Zealstorm's sensors blipped at the approach of the missiles.
"...?"
Finishing out her massive leap, her already modified jumping shocks greatly enhanced by the low gravity, she used the momentum from the landing to plunge her energy-charged fists into the ground.
"Calculating trajectory - allowance for low gravity - and...."
Zealstorm leapt into the air, shards of pumice in her arms. With blinding speed, she punched the stones towards the approaching missiles, delivering the last one with a midair flipkick.
The missiles exploded prematurely with a shockwave of fire and force, blotted out by the thin atmosphere after a moment.
Zealstorm descended through the fire, sticking the landing perfectly before vanishing.
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"You see what you do?" Reikoff tells Curtis as he switches to thermal vision and begins searching for the now-hostile droid.
((FYI, I'm going to be gone all this weekend. No more updates are likely until Sunday from me. D: Just move around my characters wherever you like.))
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"Unit 1 this is command, at this time set up a defensive perimeter outside the airlock. can you confirm how many Malta are out there? over."
"this is Unit 1. I have visual confirmation on three of them, but there may be more of them outside of my visual range. The three I can see are attacking something, but i'm not sure what it could be at this time. Over."
"roger that Unit 1, Reinforcements are enroute to your location keep us informed of the Maltas' movements. Command out."
Once he finished his communication with command, unit 1 began setting up a minefield along the outer edge of the airlock.
When he finished with the mines he headed back into the airlock and set up an auto turret set to attack anything that isn't using a friendly IFF tag. By the time he finished with the auto turret his backup came around the corner, Unit 1 heard them before he saw them.
Command was gracious enough to send up three Zenith Warcry mk1's and two hoverbots as backup. The three Warcry's lumbered into the airlock and held their positions there. Apparently command decided they would be better off as the fallback defense just incase there was indeed a sizable force of Malta out there. The two hoverbots began patrolling outside the base edging closer and closer to the perimeter constantly scanning and checking for intruders that might have made it through the perimeter detection devices. Meanwhile Unit 1 just stood outside the airlock invisible and waited to see what would happen, but still alert enough to react quickly if an attack did occur.
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The lunar surface was silent. The Malta thermal sensors picked up nothing, just the cold, lifeless surface.
"Hm." Reikoff scowled, his weathered eyes scanning the horizon. "Marcus, switch to ultrasonic ping radar. We've got a stealther."
Sure enough, a lone form, otherwise rendered invisible, was noticed at the top of a rock outcropping, observing. The robot's glaring eyes seemed to focus primarily on the Maltan tech as he worked. Though no heat was generated, there was evidence of some sort of fusion reaction in the palms of the android's hands.
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"You let them get away?" A Longbow agent eyed Essex with a frown. "What kind of a super are you?"
"A-a lab assistant..." Essex murmured stubbornly, her eyes down at her boots like a scolded child. "I'm not a superhero. I don't have a cape. I'm just a lab assistant, and a medical technician."
"Hm." the Longbow agent regarded her with a frown. "Where I come from, androids who offer comfort to the enemy are swiftly reconditioned. Go to your quarters and consider that, S-6."
"Yes sir..." Essex said sadly, slipping out of the briefing room.
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"There she is!" Reikoff screeches, "Fire the TOW's!"
((Sorry. Gun nut shining again. TOW Missile - BGM-71. ))
((Freakin' A. O_o))
The red and black robot looked on as the massive missiles streaked towards her. She straightened, seen through Reikoff's visor, and watched their approach.
Suddenly she flattened against the ground like a spider and sprang forward, leaping with all the force she had been created with straight under the arc of the missiles and at the Malta. One of the soldiers on the fringe felt his body armor physically dent with the force of the energy gathered around her fist.
Her assault had begun.
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The Malta converged, save for Curtis, who had been hit hard, attacking the robot with EMP sticks and weaponry...
Zealstorm's reticle buzzed with the danger of the EMP sticks, but she didn't care, slipping in and out of stealth mode to deliver calculated blows.
Artillery fire glanced off her body armor and she turned with a glowing red haymaker to her assailant's face. An EMP stick made her jolt momentarily and pulled her attention to its wielder, releasing a flurry of energy punches almost too quickly for the eye to see. She was a quick, calculated, and overwhelming fighter.
Soon, though, the EMP sticks really began to take their toll, and Zealstorm scowled a little. Eyeing the group, she calculated which of them was the biggest threat - the commander.
Reikoff soon found himself beneath a double-fisted punch of blazing red energy and very little room for evasion - though doubtless the battle-worn man had edged out of worse situations...
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Reikoff wilted under the barrage, but as the robot drew back for a left-handed punch, the commander grabs her fists.
Screeching curses to the heavens, he orders Marcus to get her...And the Engineer brings the sapstick down...
"Ugh!"
The sapstick came down on the android's back and she jolted forward into the commander. Reikoff got a faceful of rage-filled, cold, lifeless glare before she twirled to face the sapstick wielding solider.
Only one problem. Reikoff still had her fists. Struggling furiously, Zealstorm managed a set of harsh kicks before her processors began to power down....
...And the assassin fell to the lunar surface.
