It wasn't as cold as it was a few days ago. The landscape was actually quite nice when you didn't have to worry about getting lost. Vena was actually a good tour guide, pointing out major landmarks and features while we were making our way to the lab. "Well, the reason we are going to the lab, is because thats where the attacks started and thats where the last recorded trace of them lead." Vena replied, keeping her eyes on the target. The research lab coming quickly into view.
"You sure we should be tackling this with only five people with little to no surveillance? Who knows what we could be running into? It could be a trap, did anyone stop to consider that?" I asked worried since we haven't met any resistance since we first got here.
"You're panicking Aqua. Calm down, I'm sure that everything is fine. Besides you've got your ancient swords and plasma gun. Kelly's got heat seeking throwing daggers and a plasma gun. Kaitlyn has her extendible and quite conveniently retractable long bow with tranquilizing, heat seeking, explosive, and energy disrupting arrows. The best is always last with with my Energy whip, along with my war hammer that does immense damage." He gloated, but then received a nice slap to his face from me first, then Kelly, and then Kaitlyn, and I finished up with ANOTHER one to his face for good measure.
He was rubbing his sore cheek, the rest of the way there. We stopped a mile before the research lab and all got out. Then we started the trek to the lab. We were almost to the gates when we got ambushed. I told George that this was a bad idea! I started firing my ammo at robot that came our way. Same went for the others. "George! Get Vena out of here RIGHT NOW and tell PHD what happened. We will cover you! Don't stop running!" I shouted and continued to fire at the incoming swarm of robots. I guessed that they made it out safely because after an hour after I guessed that they left we got backup.
There were roughly about four jets with twenty fighters in each of them. But the guard robots just kept on coming. It took the PHD agents about another two hours of fighting behind some rock/ice formations. Kaitlyn, myself, and Kelly got pulled out of the battle almost as soon as the PHD agents arrived. I could have gone AT LEAST another thirty minutes without overexerting myself. I told Kaitlyn grumpily.
Well that's not what the technicians said. They said another twenty minutes we would be shaking and starting to feel fatigued, and thirty minutes we would be collapsed on the ground and either taken prisoner or killed. She replied, the last few words filled with worry.
Still! I feel completely and utterly useless right now! I mean now they are just starting to make progress! I shouted back.
So do I, but we are PHD's top agents. We are among the top priority, and if that means that we are kept on the sidelines to make sure we remain safe. Then so be it, I really don't want to listen to Valael complain later. Besides, be thankful that we are allowed to go on the exploration mission. She told me calmly.
Ok then mother! I'll calm down. I crossed my arms and I wasn't enjoying it. Not one bit of it, I hate feeling useless. But dealing with a ticked off Valael is worse. So I just sat there waiting for them to finish. I reloaded and restocked my ammo for my plasma gun while I waited for the last few survivors to be gunned down. I'd still like to know what caused the defense robots to go all crazy on us.
After all of the robots had their memory banks copied, then the clean up team started to work on the derbies. Everyone else armed with some sort of weapon went inside. Though me, Kaitlyn, and Kelly were in the front. With George and Vena behind us. There were quite a few traps that were sprung on us while we were making our way into the main lab. We met a few on our way. But we had the quickly sedated and tied up so they couldn't do anymore damage.
As soon as we reached the main control room, there was a quick fight but eventually we got all of them off-line and safely confined so they were not threat to anyone. I immediately went for the computer and started to hack into it. It took me a good half an hour to forty five minutes to finish because these A.I's were security freaks. I mean four different levels with each having six to seven locks that I had to break.
But the minute that I finished there were roughly twenty human scientists that entered the room. I looked up from my work and saw there eyes. They were all a golden shade. Thats not natural for a human, even in the year 2119. I held my hand up to tell the others to hesitate. "Shoot, but make sure all guns are on stun. Something doesn't seem right." I calmly said following my own orders.
These guys are unstoppable! We have been fighting for well over and hour, but every time we knock one down they get right back up. This is an unstoppable army! We have tried every single frequency on our guns. Then Vena came up with a great idea," how about mixing both the components of the machine and the human stun gun and shooting at them? That just may work!" Vena shouted, pushing another scientists off of her. I nodded to the other PHD members and they re-adjusted their guns and started firing. Now we were making progress.
"Keep it up guys, we need to push these humans hybrid things back so that way we can get the data I need to figure out what caused this mess and so we can go home!" I shouted and ran over to the computer I was working on. I pulled out one of my USB sticks and plugged it in. After searching for a few minutes I found some interesting files that involve nano-bots, the human brain, and E.O.M.S. I copied everything over from the computer and onto the USB stick and then wiped all of the other computers clean. "I've got it guys lets get out of here!" I shouted, men grabbing the unconscious A.I's and human hybrid things so that way the PHD doctors/ technicians can look at them to figure out what caused this insanity.
On our way back I had the pleasure of lecturing the others about how I was right and they were wrong. So, because of that George has to wear pink wings and a tutu while not on a mission for the next week. Vena I let off the hook because all she did was drive us, Kelly and Kaitlyn has to do all of my homework for the next month and get me free manicures, pedicures, and massages for the next two months.
I wasn't going to let them forget this very quickly if not at all. I smiled when we landed, I dropped the USB off in Valael's office then I went home to my nice warm bed. I took my shoes off and collapsed on my bed, exhausted. Then I fell asleep, wondering what E.O.M.S really does stand for.