I just stared, my eyes as wide as dinner plates. I'd seen someone die in front of me before, too many times too many, but it's still pretty horrific. I also kind of felt sorry for him. Gun wounds are horrible, and no one should ever have to die from them.
Eventually I looked up and saw Rex, Felicia and the Flock standing there, stunned expressions plastered on their faces.
"Is it over?" Rex asked uncertainly.
"Not yet," I said, glancing over at Saya. She was still standing there, her gun still pointed at the place where Commodore had been, "we still have to figure out what to do with her." I walked up to her, "Hey, are you all right?"
"Angel, be carefull," Gazzy said.
"Don't worry, I'll be alright," I said, turning to Gazzy. I turned back to Saya, "Are you OK?"
"N-no," she said meekly.
I touched her with my mind, trying to get a better picture of what was going on in her head. It was the strangest thing I'd ever felt. It was like there were two different halves, one being her human mind and the other being the robot half, but it felt as if they were both the same thing. It was like they were the same, but also like they were fighting with each other. Really weird.
"I was suppose to protect him, suppose to prevent him from dying, and now...." he voice trailed off. She put the gun to her head, "He gave me so much, I don't know how I'll ever forgive myself."
"Not with suicide you're not," I said quickly, bringing her arm away from her head. I tried to reason with her, "Look, you're obviously a very smart person, there has to be something that you can do instead." I thought for a minute, "What did you do before you worked with him?" She thougth for a moment, letting the gun hand at her side.
"I probably would have gone into the medical field," she said slowly. "Limb replacement."
"Angel," Gazzy interrupted, "she can wait, we should probably see if there are any Robo-models left."
"Don't bother, they've all been destroyed," Saya told Gazzy. "They communicated with each other on a dedicated wireless network."
"What about the clones?" Frannie asked.
"They're still alive, but they won't awaken for about two weeks."
"Wait a second," Rex interjected, "why are you being so helpful all of a sudden? You're suppose to be one of the bad guys."
"Everything I ever loved is gone now," she said solumnly, "it died with him. Besides, as Macross here has explained, my core programing has apearently been reversed, the least I can do now is help all of you."
"Ok, then help destroy this place." She sighed.
"Very well, do you still have the shock braclet that Stephen put on the little one?"
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"We were just going to use bombs," Iggy said.
"I doubt anything you brought with you would be powerful enough to destroy the entire complex," she said wearily. "There are a couple power junctions next to the main generator, if those were overloaded the chain reaction would destroy every part of this place."
"What are we waiting for, let's do it!" Felicia said enthusiastically. She tried to get up, but she fell down again when she tried to put weight on her hurt leg.
"Unless you all want to be destroyed in the explosion," Saya explained, "that would not be good idea. The remote for the bracelet has very limited range, you would still be fairly close to the generator when it blew." She knelt next to the late Dr. Commodore, then reached into his coat and withdrew the remote. "I'll stay here and do it, you take your friend and leave, or you'll be buried when the cavern collapses."
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