Mlaatr: Project Reqium

Chapter 7

After school, Mike and Jenny went to find Brad. Sheldon and John had followed them, and the former was now talking a mile a minute. "Sheldon, could you stop it?" Jenny moaned exasperatedly. Sheldon complied with the demand and shut up.

Suddenly, they heard Tuck and Brad screaming. This was followed by demented, shrieking roars. "What the hell was that?" John yelped. "Come on!" Jenny ordered. They raced to the forest and charged in.

They arrived to see a tall droid throw Tuck at a tree. Mike, Jenny, and John got out their weapons and pointed them at it. The robot stared amusedly before attacking them. He twirled his staff and knocked them all down with a few sweeps.

Brad jumped onto the robot's back and started pounding it. The 'bot roared and flung him off before being blasted and shot by the others. When it got up, it rasped weakly "Pathetic fools. You think you've won? I've got what I came for. Your destruction shall come soon enough."

With those parting words, it retreated and slipped away into the trees. Mike lowered his SMGs and sat down with the others. "Well, that was eventful." Drake joked. No one laughed.

When Jenny and Mike went home, they told Nora everything. She frowned as they described the droid's retreating words. "That DOES sound odd." She agreed. "Better keep an eye out for him, XJ-9. He certainly seems dangerous, and I don't mean normal dangerous either." Nora added. "Got it, mom." Jenny assured her.

Somewhere nearby, the droid was watching the house's lights dim. He snarled as he repaired himself, "So…..they think they can stop what's coming? Heh heh heh. They'll never know what hit them. Soon,…the Cluster will burn this miserable excuse for a planet to the ground!"