20 – The Two Fighters

The drones exploded like fireworks, then fragments rained down on Rhodes. The robot staggered by those things.

"You guys like this cheap way, huh!?" Rhodes continued to protect his head. "Do the real fight!!!!"

As soon as the spark ran out, Bonny shot the robot with her machine gun. Rhodes became more and more helpless.

However, I didn't see any dents on that psycho robot's body. That meant our only chance was Ciara's plasma sword.

I ordered Bonnie to stop shooting, and Ciara blitzed at the enemy. Even though he had been under various attacks before, the robot could still jump back to dodge.

"Huh, you're faster now?" The robot continues to avoid combination attacks from the super soldier. "This is getting more fun! It wasn't wrong that I let you live yesterday!"

Ciara managed to slash the robot's body, triggering a high burst of sparks. Instead of being surprised, he laughed again.

And when Ciara was about to stab him, Rhodes caught his opponent's hand, beat it until the sword fell, then threw the super soldier's body as far as possible.

"Wonderful!!!" The robot picked up the sword and studied it. "No one has ever hurt me like this!!!"

Instead of using that weapon, Rhodes threw it at Ciara. The super soldier, just standing up, widened her eyes at that.

"Attack me again." Rhodes struck a pose as if he was about to hug someone. "I really like this fight."

"I haven't been in this world for long. I don't understand anything yet." Ciara picked up the sword, held it tightly, and made it glow again. "But somehow, I'm sick of you."

The two fighters came forward and attacked each other. Rhodes did give Ciara a few punches and kicks, but the super soldier also managed to deliver solid attacks. The robot's body is decorated with marks from Ciara's slashes or sword thrusts, although none were fatal.

"This is amazing! This is amazing!" Rhodes is getting more and more excited. "You make me even happier, woman!!!"

But, for us, this is not good. Besides Ciara's stamina continuing to decrease, her energy shield is also starting to be depleted.

We have to finish this fast.

"Come on, Ciara." Bonnie hissed. "You can do this."

"Ugh!" Ciara's stomach was hit hard by the enemy's knee, making her bounce away and roll around violently.

Instead of standing straight up like before, Ciara fell again while trying to get up. Not only that, but she also vomited blood.

"Ciara…" Bonnie held back tears. She was about to approach her friend, but I blocked her.

"It's not over yet, Bonnie." I looked at Ciara. "Trust her."

I know from her fiery gaze. Ciara's spirit is not dead yet.

"Oh, come on!" Rhodes snorted. "This isn't over, bitch! Stand up!"

With so much difficulty, Ciara was finally able to stand up. She hit her legs and screamed. "Aarrrrghhh!!!"

She blitzed, and I know it might be the last. The bar on her booster device has been almost completely depleted.

"Yeah, that's good!" For the umpteenth time, Rhodes laughed like a madman. "Let's have fun again!"

Ciara raised her sword. However, instead of swinging her weapon, she ducked and rotated her body, then kicked the enemy's chest. Rhodes staggered backward from the impact of that strike.

"Now!!!" I screamed.

Liz pressed a button on the remote she was holding. The bomb embedded in the ground exploded, sending Rhodes' body flying up. Ciara used her last boost to jump, then swung her sword.

Being in the air and unprepared, Rhodes couldn't fight back.

Ciara manages to dismember the robot's body and falls down just as her boost runs out.

The robot's pieces scattered on the asphalt while Ciara lay motionless.

"Ciara!!!" Bonnie jumped off the roof and ran to her friend.

Meanwhile, I was hovering to check Rhodes' body parts, although I also wanted to check the super soldier's condition.

"I'm fine, Bonnie." Even though she said that, Ciara still vomited blood again. "I will recover from this. My healing ability is greater than that of ordinary humans."

Bonnie knelt beside the super soldier, talking through sobs. "Fine your ass. Your lips are so red, but not because of the lipstick, bitch."

For the first time since I created her, I heard Ciara laugh.

"Don't laugh, superwoman." Bonnie joined in the laughter as Ciara coughed again. "Your insides will be a mess."

"I think he's really dead." I kept going through the psychopathic robot body pieces. "Are you able to process metal from his body, Liz?"

"Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that, Axel." Liz knelt down, inspecting the body too.

When I was about to move to Ciara, I saw a sway from one of Rhodes' body parts, namely the abdomen. I went straight to it, about to hold that thing.

And suddenly, a spider-like metal object the size of two human fingers came out of it and ran away.

"That's the brain of this robot!" Liz screamed. "He's still alive!"

"Shit!" I'm after that thing. "Bonnie, follow me! Shoot that thing when you see it! Liz, take care of Ciara!"