𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚'𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕

𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧: 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡

I sat on the makeshift bed they made for me with my legs up by my chest. It was a few hours since we were attacked, and it's been calm ever since, in regard to the non-human machines. Seven has been relaying orders left and right while keeping his eye on the satellite feed. Ten has been pacing back and forth, seemingly nervous about something. And, Luciel has been sitting at the end of my bed, keeping me company.

5S, 17B, and 43B had left a little bit after the attack was over as they returned to patrolling the rest of the forest. If it wasn't for them, I feel like we wouldn't be here right now. It was our lucky day that they were deployed nearby.

"Say, Seven, what's going on?" Ten spoke up, interrupting the silence that had eerily lingered for a long time.

"The threat has been eliminated." Seven replied dully. Something, that isn't characteristically right for him. "9S' consciousness has been transferred back to the Bunker, he's getting a new body as his other one was destroyed by the virus... and..."

He paused, and just as he paused, 2X came into the enclosure with 2B in tow. She was clutching a deactivated pod as well as 1X's goggles.

"S-Seven. He... he broke his promise... I─" Two didn't get to finish as she just broke down. 7O was instantaneous to walk over to her and draw her into an embrace as he, himself, was slowly losing his composure. I was confused at first, very confused.

10B came over to me and crouched down next to me. Even he looked so distant at that moment like he wasn't even there. "To put this bluntly... 1X is no longer here."

"What─" I let out a perplexed noise before the realization came crashing down on me. And, that realization was one of the most harshest things that had hit me in a while.

He's gone? He's no longer with... us. But...

A stray tear ran down my cheek at the thought. How was this even fair? The androids live their lives solely to fight and protect the human race that no longer exists. That's what they were created for and that is what I had to grasp to really understand them, even if it didn't make sense to me whatsoever. They didn't get a choice, in what they did or how they died.

I heard of androids dying a lot, yet no one ever directly told me, I just heard it through the whispers that the other androids shared. And, they never cared to show emotion. But, this was highly different. The group of androids that I ended up surrounding myself with were the most emotional of them all and to see them cry and just completely break down at the death of another, breaks me.

And, not being able to save Eve from his faith-drawn demise also hurts so much.

I thought you said this world─this new world wasn't going to be violent, father. You said I was going to be in a 'wonderful, non-violent world' after I woke up. Violence runs rampant here. Death is still everywhere just in a different form. Sure, it's wonderful, I've met the love of my life and met so many amazing friends. But, here I am, losing those I hold dear and not being able to do anything about it.

The full emotion of sorrow finally took over as I let my silent tears come out, leaning into 10B, who was still just very out of it. Even though I was crying, there was still that sense of anger buried deep within. I wasn't mad at the machines, no. I was mad at the world, at the Commander.

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It's been about four hours since the news of 1X's death and Eve's defeat hit us. 2B had gone to go get 9S, mostly because she wanted to cheer me up and since 9S was upset that he might not ever see me again.