Chapter.12

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The first one flashes its light, which is ineffective due to the special visors Axel and Beau are wearing. The other sentinels take note of this and attack instead. Beau shifts his arm to a sword and knocks one back while Alice smashes one's head in with her hatchet.Axel is fighting tooth and tail with two other sentinels.After killing his sentinel Beau is attacked by another but is rescued by Alice. Until they noticed Beau's reflector got damaged, they looked back only to get boot looped by the sentinel, falling to the ground. Axel, still fighting his sentinel, turns to see three sentinels approaching the still forms of his family. At that moment time slowed, two crossed wrenches replaced Axel's eyes. He seemed to act on some long forgotten programming, crushing his sentinel with his tail and bringing his hand down in a sweeping motion. Rebar stabs through the ceiling and floor, impaling the three sentinels, killing them. He quickly grabs the two and rushes into an office barricading the door. Breathing heavily he looks at his hands in awe wondering what just happened, before going over to Alice and Beau. Tapping them a few times before they wake up"I am going to install new reflector visors on you two"He says as they nod"Tha-That was teri-ri-rifying"Beau says "That damn thing got the jump on us, idjit"Alice states as Axel finishes installing the new visor. The group exits the office and keeps walking when they come across an open corridor. A body of a disassembler leans against one of the supports, an arm and a leg missing with chunks taken out of its casing. The bootloop loading symbol is displayed on their visor. "Ain't that one of the one we snagged earlier" Alice asks as Axel kneels down in front of it poking its visor with a claw. Its visor flashes and says Your Bootlooped[Idiot] before the drone wakes, gasping for air.It looks up and jumps in surprise trying to scoot backwards. It moves its mouth but no sound comes out, making it confused. Its visor flashes,

[Voice.EXE corrupted]

[Unable to repair Voice.EXE]

[Damage Permanent]

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