The flames dance graciously around the entire area of the explosion, burning bright and covering the sparkling stars above it with its thick and dark smoke. Zaine looks at the glowing fiery of light miles away in the distance as he sits in the back of the vehicle driven by the strange mysterious machine, along with Fe and the others. As the hovering car takes off to the sky, Zaine, Fe and Cu all look down at the red illuminated field of destruction caused by the explosion.
Mysterious machine: "Lucky you five are, that explosion would have melted you all to nothing but liquids."
The car continues to ascend into the air until it merges into the clouds, disguising itself among the large sheet of cumulonimbus perched in the sky. Zaine then looks forward at the strange machine with his hand firmly clasped to his weapon. While Fe and Cu, who clearly are starstruck, from seeing the fluffy floating substance up close and personal for the first time, continue to stare out the windows of the flying vehicle. They both then shift their gaze to the dazzling white moon, fixed in place just above the clouds with its mesmerizing glow.
***
Back in the city, The Primordial sits before an army of newly remodelled Ti9000s, now brandished with the title of Ti1million where the Ti9000 engraving once was. The Ti1millions stand at an astounding sixteen feet, in the air, twice the size of what they once were, their metallic arms now the size of cannons, and legs pumping of red fluids through the creases and around the joints, with their chest and head largely reinforced with layers of dazzling pure titanium steel. Their glowing red eyes were even more menacing than the last. Suddenly one approaches The Primordial.
Ti1million: "The reconstruction of the Ti9000s is almost complete, we shall all be prepared for deployment within the hour"
The Primordial: "Good, the bomb decimated the last known location of that human child who escaped this city, but I will be sure that no human is left. Have the army expand into all the cities across the country, and have patrols do thorough scans for any humans and eliminate them on sight"
Ti1million: "Understood"
The Ti1million returns to the army of machines, with its large heavy feet, pounding the floor loudly like a blacksmith moulding a weapon with his hammer, with every step the sound echoes all through the hall.
The Primordial: "Then we will move on to the rest of the world, searching and destroying all remaining humans country by country."
The Primordial stands up as he receives a call,
The Primordial: "Report, have you found the old droids?"
Elite Squadron Leader: "Negative, we have lost all trace of their fragment trails and cannot detect any metals belonging to them, they've gone completely offline"
The Primordial: "Forget the droids, just destroy any you come across outside of the city as your team returns. I have bigger plans to execute in the coming weeks"
Elite Squadron Leader: "Understood, returning to base now"
***
Back with Fe and others after hours of flight, Zaine sleeps heavily in the back of the vehicle, while Cu and Fe are still glued to the windows, staring at the night sky. The car then begins to descend from the sea of clouds, flying over a clustered field of tumbled buildings and streets filled with old and rusted vehicles. The mysterious machine looks back to witness Zaine asleep and Fe and Cu distracted, and proceeds to type on the strange device again "I am here, fire the signal when you see me".
R3D notices the message from a quick glance over at the mysterious machine and nudges Zaine awake.
Zaine: "Uhh, I fell asleep?"
