Loopers part 1

Chapter 16

The fight continues on and on, from offices, to machinery factories, they ran to the depths of the bridge. But from what seemed like they had an infinite amount of ammo, they ran out. Luckily they had a time to breathe in a small spot inside a room that's meant to be one of the cafeterias in the facility.

"Well. I'm empty, what about all of you?" Asked Catalyst.

"Same here." Said Drift with a sigh.

Raven just did a thumbs down while holding a mag upside down as communication.

"Say what about the telekinesis guy, can't he just push forward the crowd?" Said Calley.

"My powers run on energy and I feel tired now, I don't think I could even make a mug move now." Replied Nezumi

"There has to be a way right? We didn't go all the way to what's most likely the bottom of this  labyrinth for nothing now right?" Said Brite.

"Y'know, could push through those artificial neighborhoods." Suggested Calley. The rest of the group unironically all together said no at the same time to Calley's idea except Raven as she just crossed arms with an expression of disapproval.

"Fine, I guess you guys don't wanna make this interesting then."

Catalyst then thought about something as she placed her hand on the chin of her mask, until coming up with a possible idea of a situation they're in now. "I know this is a dumb comment I'll say now, but I think we're literally lost in this high tech hole."

But when all hope seems down, the Asteria AI came on comms again.

"Attention any underground residence, this is not a drill, currently the bridge is under attack and the IO's security have approved for some civilians to stay in their sectors or homes until further notice. Thank you."

"You all were saying?" Said Calley with a smug face.

Some people in the group sighed, or groan, or said fine, "I mean she's the only one who actually knows the entirety of the IO, so even I agree since... What other options we have?" Said the neko.

"We need to sneak past the guards though. Obviously." Suggested Catalyst.

They then hear more chatter from the right hall, indicating that more guards are coming.

"Shoot, hopefully wherever we go leads to any of those places the AI said." Commented Brite.

They all got up and left the cafeteria quickly, until stumbling upon one of the said artificial neighborhoods, where all they saw was empty streets, a bit of trash littered, green lawns, houses that almost looked identical, the huge screen dome display representing the sky was just a blank blue screen flashing the white words of...

EVAC NOW

"Everyone's just gone? Didn't they say they want people to stay in their homes?" Said Brite in confusion.

"I've actually never seen these streets empty in my time in the IO... It seems like the bad events of the old world is happening again. Just in a smaller scale." Said Calley.

They walked and wandered through, trying to look for an exit for this prison like environment, they saw some cameras attached to people's homes. Someone was clearly watching them. As they saw the surreal scenery, they saw a evac point nearby where they saw possibly some civilians being directed out of the large dome, the soldiers directing them weren't wearing the same uniforms as the black guards though. They were covered in white armor and under clothing, with their helmet looking to be different model, the emblem on their shoulders isn't the same IO logo, but it's a flour looking logo with some Japanese words under the emblem, instead a hood covering their gas helmets, they had a bulletproof tactical helmets instead on their heads. But as they watched, a guard somehow noticed them, without looking. The guard shouted out to his fellow teammates, and instead of pulling out guns, they pulled out electric batons that were connected to a battery pack on their hips, and ran towards them. A part of the group ran but Nezumi tried using his powers but fainted doing so, with Calley carrying him on her back, and then running along with the group. One of the white plated soldiers throws a grenade but misses, with it hitting the screen wall instead, then blowing up a hole, which caused the entire screen dome to glitch into multiple colors. Having no other way to lose them, Brite took the opportunity to jump into the dark hole.