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"STATEMENT: Master wake up ! I believe we're being ambushed". What in hell, jolting up while rubbing the grogginess from my eyes. "What are you talking about CC ?". "STATEMENT: My sensors have detected movement around the whole town, similar to an encirclement. Further reconnaissance showed dozens of men all armed." Shit I got to get Dad now. Rushing past CC I leave my room bolting for Dads room, bursting in the room he suddenly wakes up. Upon seeing my face he knows it's serious. "Val what's wrong ?". Clenching my fists to stay calm, "The town is going to be attacked and I don't know if it's Kyaris or someone else's thugs but they're here now. We need to get out of here !".

At that moment CC walks in with our only blaster in his hands. "STATEMENT: I already grabbed your suitcases, we should go immediately to break the encirclement." Great we still have a chance out if their distracted with the rest of the town. As we get ready to sneak out we hear it start, blaster fire and screaming. "Don't stop Val, we can't help them". Dad nods at CC to go first out the door only to be hit by a barrage of heavy blaster fire. Dropping to the ground in a second flat.

"STATEMENT: Masteeeerrrrr rrrrrrru" shutting down before finishing his sentence. The automatic door repeatedly trying to close on his lifeless body, making a constant *clank* noise. "Arcturus and Valerian, your boxed in that house. Kyaris wants you alive but if you resist we have orders to blow that house up. O and thanks for the blasters". repeating blasters ? Did he buy it from Jax during that last job ? No Jax wouldn't sell to Kyaris knowing what he would do with it.

"Val we don't have any other options, if they can rip apart a droid that fast then they have the firepower to kill us without even entering our house". There has to be a way out of this without getting us killed ! We can stall them but what will that do ? Outright refusing is death by firing squad. Crouched next to the doorway the rhythmic *clanking* sounds break my concentration. CC ! He can safe us later if he isn't completely gone. "Dad I need you to distract them, say anything to give us some time before we surrender. I'm going to grab CC and see if I can get him operational". Dad glances at CC's wrecked chassis before looking back at me "Even if he was functioning what do think he can do ?".

"He's an assassin droid and if the thugs believe he's dead then that gives CC the element of surprise. First get him working then temporarily deactivate him on a timer, upon activation he will pick them off one by one. Hopefully". Dad contemplates the idea before wrapping his arms around me, I give him my own hug as this might be our last chance to say goodbye. "I love you Val".

Turning to the window Dad starts shouting to the thugs to get their attention, "We need some time to get dressed, I doubt you want to drag two naked men out just to stare at our dicks". Simultaneously I grab CC's head still sticking inside the house, quickly pulling him in. letting the door seal shut on it's own. "Go, we probably won't get more than 5 minutes".

Pulling CC further into the house to get what tools we have I hear the thug leader yelling at his men to shut up. Inspecting CC head to toe, it seems they targeted his torso mostly. The few blaster shots that hit else where fortunately didn't puncture his armor plating, however the chassis got partly melted on. No time to do this properly, grabbing a plasma cutter I start cutting my way in shielding my eyes from the blue light radiating from the cutter.

Tossing the torso cover I look over his components, it seems only his power supply was heavily hit by the blaster fire. Damn I don't have a spare. I'm just going to have try jury-rigging it, stripping wires and rewire others hoping for a successful power reroute.

Tying off the last wire a beautiful sound hits my ears. Powering up CC's optics start glowing red again. His core humming soundly is reassuring.

"STATEMENT: Maste---- ERROR SYTEM CORRUPTION".

"STATEMENT: INITIATE SYSTEM REPAIR ?"

FUCK ! Even if he manages to repair himself he might still need to be manually started again after. Well I guess this was a long shot in the first place, I guess Dad and me just weren't meant to leave this planet. Despair setting in, I look at the blaster still locked in CC's right hand. Getting captured alive will surely mean torture, slavery, hell maybe even tossed around like some whore. Staring at the blaster rifle Dad yells once again "VAL THERE BREAKING IN RIGHT NOW !".

Slowly reaching my hand for the rife until I hear "STATEMENT: INITIATE SYSTEM REPAIR ?" again. Looking in CC's optics I sense something, something I feel occasionally when working on machines. The tingling in the back of my head tells me to trust CC. He repeats the static message, my brain knows it's simply a timer going off but I feel him in there.

"STATEMENT: INITIATE SYSTEM REPAIR ?"

With a reluctant sigh I trust my gut "Copy Cat-51 Initiate System Repair".

"STATEMENT: REPAIR COMMAND ACCEPTED"

*Boom* The explosions causes my ears to ring as the houses steel doors cease to exist. Dust and debris lines the entrance and entry hallway of the house. Having fallen due to the shock wave I crawl to my plasma cutter, quickly setting it to the lowest setting for basic welding. With shaking hands and the growing yelling getting closer I slam CC torso plate back on and give it some tacks to hold it in place, this should hide his now working power supply.

Then I see them, two armed men approach me with disdain in their eyes "Look he didn't even get dressed in the five minutes we gave them". Kicking the plasma cutter out of my hand before one promptly slams his rifles butt into my face. The last thing I hear before darkness takes me.

"At least he isn't naked"