Don't ask how long it's been since I've updated this fic, but I've finally
been inspired to do some more. But don't expect Chapter 4, or else you'll
be waiting until
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Adventures- Chapter 3
The alarms flared unceasingly, and that could mean only one thing... Sentinels! "Shit, shit, shit!" Was all Phoenix managed to get out. Beam and Rio rushed to the turrets and Razor rushed to the cockpit of the hovercraft.
Sentinels, the robotic hunter-killers of the machines rushed towards the ship. Almost as soon as the first 'squiddie' latched onto the hull, machine guns fired up and blasted it into scrap. Unfortunately, sentinels rarely hunt alone, the attack in huge packs, hundreds of the things converging on a single item of prey and ripping it into scrap.
Rio and Beam were determined to prevent that from happening. They fired insanely into the mass of metal, sentinels falling away in groups of ten at a time, but it was too late, they had ripped into one of the turrets, gnashing away at the construction. The twin-linked machine guns continued to fire, until Beam realised what was happening, the turret was ripped away, revealing a mass of the metal beasts forcing their way into the hovership.
"FUCK! They're in the ship!" Beam screamed out, rushing away from the turret controls. She had made it into the control room of the ship, where Apex was waiting with a plasma gun. The plasma fire of it warmly welcomed the sentinels who followed Beam. About 15 or so of them were brought down, but still they wouldn't relent, Apex and Beam were getting desperate, Phoenix was cowering, Rio was running out of ammo and Razor was running out of tunnels to pilot through.
It was a risky move, but Apex decided that the only way out was an EMP pulse, problem was, he'd no idea how far away from Zion they were, and being out of action a long distance from Zion was a bad idea. "Beam, take this, hold 'em off, I'm going for the EMP controls!" Apex decided it was the only way. He made a mad dash to the controls but a sentinel that had forced its way through the hull blocked his path. It reared its head above the mass of metallic tentacles and fired its laser at Apex, burning a small, but excruciating wound into his leg. Apex fell to the floor screaming in pain. Beam turned the plasma gun on the Sentinel, and activated the EMP herself.
Nearly 150 Sentinels 'died' in the moments after Beam pressed the button of the EMP. An electro-magnetic-pulse blew the circuitry of the Sentinels, rendering them useless. Unfortunately, it also rendered the ship inoperable, at least for a time. But they were all vulnerable until then and Apex was badly injured.
"Jesus Christ! This Fucking hurts!" Apex was clearly in a lot of pain. "You shouldn't be speaking like that young man!" Despite her worry for his injuries, Beam still didn't approve of a fourteen-year-old boy speaking like that. "For Christ's sake, I've just been shot in the leg by a robotic killing machine and you're worried about my fucking language?"
"Okay enough! Let's just get that wound wrapped up and get you out of the control room, we'll just have to wait a couple of hours for the ship to start up again." Razor had come out of the cockpit and began promptly taking charge of the situation. Rio and Phoenix walked into the central room of the ship, Rio from the turrets and Phoenix from his hiding place, wherever that was. "Well, now that we know we're all alive, what're we going to do until the EMP wears off?" Phoenix said, relieved that his guts weren't strewn across the ship. Beam was the first to reply. "I dunno, how about I find something to beat you up about?"
---And so the Adventure Goes On---
Adventures- Chapter 3
The alarms flared unceasingly, and that could mean only one thing... Sentinels! "Shit, shit, shit!" Was all Phoenix managed to get out. Beam and Rio rushed to the turrets and Razor rushed to the cockpit of the hovercraft.
Sentinels, the robotic hunter-killers of the machines rushed towards the ship. Almost as soon as the first 'squiddie' latched onto the hull, machine guns fired up and blasted it into scrap. Unfortunately, sentinels rarely hunt alone, the attack in huge packs, hundreds of the things converging on a single item of prey and ripping it into scrap.
Rio and Beam were determined to prevent that from happening. They fired insanely into the mass of metal, sentinels falling away in groups of ten at a time, but it was too late, they had ripped into one of the turrets, gnashing away at the construction. The twin-linked machine guns continued to fire, until Beam realised what was happening, the turret was ripped away, revealing a mass of the metal beasts forcing their way into the hovership.
"FUCK! They're in the ship!" Beam screamed out, rushing away from the turret controls. She had made it into the control room of the ship, where Apex was waiting with a plasma gun. The plasma fire of it warmly welcomed the sentinels who followed Beam. About 15 or so of them were brought down, but still they wouldn't relent, Apex and Beam were getting desperate, Phoenix was cowering, Rio was running out of ammo and Razor was running out of tunnels to pilot through.
It was a risky move, but Apex decided that the only way out was an EMP pulse, problem was, he'd no idea how far away from Zion they were, and being out of action a long distance from Zion was a bad idea. "Beam, take this, hold 'em off, I'm going for the EMP controls!" Apex decided it was the only way. He made a mad dash to the controls but a sentinel that had forced its way through the hull blocked his path. It reared its head above the mass of metallic tentacles and fired its laser at Apex, burning a small, but excruciating wound into his leg. Apex fell to the floor screaming in pain. Beam turned the plasma gun on the Sentinel, and activated the EMP herself.
Nearly 150 Sentinels 'died' in the moments after Beam pressed the button of the EMP. An electro-magnetic-pulse blew the circuitry of the Sentinels, rendering them useless. Unfortunately, it also rendered the ship inoperable, at least for a time. But they were all vulnerable until then and Apex was badly injured.
"Jesus Christ! This Fucking hurts!" Apex was clearly in a lot of pain. "You shouldn't be speaking like that young man!" Despite her worry for his injuries, Beam still didn't approve of a fourteen-year-old boy speaking like that. "For Christ's sake, I've just been shot in the leg by a robotic killing machine and you're worried about my fucking language?"
"Okay enough! Let's just get that wound wrapped up and get you out of the control room, we'll just have to wait a couple of hours for the ship to start up again." Razor had come out of the cockpit and began promptly taking charge of the situation. Rio and Phoenix walked into the central room of the ship, Rio from the turrets and Phoenix from his hiding place, wherever that was. "Well, now that we know we're all alive, what're we going to do until the EMP wears off?" Phoenix said, relieved that his guts weren't strewn across the ship. Beam was the first to reply. "I dunno, how about I find something to beat you up about?"
---And so the Adventure Goes On---