Journey to the center of the cube

The Distraction

Once they made it to the junkyard, the time had flown past by, it being already three hours past noon. They weren't surprised to find that it was also empty, the fact that the government had created a new security base near here meant that everyone had to evacuate for their safety if anything were to happen.

The siblings all got out of the car when Lars had finished parking it before they made their way to the metal collector along with the General's unconscious body.

On the way to the collector, Fleur noticed the gleaming visible red on Lars' shirt before starting to try to rub off the red from his shirt while she says

"You have blood stains on your shirt."

"Blood is like red sweat. It'll dry off soon." Lars said trying on to worry her as he started prying her hands off of him.

"It's fine." He continued as Fleur looked at him with the 'I'm the oldest in this family and you will listen to me no matter what' stare.

"Fine. I'll change." He mumbled before heading back to the car to get his bag and change.

While Lars went off to change, thee rest of the siblings had found what they were looking for. Quinn and Eamon quickly made their way to the control centre followed by Rhys and Aveline while Alva and Fleur dragged the body to the machine. Once that was done, they made sure the general was awake before stepping back.

"What? Where am I?"

"Tell me what you know about the election that's happening tomorrow?" Fleur interrogated strictly as General Hol smirked and spit on her face.

"Oh you did not just-" Alva started but was cut off by Fleur who held her hand up in a silence motion before wiping her face.

"It's fine Alva. Let me handle this." Fleur ordered as she stepped back just enough so that her fist could make contact with the general's jaw causing him to let out a startled cry before doubling over in pain

"The election. Now." Fleur commanded simply as General Hol just laughed at her.

"There's no way I would sell out what's going to happen. It cost me my life to become what I already am, if you kids were to mess this up, it'll be the end for me." General Hol explained as Eamon and Quinn who had finally figured out how to turn the machine on, turned it on, which lead to General Hol being stuck to an oversized magnet that was hanging in the air.

"Let go of me you little brats."

"Not unless you tell me what's going to happen at tomorrow's election. In detail." Fleur stated as the twins moved the magnet towards the metal disposer with the general right in between it.

"You wouldn't dare." General Hol scoffed before the disposer stared to create whirring sounds and close in on the general, the twins had stopped it right before he was crushed, only leaving little space to breath.

"I would dare." Fleur smirked angrily before nodding to the twins once more as the machine slowly crushed him.

"Alright, alright, I'll talk, just let me go."

And with that, the machine stopped and started reversing itself back to it's original position, once it was, the magnet let go of the general making him fall down.

"Now spill." Fleur ordered as General Hol started speaking.

"There is going to be a bomb right underneath the voting bank, the entrance of the tunnel east of the bank, it's the only way to enter." General Hol said truthfully as Fleur nodded.

"How did the government make contact with these so called robots?" Alva asked suddenly

"We don't know. Salvador came to us offering peace and order, which came with the upgrades I have. That's about all I know." At this moment, General Hol had started fidgeting with his metallic fingers.

"Don't move." Fleur ordered as she walked back to talk with Alva about the situation, once she left, the general started laughing.

"Go to the control room with the twins and relay the message I told you to them." Fleur commanded as Alva nodded and made her way to the control room.

"And what's so funny?" Fleur asked coming back to him.

"The fact that you so easily gave me all your attention. I wonder if that brother of yours is alright." The general asked easily as Fleur looked at him with a confused face, before she realised what he meant.

"Lars-" But before she could finish, a hand suddenly grabbed her mouth and covered her ways to breath while another hand started choking her. Fleur kept on struggling as the hands strangled her.

'I have to fight this.' Was all she thought about before becoming unconscious.

"You really didn't think I had a back up comm device? Stupid girl."

Once her body stopped moving, General Hol released his hold on her before looking at the now abandoned control room, silently cursing under his breath.

The C3 robots soon came into view as the general hit the nearest bot.

"Why didn't you come sooner? You stupid machines." The general asked angrily before looking at the now unconscious Fleur and the caged and handcuffed Lars.

"How does it feel to be treated like a criminal?" He continued as Lars growled before tugging on the handcuffs, only to fail, the general watching a safe distance from the cage, just in case he were to lash out on him again.

"Take the two away, the eldest children are always the ones you should watch out for. The rest won't last a day. Let's go." General Hol commanded before he heard the sound of a crack, only to fins his mainframe systems, a single glowing light that had been discarded to the ground, had been taken out of him, leaving him motionless.

"Unfortunately, thanks to your mess up today, your services are no longer needed General." A new female voice stated as General Hol turned to see a woman in all black, along with the famous cape that indicated they were from the other planet. The woman opened her hood to reveal many scars along her face, her short black curly hairs were the only thing that made her look remotely human.

"Commander Void. Please let me explain." General Hol said nervously as Lars watched the female with uncertainty.

"There is no need. I completely understand." the female also known as Commander Void stated as General Hol looked with hopeful eyes before it soon disappeared, replaced with utter fear.

"Thank you for your help general. But I'll be taking things from here."

And with that, she fired the trigger, the bullet reaching his brain, killing him instantly.

"Let's go and bring the two humans with us. If what the general said was true about the other children not being able to make it a day is true, then it is no longer necessary to be here." Commander Void said in a monotone voice before putting her hood back on and walking away, followed by the C3 robots who were carrying Lars and Fleur, who had also been tossed in the cage.

"All hail Necron."