A-09

A solitary white tower with a glass dome on top can be seen in the middle of the white forest, its glory now weathered by the weather, Slow shimmers of a hexagonal forcefield can be seen on the top glass dome, the glass slightly blurred by the cold, while the outside would make any passerby think the tower was outdated or requiring repairs the inside could be considered another world, is a pristine white with grey hull plating with red accents, computers with holographic screens can be seen around the whole place as well as a group of security personnel, adorning what looks like a armor made of a carbon nanostructure.

A solitary middle-aged man stands in the center, sitting in what looks like the central position of the tower, adorning the same outfit but where all the others are only black with a bit of red his one has small lines of gold, he has a common face that blends well among a crowd, rough lines, his black hair has seen better days and is slowly greying out.

A younger male can be seen standing from the lower platform and moving to the center with what looks like a holographic tablet, When he gets close to the aged men he does a quick salute and speaks in a quiet tone "Sir, looks like the train has increased his speed and will cross the security bridge in ten minutes."

The old man clicks his tongue and slowly looks from his terminal "It was expected for then to increase the speed the storm is rolling out.... Do some security checkups on the bridge and prepare to lower the primary shield"

"Sir we also received an urgent request from the facility, They are sending two A-09 for additional security patrols, and they requested open airspace for it"

"Hum that was not on the planned operation files... why would they send something so powerful when we literally had not a single alert on the way here" the old man scratches his head.

"They said they want to test the two new prototype rail gun units, they should have enough speed to get to the train"

"So be it... send a directive to the AA units down below that new drones are going to enter the airspace and send their friendly codes to all units, By the way, who is in control of the new units?"

"That is the problem, sir, we got no reply about that We only know the command is coming from somewhere inside the facility on the main operations floor"

"I see, probably the command doing some standard training routines then.... You can go back to your post dismissed" The middle-aged man turned his face back to the terminal.

As the snow slowly piles up in the distance, and the wind blows two armed guards can be seen on top of one walkway that crosses the maglev train tracks, Both are in suits of power armor but without the helmet, that can be seen down on the floor of the walkway.

"Alfred you still smoking that old thing?.. I thought they stopped fabricating it for years" The smaller of the two guys starts the conversation.

"The electronic stuff never really tasted the same for me, and what brings the almighty Robert the security guard of the facility so far away in the tracks" Alfred lets out a small laugh.

Robert lets out a tired sigh "Everyone is running around, two big shots are coming to the facility, and looks like something big will go down in the lower levels" Robert points down near the tracks where some floating crates are " I had to bring some of the drones here, those are some bad looking machines, but I never thought I would see them outside of the labs, my question is why bring them here "

"Who knows, I mean probably something to do with the security of the train, Are those the ones with the rail cannons?"

"Exactly, they pack a mean punch, and all are controlled remotely, I would love to---" Robert communicator blips "Looks like is time, you better stop smoking from what I received the train is coming at full speed and its shields are up, probably going to blow snow everywhere" putting the helmet on Robert takes a tablet from his side and starts to type something in.

At the same time, the two crates open up on top, and the loud sound of a turbine spinning up can be heard, After some time two drones the size of tanks float up, both have four jet engines two on each side, and a huge rail cannon fixed on its bottom, it's front has four camera hubs that can move independently, for a brief time a blue shield flickers in front of the two drones.

As soon as the turbine sound slows down the two drones move out with incredible agility and position themselves on each side of the train tracks, After a bip sound they start to scan the train platform After a few seconds the drones both turn to face the guards, after a few seconds a long bip can be heard as if searching for something.

"Where did you put your bracelet, Alfred?" another more loud negative bip can be heard from the drones, and a small light machine gun barrel can be seen coming out of a small port on its side.

"Shit I forgot, is on my side" Alfred takes the bracelet out and puts it on his wrist" The drones pause for a bit and after sounding a positive bip they both close the small gun port and turn back to the default position alongside the maglev tracks.

"I know you guys don't get the implants but you should still remember basic protocol, You're lucky that the only ones up here are us two, Let's go the train is coming" As the two move down from the elevated passage the drones start spinning the turbines even faster.

"I am going.. I just don't understand why the drone controllers need to be so demanding about that, is not like they can't see my uniform with that number of cameras"

The drones accelerate to the maximum and at the same time, the maglev-armed train blows through the station as the drones start following it.