Chapter Five~

Location: Control Central:

Sir Dalhart stood alone on the balcony of Control Central. It was a beautiful night and there had been little to no known activity from the enemy for the past two weeks. Sir Dalhart had been concerned for the Benson family when Clyde called him about the blackmail, but when he spoke with the family again yesterday, all his fears for them were gone.

"Now I can finally relax," the 50-year-old cyborg thought to himself as he gazed up at the stars.

Then...

"Sir Dalhart! SIR DALHART!" shouted the panic-stricken voice of one of the cyber ruler's assistants.

Sir Dalhart turned around to see his assistant Frank holding a piece of paper and having a look of shock in his violet eyes.

"Frank, what's going on? You look like you've seen Ivanka's ghost!"

"If it were only that Sir. Look," the cyborg exclaimed holding up the papers, "This just came from Abaddon. It says that he has sent his men out to the Forever Forest in Pompadoria to finish off the Bensons. I've been trying to contact Clyde and Eileen, but neither one is responding. I've come to the conclusion that the entire family has perished, just as the enemy had threatened."

The color immediately drained out of Sir Dalhart's face upon hearing those words. His best spy Clyde, his only female assistant Eileen, and their innocent children. DEAD. It just didn't seem possible. Everyone in the cyber-government knew these cyber-rebels were restless. But no one ever dreamed that they'd go as far as killing cyborgs this young.

"I see," Sir Dalhart said monotonously, "Then there's only one solution left. There's only one way we can prevent anymore lives from being lost."

With that, Sir Dalhart walked back into Control Central looking lost in another world, leaving Frank to wonder what he could be thinking of doing.

Location Forever Forest, Pompadoria:

Melissa and Marbles lay on the ground in shock, staring where moments ago their mother, Eileen, had been guarding them from shots of magnetite, at the cost of her own life.

Everyone was silent, even the seven cyborgs responsible for the incident. During the past two years of cyber-rebellion they had killed many cyborgs in battle, but this was a different story. They had just brutally murdered a defenseless mother of two. They saw her complete selflessness in laying down her life for the safety of her children. And above all, the seven masked cyborgs were now about to shoot down two young cyborgs who had never done anything to harm them. Even General Biff, in all his heartlessness, was somewhat ashamed of himself. However he was NOT going to give into his conscience. The general glanced over at the Benson house, still in flames from the explosion.

"You four, go take care of that fire! We need to get rid of any evidence that we were here!" he said to four cyborgs to the left of him.

"But sir! Abaddon already..." began one of the soldiers.

"I don't care! MOVE!"

With that the four masked cyborgs took hoses from the bags they were carrying and went to put the fire out.

Noticing the gap made when the cyborgs left the circle, Melissa and Marbles tried to get up and run away before the General ordered the remaining two cyborgs to pin them down.

"You little ones aren't going anywhere!" General Biff said taking the magnetite gun, "Now who shall I take out first?"

But before he could make the decision, Marbles was suddenly released from one of the cyborgs' grip.

"What in tarnation do you think you're doing Kevin?!" General Biff demanded, turning his gaze to the cyborg.

Kevin did not answer though; only giving his commander hateful stare. Then...

BANG!

Kevin shot the General in his shoulder, knocking him out cold. Kevin's conscience had gotten the better of him.

The cyborg that had been holding Melissa down let go and ran to the unconscious General, as did the cyborgs that had been putting out the fire.

"RUN!" Kevin shouted to the children as one of the cyborgs threw a slew of nasty insults to him for going against their General.

And before any of the others could react to what Kevin had just done, Melissa and Marbles vanished into the night. (Needless to say, Abaddon was not pleased with Kevin when he found out)