What did Kered's ramblings mean? I added that to my list of things to
put in the background until Kered was at Sam's house. I turned to
Rebecca and we shared a glance. I could tell that she was more than
happy for the rescue mission to be half-way done.
I stepped
out of the cell and just as my foot exited it, an alarm went off.
Rebecca tensed up and then relaxed. It seemed like now that there was a
threat she was used to, she could calm down.
"We don't have much time." Rebecca said with a smile starting to form on her face.
"Yes."
I replied and followed Rebecca as she started to run. I was worried
about the safety of Kered and that the mission would fail because there
was only a human protecting me. The other worry at the moment was if I
were to be reprogrammed by Netty that I would bring danger to Karma and
Samara.
Three M-3s came to investigate us before we got out
of the building. While they got out a few shots, Rebecca was able to
shoot them down very quickly. This gave me hope that our mission would
be successful.
A few seconds after that thought was formed,
Rebecca was running through the building and shooting at the Machines
that started shooting at us. After minutes of running through the
building and nearly getting killed, we exited the building. As anyone
could've guessed, there were other Machines out there too.
Yelling out run was illogical since what was to be done was obvious.
"Run!" Rebecca yelled and showed her humanity. I ran after her as shots followed us and she fired back.
I
dodged fire and took the hits that I couldn't dodge. I was being very
careful not to get Kered hit. Finally the car could be seen in the
distance. Stewart was in the driver's seat with Martha riding shotgun.
Rebecca
yelled out in joy about seeing the end of the mission, but then the
yell of joy turned into a cry of pain. She fell down after being shot in
the knee and Martha's mouth opened in anguish.
Finding a
fallen comrade to be more important than this particular Elemental, I
was about to run to help Rebecca when she waved me to go to the car. I
nodded and ran as fast as I could. I turned back to see Rebecca limping
at a pretty good pace.
When I reached the car I put Kered in a seat, buckled him up, and took out a gun and shot at the Machines pursuing Rebecca.
"Get in the car, Nazilla." Stewart ordered and I just continued to shoot the Machines trying to kill Rebecca.
As
more fire hit me I started to think that protecting a fellow soldier
was illogical. Just as I put my gun away Rebecca jumped into the car. I
quickly followed her and shut the door as Stewart drove away.
The
ride back, after we were away from the Machines, was very quiet. The
only sound was the car and Kered's repetition of 'The Net' and 'logic'.
Stewart seemed to be staying quiet because he was angry. Rebecca was out
of breath and Martha was recovering from nearly losing her sister.
Upon
reaching Sam's house we exited the car and entered the home. Mark and
Samara had not yet returned. I took Kered up to Samara's room, put him
on the bed, cleaned up his wounds, and stayed by his side.
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