.

Unfortunately, the armor on this robot was even tougher, and fit together without leaving a visible seam. The most the armor piercing rounds did was dent it. Sissy got to dodging, while desperately searching for a weak point.

"What am I going to do...wait! That's it!" Taking a close look at the beast, she changed the ammo type and fired.

A burst of light erupted when the ammo impacted against the robot's face, right between the optics. It reared back, temporarily blinded, and Sissy ran forward. Twisting the slide, she came to the ammo labeled "Discharge: use only in emergency, shoot only up." Sliding beneath the robot, she cocked the slide, pointed up...and fired.

The gun released a huge beam of energy straight up that tore through the robot...and kept going. It tore through the roof. The beam continued on up into space. She couldn't see where it eneded up. Sitting down, she breathed heavily as she waited for the gun to recharge. That shot had taken all remaining energy, and the gun was hot to the touch, definately overheated. As it started to cool, she suddenly heard a scream.

"JOHNNY!" Getting up she charged towards the scream, she came to a door. Without hesitation, she kicked it down.

Inside, Mr. Mittens was clawing away at Johnny's back for all he was worth. Blood poured from the many gashes, and Johnny was plainly fading. Pointing the gun, she shouted, "BACK OFF, KITTY!"

Mr. Mittens turned, then hoped down, an evil smirk on his face. "You won't shoot me. You're a card carrying member of the PETA. You'd never stoop so low as to shoot an animal."

"Shut up, you f***er." She twisted the slide, pulled it back and fired, all in one smooth motion.

Mr. Mittens reared back in shock...and froze. Stunned, for 24 hours. She ran to Johnny. "Are you okay?" She started to untie him.

"...angel..."

"What?"

"...I must be dying...an angel's come to take me to heaven..."

Sissy blushed, hen finished untieing him. "No angel, Johnny, just me. It's Sissy, and I need you to hold on, I'll get you out of here and back home. Then we can treat your injuries." Hoisting him, she made her way out of the building and back to her entry point. Susan and Mary were there waiting. The hovercraft they'd brought to come help was fll of weapons...and their latest medical technology. "Whaddaya know...the cavalry's here." Setting Johnny down on a med table in the craft, the events of the day caught up to Sissy, and she collapsed on top of him as exhaustion claimed her.