Games of Invictus
Near the mech's centre, a massive dent let me see straight into its torn wiring, which still produced sparks.
"Axion tech," I spat. "That's not one of ours."
"It looked like it had only just begun to sink when I detected it," Tio remarked. "I wonder what was keeping it-"
The mech shifted.
"Tio, drop that thing!" Damica exclaimed. She produced a pistol from the folds of her jacket, levelling it at the mech.
"Wait!" I called. Tio's hands froze on the controls.
As we looked on in nervous silence, part of the mech's matte-black armour parted, a hatch underneath opening outwards into the cool night air.
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