Chapter 10
Sylux woke in a pool of blood, but the blood was not his own. He got on his knees, and saw what had become of the soldiers. All of them had been massacred; pieces strung everywhere.
He got on his feet, and headed for what seemed like a map displayed on an LCD screen. The map showed a layout of the complex. He checked some of the hangars for ships, but apparently they were all empty. He would have to search for awhile.
He opened the door, and lasers fired rapidly in his direction. Six laser turrets lined the entrance of the control center. Apparently he had found the easy way in. He jumped from behind the doorway, and fired a missile into the hall. He had destroyed one turret, and damaged another. The turrets fired rapidly, hitting Sylux in the torso, knocking him back.
Quickly, he switched to Lock jaw, and dashed into the hall. He laid some mines, blowing most of the hall to pieces. He reverted to normal, and the last remaining turret fired; hitting him square between the eyes. His head flew back, jarring his neck and giving him a head splitting headache.
The turret continued to hammer Sylux while he was down on the ground. He looked up, and raised his arm. He charged his power beam, and pulled the trigger; destroying the turret. He lay there, feeling like his head was going to explode. He stood very slowly, and staggered towards the exit. He found himself in the hangar, and it was completely empty. He dashed across the plaza to another hangar; unseen by any guards. He entered hangar 9, and still couldn't see any aircraft. Maybe there weren't any more left.
He heard heavy footsteps heading his direction, and leapt atop the hangar. A patrol robot stomped its way into hangar 13. Sylux scanned the plaza. It spread across 60 acres, not too bad for a docking bay. There were 13 hangars, all lined and placed neatly in sections of two. 13 stood by itself. Huge towers loomed over the plaza, but he didn't think the guards were exactly guarding. He would be looking all night for a ship; he should have studied the map more.
And then the suit responded immediately. It hacked into the system, and produced a highly detailed map of the plaza. He was shocked. This suit never ceased to amaze him. He searched the map, but hangars 1-12 were empty. But there was one ship in hangar 13, and it was logged simply as "Delano 7". That was his next target.
He quickly made his way there, and luckily he was already at hangar 9. He crept in the shadows, and arrived at hangar 13 thirty minutes later. He slowly opened a rusty door, and peered inside. Sitting in the middle of the hangar was a ship. He walked further in, and noticed the ship looked almost identical to his suit. The wings spanned 30 feet in front and back, and in the center was the cockpit. He noticed the ship looked eerily similar to his Lock jaw. The color was identical, and when he got close, the ship responded. The cockpit opened, and a glow began emanating from inside.
He approached the ship, but was stopped when the ground started trembling. Three patrol robots burst from walls on all sides, and another from beneath him. But the one in the ground wasn't a normal robot, it was the remains of the mech from the city.