Kharon Chapter 14
The two women enter the armory. Emma uses her shovel and Simone uses the knife Emma gave her to dispatch the guards.
“Guess that’s why your infamous”, says Emma impressed with Simone’s moves.
“Don’t you forget it.” They start looking around.
"What is all this stuff?"
"Weapons they've stolen from other islands and retrofitted just in case they needed it." Simone picks up what looks like the hilt of a sword, “Now this is more my style.” Suddenly the hilt emits a blade made out of fire.
Emma fires a repeating crossbow. When the arrow hits the wall it explodes like a firecracker. “Nice.”
“Ok enough fun. Down to business.” Simone walks down a long sterile looking corridor and opens a door at the end. “Aha bingo.”
“What did you find?”
Simone reappears outside the room holding a small device. “When I tell you make sure you run like hell.”
“You’re not going to get us killed are you?”
“I know we never worked together before but I’m a professional. Trust me.”
Just then they hear an explosion and the lights in the room flicker. “It sounds like the others just did their part so let’s do ours!” They walk towards another door but hear voices. They creep to where the voices are coming from.
“What the hell was that all about”, says the one voice.
“Transformer probably blew”, says another. An almost growling/barking sound is then heard. “Shut up you stupid bucket of bolts!” They then hear a rattling sound. “Damn thing never shuts up.”
The two women come to a door where they hear the voices coming from and crack it open slowly. They see two guards with their backs to them sitting. On the floor is a small metal cage with what looks like a robot four legged animal inside it.
“Why did you bring him anyway?”, asks the one guard.
“I am getting him deactivated but I ran out of time to stop at the repo before work”, responds the other guard. “The little bastard never shuts up and has shocked me, the wife, and the kids.”
“Are the kids upset?”
“Na they lost interest weeks ago.”
“Yea those AI pets are nothing but trouble and then the kids lose interest after a month. That’s why I got the pet program for the VR console instead.”
“Me and the wife didn’t even want the piece of junk. The kids wore us down.”
“Maybe they will turn him into something useful like a gazootron nano or something.” The one guard rattles the cage with his foot. “Hear that? Your going to become a gazootron nano how do you like that?” The guards both chuckle.
Emma fires an arrow at one of the guards and he goes down hard. Before the other guard can process what happened and draw his weapon another arrow is already reloaded and Emma takes him down with it.
“Nice shooting”, says Simone as she begins running towards the exit but she stops when she realizes Emma isn’t with her. She looks back and sees Emma looking down at the robot animal in the cage. “Come on! What are you doing?”
“Look at the little fella. He don’t deserve to be deactivated just cause he’s got a few screws loose.”
“He isn’t going to be deactivated. Instead he is going to get exploded because I’m about to blow this whole place.
“But he's a living thing. They said he was AI.”
“The guards were living too. Who cares.”
“Guess that’s why your infamous”, says Emma impressed with Simone’s moves.
“Don’t you forget it.” They start looking around.
"What is all this stuff?"
"Weapons they've stolen from other islands and retrofitted just in case they needed it." Simone picks up what looks like the hilt of a sword, “Now this is more my style.” Suddenly the hilt emits a blade made out of fire.
Emma fires a repeating crossbow. When the arrow hits the wall it explodes like a firecracker. “Nice.”
“Ok enough fun. Down to business.” Simone walks down a long sterile looking corridor and opens a door at the end. “Aha bingo.”
“What did you find?”
Simone reappears outside the room holding a small device. “When I tell you make sure you run like hell.”
“You’re not going to get us killed are you?”
“I know we never worked together before but I’m a professional. Trust me.”
Just then they hear an explosion and the lights in the room flicker. “It sounds like the others just did their part so let’s do ours!” They walk towards another door but hear voices. They creep to where the voices are coming from.
“What the hell was that all about”, says the one voice.
“Transformer probably blew”, says another. An almost growling/barking sound is then heard. “Shut up you stupid bucket of bolts!” They then hear a rattling sound. “Damn thing never shuts up.”
The two women come to a door where they hear the voices coming from and crack it open slowly. They see two guards with their backs to them sitting. On the floor is a small metal cage with what looks like a robot four legged animal inside it.
“Why did you bring him anyway?”, asks the one guard.
“I am getting him deactivated but I ran out of time to stop at the repo before work”, responds the other guard. “The little bastard never shuts up and has shocked me, the wife, and the kids.”
“Are the kids upset?”
“Na they lost interest weeks ago.”
“Yea those AI pets are nothing but trouble and then the kids lose interest after a month. That’s why I got the pet program for the VR console instead.”
“Me and the wife didn’t even want the piece of junk. The kids wore us down.”
“Maybe they will turn him into something useful like a gazootron nano or something.” The one guard rattles the cage with his foot. “Hear that? Your going to become a gazootron nano how do you like that?” The guards both chuckle.
Emma fires an arrow at one of the guards and he goes down hard. Before the other guard can process what happened and draw his weapon another arrow is already reloaded and Emma takes him down with it.
“Nice shooting”, says Simone as she begins running towards the exit but she stops when she realizes Emma isn’t with her. She looks back and sees Emma looking down at the robot animal in the cage. “Come on! What are you doing?”
“Look at the little fella. He don’t deserve to be deactivated just cause he’s got a few screws loose.”
“He isn’t going to be deactivated. Instead he is going to get exploded because I’m about to blow this whole place.
“But he's a living thing. They said he was AI.”
“The guards were living too. Who cares.”
"They were assholes”, says Emma unlocking the cage. “I’m tired of people putting others in a cage just because we're different. I’m getting him out of here.”
“Fine just hurry or I’m leaving your ass. If the guys blew up the energy sphere we got limited time”, says Simone as she begins running again.
Emma scoops up the AI and follows Simone out of the building. Simone presses a button on the device in her hand and turns a knob. “Ok, run like hell!” Behind them the whole armory goes up in a blazing inferno.
“Fine just hurry or I’m leaving your ass. If the guys blew up the energy sphere we got limited time”, says Simone as she begins running again.
Emma scoops up the AI and follows Simone out of the building. Simone presses a button on the device in her hand and turns a knob. “Ok, run like hell!” Behind them the whole armory goes up in a blazing inferno.
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