Erasmus

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N and Uzi layed there, spent and exhausted from the events that happened to them. While N was biting down on Uzi's shoulder, she used all her strength, which you can call an herculean effort, pinned him to the bed. They got rid of the unzipped clothing on their bodies, then settled down in the bed, with the covers embedding them like a burrito, while he was biting down on her shoulder. It gone on for atleast three hours long. If you were to be near the cabin during that event, you would hear groans and moans from a robot which used to be an angsty teen a decade before, which would be muffled by the wood of the cabin. After the three hour vampire biting was over, N whispered sweet nothings into Uzi's none-existent ear, for some reason.
N looked down at the gaping black hole that was his front side, which was supported by Uzi's side. Staring back at him, were a pair of neon purple eyes. N smiled faintly at the eyes, and in return, a message appeared, replacing the neon purple eyes, "You gud?"
N's neon yellow eyes also get replaced by a text, this one reading, "Yep."
Uzi giggled, before snuggling deeper into N's chest. N let out a soft sigh as she did so, despite not feeling anything. God, it would be better if they were humans...
Suddenly, the ground began shaking violently, most likely originating from the underground. Uzi was presumably shooked up by that, as she jolted straight up, her eyes hollow. She was looking at the door, before turning her head to N, breathing, "We need to leave. Now."

Meanwhile back at the shack, the Atreides soldiers were getting dressed and armed. I mean, who would not if the ground began shaking on a big rock which used to be apart of a planet?
Tessa clicked the visor of her helmet on, before quickly reaching for the tub which pumped air into her helmet. When the tub clicked on to her helmet, she bent down and grabbed her knife.
"Right-io, guys, let's get outta here!" Commanded Tessa, before looking down, seeing that the zipper was on chest level. Embarrassed, Tessa zipped it up awkwardly, before quickly moving on. The soldiers got outside, their swords ready for action. They looked everywhere - the trees, the sky, the roof. Tessa dashed outside, joining them. As soon as Tessa reached them, two figures crashed onto the ground with their feet - N and Uzi.
They were fully clothed, but Uzi forgot her jumper, so she just left it behind.
"We've felt it too," said N, sternly, his eyes hollow, yet there's no hint of fear, despite his girlfriend.
Just south of the cabin, a group of 23 men in Stillsuits began limping towards the cabin. They were Skirmish squad 10, but their bodies were just shells of themselves; their skin was falling off, revealing muscle, bone, even white metal, and their heads were morphed into worker drones, with neon yellow eyes replacing their blue-within-blue eyes. Their weapons, mostly Cryknives, were inside their right wrists, with the blade sticking out. One Lasgun was sticking out of one zed's chest. All their hair was falling off, revealing small patches of skin.
After 60 seconds of standing there, on full-alert, Tessa heard some groaning behind her. Tessa's body stiffened, not daring to look behind her.
"Behind you!" Shouted one Atreides, before aiming his Lasgun at something behind Tessa. Immediately, he shoots, the green laser appearing for a moment, before vanishing. Finally, she turned around, to see what was behind her. She was shocked to see the sight of a Fremen soldier mutilated, presumably controlled by someone, or something. Tessa then turned her head to the woods, seeing 22 more mutilated Fremen soldiers limping towards them, like puppets, groaning like zombies.
"Mother of God," muttered Tessa, before turning her back to them, her free hand pointing to the sky, shouting, "we've got some company!"

(there will be mention of gore, just so you know.)

