The Kid and the Murder drones

Captured

--Edward pov--

I sit on uzi's bed as I look on whats around me, V is looking at me with an intent that I don't want to know. Uzi folds through papers, N keeps an eye on me, and J looks through some drawers for something. I stay silent as uzi and J finish looking through stuff, they walk to me as they set a paper on the bed and V takes the paper and holds it up to my face.

"Edward, when you see this image, what do you feel" V says as she dangles the paper in front of me. The picture is an image of a black Square with a little squiggly line. "Not...much" I say weakly. "Told you that was useless to do, J" uzi says as she inspects me up close.

N takes the paper and comments as well, "J, was it really worth taking Edward back, just to give him these tests?" N says. 

When J was about to argue with N, with the other two drones were going to join in, my mind begins to blur out the conversation about me, I could now care less. As I began to play within my memories .

I remember the masked man saying to me "Fhe hardest part about being a human here, is that you really have no real value, just shoot to live. Vice versa". The quote really kind of makes me think on what else is the masked man known for.

I feel something wrap around my waist, I look down to see one of the drones tails wrap around me. I look up and I feel my heart skip a beat. I see that V was the one who was wrapped around my waist. I try to struggle out, but without the masked man's help to get me out of here, I can't do anything about it.

I feel myself get lifted up and I see that I'm a distance away from the floor, maybe like 5 feet above ground level. I see V's syringe tail thing get a bit close for comfort.

"Awww did you really think I was going to stab you hmm?" V says in a weird tone. "....n....no" I weakly mutter out as V continues to walk with Uzi, J and N to a place I didn't know. 

Uzi opens a door to a big room with dozens of murder drones eating on oil cans, oil in general....but I see all the eyes fall on me, I lower my head as I felt shame wash over me as I felt I could've done something different to save the masked man. I don't even know if he is alive to save me. I look around what is essentially a food court, I see N is the only one sitting next to me as the 3 girl drones, Uzi, J and V get something for all four of them to eat, including N. 

"Dont worry Edward, we'll find something for you to eat too" N says in a reassuring tone. I stay silent as I feel a handful, of eyes on me.

I sit at a table with no one sitting near it,and I just eye around the cafeteria with female worker and murder drones eyeing me. I have never felt more scared, vulnerable and helpless in my life.

As I was eyeing everyone in my line of sight, I see N come near me with a soda can and a hotdog. He gives it to me as he gives me a warm smile as he sits next to me as he waits for Uzi, J and V. "Aren't you hungry little guy?" N says looking at me, I stay silent as I remember what I could've done differently to save masked man.

N quickly catches my sadness and he puts a hand on my shoulder as he attempts to comfort me. 

--No pov--

N attempted to comfort Edward who was starting at his hotdog and soda can, "if you want you can eat later" N says in a calm tone to Edward. Edward grabs his food and he took a bite out of it, "N! Help us over here!" Uzi says from a distance away while carrying a few things of oil cans. N gets up as be sees V sit down with Edward and also sits next to him.

He decided to just put worries aside and help uzi. 

Edward nervously eats his hotdog while V stares at him with a chilled out fave while blowing bubbles. "You know Edward, gotta say that you put up a good fight" V says attempting to break the silent manner tension between them. "thanks...." Edward weakly and quietly says as he finished his food and started to fidget with his soda can. V uses her tail point to poke a hole to open the can for Edward. 

Edward heard the fizzy sound of the soda can and he took a sip of the can. V looks at Edward and decided to put her hand on him. Edward slightly moved away, but soon just gave up immediately. 

"You know Edward, you're pretty cute when you're not shooting at us" V jokingly said as she started to smile a bit. 

Edward however was crying inside silently. V does not understand him good at all, but something in his head gave him a hint that if N catches enough hint, he could tell N to help him get out and back to the masked man.

But the something that let's him suspect that was just little, and he immediately dismissed it.

"Where are you masked man?" Edward quietly says as he starts down his soda can as V rubs his head with her hands.

--Masked man pov--

I walk down a gravel path worker drones use from an oil rig to the base the drones that took Edward were from. I walk down the path and i feel a suspicous sixth sense in my head, I jump in a bush with a bit of pain. I see a group of 4 workers with mining equipment, I raise my suppressed AR15 and shoot 6 rapid fire semi auto shots and the drones heads. 

I walk over to the dead drones and I collect their batteries they had for their mini drills they got issues recently.

I continue down the path until I see a metal building. I see dozens of drones around the area. I look down my telescope and see a front door, a garbage disposal and a hangar. 

The hangar was probably armed with murder drones. Probably even more at night. The front door was probably armed with 1 murder drone. Maybe 2-3. 

The garbage disposal was probably used often. If any drone saw me climbing in the garbage disposal they would sound an alarm or send murder drones after me or something.

Weighing my options, I decide to get up and find dead tree wood. I use my hatchet to slash the trees into decent wooden planks. I make a few walls with the planks with some mud to camouflage it at day and night. 

I use the extra wood to make a floor for the small hut in a hill and decided to get more camouflage with some leaves and branches to get extra camo.

I go to an apple tree and devour an apple as I go back to the spot I was at to spy on the base.

I look down my scope as I see 4 trucks go into the building. The trucks themselves were just either scrap metal from cars, pipes, or machinery. But the thing that had me hooked was the fact that it was almost night.

I keep my trigger discipline as I stop aiming down the scope. I get up and I go to my makeshift base camo and I try to get some rest.

I get some more dead tree sticks and some dry grass as I use my lighter to make a small fire. Winter was less than 2 days away....hope Edward's okay in there..

I lay down next to my small fire as I place my AR15 against the wall. I look to the wooden plank roof as I try to drift off to sleep.

I'm one step closer to victory against these things...

Either Edward lives, or we both live.

I try to rest my eyes as I wait for the dawn of morning.