"CRASSSSSH!" The destroyed corpse of a machine, drained of all functionality comes flying out from the second-floor window, shattering all of the remaining glass. As the body hits the ground, a dark cloud forms in the sky casting a blanket of shadow over the city as hail begins to rain down. As the small balls of ice smash into the rooftops and the machine corpses laid out on the ground. "Tink! Tink! Tink!" Leo looks up to the second floor and then stares at the destroyed machine laid before him.

Leo: "We should get inside Lily... So we can be ready for when Caesar has the blueprints. He must be on the second floor. Come on... uh Scrap"

Scrappy drops a crushed metallic skull from her mouth as she hears the call of her name, Leo and Lily then quickly enter the headquarters getting out of the shower of hail, as Scrappy accompanies them.

The heavy rainfall of hail and burning drones showers the city in fire and ice. The machines alerted by the clear breach of their security, all grab arms and march onto the streets.

Anderthal 1: "All drones are destroyed and the high-frequency emitter is down. There is no way to contact The Primordial unless he comes within range of our city"

Anderthal 2: "We are clearly under attack... Have all ground forces guard all exits of the city, mechs and air teams enclose on the emitter and headquarters. We will weed out the infiltrators"

Anderthal 1: "All forces, immediately destroy any unidentifiable beings within the city without hesitation"

V dashes through the city quickly in his activated stealth suit, invisible to the machine's naked eyes. He sees the army of machines gathering onto the street with their massive weaponized mechanical body attachments and mechanical suits. "WHOP! WHOP! WHOP! WHOP!" He looks up as a large mechanical aircraft flies just above him.

V: "Dammit... We really pissed them off if they're doing all this... Can we still manage to pull this off?"

V quickly hides under the frame of a doorway as the loud aircraft hovers just above him.

V: "Everyone, be wary of the air forces, even though you have a stealth suit, these machines may be onto us and have their thermal vision activated to spot any differences in the environments. So when faced with any machines in your presence remain completely still to avoid detection. Everyone without a stealth suit, return to the tunnels immediately and exit the city. Get out now before they reach your location."

R3D: "Bree Oooop!"

Viktor: "We're heading to the tunnels now... Sorry about the drones Mr V, I followed all of your instructions but their system began to detect a breach and gave me only 10 seconds before they locked us out entirely and sent forces to our location. So I panicked and destroyed all the drones systems by overheating them with the virus you gave us instead. To give R3 enough time to turn the emitter off"

V: "I expected their security to be of a high calibre, good job kid. You did the best you could I'm sure... But now we need to hurry this up and you guys need to get out of here... NOW! Head to the agreed meet up at the cave once you've made it out of the city"

R3D: "Bree Oop"

R3D begins to lead the children out of the security room, but then suddenly R3 notices that a group of armed machines were swiftly heading their way. Already closely approaching the entrance to their tunnel.

R3D: "Bree Oooop.... Oooop"

V: "What is it?"

Axel: "He says they can't make it to the tunnels, machines are fastly approaching their entrance back into the tunnel"

V: "Well you guys know the plan, runners you're up"

Raine: "Finally, this is what I came to prove... I'll lead them away, you guys get to the tunnels"

V: "Another runner join her, and split the force into two, in case they continue onward"

Luca: "Got it... I'll do it"

Raine and Luca quickly dash in the direction of the armed machines heading for the security room where R3 and the others reside.

Raine: "Hey! Stupid metal faces up here! Are you mad cuz we fried your little birdies? Or because you can't call and complain to daddy..."

"ZZZZZZzzzssst PEW!PEW!PEW!PEW!PEW!PEW!PEW!" The machines swiftly fire their weapons towards Raine without hesitation as they spot her. She falls back from the explosion, falling off of the rooftop and lands on her back.

Luca: "Raine! Be more careful"

Raine: "UGHH! Well got their attention, follow me rustbrains!" She hops back to her feet and begins running away, leading a section of them away as they give chase"

Luca: "Not all of them followed just like V said, I'll lead the others away"

Luca drops down in front of the remaining machines on the path towards the emitter. He quickly sprints in the opposite direction of Raine as the machines swiftly charge their weapons, aiming them towards him.

Luca: "Ok I have the remaining forces on my tail, get to the tunnels now! More forces are coming from the air"

R3D hectically rolls out of the entrance and heads straight for the alley leading the children behind him. Viktor stays back inside as he tampers with the main computer while the others run outside, R3 notices and turns around.