They've all waited until the dead came near them, which was about 2 minutes, and then fought them. N's hands turned to swords as he sliced off the lower half of one Fremen zed, intestines poking out of the upper half and onto the snow, blood gushing out of both the upper and lower half. Another Fremen zed stabbed N in the shoulder with the Cryknife. Instead of yelping in pain, N just stood there, laughing. Then, N counterattacked, his other sword impaling the zed. He shoved the zed down onto the ground, his blade exiting from the body. N turned his head over to one Atreides soldier, whose neck was being eaten by a zed from behind, screaming in pain as he tried to pry himself free.
No one's helping him, thought N, his eyes turning hollow at the sight. Never in his two years of fighting the Great Houses had he saw something this gruesome. He stood there for a moment, before clicking back into the moment, his right blade turning into a Lasgun. He aimed it at the zed's head, before shooting. The zed stopped what he was doing and collapsed down onto the floor, a hole on his left forehead. At this point, the Atreides soldier was gone, as he collasped down besides the zed.
Dammit!
"Ay, guys! A little help!" Shouted out Tessa, who was on the ground, with a zed on top of her. Lucky for Tessa, her sword was inbetween it's teeth, stopping him from going down any further.
As soon as Tessa said that, Uzi responded by stabbing the zed in the back with her claws. The zed arched his back, spitting Tessa's sword out, letting out a blood-curdling screech which went on for 5 seconds, yet felt like forever. Uzi pulled her claws away from the undead Fremen, which collasped down onto Tessa.
The worker-disassembly's claws were covered in blood, yet she didn't care.
"Thanks," said the female Atreides commander, dryly, rolling the body off her body, before standing up on her feet. The sound of a Lasgun firing fills the air, and an Atreides soldier fell down near Uzi's feet. Uzi yelp in surprise, her left foot rising up as she looked down at the body. Just 10 metres away from them, was the killer: a Fremen zed with a Lasgun protruding out of his chest.
"Got it!" Shouted one Atreides soldier, tackling the zed down onto the snow. With the upper hand, the Atreides soldier stabbed the zed in the neck, killing it instantly.
Finally, every zed was killed, with seven Atreides soldiers standing (if you're not including N, Uzi and Tessa, that'd be 4.)
They all stood there for a few minutes, shooked up. The Atreides soldiers, Tessa included, were breathing heavily. After what felt like forever, a tendril began to sliver on to the group of 7, without their knowledge. The tendril gripped the ankle of a Atreides soldier, who turned his head down. Immediately after doing so, the tendril pulled back, still gripping the soldier's ankle. He screamed, trying to grab a grip on anything to stop him from being further dragged. But it was all in vain, as he disappeared into the woods.
Only his screams remained, being faded away as he's further dragged from the group.
In 10 minutes, the 3 other Atreides soldiers got dragged into the unknown, their own screams being faded too. Now it's either Tessa, N, or Uzi's turn, as they huddled together. They all looked down onto the snow, trying to find the tendrils. Suddenly, Tessa collapsed onto the ground, being dragged away by the ankle by some unseen force. Immediately, N and Uzi began running towards Tessa, their claws extended.
"What's going on?!" Asked Uzi, her head turning to N as they continue to run for Tessa's dragging animation.
"I-I don't know!" Stammered N, his eyes hollow.
Immediately after N said that, They stopped to a cliff, over-looking the frozen lake. They didn't know that they lost Tessa. Uzi's digital eyes narrow as she tried to pin-point Tessa's location.
Guess that wasn't needed, as N pointed at something, yelling, "look!"
What he was pointing at, was Tessa being dragged; it wasn't easy to spot at first glance, since she was far away from them, yet the long, thing tendril said that it was Tessa.
Their wings materialise from their backs, and took off to the where the tendril originated, their main objective not saving Tessa, but who is it? The AbsoluteSolver, perhaps? Nonetheless, Uzi was prepared to eat another heart.
Our heroes arrived, landing on the ground, their wings sheathing back into their beings. They saw the tendril's limb coming from the adanboned lab. It had reappeared when it lost N and Uzi.
Uzi's right hand turned into a sword and aimed it high, determined to stop Tessa's screams from slowly getting louder. The blade came down, slicing the tendril with ease. To N and Uzi's surprise, oil began to came out of the hole. A loud screech came out from the labs, and the remaining limb retreated back into the labs.
"Not today, CYN!" Yelled Uzi, her wings materialising from her back, with N's hands turning into Lasguns and shooting at it. At that moment, N's aim was like Stormtrooper aim, missing all shots entirely.

Our 2 heroes came on down to where they last came 13 years ago. It hadn't changed; it was all trashed, with disassembly heads and limbs scattered into one side of the room. One limb caught the attention of N, who bent over and grabbed the limb, which was covered in spots of dried oil.
N examined it for a few seconds; the hazard black yellow pattern, the patch of clothing and armband on the upper limb, similar to N's, and the limp hand. He looked at the armband with hollow eyes, seeing the symbol of House Harkonnen. It was not surprising, since he knew he used to be Harkonnen property, but now wasn't. What creeped him out, however, were the words. He wasn't afraid of them, he knew it, but he thought that disassemblies had one letter. But this was a name, surname and all. It read:
"Abraham Honden."
N didn't notice his one, since he was too caught up on the moment of being enlightened on the fact that were was another world, or, worlds, much like Columbus discovering the Americas and their natives.
Suddenly, a voice came out from behind him, a cryptic, female voice, "greetings, big brother."
N and Uzi jolted back behind them, to see the familiar form: the centipede-like body, the lobster claws, the cameras to produce holograms, and the neck, which lead to the head. V's head, if we're being precise.
"First, you wore J, then Tessa, now V?" Asked Uzi, scoffing, before spitting onto the ground. She continued, "what's next? You're gonna wear my dad?!"
"Giggle," blurted out V's head. It continued to speak, "thought, that CYN is not here with us anymore." Eerily, though, the voice changed in the middle of it's sentence, being replaced with a deep, rich British accent (much like Barry from G&B.)
A pair of cameras turned around to project Erasmus, who stood there, his three-fingered claws in each other's hands. Uzi's eyes turned hollow, stammering, "W-Who are you?!"
"Why, it's good old-fashioned Erasmus!" Erasmus shouted out, his arms spreading out in a innocent gesture, continuing, "the independent artificial computer!"
Uzi's right hand turned into a SMG, and aimed it at the hologram, momentarily forgetting that holograms aren't real. Erasmus' head turned to Uzi, who just chuckled, explaining, "And the artificial computer who were looking for, is CYN, my child, my creation..."
Erasmus paused, creepily, giving N enough time to chime in, "Where is CYN?"
The chuckle stopped.
"She's gone."
N's eyes turned hollow again, creeped out, involuntarily taking a step back. Uzi wasn't having enough of this, and began shooting at the hologram. Being a hologram, the bullets just flied through him, like if it didn't happen.
"Oh, Uzi, you're soo..." Erasmus paused, letting the silence hit them for a moment, before saying one word: "Predictable."
The cameras, especially the ones projecting him, retreated back into who-knows-where.
Yet, to N and Uzi's surprise, Erasmus still stood there, even when the cameras stopped projecting him. It was like he was there, because he was there, as if being made into existence by the cameras itself. Erasmus began to take big, menacing steps forward, getting closer and closer to the couple. Uzi turned her head to N, to which N did the same. For the first time in what felt like forever, Uzi saw true fear in his eyes. Then, betraying Uzi's trust, N materialised his wings, and got out of there, flying into another hole which drived him deeper into the labs.
"N!" Shouted Uzi, taking steps back as Erasmus neared the worker-disassembly. With a rush of fear-drived adrenaline, Uzi also materialised her wings and got out of there, her wings flapping in an attempt to escape Erasmus. The Jihad-hardened computer just stood there, cackling like a mad man.
Everything is going to plan.

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