When Amy came to, looked to her right at the girl she now called "Cameron". A hard look revealed the girl asleep.

"Cameron."

Sleepily looking around, "What?"

"How long have we been out?"

"An hour maybe two."

Turning her body around to look at the sky, Amy sighed. "I miss the stars and the moon, I miss the light." "Everything is so dark here, I thought I'd

wake up in bed and realize this was all a nightmare."

"Despair is not useful for escape." Cameron stated so matter of factually.

"No but it's all I can feel, that and guilt. I coulda saved them, you know?" I should have saved them. I made a big mistake." I promised them I would not miss another birthday due to work. That I would be there, I lied."

"Not now." Cameron warned.

"Don't talk about loss, it won't help you escape."

"I want to give up so badly but can't." Amy whined.

"Survive, survive and fight back. Don't let them die in vain." A man spoke up four people over.

Amy kept remembering the screams on Judgment Day and the man's words they became her motto.

During the months Amy had healed from her interrogations and made several friends keeping her distance while the machines watched them.

When the machines left to have them sleep, they talked of freedom.

"So how are we going to distract them?" Cameron asked.

"I can do that." Amy answered.

"What?" Noticing everyone's stare.

"Was a Marine."

Cameron just nodded

Months passed before they could attempt an escape.

The machines had spent more and more time in the basement than checking on the prisoners.

"While the machines away the humans will play." Mia (one of Amy's friends) joked.

A jerk with her teeth and Cameron had unchained herself. Quickly she had released her floormates.

Moments later a commotion was heard as the machine returned to check them. Scurrying they returned to their positions on the floor making it seem they were still chained. They had not thought of the time, the sun was setting. They were to be unchained and herded outside.

"Oh crap."They all thought.

The machine went to unchain them and it noticed.

Drawing a gun the machine went to shoot Mia, Amy jumped up and with a swift kick to the head knocked the machine to the opposite and gun went off anyway shooting Amy in the gut. Looking down briefly she popped back up and charged the machine.

"Get out of here all of you!" Amy screamed.

Going hand to hand with the machine was not smart but Amy had a few tricks up her sleeve.
The machine shoved her against a wall and she retailed by kicking it in the head, knocking it backwards. After throwing herself on it's back she grabbed it's hair and pulled it back revealing its skull. Throwing her off of it the machine pursued her and she ran to the other wall. She ran up it and flipped herself onto it's back again. She head butted it until it's port cover came off. Reaching inside she pulled out it's CPU and a split second of curiosity later she fell to the floor her wounds taking her. Lying on her back she noticed a man with green eyes lifting her into his arms and running away from the camp as the sound of metal climbing the stairs got louder. The man ran faster to rejoin the others who were waiting a half mile down the road.

"What's happening?" Amy asked losing her ability to stay awake.

"You saved us." The man answered

"We are free."