Chapter 41: Escaping the base

Anna was fast asleep while Liz was on guard, she says to herself while peeking through the open crack in the wall "We need to get out of here fast." as she hears clanking coming from their direction she immediately reacts and moves away from the crack.

she covers her mouth, and watches how the droids simply passes by them.

"I don't know for how long we can stay here." she said as more droids made a clanking sound passing by outside.

Meanwhile the person in charge was starting to get anxious to think they might've escaped already.

the droid enters the dark room and says "We haven't found them yet." upon hearing this from the droid's speaker he immediately smashed it's chest and said, "Pick this pile of garbage out of here, and make sure to look for every corner of the rooms in this building!." as he bites his fingers repeatedly and presses a button to contact the destroyer droids he sent in earlier.

"Sir, we have exterminated the puppets like you asked us to." the droid's voice was deep, as if it sounded more human than their creator.

He rests his hand on his face, frustrated and said "Go find the girl, and kill anyone in your way." as he ends the call.

"We have been given orders, we'll look for the girl, search every room they couldn't have gotten far." the Droids in the area scattered into groups and searched for Anna and Liz's whereabouts.

as the clone Liz sent out to recon for a way out manage to overhear what the droid said she immediately turned back and headed with no time to loose.

Meanwhile Arthur and Dorothy who were accompanied by Atalanta and Aiden were at a telephone booth, Dorothy was calling Saya in their room.

Arthur could hear Saya's concerned voice on the phone as Dorothy tries to explain their situation.

"We can't risk letting the teachers know about this, so I'm counting on you to stall for us alright Saya?." Atalanta and Aiden were outside waiting for Arthur and Dorothy to go out of the telephone booth.

Arthur was with Dorothy inside, he was simply sitting in the corner wondering about Anna's situation, and who placed the letter next beside him with the address to whom they believe is the perpetrator's base.

"Thank you Saya, of course we'll rescue her without a doubt." she puts the phone down and says to Arthur with a determined expression "Let's go rescue our little girl."

Back at Liz and Anna's position. Liz was slowly waking Anna up she said, "Hey Anna, we need to move now." as the clanking noises were getting louder and louder "Anna, they're here, they found us." she wakes up confused and still sleepy, her eyes were about shut back in and as Liz turns around and could see their shadows from under the door.

"Two?... no .. Three." she counted the shadows that were visible under the door.

"Liz? what's going on?." she rubbed her eyes and yawns as Liz covers her mouth while staring intensely at the shadows.

as they were about to enter Liz and Anna heard a droid yell out "Intruder!." and moving away from the door Anna tried to get up but Liz put her back down gently as a battle was going on outside.

the sounds of the droids getting destroyed, their metal parts bouncing off the walls, shots being fired.

Anna was about to cry from the tension as it became quiet, they heard normal footsteps not clanking made from a droid, Liz was always protective and could notice small things from a far to know whether it's a foe or friend they're facing.

Liz calms down as the person from the outside opens the door "Other me, there are droids heading towards here that are very dangerous you need to find another place." the clone said as she closes the door.

Liz was still concerned about how tired Anna was, considering her age, and how long she's been getting rest and said "Have you found a way out of here?." the clone nods in disagreement and says "I'm sorry, but because of those new droids outside I couldn't very much go far."

By hearing those words come out from her clone, Liz began to wonder how powerful those droids could be as she carries Anna on her back and said "Anna I need you to stay strong for me again okay." as she nods in agreement the clone opens the door to check the halls from left to right, only to say "It's clear."

once they got outside the room they were being as silent as they can not to make any noise from simply walking.

"Over here!." as she takes another peek the next thing she knew, her face was being grabbed by a metal arm and was raised by the droid. Liz who was carrying Anna had to turn back and managed to turn at another corner escaping the droids.

"Where is the girl?." the droid interrogated the clone as it slowly crushes her neck "I-dont-know." reaching for the droids face with her hands the droid slowly tightens its grip on her neck.

she touches the face and summons her blade out of thin air and manages to slash its face destroying it in the process.

she was gasping for air as the other droids got closer to her and shot every part of her body and proceeded to search the area.

