“Oh, basket! Just take the painkiller!” Old Doc nagged with a syringe on his hand..
“Nuh…No! I… I can bear all the pain! Don’t force me to take those evil substances from Terrabumi!” Panting and struggling, Grelda slapped away the syringe on Old Doc’s hand.
“My dear! Not all painkillers are bad! A little won’t harm and will get you through easier!”
“No! No! No! I’m strong!” Shaking head, Grelda held the baby bump.
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“Doc, the system does not have any record at all.” Akym kept typing on the large hologram keyboard trying to search for the ancient records on the baby delivery procedure.
“It’s about a thousand years ago when humans were still able to give birth, try adjusting the calendar year.”
“It’s troublesome, back then they used a calendar system called Gregorian.” Old Doc added.
Clueless and a little panicked, the two men were frustrated over Grelda. Humans had abandoned conception and childbirth from a womb for science had developed a superior environment that was able to incubate a perfect healthy child. Someone had erased the historical record about natural childbirth. Perhaps, that person was Vybranny.
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“We found some records, but it is not helpful!” hologram texts flowing like rainfall in front of Akym. He was able to catch every detail of the information. Afterall, he was a clone of a master strategist.
Akym felt a sudden stinging burn on his left thigh. What was that? Pain? Burn?
He felt the urge to cut himself. What was that? What was that?
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A low frequency humming surrounded the sky, all the Fringe people gazed up, wondering where the sound came from.
“That’s bad!”
Benji jumped back onto his hoverboard and flew above the canopy. He was shocked, terrified, and stunned.
Locusts of military drones slowly hoovering towards them. The Terrabumi force had located their hideout! Benji immediately flew back to Havana.
“HAV! We are under attack!”
Havana rushed towards a large tree, tore down the surface of the trunk, revealing a large red mechanical button. She used the machine gun that she carried at her back to hit that large button. A deep alarm sound started to play across the whole settlement area.
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“Someone has triggered the red alarm! Havana?”
[DOC, WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!]
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Knowing that Vybranny had found their location, Akym felt troubled.
Stab it! Stab it! Take a knife and stab it! NOW!
Akym grabbed a short knife and stabbed straight into his left thigh that pained him. The stab hit a machine that was implanted into his body.
Akym felt that he had gained back the control over his body.
“Damnit! I totally forgot about the tracker check!” Old Doc panicked! He should have checked Akym’s body on the day they brought him back to the hideout.
“We need to gather ourselves at the designated safety zone now! Let’s go!” Old Doc activated his mecha drone and tried to push Grelda into the cockpit, but Akym was grabbing his own head with both of his hands, mumbling…
“Disperse… disperse… do not gather… disperse!”