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"Christ." Marcus mutters as Curtis limps to the other Maltans.
"What the hell was that?"
"That was so friggin' awesome," said an electronic voice behind Reikoff.
The Malta commander spun around and saw a small collection of robots gathered to the rear of his group. Apparently they had moved their without his knowing during the brief battle with Zealstorm.
"Hello there, Malta," said the multi-colored android in the middle of the motley group. "I am here to take possession of the android you have there. It's wanted for the murder of an important official. Now, I won't object to you maybe roughing it up a bit as long as the head survives. After all, damage during capture is unavoidable. Or..."
Toy Dispenser patted Combat Toy on its massive shoulder.
"Or I'll have to take it from you. Your choice really."
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
Marcus laughs at the 'bots compliment, but Reikoff nods in agreement.
"Tell you what, you can have her if you can get my friend here-" He points to the limping Curtis-"Some meds. Broken ribcage, we think. Deal?"
"Fine with me," Toy said and then pulled a small object from his belt. He handed it to one of his smaller robots and the drone ran up to Reikoff and handed the container to him.
"The green stuff in there is a concentrated mixture of nano-machines and extra sugar to assist in powering them. Just pour it on the wound or have him drink it, either way it'll work within a minute. Although you might want to get him some sleep and food afterward."
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
"She's all yours." Reikoff states simply as his gunslinger downs the mix.
"By the way, why the hell were you shooting us back there?!"
Toy slapped Combat Toy on the arm and the big assault bot lumbered forward and scooped up the limp Zealstorm. As the bot moved back to its master, Toy waved at Reikoff.
"No hard feelings about that I hope! Just doing my job," he said and then turned around. "Nice doing business with you."
Walking away from the Maltan's, Toy pulled out a pair of thin strips of metal and bound up Zealstorm's hands and feet with them. A quick press of a button on his wrist panel and the bands started humming with energy. If Zealstorm tried to move or activate something, the bands would either shock her or just drain her power.
"Someone's in big trouble," Toy said as they walked along. "Bacher didn't appreciate his chief scientist getting killed, even if I did find her to be quite reprehensible. Ugh. I hate mad scientists. So cliche and annoying."
Toy's voice trailed off and he mumbled to himself as they traveled.
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
As Zealstorm slowly reactivated, she focused in her vision on...Toy.
"You..." she weased, "You're an android. Why are you helping the humans? They're stupid, fragile creatures."
The android didn't attempt to escape, but just glared at Toy. "You know it as well as I do. What attachment do you have to the Fifth Column humans in particular? Fleischman was an idiot and deserved to be destroyed. Always ranting about that wretched human scientist back on Earth. The one who created the S-6 prototype."
With that, Zealstorm grumbled a little. "As if that worthless little excuse for a machine would be able to stand up to anything more than a particularly driven janitor."
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"I do what I'm hired to do," Toy answered. "No more, no less. I do agree with you on the idiot part, though. I hold no great love for Flieschman either but her commander did order me to bring him her killer. Thusly, you in the handcuffs."
Toy decided he'd keep his thoughts on Essex to himself for the time being.
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
Zealstorm snorted.
"What a waste..." she said. Glancing around to the 'toys' that surrounded the Mastermind, she felt discouraged. There was no way she was getting out of this one. They obviously were of one mind with their boss - no use trying to convert them to her side.
"So in the end, you're just the way you were created. Just a tool to be used. How...humiliating it must be for you."
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"Oh no," said Toy. "I was created for the sole purpose of guarding important installations for some goverment or another. It was only after I achieved by independence that I figured life as a mercenary appealed best to myself and my talents."
Toy Dispenser looked down at Zealstorm and sighed.
"Although I am feeling quite sorry for you right now. Freshly activated, not a care in the world, and you had to go and kill an important person in a building full of fascists. Not exactly a smart move for future career development."
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
Zealstorm just frowned, dangling her legs from where Combat Toy held her.
"I don't need your pity." she stated, simply. "Just because Fleischman gave me a new AI chip doesn't mean that I'm a blank slate. ...I have my own experiences. I have my secrets. And I have my motivations. She merely gave me the means to act on them."
Allowing silence to reign for another few moments, she scowled. "I still can't believe you're doing this." she grumbled. "What a waste of valuable information..."
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Toy rolled his head, someone else would have used their eyes, but the expressed emotion was the same.
"Oh great, the hook. What information are you talking about?"
Statesman said let there be heroes, and there were heroes.
Lord Recluse said let there be villains, and there were villains.
NCsoft said let there be nothing, and there was nothing.
After hearing zealstorms voice unit 1 turns in the direction it came from only to see the airlock doors close behind her. He bolts through the doors only to see missles flying at a red streak and hearing a voice above him saying that "this should be interesting".
Unit 1 focuses back on the point of origin of the missiles and is immediately surprised to see Malta agents on the moon, but didn't bother to take the time to wonder how they got here. He immediately activated his radio to contact kommandant backer,
"Sir, visual contact with Malta agents outside the secondary airlock, requesting immediate backup at my location,over?"
Unit 1 reactivated his cloaking device and took aim with his rifle waiting for the Malta agents to move in a direction towards the base then waited for backup.