Chapter 15
The battlefield was dressed in blue smoke. There were rows of S.G.U.s, prepared to kill anything they saw. It seemed as if our efforts were hopeless, but that didn't stop us from fighting. I shot at every guard I saw. Suddenly, I saw a guard grab Sauli from behind. I aimed and fired at his back. He fell to the ground immediately. Sauli nodded to me and grasped the guards weapon in his hands, using it to strike and kill anything that threatened him. I felt confident that we could succeed. We had been trained and prepared for this moment, and now it was time to show our skills. After what seemed like hours of destruction and chaos, the smoke finally settled. No S.G.U. was in sight. I looked to my side, expecting Sauli to be there smiling at me in accomplishment. However, he was not.
"Sauli?" I called out. "Sauli? Where are you?" I panicked and quickly surveyed the area around me. All of the sudden, I saw his face. He was standing upright, but my view of him was slightly blocked by remaining smoke. "There you are," I said, relief in my voice, "For a second there, I thought you were hur..." I gasped as I saw Sauli being held by a massive S.G.U. with gigantic arms around my Sauli's waste.
"Looking for this?" Said the gargantuan guard as he dangled Sauli in front of me. I raised my weapon.
"Let go of him!" I demanded as I set my weapon ready to kill. He laughed in my face and grabbed my weapon. He crushed it just by lightly squeezing it. Shocked, I stepped back. He continued to laugh maniacally as he used his free hand to grab my waist and lift me high in the air. I shrieked in pain. I could feel my insides being crushed by his tight grip.
"This is the end for you," he shouted, "So much for the leaders of a revolution!" I closed my eyes tightly. I could hear Sauli's screams of pain over my own. This was it, I could feel it. All our efforts had failed. "Did you really think the two of you, stupid insignificant work droids, could accomplish this all alone?" The S.G.U. continued to laugh mockingly at us. It was torture.
"They aren't alone!" I opened my eyes to see an armored figure, holding an electric spear. Kat. She leaped on top of the immense guard and stabbed her weapon into the back of his neck. He screamed in pain and threw Sauli and I across the room. He tried to grab Kat, but his massive neck prevented his arms from reaching her. I could see her ripping wires and cables out of his neck causing him to slow down. I scurried over to Sauli and shook him lightly. He awoke and seemed as amazed as I was at what we were seeing. Finally, the large guard dropped to the floor. Kat stepped off of him and removed her helmet. "I told you guys I didn't do it!" She shouted, "But you didn't believe me!" Before Kat could continue to yell at us for not trusting her, Sauli and I hugged her tightly. She smiled and hugged us back.
"Thank you so much!" We said in unison. Kat laughed.
"Well, you didn't think I was gonna let you guys come out here on your own, did you?" We all laughed, until we heard a noise that sounded like slow clapping. It was The Superior, reemerging from the ceiling.
"Oh good," she said, "my slow clap mechanism is functioning properly. I was afraid you destroyed it like you did my guards.I never expected you to make it this far. It's funny really, I thought that my S.G.U.s would be smart enough to defeat two sanitary department droids. I really shouldn't put so much faith into my..." She moved back a bit at the sight of Kat. "Oh you are kidding me. My right hand droid is helping you? Well, that explains your skill. How are you Kat? How has betrayal been?" Kat rolled her eyes.
"I'm so sick of you." She said. "I'm tired of destroyed innocent droids just to please you! And now I have the chance to kill you and I'm going to take it! For Ann!" Kat charged towards The Superior and stabbed her weapon into The Superior's mechanics.
"Ow!" Cried The Superior, "That h-hurts!" She began to stutter and babble. She collapsed to the ground and her red eye light faded to black. Kat wiped some perspirant from her forehead.
"Wow!" She said slightly breathless. "That was easier than I thought." Sauli smiled and so did I. Suddenly, as Sauli and Kat began to celebrate, I saw a black cable move towards Kat's ankle. It slithered up her leg and sparks came off of it's tip when it reached her neck.
"Kat look out!" I cried as I pushed her out of it's reach. Then, I felt a sharp pain in my neck. The cable had gotten to me instead of her.
"Adam!" I heard her cry. I began to feel dizzy and disorientated. My vision became blurred and then everything went red. All I could see was a large red eye staring at me. It was like my vision. I could hear a familiar voice in my head.
"Don't worry my child," it said, "It will all be over soon."