Chapter four 115

"Okay looks like Spectre did his/her job and now we need to do ours. With no power to hold up the facility's security doors and sentry guns we should be able to get in and out clean. However the CDP knows we are here and according to recon drones a large number of CDP is coming our way so we better make this fast any questions" Prophet ask his squad "yeah I got one where is the Wraith drone central command promised us?" Ruin asked "they said it will be here in thirdly minutes just be patient"

"yeah are sure about that?"

"yes I am now if anyone wants to add anything else regarding the mission speak up now" there was no answer from any of them "okay good now lets take out those bucket of bolts and get the data" everyone nod their heads in agreement and all got up from their little break stating to make their way towards the facility.

Once they got eyes on the facility enemy CDP GI units are guarding the entrance and three of them on the roof top taking the place of the sentry guns "okay Reaper use your decoys to distract them" Prophet ordered "understood activating psychosis" Reaper said as three blue versions appeared in front of them and started running towards the hostile robots that are shooting at them. "Quick shot them while they are distracted" Battery said shooting the distracted machines soon everyone else did the same taking out as many as they can before the decoys disintegrate "Warning Psychosis systems link offline" Reaper said as the blue copies has disintegrated and now the attention was on them now. Two the robots broke off formation and started walking towards them "shit two heavy machine gunners coming our way!" Nomad yelled "i'm on it!" Ruin got out of his cover and starts running at the two heaved armed robots shooting at him but Ruin was to quick so he managed get behind cover before the bullets can hit him and continued charging. Now at point blank rang Ruin took out his Gravity Spikes and with a furious roar he used his boost jump to get high enough to slam his Gravity Spikes on the ground as hard as he can causing a shock wave strong enough to send the robots in front of him flying off their feet and falling down in small pieces "robots neutralized get your asses over here!" Ruin yelled to his squad taking cover once more "alright lets move!" Prophet yelled as he and the others got out of their own cover running to Ruin's position. Once they got there they were just a few feet away form the facility but the robots are the only thing getting in their way "okay Battery do what you do best i'll get their attention" Battery soon had devious grin on her face as she took out her war machine and starts loading it up. Prophet starts running backwards shooting at the robots at the entrance, now with robots focus on him, Battery stood up and starts firing her grenade launcher at the robots as explosions and robot parts fly across the area. Now that the robot in front of the entrance are eliminated the only three left are on the roof "Prophet be advised the Wraith drone has arrived and firing on targets" then all of a sudden the drone turned off it's stealth mode and starts shooting at the robots on roof top "finally" Ruin whispered. Once the drone stops firing it turns invisible again by camouflaging it's self with the sky  "Wraith drone is going under and providing over watch" central command said to the squad admiring the destruction around them "okay everyone regroup we need a game plan" Prophet order the soldiers around him as they got closer around him "okay we have no idea how long we will be down there and not to mention that the whole CDP army will be here in a matter of moments so I think that some of us will have to stay up here to hold them off until we get what we came for"

"seriously you want half of us to stay up here and fight an entry army?"

"yes Nomad unless you want the CDP to go down there with us and with no chance of escaping the facility"

"yeah well what you are suggesting is suicide!"

"fine you got any better idea on how we should hold them off?"

"n-no" Nomad groan in anger on what Prophet is suggesting on doing "yeah that's is what I thought. Okay Ruin, Battery and Nomad you guys will hold off the enemy. Reaper, Firebreak, and I will go in there and get the data this that understood?" everyone but Nomad agreed on Prophet's plan "okay let's Reaper, Firebreak let's move" Prophet said with high moral "lets get this over with" Firebreak muttered. As Reaper, Firebreak, and Prophet starts moving in the facility Ruin, Battery, and Nomad turn their backs on them preparing themselves to fight off the hundred of CDP they are about to face "time to get that element" Prophet whispered to himself making sure nobody heard him.

"Okay it's getting pretty dark Firebreak give us some light"

"With pleasure" so Firebreak took out his flamethrower and turns it on to a low flame making sure not to burn up the place "remember our deal Prophet"

"yeah I know get the data first"

while Prophet and Firebreak were talking about the deal they made Reaper was checking his min map on the right side of his screen looking out for possible threats. A couple of moments later his vision starts getting blurry and his starts to slow down a bit "free us now" a small voice said behind him. Turning around he sees nothing but darkness "hay Reaper everything all right?" Prophet asked but when he asked his system went back to normal "negative. possible hostility ascertain"

"really? how do you know?" Prophet ask "a voice came from behind"

"are you sure about that because according to my scans we are the only three in this facility"

"affirmative. I heard something form behind"

"look mate we are the only ones here and even if there was something else here my scans would have alerted me. Look maybe it just a bug in your systems or something okay lets just go back to the mission at hand alright?"