R3D: "Breeeeeeeee OOOOOOOOOOOP!"

Axel: "What's the matter now?"

Viktor: "I'm just ensuring that they can't fix the emitter when they get here, or it would defeat the purpose of us turning it off if they can just turn it right back on. So I'm rigging it to fry all of its systems as soon as there's an attempt to turn it on. By rewiring all of the destroyed drones' network directly to this computer alone, causing it to crash from the flood of information"

V: "That's a genius idea kid, great job now get out of there!"

Viktor: "I'm almost done, just need a little bit more time"

Roc, Alyssa, Aren and Levi all slide down into the tunnel, waiting at the bottom for R3D and Viktor. Rosie sits perched at the top of the building as she notices the machines flying quickly towards them in massive weaponised aircraft. "WHOP! WHOP! WHOP! WHOP! WHOP!" She deactivates her invisibility and stares up towards the approaching aircraft.

Rosie: "You need more time right Viktor?"

Viktor: "Yeah, almost finished"

Rosie: "Well there's no more time left unless I distract whatever the hell this is that's approaching from the air..."

V: "Is it a very big aircraft?"

Rosie: "Yes it's huge..."

V: "You guys have to go now! Forget the emitter Viktor, we will just have to abandon the thought of escaping without The Primordial finding out..."

Caesar: "But if The Primordial finds out, this entire mission then becomes impossible"

V: "It's already proving very difficult so what's the difference..."

Rosie: "I'm the last runner available... I can do this, I will give Viktor enough time. We can't just give up now and lessen our odds of the mission being successful"

Axel: "She's right V..."

V: "... Ok, be very careful, the weapon on that thing has a very powerful blast, I can tell just by looking at it. One hit from that, no a close encounter alone would kill you..."

Rosie stands up as she faces the incoming aircraft, with her fists clenched and her forehead tense, she grits her teeth and stares towards it unwaveringly.

Rosie: "I can do this..."

The massive aircraft spots her standing on top of the building and begins to charge the huge gun on the front. The machine piloting the aircraft smacks the gunman across its head.

Anderthal 7: "You can't fire the proton canon at the target, can't you see its standing on top of the roof where the emitter is. You would destroy the emitter and most of our system's computers, then we won't be able to fix the problem and contact The Primordial you junk bot"

The machine controlling the gun then hangs out from the side of the aircraft with a charged rifle aim directly at Rosie. Rosie immediately leaps from the building as she spots the machine taking aim. Dropping down onto the street, running in between alleyways, barely dodging the devastating blasts from the machine's rifle. Each blast incinerating the surfaces it hits, hastening each of Rosie's steps as they hit closer and closer to her, only missing her by a hair.

Viktor: "Ok... I'm finished..."

R3D: "Breeeeeee!"

Viktor: "Alright, I take it you mean let's go..."

Viktor and R3D quickly rush out of the building and head straight for the tunnel's entrance. Meanwhile, V continues his search for secret passages potentially leading to the humans hidden away in the city. Scanning every building and street thoroughly, quickly beginning to lose his patience.

V: "Axel, anything on your end? I got nothing so far over this side... Not a single trace of a human's existence..."

Axel: "Nothing over here either, I should be meeting you in the middle soon..."

Axel walks along a narrow corridor of a desolate building as he makes his way towards V's location. However, suddenly four machines barge into the room right before Axel, scanning the entire room as they search for intruders.

Anderthal 8: "Search everywhere! Find those intruders, this vacant building is a prime hiding place for a stowaway... "

Axel quickly hugs the wall as they quickly march towards him violently breaking down doors and destroying cabinets and tables searching the entire corridor.

Anderthal 9: "Seems to be nothing on this floor, let's move on up..."

Anderthal 8: "Wait a minute... We've just received information that the intruders appear to have a cloaking ability rendering them invisible to our standard vision... Activate thermal vision and search all rooms again for any abnormalities"

Axel begins to sweat under his stealth suit as his nerves begin to rise. he tenses up as he slowly makes his way towards the door. As he turns his attention away from the machines, "SMASH! CLUNK! CLUNK!" One of the machines punches the wall right beside Axel, just within reach of his face.

Anderthal 9: "I thought I saw movement over here through my thermal lense... There was a slight blockage of heat radiating from the surface of the wall"

Axel holds firmly against the wall, completely still as the machine removes its fist from the wall. The stone of the wall begins to crumble as a massive hole forms from the impact of the machine's fist.

