A scream pierced our mic systems so loudly my ears buzzed even after my eyes dilated back to normal. That had to have been the loudest, most crushing sound I had ever heard. I turned just in time to see a ton of floor come collapsing down onto what seemed to be a human being.

"John, over there!" I called as I took off at a dead run towards the rubble. I ran as fast as my legs would carry me, boosting out of the way of falling rubble. I shot down anything that attempted to go my direction. Then I saw the boulder about to fall on the hapless rubble that held the other life forms.

I stopped and pulled up my cannon. I switched to charge beam and screamed as I blew off the biggest Super missile that I think I have ever released. Then I was running towards the rubble again. The second I was at the rubble that withheld normal life inside I was down on my feet digging, throwing boulders a good two-thirds my size. I tossed them aside like mere pebbles. And I silently thanked the armor for being as strong as it was. Then I saw him. Or more like a form of him. The second I cleared away a face I realized they weren't human. But they also weren't Praction, which means I had to help them.

"Hey! Hey wake up! Come on guy!" I said as I continued digging. But I got a response from deeper in the rubble and I felt shock wind through me.

"I'm in here! My leg is pinned and I am leaking from the hip! Help Me!" said a voice. There was more than one… And from the physical of the first, and the vocals of the second, they were Cyborg. I stood and flipped to my Missiles and stood in a balanced stance. My mind was racing. They weren't supposed to exist… they were wiped out for a reason. I took one deep breath. I was about to break the law. I put a missile into the chamber.

So what if I broke another rule? I was already wanted for a handful of felonies in a couple sectors. What could one more do? I let the missile slide out and watched as the blast blew away the rubble and revealed two Cyborg. One gold, one silver.

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I watched as Samus flew from my side like a bat out of hell. I tried to keep up but my awe of her sheer power and speed slowed my progress, and I was soon trailing a good 12-13 feet behind her. I watched dumbly and she dodged obstacles that would have wiped my team clean. She was dodging things 3 times her size and shooting down things that, if I hadn't been me with this specific suit design and model, could crush me. And then I saw the boulder. More like a giant slab of concrete to be more accurate for log purposes. I estimated a good 300 lb. and the size of a small space cruiser. And it was headed right for her. I ran at her as fast as I could in the moment, but nearly gagged when I saw her stop and lift her cannon. There was no way she thought she could clear it! It would crush her!

I charged forward as fast as I could but the brightness of her charge beam forced me to stop and hide my eyes. I watched from shaded vision as a scream ripped through the com system and I swore she was dead. Then the blast wave struck me and I found myself thrown backwards in to a pillar. I felt my back spike into my chest and pain split down my legs.

That was going to hurt in the morning.

As I raised my eyes expecting to see her gone I gasped. The boulder had been blasted into hundreds of pieces and now pierced into the cement walls where things used to be falling, but her blast had seemed to have frozen the debris. It stopped falling. And I took in her blast zone. She had literally blown a hole the size of my ship into the structure. I swore the tension in the air was the only thing holding it together. And in the center of all this frozen debris was Samus, standing tall and prone to strike. Intimidating yet almost beautiful in the stance she held, with her cannon down at her side. The moment seemed frozen in time, she glowed and everything around her seemed to glow as well. It was probably an effect of the chunk that had been taken out of the ceiling where the sun was burning it way through the dark. She looked almost angelic.

Almost.

But then she moved and more debris fell. I charged to her side after dumbly staring for a whole moment more. When I got there she was frozen over a body she was pulling out of the rubble. I hurried to her side but the voice stopped me. Something literally spoke into my com system. I mean mechanical something was speaking. Asking for help, and then I realized it was in both our systems. There was life under there. And it wasn't human. I came around Samus' side and found myself surprised. Thank god for the mask that hid my expressions or everyone would know how surprised I was. This wasn't possible… Cyborg were wiped out. Dead. Gone. So what were these two things doing alive?

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I found myself calling out to whoever had been there. Someone was there and I was leaking precious oils and if it continued at this rate I wouldn't have more than a handful of minutes.

