And before anyone could think twice about it, the robots all came crashing in. The doors were knocked down, windows were smashed from outside and ceilings were caved in. Already the majority of HQ was under MAD's control, they were greatly outnumbered, but not necessarily outwitted much. Robots ferociously clashed with other agents in a literal fight to the death. One false move and every agent in the room would be a part of MAD's army. Penny clashed with one of the robots head to head, growling as she sliced its head off with the help of her codex, grabbing it in her hand "sheesh this is serious- MAD could actually pull this off-" she mumbled. But she was getting sidetracked, no way could MAD outsmart her. Kayla kicked another robot right in its chest and punched right through it, goodness, Penny had never seen her so strong before. They were doing surprisingly well, a lot of the robots had been taken care of, however, it was just as Claw said. Suddenly, each and every robot in the room began to glow infra red. They looked hungry for blood. Specifically, their blood. Penny felt her whole body freeze up, she had no clue what to do in this situation, and she assumed that the worst was yet to come. Each of them turned their heads in synchronisation towards the fearful agent, a murderous intent set upon them all. She felt her breath begin to hitch and her chest heaving. Cmon Penny, don't have a panic attack now- it'll only give them more of an advantage, she thought to herself. As they were about to aim their guns towards her, a miracle happened. In the form of an inspector
"WOSERSSSSSS!!" Yelled gadget as he came crashing through the window, landing with a thud on top of the group of robots "oh hello Penny!! I Wondered where you'd gone! Who're your friends??" He asked, referring to the robots. Penny gave a sigh as she and Kayla both exchanged disappointed looks. However, while Gadget was unaware, a robot was slowly making its way towards him, aiming its gun. Penny felt her whole throat close up in fear, her eyes widening
"Uncle gadget look out!!" She yelled, her voice choked up. The bullet was immediately released, darting towards the clueless inspector. When all seemed to be over, the chief leapt into action and dived in front of his life long friend, taking the bullet right through his chest. It was inevitable. There was no way he'd made it out of that alive. In agony he let out a bloodcurdling scream, dropping to the floor as his vision became blurred. Gadget was frozen in fear, normally nothing triggered him, he was too oblivious when things happened. But this. This was different. Blood dripping from his boss' wound, his eyes struggling to stay open. It broke him. Tearing up, Gadget dropped down to his knees, pressing his forehead to the Chief's. It made his blood run cold to feel the pulse of his friend's heart slowing down
"C-chief...talk to me...say something..." he cried out shakily, taking both of his hands in his and holding them tight. The chief coughed and spluttered a little, some blood droplets dripping down his mouth as he looked up at Gadget, his whole body trembling.
"Gadget...we've been through a lot you and I..." he whispered out breathlessly, a sad chuckle escaping his trembling lips "all good things come to an end though right?...just like today...hehe..." he was struggling to keep his eyes open, he was edging closer to the end. Gadget felt his own lip tremble, trying to hold back his tears
"We have chief...we really have... b-but I don't wanna say goodbye..." he whispered, leaning as close as he could. Penny had tears streaming down her own cheeks as she crouched beside her weeping uncle, wrapping her arms around him comfortingly. Kayla in the meantime was fighting off some more robots to bide them some time, along with a couple other non infected agents. Soon, the chief spoke up again
"Gadget...I don't want you to mourn over me...I want you to live your life and be the best you can be...just like I always knew you could..." he coughed and smiled up at his associate. "Make HQ proud...save us all from this dreaded war...I know you can...I believe in you..." this only made Gadget more and more choked up, his face turning pale and his eyes full of heartbroken tears. He then turned to Penny "Penny...you've grown up so much...I remember the day you first joined us at HQ...and how determined you were...now look at you...a full time agent standing by her uncle...your parents would be so proud of you...and I know they are..." he whispered and took her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. Penny sniffled and gripped onto his hand like she never wanted to let go again
"And you'll be with them soon...you can tell them all about it the crazy adventures we've had...the countless times you've blown up...all the memories we've shared..." she whispered as the two of them pressed their foreheads against his head. The chief had the biggest smile on his face, he was about to die a happy man with two of his favourite people beside him. Slowly, his eyes began to close as his body stiffened. As he drew his final breath, he heard a faint
"We love you..." drawn from Gadget's lips. And that was it. He was gone. Gadget slowly let go of his lifeless body as tears continued working their way down his cheeks. Penny pulled him into a tight embrace and buried her face into the crook of his neck, sighing shakily
"It's okay Uncle Gadget...he's safe now...nobody can ever hurt him again..." she whispered reassuringly. The two both pulled back with smiles on their faces, nodding before realisation hit. "Wait a minute- any person shot becomes a-" she screamed as the chief began to rise from the ground in a now bloodthirsty robot form. He immediately pulled out his built in gun and pinned her to the wall, ready to shut. She desperately wriggled but his grip was extremely tight.
"HANDS OFF MY NIECE!!" Gadget yelled as he grabbed the robot viscously, using his bare hand to rip the head from its mechanical body. With a great thud it fell to the ground. Penny dropped down and grabbed her neck, panting as she tried to catch her breath back
"Thanks for the save Uncle Gadget..." she whispered as he helped her to her feet. The two were now stood back to back, kicking heads off robots and tearing them to pieces. Robot parts were now scattered all around the room, it looked like a wreckage site. It seemed the numbers were increasing now, in multiple areas "we're gonna have to split up...Kayla you go with my uncle, see how many you can rip apart. I need to find Talon.." she mumbled and scrambled towards the door
"You got it Penn!!" Kayla smiled as she and Gadget began to ward off the robots. Penny raced into the holo room to scope the area. She hadn't heard much commotion in there, but in all honesty she didn't care. She was extremely worried for Talon. After hearing him almost open up to her earlier, she couldn't bare to see him that way. Maybe she could reach out to him, try to make him see that all this is wrong. She'd give anything to have him quit working for MAD and join her. It brought her back to the first day they met. How many times had she thought about that special moment??? He had his hair down too- she wished he did it more often. But she had to question. Was she the only one in love??? Or did he feel the same???
"All by yourself pretty Penny~? That's dangerous~" came a voice. And there he was. His hair was slightly messy from all the running about, but nevertheless he looked as handsome as he always did. She walked over to him, her eyes full of confusion. He raised an eyebrow, why wasn't she trying to defend herself?? Did he know what surprise was awaiting her outside the door?? She hesitated before taking both of his hands, staring up into his chestnut coloured eyes
"Talon...why are you doing this?...I can see how much you're hurting... when you talked about pain earlier I couldn't help but notice you were talking about your own experience...why..? Why won't yo talk to me?..." she asked, tilting her head as she leant close "I know how you feel...we could help each other...I would listen to you...you could listen to me..I know how much you must have loved your parents dearly...I loved mine too...more than you could imagine...that's why we have to stick together..." she had tears in her eyes once again, her hands trembling "Talon...I...I love you..." she whispered in a shaky tone, pressing her forehead against his chest. Talon went wide eyed as he stared down at the blonde agent embracing him, he could feel her tears staining his hoodie. He loved her, he really did, he wanted nothing more than to be with her. He wished day in day out he could. But he couldn't. His uncle would murder him if he found out. He gently pushed her away, earning a confused squeak from Penny.
"I'm sorry." He whispered under his breath, a cold look on his face. "But it seems this is a one sided feeling." And with that, he sent in all the robots, jetting out the room, leaving Penny heartbroken and betrayed.
