CHAPTER 2: Discovery
Regaining her footing Amaya and the others sprint up the stairs after Sakai with no hesitation, preparing herself mentally she took one breath before stepping through the smoke. As she opened her eyes she was met with a sight that made her beyond ill. The bartender, slashed across the throat laying lifeless, and lifeless corpses with energy beam holes across their entire bodies. Utterly devastated she stood there in silence with hundreds of thoughts racing through her head of who could’ve done this but only one person made sense to her. all the clues added up, the slashes, the energy beams, this was the work of the assassin thought to be a mere urban legend, a scare tactic used to make the people of the world submit, this was the work of Anomaly. Still unable to move or speak locked in an overwhelming trance of regret and guilt, Lurker stepped out from behind Sabuto and Amaya and scanned the bar. “16 dead, no survivors.” Lurker stated pain and sorrow emanating from her voice. Amaya regained her composure and carefully stepped between the corpses, blood soaking into the white soles of her shoes tainting them with blood and death. As she carefully stepped around the bar she saw Sakai standing still looking at something, redirecting her eyes to whatever he was looking at she saw a sight that shook her to the core. She saw her worst nightmare, She saw a family of 5 butchered mercilessly, a beautiful mother along with a handsome father shielding their children and giving their lives if it meant their children may survive, but it was all in vain, the children met the same fate.
The silence within the bar was shattered as Neo Drones fired upon the bar with energy blasters after being alerted of the massacre. Sakai having no time to react got shot twice, once in his right arm, and once in his lower abdomen. Amaya snapped back to reality and dove at Sakai sending him behind the bar for cover. The other 4 slammed their body’s behind any cover they could find, materializing their weapons and returning fire. “WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE NOW!” Pronto screamed to Amaya as his blaster was cooling down from the endless shots he had fired at the drones. Amaya realizing the extremely dire situation they were in called her car to wait at an alleyway 2 blocks away from their current location. “THE CARS READY FOR EVAC! HOLD THEM OFF FOR 2 MINUTES!” Amaya screamed back. Amaya turned towards Sakai and started tending to his wounds applying a temporary skin replicant alloy to the wounds, stopping the bleeding and allowing him to move for a short period. 15 more drones came flying down from the sky and started closing in. “AMAYA HOW LONG!” Sabuto screeched, desperation echoing from his voice. “5 SECONDS!” Amaya replied back readying herself with an automatic blaster rifle, the only exit being the front entrance she and the others prepared themselves to escape or die trying. 3 seconds, pronto got grazed on the shoulder by an energy beam. 2 seconds, Lurker’s blaster overheated, she had no way of attacking or defending. 1 second, Katashi had 4 Drones trained on his head. As the timer struck zero Sakai equipped a new explosive he had been working on, and tossed it across the bar, striking the ground and letting off smoke covering the drone's vision before emitting an EMP that deactivated all electronic technology within the bar. “NOW!” Sakai screamed before dashing out the front entrance along with the others. Running for their lives Amaya led them through the neon-lit streets, and finally, they arrived at the car. All 6 of them piling in the car that could only fit 5 Amaya slammed on the pedal pulled upwards, roaring into the sky. No one said a word to each other the whole car ride. Dropping off Katashi, Sabuto, Pronto, and Lurker was her main priority with them being situated in the City she wanted them safe at home before more drones started scouting the area. After 45 minutes the only one left to drop home was Sakai, exiting the city and entering the slums she stealthily flew down in front of the building Sakai was staying in and opened the door. “Thank you Amaya” Sakai softy whispered as he exited the car. Before entering the building Sakai turned around and watched as Amaya flew off.
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