"Help! Please someone!" I called as I felt pain shooting up my leg and hissed from the severity of it. If I had had facial features at the time I was sure I would have winced and or have already been crying. But I didn't, so I continued to call out for help.

Then the voice grew farther away. They were leaving! They were scared! They thought I was going to be a threat! Freaking law! Now I am doomed to die here under a ton of rubble where nothing but the worms belong! Then a sudden force blew off the rubble around me and the sheer heat from it seared my leg wound shut. I had never seen oil do that. Nor did I expect to see a giant suit of golden armor aiming right at me. My eyes refused to adjust to a better light setting and I found myself blinded. Was this the other Cyborg I had seen? I had to hope. I had to try…

"Help… me… please…" I tried as I stretched up towards the figure. He had to help me… I was so tired. I felt them wrap their arms underneath mine and start removing me from the rubble.

"Come on guy. Let's get you out of this mess," said the voice… It sounded soft… feminine… this guy must have had a rough go of it with that feminine physique and voice. I felt them hand me to another person in armor. This male looked and sounded the part when he grunted and pulled me over to a rock where he leaned me against it.

"Listen friend. I know you are probably weak but I need you to tell me where you are hurt… Well… as long as I can find it…" he said as he pulled a first aid kit out.

"Hey "friend" I don't work with that kind of stuff. I was leaking from the leg but the heat from that blast earlier sealed it. But I will need new wiring in places that were exposed. He fried a couple places on my cord platforms," I said shooing away the medical supplies.

"If you say so, I mean I am pretty sure you know what you are talking about," he said as he packed it all back into the huge shell of armor that he wore. He must have been around 7 feet and the armor must weigh around a ton. I pulled myself up next to him by a bar above my head. I could almost stand. But running and walking without help was out of the question. I felt something against my back and turned to find there was a picture frame sticking out of the cracks. The devastation around us was huge. The whole building was collapsing. I began to panic when I saw one end collapse. "We should hurry out of here… This whole place is coming down around our heads and soon it will be on our heads instead of above them," I said cautiously. I didn't know these two people and I didn't know what they were capable of doing. Especially after the blast the one let off having sealed my leg… I was watching the building collapse and getting anxious. But the green armored one next to me seemed calm and unaffected by the oncoming issue. He seemed dead focused on who his friend was pulling out. Then I saw them lift up another body. I turned to look up and the second I saw the bright silver helmet that they were wearing I felt the ground give way underneath me and fell into what seemed to be a solid black abyss. It was another Cyborg like me.

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I felt rock after rock being removed from my back. I was barely conscious. Something had happened and now all these dumb rocks were on top of me. I did a sensation check and found that I could barely sense my legs and I could tell I was leaking from a couple places. Was this how I would die? Under a crap load of rocks where none of my training could do anything, it felt wrong to me.

Why for some reason was I stuck? I could get myself out of this. If only I could get my arms up. I pushed my arms up and pushed my body prone forcing the rocks up off of my body.

If I had been human I would be sweating rocks bigger than the ones on top of me.

I suddenly felt arms around my own helping me up. My face shot up to meet a golden helmet with a green visor. I would normally jump back (And believe me, I would have, If my legs would move…) But the persons' eyes stopped me. They were a soft blue, except for that they looked almost hollow. This person had seen and lived through a hell possibly worse than my own. And somehow, I knew that she wouldn't turn me over.

Because she seemed to understand, in her simple hollow lost eyes, she understood what it was like to be the last. So I let them lift me up. Her hands on her suit seemed to phase away and a bare human hand came up and connected with my helmet. Suddenly the bumps and bruises were a little less painful and I could move my legs. The huge scratch was gone also. But then I saw blood drip down her face behind that visor. She was bleeding. And when she carried me to a rock I felt her limp. It wasn't possible. There was no living creature out there that could give and take away life. Not. Possible. Ever. But somehow it seemed she had taken my wounds. I then heard a voice behind her.

"No way, that's not possible. They were all gone. I watched it happen… this isn't possible…" said the voice. I looked around the person in the gold armor and there stood something I never thought I would see again. Feet from me, was another Cyborg. Just, like, me.