Forget threes - try fives.
One thing had led to another. Going through the evidence, the interviews, the documentation, the photos, there was no choice but to see what she'd seen. Millard Robotics was active and producing, but slowly. Apparently, from what her contact had said, there was one functioning android.
But that was what they'd thought of Millard one universe away.
She had gone, warily, to the facility. There were things to investigate, and though she'd sent in the nanos, there were too many air scrubbers - she'd lost a part of the swarm. Some data had been returned, but not enough for her to form a cohesive report.
And that, of course, explained why she was sitting against a wall, leaking from gunshot wounds in her arm and leg, sealed as tightly as possible with nanos, but not completely effective.
She hated working alone.
Cursing under her breath, Kavio stood, shutting down tactile receptors before loading a round into her gun. It was last ditch, and the moment she fired, she'd have to run. She had seven minutes to seal her wounds.
Not one. No, of course not, those motherfuckers. Five. Five in one facility alone. And all of them apparently knew a Knight when they saw one.
She stepped out into the hall and fired the EMP bullet, running for the alarmed exit as halon began to spray through the passage. Halon. Shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit--
The 'Bird broke through the fence as she leapt in, floored through--
And was followed close by by the EMP wave. Enough that she lost control of the rear, and the car spun out.
Can't anything go right tonight?! she demanded of the night as she did the only thing she could do to take some time to get out of the way. As the 'Bird spun out of control, she imagined the border between worlds. The one place she could go that the androids couldn't.
...Six minutes.
How far could she get in six minutes?
But that was what they'd thought of Millard one universe away.
She had gone, warily, to the facility. There were things to investigate, and though she'd sent in the nanos, there were too many air scrubbers - she'd lost a part of the swarm. Some data had been returned, but not enough for her to form a cohesive report.
And that, of course, explained why she was sitting against a wall, leaking from gunshot wounds in her arm and leg, sealed as tightly as possible with nanos, but not completely effective.
She hated working alone.
Cursing under her breath, Kavio stood, shutting down tactile receptors before loading a round into her gun. It was last ditch, and the moment she fired, she'd have to run. She had seven minutes to seal her wounds.
Not one. No, of course not, those motherfuckers. Five. Five in one facility alone. And all of them apparently knew a Knight when they saw one.
She stepped out into the hall and fired the EMP bullet, running for the alarmed exit as halon began to spray through the passage. Halon. Shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit--
The 'Bird broke through the fence as she leapt in, floored through--
And was followed close by by the EMP wave. Enough that she lost control of the rear, and the car spun out.
Can't anything go right tonight?! she demanded of the night as she did the only thing she could do to take some time to get out of the way. As the 'Bird spun out of control, she imagined the border between worlds. The one place she could go that the androids couldn't.
...Six minutes.
How far could she get in six minutes?