Romans & histoires Cyn Murder Drones Episode 7

He bypassed the white-gold security drones that were swarming from the towers, his rusted iron pillar swinging in a brutal, arc-like trajectory that smashed the mechanical sentries into clouds of silver dust. CEO Vane didn't look at the drones. He didn't even look at his daughter screaming on the floor. His focus was entirely on the glass cylinder in his left hand, the red-gold drop of the "Extinction-Heir" pulsing faster and faster, reacting to Dante’s proximity like a hound catching the scent of its master.

His fingers twitched slightly at his sides, the only betrayal of the storm building within him. “Subject: Deceased. Adrium: Not detected.” The lead drone emitted a short, shrill beep, and the others responded with a synchronized retreat, lifting upward like vultures denied a feast. In seconds, they were gone, vanishing into the smog above the ruins. Tunde exhaled slowly. His eyes flicked to the crate. The shard glowed faintly in the shadows like a heart still beating.

"That's enough, Yvonne Sommer! You're just stirring up trouble and being difficult at this point! You clearly don't respect my position as your drill instructor at all, Yvonne!" I pointed to Wanda's limp, barely breathing body and shrieked at the top of my lungs, "Have you gone blind, Joseph? Do you not see how Wanda is slipping away here? She's actually going to die if you drag this on any longer!" Ella let out a mocking snicker before yelling, "You think she's just going to die like that, huh? Give me a break! You're quite a team, aren't you? You see, one fakes a medical crisis perfectly, while the other puts on this life-or-death drama! Do you really take us for fools, Yvonne?

"You can't take her kidneys! Ms. Clara Winton was bitten by a venomous snake. The toxin has spread throughout her body. All her organs are compromised. She took a strong analgesic two days ago. Today is her last day." Silence fell over the room. I was dying from snake venom, yet my mother didn't even notice. All she cared about was cutting out my kidney to save the adopted daughter she loved more. My soul hovered above it all, watching as the nurse called my mother. "Hello, are you the parents of Ms. Clara Winton? Your daughter passed away at 11:00 am." The line clicked dead before she could finish. "Scammer! How dare you curse my daughter!"

But she would be that selfish. Also explains why she didn’t shift and try to fight back. She also reeks of at least two males and their cheap cologne. “Welcome to the Flying Death Nina,” I say, as Missile steps back, reaches into his jeans and lights up a joint. When he passes it, I take a hit. She sits up, but Klunk’s wolf sits close and doesn’t let her stand. “The… Flying… You’re in the Flying Death,” she mumbles, her eyes wide.

“He isn’t done. Kane never finishes quietly.” A sudden pulse of red light painted the street ahead. Drones, small and angular, descended silently from above, their surveillance lenses glowing like malevolent eyes. Kane had anticipated their escape. Ava ducked instinctively as a pulse shot past her shoulder, a warning shot from the first drone. “He’s everywhere!” she shouted, adrenaline flooding her veins. “Not everywhere,” Ethan said through gritted teeth. “But enough to make this a fight for survival.” They dove into the alleyways, twisting and turning in a maze of metal dumpsters and stacked crates. The drones followed, emitting a mechanical whine that seemed almost like laughter. Kane’s v

He fired with surgical precision, taking out the drones’ legs to disable them without killing—still trying to preserve some shred of the humanity they had lost. But there were too many. "Ruby! The terminal!" Nevan shouted as a drone tackled him to the floor. I sprinted toward the central dais, a throne of fiber-optic cables and liquid cooling systems. I slammed my hands onto the interface. Access Denied. Subject Omega not synchronized. "I’m not Omega!" I screamed at the machine. "I am Ruby Lane!"

The gangs went silent, their eyes once locked against each other were now fixed on the hovering machines above them. “8 seconds to comply.” Their stupor was broken, both sides fired on the drones, unleashing a tirade of gunfire on the machines. “7 seconds to comply.” The drones flew higher, dodging bullets and plasma. “6 seconds to comply.” Ymir caught sight of a single bulk in the distance. It was flying above Moreno Avenue. It was a mass of grey metal, shaped like shark of sorts. On its front were two lights, blue and red. They blinked furiously, blinding Ymir for a moment.

A little girl's voice entered his mind. Please help me. Ethan's eyes filled with anger. Who did this? The girl answered. The man beyond the beginning. The drones fired. Ethan threw up his hand. A wave of consciousness passed through the sky. Every weapon stopped. The drones froze. Then one by one, they began falling harmlessly to the ground. Jason stared at Ethan. You just stopped an army. Ethan shook his head. No. I freed them. The drone nearest to them opened. A little girl climbed out.

“Because the world is ending. And I need you to tell me why it’s worth saving.” Ava’s heart broke at the simplicity of it. But before she could answer, the walls shuddered again this time from outside. A distant boom echoed through the mountains. Morgan grabbed her scanner. “Drones. Hundreds of them. They found us.” Liam’s instincts kicked in. He drew his weapon and looked at the projection. “Can you stop them?” The child tilted its head again, as if considering. Then its form flickered, shifting from gold to blue, then back. “I will try.”