Heh, I really like this chapter…

Chapter 6: Destination

They reached a tall hill, and climbed up. When they got to the top, Marianne pointed to the problem. In the middle of a dried up river, there was a steel wall of some sort. Tannish in color. Squall noticed the ones who built it. They looked like soldiers in camouflaged armor. A group of five. There were orange goggle shaped looking things on where the eyes should be. "We need to talk to them," Marianne told Squall. "They need to understand that they don't know what they're doing." "Let's go." Squall agreed as they were walking down the hill.

One of the soldier guys looked up and noticed the two intruders. "Look." it said in a mechanical like voice. It was close to human, but the way it sounded wasn't exactly human. Another robot, the same as the rest, ordered, "Seize them."

Marianne and Squall had obviously made out what they said. "I don't think they want to talk." Squall said. "Like I didn't know that," Marianne said sarcastically. The robots were running up the hill as Squall whipped out his gunblade. "Stay behind me, and you won't get hurt." he suggested as she did as she was told. The robots caught up to them and they were surrounded. "Thundara!" Squall shouted, putting his hand to his head, and throwing a strong lightning magic spell at one of the robo soldiers. It was electrocuted badly and stumbled back. The armor on the right arms on the rest of the bots slid back, showing a small gun. Squall and Marianne were zapped instantly. Squall fell face down with Marianne landing on her side on top of him, unconscious.

One of the robo soldiers acted like the head out of the four that remained functioning. "Seven-Seven-Four and Two-Three-Zero: You take Zero-Zero-Six to the Repairs Station. " it ordered. The two who were called obeyed and lifted their fallen comrade up from the ground. "Two-Nine-Five, carry the weapon wielder. I'll carry the other intruder." The head camouflaged robot picked up Marianne's limp body and flung her over its back. The other did the same with Squall, but only with one arm, carrying his gunblade in the other. "Interesting looking weapon…" said robot number Two-Five-Nine. In single file, they stepped back down the hill, where their dam was built…

Marianne awoke, eyes opening quickly as she noticed she was conscious. "Marianne," Squall's voice called to her. Came from her left. She tried to move over to him, but she couldn't move her wrists and feet. She saw what was going on for the both of them when she turned her head to her left. Squall was bound to a metal slab. His wrists and feet where locked onto it. She noticed her friend's sheath strapped to his belt. Empty. "Where's your gunblade?" she asked him in a worried tone of voice. "They took it from me…" he said, hatred towards the hostile robots that captured them.

Just then, a door on the wall in front of the slid automatically to the right. In stepped three robots. Two of the camouflaged ones that they've seen before, and the one in the middle had more bulk to its structure. The way it was designed kind of reminded Marianne of Samus, from the Metroid games she's heard about, but never got a chance to play them yet.

"Humans. It's been over twenty years since I've last seen them." the red one said, and did a gesture, moving one arm out to its side, signaling the other two's dismissal. Marianne didn't like the sound of that. Squall thought, I got a really bad feeling about this… "Listen, you don't understand! This forest is somehow connected to my mind, and if you don't take down that damn, this forest, and myself, will die!" Marianne said, quickly and direct to the point. This robot had a more superior intelligence, unlike the others. The red one was in charge.

"Is that so?" their captor asked, in a calm monotone voice for a male human voice. Its electronic speech sounded deeper than the ones they encountered outside. "Where are we?" Squall had to ask, noticing the different surroundings. The walls were steel, as well as the floor. To the left of the door the red bot came in, there was a large computer and keyboard. It was turned off. "This is my fort." the red one told both of them. "My drones have found you near the dam site." "Drones?" Squall quirked. Marianne was trying to get loose from the locks. "I created them, but humans have created me. My creators, and yourselves, may refer to me as…Blade Slater…" "Where are your creators?" Squall asked. "I destroyed them. I was too intelligent beyond their control, and wanted to shut me down. I didn't allow it." Blade Slater told them, always calm, same monotone of voice. Marianne and Squall's eyes grew wide with horror, immediately scared of being killed by this machine.

"I shall not annihilate you. That is in the past. My long term memory bank can remember it quite clearly." "We'd rather not hear your story," Marianne cut him off, shaking through her tears. "Very well." Blade Slater responded, looking towards her. "Yes… That reaction I remember. One of the female creators of me acted just like that." "Listen, we don't have TIME for conversation!" Squall fumed, patience growing really thin. "We need you to take that dam down, or my friend dies a slow death!" Marianne looked at him through the fear as Squall returned the expression, worried. "Are you saying this female is one with this planet?" Slater questioned, as he turned on the computer, pressed some buttons, and a compartment within the wall slid open, on the wall between the computer, and the door. "…Planet?" Squall and Marianne said at the same time, really spooked. "Bizarre…" Marianne commented.

The cyborg pulled out a jar full of dirt and pressed a button on the wall to close the compartment up. A part of the hip section of Blade Slater slid open, and it pulled out a thing that looked like one of those grocery store scanners. Marianne shut her eyes as Slater scanned her with the blue laser, and opened them when the jar was being scanned. Two beeps came from the robot as it placed the scanner device back into its hip. Slater checked the back of the scanner. "So it's true then. Very well." Marianne and Squall sighed in relief as Slater was walking back to the computer.

"Take down the dam. We won't be needing that for future use." Blade Slater ordered, the tone of its voice never changing. The intercom was turned off, as Slater walked back to Marianne. "What is your name?" it asked. "Marianne," she said, trying to sound brave. "I shall use this one for experimentation." Slater said. "NO!!!" Squall screamed, making Marianne jerk in shock by the sudden rising of his voice. "As for you, angry male," Blade Slater turned to him. "You'll might as well accompany her in the process. I want to learn more. Especially about the reproduction." "HELL NO!" Marianne yelled, definitely on Squall's side. "We will not be your fuckin' lab rats!" "You don't have a choice." Slater said, always calm, never did rise the tone of its voice. Perhaps this cyborgs was unable to do that.

"I have my own life THANK YOU!" Marianne snapped. "I have my own family back home! I'll be waking up soon, AWAY from this God awful place, and I'm taking Squall with me! My other half is at my planet, in a hospital. In a COMA!" "…Damn right!!" was all Squall could think of to answer.

Slater said nothing for a second, then, "This is supernatural here. Very interesting." As the evil menace stood in front of her, Marianne had to revolt. She spit right on the shiny surface of where a human's eyes should be on Slater's helmet like head. It looked just like the head of Samus. An metal set of tiny tongs came out of its head, holding an eyedropper, gathering up her saliva into it. "Thank you." Blade Slater said automatically. This metal head happened to have a crude sense of humor. She fumed as Squall cursed at the new enemy.