The Silence

[The Android]
An explosion rocked the area, but you must keep moving.

I felt a sharp pain in my head as I got up, slowly. Concrete dust fell from my helmet as I stood on my feet. I put my hand on my head and realized there’s a crack in the helmet, seems a chunk of concrete knocked me out good. No blood or leaks, as I felt under my helmet with my hand. The alarm still blared in the background as some sparks came from a light nearby.

“All systems are a bit damaged and still restarting, take it easy,” A voice stated.

Of course that voice was my Personal AI Assistant, or pAIA. I should probably look around though and figure this situation out.

I took a look around the hallway. Leaving only one exit, although the door won’t budge. I check my duty belt, everything is there; a radio, Glock s50 Service Pistol, some magazines, a telescopic baton, and a STek-Maglite. However, upon inspecting the radio, it appears broken. Ashame, I can’t call for help.

The door next to me opened all of a sudden. I walked slowly through the door and suddenly felt a blunt force hit my side, a damn filing cabinet was pushed into me. I stagger a bit to the side, drawing my service pistol and aiming it around. Then I saw a bloodied figure. It growls at me as it gets ready to come at me with it’s claw.

[Combat Module Error]

“It appears the combat module is a bit off, and causes black outs. I’ll do my best to fix it,” stated my pAIA.

Before me was the corpse of that bloody figure, with long nails. The blood poured from the bullet holes onto the floor.

That’s when I felt another sharp pain in my head. It was like a burning sensation at the same time. I don’t know how I felt it considering I’m a bloody security android.

“There’s something wrong, I can’t figure it out bu-” The voice cut off and was interrupted.

I felt two cold hands on my shoulders, I couldn't move. Why can’t I move?

A deep voice whispers into my ears behind me, “I. Am. Sorry.”

A door filled with light appeared before me and I felt a shove from behind. I went straight into the light, I was embraced by light, blinded despite my visual systems working fine. But I could also sense the fact I was falling and falling. It was raining, I could feel the cold rain as I fell.

Then I hit a tree branch or two, or three. The pain in my sides was not that bad, but suddenly I feel slow and sluggish. I felt tired..? That’s impossible… I can’t be shutting down now. But I can hear approaching steps, the muddy sounds of steps. Visual systems aren’t restarting and the audio is slowly drowning out with silence.

[The Human]
Gunshots fill the air of the hallway, you must keep moving.

I got up slowly, the pain in my head grew. I looked around, and around me was bodies, blood, and casings.

“What in the fuck is going on!?” I yelled out.

“Get the hell out of here and don’t turn around!” The guard commanded as he fired onto approaching figures.

After seeing those damn figures, I didn’t question his order twice.

I turned and ran. I didn’t look back, just forward. I turned the corner and there was no exit, just a collapsed hallway. I guess this is the end. The gunshots slowly went silent and the screaming stopped.

That’s when I felt it, two cold hands on my shoulders and a voice saying sorry. I was panicking in my head, I couldn’t focus on the voice. That’s when a door filled with light appeared before me and I was fucking shoved into it.

I was embraced by light and blinded, I was screaming like a damn girl and flailing around like a dumbass. To be fair I was falling and I couldn’t see. Then it was sort of peaceful as I fell through the rain, until of course I fell onto what I could assume was a damn tree branch and another branch. The snapping of wood against my side and back wasn’t that great of a feeling.

Then face first into the mud, I hope this is mud. Then everything just got dark and quiet, despite there being light and rain.

Slowly and slowly, it was just a peaceful silence.