Orazio (Vol. 2) Orazio vs. the Cult of Isis.

I think I can't do it

Orazio had taken cover behind a huge container. He was half deaf from the bullet hits that were coming from all sides.

Maybe that's why he didn't hear the heavy footsteps of one of the droids approaching his position.

It was coming from the opposite direction he was facing. The sound of metal dragging on concrete finally made Orazio turn in the direction of the noise.

It appeared that one of the droids had crashed through a section of wall and was attempting to reach Orazio.

The robot's head was a strange sight that chilled Orazio's blood just by looking at it. The helmet looked like some kind of chrome skull. A long neck vaguely reminiscent of a centipede led to a torso full of metal spikes. Below the chest plate, on either side of the neck was what appeared to be a giant collar, made up of dozens of small pieces of metal.

Terrified, Orazio pulled the trigger and, almost without looking, started firing at the horrible droid that was advancing towards him at full speed.

"Damn J4N3" thought Orazio as he tried to change the rifle's magazine in a hurry " She never lets me do what I want and for once I get a stupid idea, like participating in this mission, she lets me do it."

Before he was able to reload his weapon, the robot was upon him, grabbing him around the neck and pulling it down, its massive hands pinning him to the ground.

Orazio thought that the mechanized horror would snap his neck in a matter of seconds. Then a volley of shots tore through the hideous hull and the droid began to sputter and lay still.

- Get the hell out of here! - shouted J4N3 - There's nothing you can do. Just escape through the emergency exit, and keep running until we meet again.

J4N3 turned his back to fire on another droid; Orazio was so dazed that he was unable to think clearly. The world seemed to be going in slow motion and the bullets fired by the droids were sending wall fragments flying everywhere.

Any sane person would have followed J4N3's instructions and run for it. Instead, Orazio loaded his weapon.

"I'm not going to abandon my comrades! The Nocturnal Assasins are my family.... As crappy as the name is!" shouted Orazio.

No one could hear him due to the roar of bullets flying everywhere.

Not far away, Orazia looked at her bloody knuckles and then at the vault door.

- I'll be damned - she said and took several steps backwards and then threw herself at full speed against the metal door.

The door broke with a loud crack and she fell face first to the ground. When she raised her head she saw the implants they had come for.

A new droid charged at Narmer.

Narmer ducked under its swing with ease and shot at it. The bullet entered the droid's chest and penetrated the armor making the droid fall down lifeless.

But another droid appeared at full speed, hitting him brutally in the abdomen and sending him flying through the air. His body landed on the floor with a thud. A milky liquid gushed from his wounds.

He struggled to stand and reached up to the pistol that had rolled away during his fall.

The droid fired on Narmer. But it missed. Narmer tried to aim his pistol, but before he could get a shot off, the heavy armored door of the vault crushed the robot.

- I think this was the last one, handsome - said Orazia holding out a hand to him.

She helped him to his feet and he smiled weakly at her.

He looked at her with admiration. She was beautiful. Her eyes sparkled with hope and joy. There was fire burning within her.