town house

Xolani walked into the diner and saw Tapiwa and Ruvarashe serving the few clients who were sitting in the diner.

"Hey Xolani. Where is Chipo?" Tapiwa asked as he looked outside the diner.

"She went home to rest. She said she was too tired after yesterday's hunt." Xolani said as he approached the digital hand sanitizer.

"Ah bummer."

"You can just send her a message you know."

The trio continued started working together saving the clients and after several minutes Munashe walked in looking disappointed. He collapsed on one of the chairs and sighed so hard that everyone looked at him. Ruvarashe and Tapiwa knew that Mr Reed had either refused his request or he didn't find him. He knew he couldn't disturb those who were working. He got up and walked into the custodian room and took out the box that contain the drone Panashe had made.

'If only there was a chance. I wanted him to make an attack drone.' He thought to himself as he also took out Panashe's VCB.

"You miss him too." Zviko said as she walked to Munashe. She had just arrived and saw Munashe holding the VCB. "Maybe after he finds what he wants he will be back."

Zviko sat with Munashe as they looked inside the box. Munashe shook his head and dropped the VCB into the box. He knew what Panashe had said and there was also the fact that the council wouldn't allow him to get Panashe back.

"Excuse me waiter. What is wrong with your WiFi." a customer asked Tapiwa who just shrugged his shoulders. "Let me check the router."

Tapiwa went to the router behind the counter it seemed to be working but there was nothing displaying whenever he tried visiting any Web page. Munashe went to the counter and looked over to see Tapiwa unplugging and plugging back cables.

"What's wrong with it genius?" Munashe asked.

"Hey, I don't know what is wrong. There is Internet but it's like all the pages have been cleared off. Try calling someone."

Munashe dialed Mr Reed but there was no connection. He looked at Tapiwa and they both nodded realising that someone had hacked into the local telecommunications company. "Digital witches." they both whispered and rushed out of the diner. An airship hovered a few blocks away from their location and the most alarming thing was that the airship had no identification symbol.

The airship was also hauling a giant tubular container. Munashe's pupils contracted as he remembered what the container was used for. The ceramic tubular container was released from the airship and went crashing down.

The thunderous crash resonated through the central district followed by screams and wails of civilians. Munashe ran into the diner and saw all the clients run out in panic. He saw Ruvarashe and Xolani get their gear on. Tapiwa rushed into the diner and prepared himself.

"You kids use the roofs to get to the crash site and avoid the UAEC should they show up. Ruvarashe come with me." The small team separated as they all headed for the crash site.

Anesu and Panashe stood on a rooftop close to the town house as they kept their eyes on the UAEC men guarding the place when they heard the crash.

"What was that?" Panashe asked as he tried to pinpoint the position of the crash.

"That's our distraction look at that." Anesu pointed on the UAEC members who marched out of the building with their guns. The men got into their vehicles and raced off. Panashe and Anesu manoeuvred their way down the building using the pipes and cables that joined the building to the grid. They didn't waste their time and invaded the town house taking down any security personnel they met on the way. Panashe didn't enjoy beating down the innocent men but duty calls. They searched the building until they reached the monitoring floor. Which had three members of UAEC who were sitting in front of static screens as they tried punching in commands to restore visuals.

"Well well well. We have been looking for you thieves everywhere." one of the UAEC members said as he reached for a gun. Panashe tossed a discharger towards the man and the electric burst caught two members of the UAEC who got electrocuted leaving only one dumbfounded. Anesu rushed forward and revealed his gear that was the same with Tapiwa's and knocked out the UAEC member without even breaking a sweat. They proceeded further into the town house searching room after room.

"We should have just asked them. This is bothersome." Panashe sighed.

"You guys looking for your girlfriend." a giant man asked he walked out a door. His UAEC AHS helmet hiding his grins.

"I was done with her anyway. She is loyal but I don't think you guys will be!"

The man charged towards the duo who prepared themselves and Panashe tossed a discharger that was avoided and it burst behind the man. Panashe felt the impact as the men pushed towards a wall and proceeded to Anesu who avoided the charge.

Anesu tried to retaliate from the man but his efforts were proved fruitless as the man also managed to avoid his attacks. Panashe was catching his breathe when Anesu was tossed towards him. Anesu crashed into the wall and stood back up holding his back.

"My back. Ohh my back. Are you trying to paralyse me!" Anesu screamed at the man as he tried to stretch his back.

"And you. You didn't even bother catching me." he turned to Panashe who kept frantically pointing towards the UAEC man.

The man was lifting a small cabinet and threw it towards Anesu who managed to avoid it leaving Panashe the chance to try and avoid it. He managed to do it but the man had already charged towards them again this time picking up both of them and sending through the door he had came out of. Panashe saw Mellisa on the chair.

Her body beaten up and nearly destroyed. Her clothes shattered and her face more wounded than anything he had ever seen. At that moment Panashe lost his respect for the UAEC.

"She is just a girl." He said as he stood up.

"Well who cares. All criminals deserve to die for humans to have a prosperous life. She is just the message."

Panashe wanted to charge forward but Anesu stopped him. He shook his head and pointed at Mellisa.

"She is the price you want kid. The UAEC are a danger to all of us."

Anesu stood up and took off the digital witches mask. I will kill this man for you. His blood will be on my hands. Anesu charged forward forcing the man back into the hallway. Panashe could only hear grunts and walls being punched as he tried to place Mellisa on his back.

After Panashe had managed to carry Mellisa he picked up a tray that was in the room and attached an explosive on one side and a discharger on the other side. He walked out and saw Anesu on the floor as he was about to have a cabinet permanently put him to rest.

"Hey!" Panashe called out as he threw the tray that was stopped by the man who now used one hand and his shoulder to keep the cabinet up. Anesu saw the explosive and forced himself away from the man. The explosions was deafening but not strong enough to kill the man.

Anesu approached the man who had been knocked out and forced his helmet off. Before placing a necklace on his head. He mind jacked him and did the same with the other three members they had taken down. They walked out the town house as if they were leaving a park. As they were walking across the car park they heard the sound of a surge and felt it. Panashe looked in the direction of the source and he saw airships falling from the sky like poisoned birds.