Anderthal 9: "Hmmm... Now there is an abnormality right here"

As the machine pulls its arm back, preparing another punch. Axel flinches as he tenses up, falling back into the hole behind him and down into the dark hollowed out wall. Falling down, hitting his back and arms onto the jagged stones down below. He holds his moans and screeches of pain in to avoid alerting the machines above him of his presence.

Anderthal 8: "Anything?"

Anderthal 9: "Appears it was nothing..."

Anderthal 10: "Nothing here either"

Anderthal 11: "Clear over here"

Anderthal 8: "Alright, next rooms everyone"

Axel rolls over on the ground, softly releasing a grunt of pain from his fall. He looks up to find himself within a very dark and large hall hidden behind the walls of the building.

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Axel: "Ughh... Cough! cough! Uhh V I think I have something here... A hidden hall behind the walls of this building I was searching"

V: "What?! Great, making my way towards you now. where are you?"

Axel: "I have no idea, I was walking through an abandoned building and machines just barged in searching for intruders. I fell into a hole within the wall... Now I'm down below the surface in a massive hall, it's pretty dark but I can tell it's a massive hall due to the echoes and constant ringing in my ears from the silence..."

V: "Okay, activate your GPS tracker so I can find your precise location. I should be able to find you before it becomes like a beacon to the machines"

Axel: "Uhh... Ok"

Axel activates his GPS on the wrist of his stealth suit, a tiny red light illuminates from his wrist as it flashes. Briefly illuminating a very small portion of the dark hall.

V: "I see you on my tracker, you're not far away so I should be with you shortly"

Axel: "Careful though, there are machines searching this building still with their thermal vision on"

V: "Alright, you can turn your GPS off now. I've marked your location on my tracker"

V rushes over Axel's location, avoiding the patroling machine forces. As he comes close to the building he noticed an unpiloted mechanical battle mech sitting in the streets.

V: "I'm here at your location... Where is the hole located that you fell into?"

Axel: "I was on the 2nd floor, the hole is just beside the door in the corridor leading to the stairs"

V: "Ok..."

V ignores the unmanned bulky mecha and begins to quickly climb the building, entering through the window of the second floor. He searches for the hole in the wall, travelling along the corridor until he finally finds it.

V: "Found it..."

V looks down into the dark hole, as he stops and ponders for a moment.

V: "Before I join you down there, we need to make sure this isn't a waste of time and then we're both trapped down there... What do you see"

Axel: "Not much, it's really dark down here"

V: "I'll send down an automated mini drone with bright lights to help guide you through. You can tell me what's down there"

V unfolds a very small drone from his hands and releases it down into the hole. Axel watches as the drone descends illuminating the entire area as it approaches him.

V: "So what do you see?"

Axel: "So it is a massive hall, very old looking, looks like no humans or even machines have stepped foot in here in a very long time. mountains of dust, with the only footprints being my own..."

V: "So it's a dungeon?"

Axel: "More like a palace... It reminds me of the palaces from the stories Mom told me of ancient times fairy tales"

V: "So no clues to where the humans could be?"

Axel: "No... This place is completely empty..."

V: "Ok, gonna throw a rope down to you, so you can climb out of there..."

Axel: "Wait... There are these massive stone doors, they must lead somewhere important..."

V: "Massive stone doors... There's no way we can open them by just pushing against them I assume..."

Axel: "Nope, these doors are huge"

V: "Hmmm, I've got an idea. But we're gonna have to put all our bets on the humans being behind those doors..."

V leaps up to the frame of the window.

Axel: "What are you gonna do?"

V: "Oh you'll see, just hold tight in there. And watch for any falling debris"

Axel: "Falling debris?"

V parkours his way back down to the street below, landing just in front of the unpiloted bulky mecha. He stands up from his kneeled position with his eyes glued to the mecha in front of him as he smiles nervously.

V: "Hey, this isn't exactly part of the plan, but it's been pretty much going to shit so far so why not have a little fun now..."

Axel: "What are you talking about V?"

V hops into the mecha, removing his stealth suits hood, losing his invisibility. He straps himself in and gears himself up with the piloting helmet. As he flips the switch, turning the mecha on. Its joints releases compressed air, and a bright blue light beams from its chest as it unfolds its knees into a standing position emitting a sharp wailing sound. He stomps forward, with each weighted step echoing through the streets as he approached the base of the building.

V: "Alright, the hole is just in front of me... Just have to bust right through... Alright, Axel, I'm coming in!"

