SEVER ZERO
Now, the only sound was the wind howling through the suspension cables and the distant, dying crackle of the downed bomber outside the Scrapyard walls.
Leo (Tank) stood out in the open, the heavy machine gun pressed tightly to his shoulder, his finger hovering over the trigger. His massive chest heaved with adrenaline and pain. He stared at the three twelve-foot-tall war machines.
They were statues. Their hydraulic limbs were locked mid-stride. Their rotary cannons pointed uselessly at the concrete. The glowing red optical sensors that served as their eyes were completely dead, replaced by the dull, flat black of powered-down glass.