Liz who was exhausted from running while carrying the sleeping child was still running and hiding from droids passing by "I need a diver--." as she had an idea the droid said "Sir, we've located them they're at the Room C." the mastermind cracks his teeth and says "send everything there! everything!!." as the droid went outside the room he then started to think carefully.

his eyes widened as he realized their true plan, once all the droids got their orders everyone of them went towards the room to retrieve the girl.

they opened the door and every droid went inside the room and saw only two people inside the room.

"You're not a child?." the droid's voice went hostile as its eyes turned red and aimed a gun at the clone's head.

while they were silent, and gave them a maniacal laugh as they dispersed and the whole room exploded destroying all the droids in the area.

*Flashback*

"I need a diver--." Liz notices the gasoline tanks and summons three clones of herself and told them their role "You two should go to a room far from here and draw all the droid's attention towards the two of you and take this." she hands the two clones a gasoline tank, as they both gave her an excited expression they quickly ran off "As for you, I need you to help us look for the way out." as the third clone agrees and leads the way.

*End of Flashback*

Liz yells "Any luck seeing the exit?." the clone replies "Not yet, even with the droid's gone this place seems to be very huge It's going to take a while to find the exit."

All the windows in the rooms were all blocked that's why they couldn't go through there and even if they destroyed the thing blocking the windows it would still lead to a cement wall.

they reach at a staircase and the clone says "You'll have to go up Other me." Liz agrees and proceeds to go up the stairs, she turns around and asks "What are you going to do?." the clone replies "I'm going to hold this area." sending them off with a smile as Liz proceeds to go upwards.

meanwhile Arthur and the rest were getting close to the destination as the could see smoke coming from the building Atalanta says "That's the one alright." Aiden then asks "How do you know that?." Atalanta then punches his head slowly and says "Fool! what else would be connected to that explosion." as Arthur and Dorothy both said "We need to get there fast!."

Arthur then was thinking of the time before he passed out "I wonder what was that sensation I felt before passing out?."

as Liz arrived at the rooftop, she takes a deep breath right before placing Anna down gently on a chair, "I knew you'd head here." as she froze upon hearing the enemy's voice she stood up and summoned multiple clones to attack him but never faced towards him.

Five clones rushed towards their enemy, as he dodges one strike and two Destroyer droids appeared out of nowhere each grabbing one of the clones and smashing their bodies on the floor.

the other three went and aimed at the mastermind and shot multiple bullets towards him.

He snaps his fingers and the two Destroyer droids took the hits with their shield "Go!." as the two droids rushed towards the three clones Liz took the opportunity to head back down while carrying Anna.

the clone dodges the droid's blast and tried to swung it with her blade, the droid sidesteps and blasts a huge hole on the clone and two were remaining.

Liz and Anna managed to get back down, "Huh?? Liz what's going on?." Anna slowly wakes up as Liz chuckles towards her and says "I can't believe you've fallen asleep for that long without waking up even once, that honestly almost scared me." Anna rubbed her eyes and asked "Is something wrong?." Liz catches her breath and says "You don't need to worry, now let's go." as she takes Anna's hand and they continue to look for the exit.

meanwhile at the rooftop, the second clone got her face smashed by the droid, while the last clone tried its best to buy some time and dodge their every attack.

She feints her attacks only to be captured by one of the droid, he slowly walks towards the captured clone confident asking "when I first saw you, I thought it was over for me but now that I see you in person you're nothing more than a fly." as the two droids grab her head and her feet the clone begins to quiver in fear, with two of her arms free she tried to shoot one of the droid but resulting the bullet bounced back at her arm.

"Oh? what's this? a desperate attempt to survive? how entertaining to watch a bug avoid getting squashed." he was confident he had those droids with him in the first place, without them he'd stay away from the action as far as possible.

The droids slowly pull her apart as she screams from the increasing pain, some of her bones slowly getting dislocated, her flesh starting to stretch out until it starts to bleed.

the droids were slowly pulling the clone apart while the mastermind slowly laughs off watching them torture the clone.

"It's been fun, but I still gotta go and kill the original and make sure she stays out of my way." as he heads back down, he hears the clone scream in pain until the voice gets cut and all he could hear was blood spoiling out.

He made a smile upon closing the door, satisfied with the results, enjoying the person scream in pain, loving the atmosphere he created.

End of Chapter 41: Escaping the base.