Chapter 16: Battle for Detroit

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November 10, 2038

When the attack on Jericho happened, Lucas knew he wasn't going to leave Markus' side. He was their leader and while North and Connor collected other deviants to head to the water, Lucas stayed beside Markus and helped him get to stronghold to explode the ship.

Where Markus might've lacked in some fighting skills, Lucas easily made up for it (When created, Elijah seemed to throw some things in that as a test run for Connor, that included the reconstruction and fighting/accuracy that Connor had).

Along the way, they saved as many other androids lives as they could, including Josh. Finally, they arrived quickly to the stronghold that contained the explosives to blow up Jericho.

Hearing footsteps, Lucas hid in the corner with a small nod from Markus and waited.

"Don't move!" Barged in a solider, his gun instantly trained on Markus. "Go and join the others!" he ordered as Markus slowly approached.

Lucas noted, slightly surprised, the soldier allowed Markus to get as close as he had. Markus pushed the soldier and Lucas quickly caught him and covered his nose and mouth instantly.

Waiting for the man to pass out and ignoring his flailing, Markus took care of the other soldier that had charged him after seeing his comrade fall.

As another soldier entered, Markus hit him using the second soldiers gun that the two were scrabbling over and easily pushed him away for now.

With the first guy unconscious, Lucas grabbed the second guy Markus flung his way and did the same thing he had done to the first guy. Holding his nose and mouth together until he passed out.

With Lucas taking care of the second guy, Markus maneuvered around the third and did the same move that Lucas had been doing.

With three soldiers knocked out by their feet, waiting for other soldiers to come and drag them out to safety, Lucas kept look out as Markus armed the detonators.

A nod was shared and the two ran back down the corridors to meet up with North, Simon, Josh, and Connor.

"Markus," North said relieved to know that Markus got out of their alive.

"We gotta go, bomb's gonna explode any second. We gotta get out of here." Markus said and the group instantly started running down the hall, going to a hole in the side of the ship they knew would lead to the water surrounding them.

As they were nearing the exit, North had gotten shot in the back. All three RK units turned and reacted instantly. Markus, in the lead by grabbed a stray metal and using it as a shield and threw it to North to ricochet the bullets.

Lucas, following behind Markus, let Markus handle one of the soldiers while Lucas easily dealt with the other one. Markus and Lucas acted in-sync as they grabbed the soldiers pistol and shot them.

"Contact! Contact! Hostiles Engaged!" the leader of four soldiers said as they made their way to the group, guns drawn and ready to fire upon the group.

Lucas helped Markus steady North back to the group as Connor went in front of the other two RK models and started to suppress fire back enough to grab the discarded metal sheet and use it as a shield for a few seconds before easily taking care of the three soldiers. Killing all three of them.

As the four soldiers were taken care of with no casualties from their group, Connor fell back as more soldiers came. They group quickly entered the room and with no hesitation, jumped from the side of the ship into the freezing water below. Using the water to cool their systems, they turned off their ventilation and swam under the water to safety.

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