Updation! Well here's to more rising action and a cliffhanger.
Virginia, Mission Clock 4:27
The R.E.H.V.A.N.E. descended from the night sky and landed about two miles away from the Icarus Corp building. One by one the operatives departed from the R.E.H.V.A.N.E. Erika took out a B.O.N.G.O.S.K.O.P.E. and held it to her eyes.
"It may be night time, but the building appears to be jumping" Erika said to her team as she inspected the illuminated building from afar "they also have a bunch of guards to top it all off."
"Don't worry" Dillon said walking out of the R.E.H.V.A.N.E. holding a 2x4 weapon half his size in hand "we'll have something for them."
"What in the name of zero is that?" Erika asked a bit terrified. She was terrified of hi flying and now he had a weapon in his hands, this had bad written all over it.
"It isn't exactly street legal…but it's totally awesome" Dillon said lugging the duffle back on his back and holding the weapon by his side.
"Remember Dillon, this is a stealth mission, not a wreck and ruin" Mario said pulling his friend back from his destructive nature.
"Yeah that's my job!" Koda said juggling bags of M.A.R.B.L.E.s.
"Cut the chatter, it's time to get too work" Kim said dead serious. Everyone divided into three teams and then went their separate ways.
"Why did Kim pair me up with you" Erika said disdainfully as she cast her assigned teammate a glare.
"Quit your complaining we have a job to do" Dillon muttered as he and Erika made their way towards the Icarus Corp building. It wasn't long before they reached a hill that was near the building. "This is our entry point" Dillon said dropping the duffle bag on the grassy hill.
"So I'm guessing we'll be entering through the use of my marksmanship?" Erika said taking out her bow and an arrow.
"Be my guess" Dillon then took out a tripod and stabbed it into the ground. Erika handed him a cord which he wrapped around the tripod. "You may fire when ready Madame Nags A lot."
"That better not have thrown off my aim" she said lowered her bow and pulled back the arrow. When she was certain she was going to hit the target, she let go of the string and sent the arrow racing towards the side of the wall. The arrow impaled the side of the building, right above an open window.
"I take it you've done that before" the Sector Q operative said placing his weapon above the cord that now lead to the arrow.
"Yes, on several occasions" Erika smirked.
"You alright Carmine?" Edward asked the helmeted operative.
"Yeah…just worrying about my brothers" Carmine responded hesitantly.
"How so?" Edward asked as he, Carmine, and Koda sneaked through a couple of bushes.
"They all want to join the KND but…what'll happen if this guy succeeds?"
"He won't" Koda said in a rare serious tone "not while we can stop him." The three operatives then came to a halt as they heard two trucks come to a halt nearby. They then poked their heads through a bush to see a bunch of men unloading crates off the trucks. "Now what can those be?"
"Tagged" Kim said before dispatching two guards with blow darts.
"Nice job" Mario said taking aim. He pulled the trigger and sent a wad of pre-chewed gum soaring towards a security camera, covering it on impact. "Would you care to go first baldy?"
"Just because I'm bald doesn't give you the right to make fun of it" Kim said walking to the door the two guards were guarding.
"Can't you take a joke? Who knows maybe a bald kid will be the best of us all" Mario thought aloud as Kim severed the alarm to the door.
"An interesting but unlikely thought" Kim said pushing the door open "would you care to enter and possibly be a bullet sponge?"
"Yeah like people actually use bullets in this universe" Mario scoffed as he entered the building followed by Kim.
Dillon slammed the adult into the wall, knocking him unconscious. Erika caught the adult before he crashed into the floor; she dragged him over to a supply closet and threw him into it. She closed the door and put a chair under the door handle, making almost impossible for the closet to be open from the inside.
Dillon walked to his discarded weapon and hefted it up to his side. "Now where were we, oh yeah that's right, breaking and entering."
"We're lucky no alarm has gone off, especially since you keep smashing people face first into stuff" Erika said slapping Dillon in the back of the head "now come on search one of the computers."
They were in a room with a computer on every desk; luckily nothing was damaged in the scuffle. Erika pulled up a chair and activated one of the computers. Dillon did the same. They both skimmed through each computers files, neither on having anything clue as to where this machine was.
"Ugh! We don't even know what to search for!" Erika slammed her fist onto the desk.
"Will you keep it down" Dillon held his index finger up to his mouth. He then turned his attention back to the computer screen in front of him and cast it a glare that would have made the king of nightmares hide in a dark corner. "I doubt any of these computers would have what we need."
"I agree" Erika said getting up from her seat "I guess we'll need to find Icarus' personal computer to get the info we need."
"Then by all means" Dillon said opening the door leading out of the room "ladies first."
"Watch the cargo Bill!" an adult yelled to his coworker, who was lifting heavy boxes off one of the trucks. "The boss wanted these prototypes delivered to him in less than thirty minutes, and I'm sure he'd off us all if even one of these things were to break."
"What in the name of zero are in those things" Koda pointed to the crates the men were unloading from the trucks.
"Whatever they are, they can't be good" Carmine said earning acknowledging nods from his teammates.
"Are these the prototypes?" an old man said catching the attention of the three hidden operatives.
"Yes Mr. Icarus, they were repurposed to Mr. McNeil's instruction" the adult in charge responded nervously to Icarus.
"Good, crack one out, I want to see what they can do." The adults dropped one of the crates on the ground and took out a pair of crowbars. They stabbed into the crates and leveled the top, the sides then fall over, revealing a metallic body rolled up into a ball.
"Unit 001 online!" Icarus shouted causing the metal ball to begin moving. As hinges unhinged and limbs sprouted, the ball grew in size as it revealed itself to be a robot, with a blaster firmly attached to its back. "Now Unit 001 acknowledge."
"Unit 001 acknowledges" the robot said from an internal speaker within its metal frame.
"Good, now show us what you can do" Icarus said taking a few steps back.
Unit 001 turned around to face the forest near the building. The blaster attached to its back whined as it unplugged from the robots body. The blaster flipped out and landed in the robots cold yet eager servos. The robot quickly blasted into a nearby tree and then bodies of squirrels and birds fell, landing on the cold dirt floor.
"Excellent" Icarus said clapping his hands. The old and seemingly fragile Icarus waved a hand in front of Unit 001's face plate, "Tell me, how did it execute those wild life without eyes?"
"Well sir" one of the adults spoke up nervously "the robots have built in sonic sensors, allowing them to map out everything around them to the finest detail."
"Excellent, how many of these do we have at the moment?"
"Ten with us now and much, much more being mass produced as we speak" the nervous adult said twitching a little.
"Yes excellent" Icarus said walking off "activate the others and tell them to be on the lookout for children snooping around the facility."
"Wait, do you wish to see what else Project Zeta wishes to offer" the adult asked Icarus nervously.
"No, I have a plan to oversee" Icarus said walking to a waiting helicopter.
"You heard Mr. Icarus" an adult with a the name 'Lou' on a name tag said to the others "he wants these machines up and running and to watch out for kids." The adults then cracked open all of the other crates, revealing nine other robots identical to Unit 001.
"Wait…" Edward began "if those things can map out everything using sound…"
"Units 001 – 010, your orders are to terminate all children within building or its perimeter!"
"Then won't they be able to see us even when we are behind cover?" Carmine finished.
The ten robots then twitched and turned towards the bush Carmine, Edward and Koda were hiding behind. "Terminate all children" Unit 001 said as he and the other nine robots rose their blasters at the bush.
BLARG!
