Back in Boston, Becka and Harper had made their way to the floor on which the two Nietzchean soldiers were manning the fearsome guns.
"Becka, I think it would be best if we split up." Harper said. "You take out the Uber in the room down that way, and I'll go this way and take care of the other one."
"Sounds good to me." Becka said. "I'll meet you back here at the top of the stairs after I've taken care of business."
"Got it." Harper said. Harper started to head down the hall toward his target, but he stopped and turned around. "Becka, be careful."
"I'm always careful Harper." Becka said.
They both turned away from each other and quickly but quietly made their way down to opposite ends of the hall.
During this same time, six of Harper and Becka's team had entered the ground floor of the Hall. They methodically entered one room and then another, clearing them of any Ubers present.
Harper stood outside the room and could hear the sound of the massive gun being fired. He knew that every second he delayed, more of his friends were possibly dying.
As the gun continued blasting away, Harper entered the room. The noise of the gun covered the sound of his footsteps, so that even the best Nietzchean ears couldn't hear him. Harper raised his gauss gun and aimed it at the Nietzchean.
Suddenly the gun ceased making any noise. It had run out of ammo and needed reloaded. The Uber turned around to get more ammunition, but saw Harper standing with his gun pointed directly at him.
The Nietzchean reached for a pistol that was on his gun belt, but he wasn't fast enough.
Harper stood over the Nietzchean, that was now lying dead on the floor.
"Stupid Uber." Harper said, shaking his head. "Real stupid. Did you really think that you could draw your gun before I pulled the trigger?"
Harper picked up the case of ammo for the big gun and loaded it.
"I guess you weren't as smart as you were ugly."
Harper got behind the gun and sighted out the window, down at the soldiers fighting below. He could see parts of his team and the Ubers. A few of his squad members were pinned down and another small group of Nietzcheans were attempting to flank them.
"I don't think so." Harper said as he pulled the trigger.
The Nietzchean soldiers that had been attempting to surround Harper's team began falling dead, as bullets from the large gun shot through their bodies. The ones that didn't die immediately were confused. Why were their gunners firing on them?
After stopping that group of Ubers, Harper turned the gun on any Nietzcheans that he could spot. Finally the gun was once again out of ammo and Harper decided to see if Becka needed help. He turned around and saw Becka standing in the doorway.
"You done?" She asked.
"Yeah." Harper said. "Let's go." Harper felt somewhat ashamed of himself for what he had done. Not for saving his team but for shooting the other Ubers. He realized it wasn't the fact that he had killed them that made him feel bad, but the fact that he seemed to enjoy it. A thought occurred to him. "Am I any better than them?"
"Come on Harper." Becka said. "Since we're up here, let's check the rooms and make sure there aren't anymore nasties lurking about."
"Right behind you Becka. I got your back."
Harper and Becka proceeded to search each room but found that all of them, save for the two rooms that housed the two guns and gunmen, were empty.
All right!" Harper said. "Let's see how things are coming along back outside."
They started back down the stairs and were met by the squad members that had just finished clearing the first floor of all hostiles.
"It's all clear up there." Becka told them.
"Yeah." Harper agreed. "But it wouldn't hurt to have a couple of our guys manning those guns.
"It might be a good idea to have two per room." Becka said. "One to operate the gun and another to watch their back." Becka said this recalling how easy it was to sneak up on the Uber while he was firing the loud gun.
"Don't worry." One of the soldiers said. "We can handle it."
Four squad members continued up the stairs, while the other two joined Harper and Becka.
When Becka and Harper exited Faneuil Hall, they noticed that there was many more resistance troops fighting. Harper spotted Rhade and his squad, Brendan's team, and Rommie and Rick's team accompanied by a group of freed and armed ex-prisoners.
AS they ran to join the rest of their teams and dove for cover, the big guns began once again firing, raining death down on any Nietzchean unfortunate enough to be in range.
"Becka." Harper said.
"Yeah Harper!" Becka replied as she shot an Uber that was getting a little too close to their position.
"I don't see Brendan."
"I'm sure he's ok Harper." Becka said.
Harper saw a couple Ubers heading toward the Hall.
"Becka, check them out."
"They must have figured out that they no longer control the guns up there."
"You take the one in front and I'll get the other one." Harper said.
"Got it!"
Seconds later two Nietzcheans neared the front door, but fell dead on the ground before they could take that first step inside.
"Good shooting Boss!"
"You too Shorty!"
It began to seem like they were evenly matched. The Ubers being unable to reenter the Hall and take back possession of their guns, pulled back to a position where the guns wouldn't benefit the resistance fighters.
The battle had been raging on for many hours. It would soon be morning. Harper began to notice signs of exhaustion in many of his fighters. He also knew that the Ubers could go a lot longer before needing to rest. They had to end this soon if they intended to win.
At that moment Harper saw a group of Nietzcheans destroyed as the spot where they had been standing was hit by a powerful energy blast. Harper turned around and saw where the blast had originated from.
Stomping towards his position was the planetary warbot, controlled by Eternity, firing all weapons at the enemy while playing Run Through The Jungle by CCR. She was accompanied on each side by Rommie and Rick firing gauss guns and force lances.
"All right!" Harper shouted. "Reinforcements have arrived!"
Rommie and Rick quickly made their way to Becka and Harper's position.
"How's it going Harper?" Rommie asked.
"We was pretty much at a stand still till you arrived." Harper said. "But I think with you three helping we should be able to end this soon."
"Any sign of Mephist?" Rick asked.
"None as far as I know." Harper said. "I expect he's hiding out somewhere waiting for his troops to take care of us. I really expected him to be in the Hall."
"Don't worry Harper." Becka said as she fired her gun. "We'll find him when the fighting is over. Dead or alive."
"I think it's time we pressed forward." Harper said. "Come on! Lets finish this!"
Rommie communicated to all squad leaders to advance against the enemy, preceded by the planetary warbot.
It was an awesome sight to behold. None of the people of Earth had ever seen anything quite like the large fighting robot. As it moved out ahead of them toward their enemy, it stirred up within the Earthers a sense of pride and confidence. In their hearts they realized what they were fighting for, and at this moment they believed that freedom was finally a possibility.
It was at this same time that Eternity decided to play a different song, one more fitting to their current situation. Androids, Earthers, and Ubers alike soon heard a different song blasting out from the warbot. Being a song of ancient Earth there wasn't many that recognized the song by Twisted Sister entitled We're Not Gonna Take It.