V pulverises through the wall with a massive punch from the mecha, causing a loud noise alerting the nearby machines searching in the vicinity. V rushes into the building with the mecha and begins punching his way down into the ground directly below the hole Axel fell into on the second floor. As he shatters the foundation underneath him the entire floor caves in, causing him to fall straight below into the massive hall with Axel.

Axel: "WHOOAAAA!"

Tremendous amounts of dust and smoke cloud the air as V lands in the large mecha suit. With his bright blue beam of light shining through the clouded air. As the dust settles, the entire room instantly becomes clearer, illuminated not only by the bright blue light from V's mecha but from the massive hole in the ceiling above the hall.

V: "Ok... Now, remember, everything's riding on this being the answer to where the humans are..."

With the hall now illuminated, Axel looks around as he sees the massive structures supporting the underground hall are all statues of human figures. Axel tries to get V's attention to show him the statues but V is completely laser-focused on the gargantuan stone doors as he marches the mecha towards them.

Axel: "V! V! Look..."

V: "There's no time to look around Axel... We gotta see what's behind this door..."

V pushes against the stone doors, barely managing to move them as the mecha struggles to move the weight of the doors.

V: "Ok... Let's give it a little boost"

V activates the thrusters of the mecha suit, lifting the suit into the air as he pushes against the doors. The stone doors slowly open, only creaking a very small opening into the other side.

V: "Alright, clearly there's only one way to get into here..."

"BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!" He punches the stone doors repeatedly, breaking off chunks of the stone as he burrows a hole through to the other side. Finally reaching the other side, they are met with a very long open hallway, leading into complete darkness.

V: "Dammit... This seems like empty and untouched territory too! This might just be some ancient tomb..."

Axel walks into the hallway after the dust clears from all the fallen rumble.

V: "Let's quickly look around, you check all these connected rooms of this hallway while I run down to the end of this hallway to see if it leads anywhere"

Axel: "Alright"

V tromps forward along the hallway as he rushes to the end in the large mecha suit "Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!". Axel slowly follows behind as he checks all the empty rooms connected to the hallway. He suddenly notices the hallway leads to different sections of this underground palace, with sealed away rooms and corridors, he cleans away the thick dust off one of the windows of a sealed room and looks into it to see inside. Within the room is filled with empty and broken pods, but noticeably larger than the ones himself and the children were contained in.

As he continues to check the rooms within the long hallway, he comes across another room, this time with its door torn in half, filled with more broken pods, with skeletal remains within them and very old technology cemented into walls and floor from the dust.

Axel: "These are pretty large pods... But what are these things within them..."

He questions himself as he touches the rotting skeletal remains, then suddenly

V: "Axeeeelll! Get down here... Forget those other rooms"

Screamed V, startling Axel. He rushes out of the room and jogs down the hallway with haste through the darkness. As he gets closer to the end, the hallway becomes more visible from a bright light source at the end. He looks down to the ground to witness vines and flowers sprouting from the ground, spotting butterflies and other insects along the way. As he finally reaches the end, he is embraced with the bright sunlight at the end and the shadow of the mecha suit in front of him.

Axel: "What is this?"

V: "It's an underground entrance to the other side of the mountains... There's greenery, and running water... which means there must be a generator regulating the temperature of this area to keep the snow melted and pump the melted ice into drinkable water... This must belong to an entire civilisation, a village hidden within the mountains..."

Axel: "So we found it..."

V: "Yes... But... Where are the people, and did they even need saving?"

Axel steps on outside into the open and spins around as he looks around at his surroundings. Amazed by the beauty before him, The icy mountain tops towering over the entire area, enclosing the green land, wooden huts covered in vines and metal structures within.

However, back in the city, the machines in the area were alerted by the loud noise V made with the mecha. All gather as they examine the destruction and hole leading to the hidden passage.

Anderthal 8: "All units be advised, seems the intruders have burrowed their way into an underground passage. Beginning search now"

"THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!" The machines drop down into the hole in the floor, landing below in the dark eerie hall sending clouds of dust into the air with only their red glowing eyes and reflective outline of their metallic teeth visible in the dark.

Just then an ear-popping alarm rings out from the metallic structures within the hidden village.

Axel: "What's that?"

V: "An alarm? I guess we don't have much time, we're gonna have serious company soon..."

Suddenly humans burst out of the wooden huts, pouring out into the streets at the sound of the alarm. Axel stands in shock as he witnesses the sight of hundreds of humans flooding the streets right before him.

