As Axel and the others make their way towards the forest, glimmers of lights lurking in the shadows trail behind them. The three of them walk along the lonely road, surrounded by the extremely quiet atmosphere, not a single droid or machine in sight. A cold ominous breeze suddenly blows by, whistling through the destroyed houses, riddled with holes and burnt exteriors.
Axel: "I thought you said this area was a droid town R3D? There isn't a single machine or droid here"
R3D: "Bree Ooop...Breee Oooop ooop oooooooop"
Axel: "So you're saying it looks like here was attacked? So maybe they all left the area...But why does it feel so eerie"
Scrappy suddenly begins to growl, as she spins around behind them, snapping her jaws and baring her sharp teeth ahead.
Axel: "What is it, girl?... Something must be in those shadows"
R3D: "Bree Oooooop"
Axel quickly gets behind Scrappy and reaches into his backpack and pulls a steel bat, with jagged spikes moulded around the top of it. Axel then wraps it with a piece of worn cloth and drenches it in oil leaking from a nearby vehicle and points it towards R3D.
Axel: "Ignite it"
R3D extends his arms and releases a spark of electricity, igniting a huge flame onto the steel bat. Axel firmly grasps the weapon as sweat drips from his chin and a quite obvious look of nervousness drawn on his face.
Axel: "... Come out, we know someone is in those shadows!"
He shouts nervously, holding the flaming bat aways from his small body, Scrappy immediately cease her growling and dashes off into the shadows.
Axel: "Scrappy! Where is she going? It's gonna be dark in a few hours... We shouldn't split up"
R3D: "Breeee Oooop"
Axel: "It was probably just some animal, we should continue to the forest, Scrappy will find us easily after she's finished hunting down whatever that was"
Shortly after they started walking away, Scrappy returns from the shadows with the head of a machine in her mouth, clearly recently gauged from its body as its metallic spine still attached to its skull was dripping with fluids.
Axel: "Scrappy! What... "
Just then four other machines leap out from the shadows, with metallic weapons made of scraps and junk in hand.
R3D: "BREEEEEEE OOOOOP!"
Axel: "Scavengers?!"
The four machines rush towards Axel, swinging their weapons dangerously towards him. Scrappy immediately tackles one of them to the ground and viciously tears it apart. The other three still heading towards Axel.
R3D: "BREEE OOOOP"
Axel: "Run? No... this is the perfect example to show I can defend myself R3... I won't run away like Mom and Dad did that day. I can do this!"
He said, shaking nervously as the machines approach him. Scrappy rushes over and knocks the three of them down, dragging one by its foot aside and savagely rips it to pieces, Axel uses this opportunity to run over and smashes the skull of another machine on the ground with his bat. "SMASH! SMASH! SMASH!"
Axel: "Aaahhh Aaahhh, Haa ha... See not so hard..."
The last machine stands up and punches Axel to the ground, causing him to drop his bat. The machines then stands over Axel with its weapon raised to the air, and as it's about to bring it down on him.