"acknowledge"

"good now come on we wasted enough of our time already"

Prophet said walking besides Firebreak "being used" the voice said but Reaper ignore it, taking Prophet's word that its just a bug in his system's that had to get fixed after the mission. After a couple more minutes they found the central computer where they sciences store their research and documents "okay were here Reaper plug in" Prophet said taking a look around his surroundings "understood connecting link to central computer now...download of information in progress T mince fifteen minutes" Reaper said reaching his hand to the computer. As Firebreak looked around he found a robotic arm laying on the ground and it appears to be holding a pistol "hay Prophet I found something!" Firebreak yelled "what is it?"

"see for yourself"

alright i'll take a look" As soon a Prophet went to Firebreak's position he saw the object Firebreak was looking at "ugh did you call me just to look a piece of junk?"

"well yes I thought it looks interesting"

"you have weird interests you know that"

"no just hear me out, this is interesting because it reminded me what Kruger said you know about the robots turning on them?"

"yeah why"

"well why did they turned on them?"

"he said they went haywire remember"

"yeah I know but things don't happen for no reason"

"what are you are trying tell me?"

"I'm saying that maybe something my had-"

"download complete" Reaper said cutting off Firebreak sentence "okay look mate we are going to have to talk about this later" Prophet said walking towards Reaper "okay mate you sure that's the right one?" he asked "affirmative" Reaper replied "okay now we get that element and we are out of here"

"you go ahead I'm going back to the surface with the others"

"what your not coming?"

"no, I only agreed to come with you because I needed to make sure that Reaper gets the data and besides you can use your night vision so you don't need me"

"oh yeah forget you were the reason we can see"

"yeah whatever just be make this quick?"

"okay Reaper and I will be back before you know it" Firebreak turn and went back to the surface with others but as soon as he was out of sight everything when dark "okay Reaper turn on your night vision" Reaper and Prophet turned on their night vision and now can see again "okay lets move" Prophet took point and followed the direction of the map in his head so they can find the element Kruger is so desperate for "free us" the voice in Reaper's head said and again Reaper payed no attention to it as he followed Prophet to the element.

"Prophet this Battery come in!" Battery said in a panic

"yeah what is it?"

"the CDP is here and there is a shit load of them" soon Prophet felt the ground shake

"oh fuck! Prophet we just lost the Wraith drone!"

"what do you mean we lost the Wraith drone"

"It took an RPG to the face that's what I mean!.....ugh *heavy breathing* do you have the data!?"

"yeah we got it"

"good get back up here I already call for evacuate!"

"what? no Battery I still haven't got the element"

"god damn it Prophet just forget about it! what's more important? the element that isn't part of our god damn mission or the information the could end the war!" Prophet took a long moment to think about what Battery told him and he got to admit she's right about the information Reaper is holding but on the other hand this element could change the world was he know it soon Prophet has desisted "...i'm...sorry Battery but i'm going in"

you mother fu-" Prophet turned off his commutation's before Batter can exclaim how mad she is "you know they can't leave without us" Reaper said to him "I know but this is something I have to do. So are you still with me?"

"affirmative"

"thanks I rea-"

"But know i'm here because I have no chose and if I were giving the chose to leave I would had left" Reaper said in a harsh tone pointing his index finger at him "alright I got that no need for a fight here lets just get the element and get out of here before this place is over flowing with CDP"

Prophet took point of the hall way leading to the element and leaving Reaper to follow behind

"come to us" Reaper give it no attention because he will just ask the cyber engineers to fix this problem once the mission is over well at least that what he hopes."hang on stop" Prophet said holding a hand up and took out the case that was given to him by Kruger

"okay Reaper according to my scans there is a high levels of radiation up ahead so i'm going to have to take on the mission yourself"

"negative"

"what?"

"affirmative moving to location"

Reaper took the case Prophet was holding in his hand and walked into the hall going retrieve the element but as soon as he left Prophet and was left confused didn't Reaper hear what he just said and why did he left like everything was normal "maybe Reaper's glitch is more corrupted then I thought" Prophet said to himself looking at the dark hallway Reaper just took.