Harper: "Everyone calm down, calm down... Stick to our training in preparation for this very situation! We were prepared for this remember... Where is Phara? Bishop? And Belthorne? Has anyone seen Devilleno or Jazabelle"

Phara: "I'm over here Harper! Have you seen Killow?! I can't find him in this crowd... Have anyone seen my son?!"

Marc: "Where are the droids, Harper?! I don't care what you have to say right now. The droids...They're the ones who can protect us! You can't do anything against machines!"

Harper: "Calm down Marc... Now isn't the time to panic..."

Phillar: "Wait... What is that by the entrance! Is that one of the machines?! They are already here! We're dead!"

He shouts as he points towards V piloting the Mecha. V quickly understands and deescalates the situation by removing himself from the piloting seat, standing on top of the towering suit.

V: "It is ok everyone. I am not a machine, I am human. And I've come to save you and reunite you with others like me. Now we don't have much time so if there is another way out of here you need to show me now..."

Marc: "I don't believe it! It's a trick!"

Howard: "Yeah... How can we trust it to be human... It could be deceiving us... Where are the droids?!"

Phara: "Killow!!!"

Killow: "Mommy! I'm over here!"

Phara: "Come here son, stick by my side"

Harper: "What is your name stranger... And my people have a point... How can we be certain you are human?"

V takes a knife from his suit and cuts the palm of his hand without hesitation. Squeezing his hand together as blood streams down, dripping off of his fist from between his fingers.

V: "Does a machine bleed? You have to trust me, We have come here to save you"

Harper: "We?"

Axel removes his stealth suit's hood, disabling the invisibility right before the crowd of humans eyes.

Axel: "Yeah...We've come to get you all to safety"

Harper: "A child?"

V: "A very capable child... There is more of us here to help you. We formulated an entire plan to get you out of here"

Phara: "The alarm Harper... It's never gone off before... Maybe they have something to do with and lead the machines right to us"

Harper: "It seems you didn't help us, but rather put us all in danger"

V: "For that I truly am sorry, but you were never truly safe on this island. At least you wouldn't have been, not living so closely among these machines... But there is no time to argue. We have to go now!"

Harper: "He's right about one thing everyone... We need to get going!"

Marc: "We can't trust them... They lead the machines straight to us!"

Howard: "I agree, We have to leave our peaceful home because of them... How is that saving us?! This is all their fault!"

Phillar: "We're all going to dieeee"

Harper: "Everyone, I understand... You are afraid... It's ok to be afraid, but now isn't the time to be worrying about who's fault this is or to panic. Now is the time to work together and keep a calm and level mind to get through this together"

Phara: "Harper is right everyone, let's stay focus on getting out of here"

Devilleno: "I'm right here Harper when you need me"

V: "I have a plan to get you guys out of here, as well as a new location away from any machines. But we need another way out of here"

Axel: "V... Behind you, the machines..."

V jumps back into the mecha, gearing himself back up to begin operating it when suddenly he is shot with a powerful blast shaking the entire mech.

Axel: "V!"

V regains functionality over the mecha and turns around to the entrance of the hallway, readying the suits weapons as he aims towards the red lights fastly approaching from the darkness.

V: "Axel! Find another exit and get everyone to a getaway craft just like we planned, I'll meet you there. Follow the plan Axel..."

Axel: "... Alright, are you sure you're gonna be alright by yourself?"

V: "Of course kid... This isn't my first sticky situation and won't be my last"

Axel rushes to the other humans as they consult with each other in panic and confusion. V fully charges the mech's weapons and relentlessly unleashes a devastating barrage of blasts directly into the hallway. Decimating the machines in the corridor as sparks fly illuminating the area with each direct hit from the barrage.

V: "Everyone still on mics... Stick to the plan... We have found the humans and Axel is evacuating them now to our getaway craft... Runners prepare to ditch your pursuits and head for the pickup point. Caesar, how's the blueprint retrieval coming along?"

Caesar: "I am retrieving the last couple of specs of the device after picking it apart, I will make a carbon copy and then hand them to Leo and Scrappy individually"

V: "Got it, Stay focused everyone... Shit is going down"

Axel: "We need to start heading for the other exit... Where is it?"

Harper: "There is no 'other exit' The droids only prepared a lift to take us to the top of the mountain over there..."

Axel: "And what's your next move after that?"

Harper: "I don't know, they only told us to get to the top of that mountain... Maybe the others are right... We can't do this without the droids... Where are they?!"

