Phoenix

Four

6 April 2134

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Seraphina pov
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"Pure luck, i guess?" I replied

"What do you mean pure luck? 5 years is a very long time!" Felix said  "There must be something else, I don't believe it."
I was going to answer Felix's question but Hyunjin suddenly interrupted me saying: "I was surprised too but yesterday she was almost shot by one of the robots and she really didn't do anything, I had to save her so I believe her when she says she hasn't discovered her yet."
Felix nodded and said, "Wow, impressive."

Suddenly Jisung said, "The robots are nearby."
we bent down but suddenly a glass jar with pickles fell very hard, causing the robots to enter the store.
I left the store but the rest didn't follow, they were too busy fighting the robots.

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Hyunjin pov
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We fought against the robots, there were a lot of them, but suddenly I realized:" Where is Seraphina?"
Jisung replied with: "I have no idea, go look for her, we will solve this here."
I left the store and I saw her standing there, she was looking at a robot but in a very strange way, like she felt sorry for them?

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Seraphina pov
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I walked outside since I couldn't do anything against the robots, but outside there were also robots, one of them called my name and took off his helmet.
Wait what? Were the robots the missing adults all this time?
"Seraphina?" The same robot called again, I recognised this voice way too good.
Tears started to leave my eyes when I knew who it was.
"M-m-mom?"
I ran to my mother and gave her a hug, then another robot joined in the hug, I looked at him "D-dad?"
We were all crying, then my mother said, "I've missed you so much, I hate it here, I don't want to do this but we're being forced. I just want to be free."

Suddenly her armor said, "Self-destruct mode, activated."
I looked at my mother because I didn't understand what was happening. "Mom, what's happening?"
Her armor started counting down, my mother said, "This is what happens when you don't follow the rules...we're all stuck, no one wants to do this honey."
When her harness was on count 5, Hyunjin suddenly pulled me. Suddenly the armor my mother was in exploded... so did my mother....

My mother's burned head rolled towards me,I held her head and cried my tears, I felt weak, I just saw my mother explode in front of my very eyes, something no one deserves to see, I was covered in blood from the explosion, I laid my head down on the sand, but then I heard that self-destruction mode countdown going off in my father too. 
I started crying even harder than I had before,my dad looked at me and said, "stay safe and strong, i love you baby", he then gave me a flying kiss,when the timer reached zero my father's armor exploded too.

I cried my heart out, I couldn't handle it anymore, my only reason to keep going was no longer there.
I felt Hyunjin hug me and I screamed, "WHY DID YOU SAVE ME. I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP." the others also came out  after they had fought the other robots, and were truly in horror when they saw what had happened.
Hyunjin felt bad and said, "because I'm worried about you, and I want to protect you." he hugged me even tighter when he saw that I started to cry more, suddenly hyunjin pulled him away and hissed, then i saw something i never thought I would see... hyunjin was completely burned... not by the explosion...

but because of me....

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