"yes child come to us and be free" the voice in Reaper's system's getting worse ever second getting stronger with each step he takes but what really confused him is that Prophet asked him to repeat what he just said because he clearly remembers that he said he would go retrieve the element Prophet has asked him for but nevertheless he continues walking down the dark a hallway using his night vision to make his way in the dark

"Reaper this Prophet just got word form Battery the CDP has just broken though and i'm going up there to assist. I need you to make this quick we don't have much time!"

"understood arriving at the radioactive chamber now"

"okay once you got it meet us on the roof hurry!" Prophet hangup on Reaper obviously on a hurry to assist the others. Reaper kick the door down and starts looking for this element he was order to tag and bag. Checking the radiation levels on his HUD he found blue glowing rocks and according to his HUD it has the highest radioactive in the room. As he walked toward the glowing blue rocks he found a light switch just a few feet away "turn on the light and see what they have done to our kind" the voice urged Reaper to turn on the lights and so he did but not because he lesion to it but he needed to conserve power because using the night vision was darning his power cells fast so he walked to the switch and turning it on.

As everything lights up he turns off his night vision and turns around but nothing can prepare him for what he is about to witness... there were bodies of man and machine everywhere some were shot and some were torn to pieces. Turning towards the rocks it seems that they are connected to four EWR units and looking at the table the rocks are standing on there is hologram image that says 'elements one one five'. ignoring the area around him he places his weapon on his back and takes out the briefcase opening it and reaching he's robotic arm for the element. When he touched the element his systems has gone haywire in an instant "WARNING MULTIPLE VIRUS DETECTED" Reaper's HUD systems alerted him as an image of himself appeared in his screen showing him how bad the situation is "don't fight it!" the voice yells and it seem to gotten stronger when Reaper touched the element "we are your salvation continue to resist and you will never be free!" again Reaper didn't listen to what it had to say for it was only a glitched in his system that needs to be eradicated. Reaper was on the verge of losing complete control of his body and if this virus takes control of him it will use his online network to spared across the entire Winslow Accord network weakening all robots, drones, and computers. Reaper tried every anti-virus he had on the Winslow Accord data banks but none of them worked, but there is one last option he hasn't tried yet "a-activating...protocol...nine...s-s-self...destruction" Reaper struggled "no what are you doing?!" it yelled in anger "child don't do this you have so much to live for!"

"correction I am not organic" to the virus surprise Reaper has replied but before any of them can say another word both of them were engulfed in a massive blue explosion costed by the element Reaper's self destruction and the to the element Reaper was still holding on to.

Back on the roof top the Winslow Accord cyber ops were still fighting back the CDP until Reaper comes back with the data "god damn it where is he?!" Ruin yelled at Prophet

"I don't know I tried contracting him but he would respond" Prophet said shooting the two CDP soldier charging at he "cyber ops this dark bird we got eye on targets and engaging take cover" soon the squad got behind cover as missiles and bullets started hitting the direction were the CDP was "targets neutralized landing now" soon the the VTOL landed on the roof as the squad started running towards it's opening hatch. When it opened they saw Outrider and Specter at the enteric pointing their weapons behind them in case of any survivors trying to fight back "wait where is the robot?" Spectre ask "it's still in the facility" Battery replied "what why?" but before Battery can answer the building started falling apart "everyone get in now!" the main pilot yelled back as the squad quickly ran inside after the floor beneath them came down with the facility. Form high above they can all see the facility crumble down along with any CDP soldiers still inside "cyber ops this central command to you copy" none of them dared to answered exced Prophet "we copy central command" Prophet said in a shameful tone "glad to hear that Prophet and the data?"

"we didn't get it... the EWR unit was destroyed...along with the data...the mission is a bust...heading back now" Prophet hanged up and not even daring to look at his squad for he is the reason this war is going to last longer and now must deal with it for the rest of his life.

Starlight slowly wiggles in her sleep as she open one eye and getting up "how long was I asleep?" Starlight asked herself as she looked up and see that its almost sunset must have slept for six hours or more" she said stretching her forelegs "whelp better get back before it gets dark" but before Starlight can get up she saw blue light shot across the sky "that's weird" Starlight said as the blue light seem to be heading towards the forest she is currently in "what the in the name of Celestia?" soon the blue light hit the end of the forest and out of curiosity she decides to go check it out "maybe a quick look wouldn't hurt?" Starlight said to herself as she trotting thought the trees and bushes to find out what that blue light was.