Axel: "Hey... Now isn't the time to lose hope. You're these people's leader, aren't you? Don't let them see you break or you have only doomed them all to despair"

Harper: "Wow... You really are something ... For a kid..."

Axel: "Alright well let's get going!"

Harper: "Alright everyone! follow me to the lift! Single file lines and stay composed. No one panic ok, whatever you do, do not look back. Stay focused on getting to the lift!"

All of the humans begin travelling towards the lift at the base of the mountain.

Anderthal 12: "All units, come to my coordinates immediately. We are under heavy fire from the intruders. One of them have managed to get their hands on one of our mechs and is wreaking havoc on our forces. They all seem to have been residing in an underground structure beneath the mountain. Perform a pincher manoeuvre, send some forces up and over the mountain from the air while ground forces follow them underground to be sure none of them escapes this city!"

Anderthal 13: "Ground units heading your way now"

Anderthal 14: "Be advised, all air forces are heading for the mountains now"

V continues to hold off the horde of machines approaching from the hallway. As he floods the corridors with their metallic bodies ripped apart from the heavy fire. However, his weapons begin to glow bright orange as they begin to overheat... Warning signs flare up before his eyes and the barrage of blasts slowly begin to cease.

V: "Shit... Looks like I'm out of time..."

V quickly marches the mecha towards the doors and blocks it with the mechs bulky body while he leaps out of it. He stretches his arm out as he points a device into the air. Shortly after his bike comes flying down to him from the sky.

V: "This should buy us a little more time..."

V takes stacks of explosives and strap them to the mecha and switches them on as the words 'proximity' appear on the screen. He then hops onto his bike and darts off into the sky, flying towards the group of humans heading to the base of the mountain.

Harper: "Ok, everyone, enter the lift in groups of 50 accompanied by a group leader to avoid overcrowding in the lift. Bishop and Bellthorne are you here now?"

Belthorne: "I'm over here boss..."

Bishop: "I'm here now as well, I was helping all the injured and children evacuate the village"

Harper: "Good, first 50 go with Bishop, 2nd group with Phara, 3rd group with Belthorne, and 4th with Devilleno, 5th with Jazabelle and all remaining people come with me. I will be the last to be lifted to ensure everyone has made it to the top safely. Axel, you will go with Belthorne in the third group"

Axel: "Alright"

The humans begin to barge into the lift, as Bishop opens its doors.

Bishop: Hey! Children and Elderly first... Everyone else, get the fuck back!"

Startled by Bishop's loud command, all of them step back anxiously. As the first fifty humans enter the lift, "BOOM!" a large explosion erupts from the front of the village.

Harper: "An explosion?!"

V flies down from the sky as he accompanies them at the base of the mountain.

V: "Don't worry, that was me... They triggered it a lot sooner than I thought but it should've blocked their path through which should hold them off for..."

V folds his helmet into binoculars as he inspects the entrance caved in from the explosion. He then witnesses the machines burst through the rumble shortly after with little effort.

V: "Well... Nevermind... We need to go now!"

Bishop: "Alright, going on up now"

The lift begins to ascend into the air, climbing the mountain at a decent speed.

Harper: "Alright, prepare to board the lift when it comes back down Phara along with all females who can fit into the group of 50"

V: "This will take too long... We will need a distraction... No..."

V notices in the sky up above an entire fleet of weaponized aircraft approaching them, accompanied by the machines on the ground all flying quickly towards them.

V: "A distraction won't work... We need to hold them off... But how?"

As the lift finally reaches the top of the mountain, Bishop and the others exit the lift onto the snowy mountain top. Bishop helps everyone out of the lift quickly and sends it back down to the others below. As he looks down the mountain he notices the army of machines fastly approaching them.

Bishop: "Oh no... There's no way..."

Just then the snow beneath his feet begins to crack, and shake as metallic figures emerge from under the heaps of snow.

Bishop: "It's you... The..."

Back down at the base of the mountain, V and Axel watch as the weaponized aircraft flys just above them, charging their large weapons. Suddenly, "BLAM! BOOM! BOOM!" A very destructive blast comes from the top of the mountain, striking two of the aircraft hovering above them. They explode upon impact, "THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!" Multiple iron figures drop from the sky, landing beside the humans, firing their weapons towards the approaching machines in the sky and on the ground.

V: "What is happening right now?"

Axel: "Wait a minute... these must be the old..."

Phara, Belthorne, Marc and Howard all scream: "IT'S THE..."

Harper: "Droids!"