"Alright little guy, how about we hit the town. I'm gonna show you how a real woman investigates." Dawna says as she takes hold of Rio and drags him along."I'm not so sure what that means but it can't be good." Rio thinks to himself as she drags him outside the house.Dawna runs down the street gathering greetings from all the men as she goes."Here's a little lesson from your mamma. The best way to find someone that doesn't belong, is to know everyone that does belong."As she runs through the town, she begins noting down all of the men who don't greet her, along with any women that don't scowl at her."Alright, let's see who I can add to my list."She walks into a bar and starts gathering names from the men and women inside as well as scheduling some appointments for later.Rio is speechless as he watches her work, but he can't complain. It may be a bit unorthodox but it sure is working."Good morning Rio. What are you up to." Lynn had woken up from her nap and was now watching dil
"That doesn't seem very lady-like, Rio. Shouldn't you... stop her?" Lynn was blushing ear to ear while watching Dawna make her rounds."What do you want me to do about her? It's not like I can just run up there and stop her. Not that I would want to if I could." Rio said with a smile."You can at least grab her clothes for her. It would be a shame if she lost them." Lynn sighed in embarrassment."I'm not touching those, and I doubt she minds too much." Rio says as he watches Dawna walking down a set of stairs wearing a messy set of clothes."Right little guy. I can confirm that this guy is not the one we are looking for. Dawna says in between heavy breaths as she goes to take him into her arms once more.Jumping out of the way, Rio begins writing on his device."No need to carry me. I think I'll be fine on my own!"The thought of being carried in her sullied arms sent shivers down his spine. And Lynn felt the same."Hmm, okay. Suit yourself."Dawna chuckles as she walks towards a door
Slamming open the heavy hatch Nissa bends down and grabs hold of a bar. She descends down the ladder, which was surprisingly sturdy, and reaches a small room with a single door leading out.entering the door placed her in another room where a message was delivered through a speaker."Decontamination procedure in 5,4,3,2,1..."When the countdown finishes, a green gas is sprayed throughout the chamber.The gas was harmless and once it was finished and vented out of the chamber the glass doors slid open.on the other side of the door was a labyrinth of hallways and rooms.The walls were white and ceiling lights fill the area with an eerie glow.Nissa looks around the rooms as she takes in her surroundings."So this is their secret base huh? What an absolute dump." She mumbles to herself.Most of the rooms were empty and she was able to get a sense of the layout and general flow of the place.Although as she ventured deeper inside, she began to hear the sounds of people conversing in the
Nissa fired upon the machine's skull dealing little damage as her bullets failed to penetrate its armor."That's not good. This thing isn't going to be easy to take out." She says as she keeps firing as it moves closer to her.She reloads her rifle as the machine walks past without paying much attention to her."I guess it doesn't care about me." She says with confusion as she takes aim and shoots it once more.The machine smashes its arm through a large locker and rips out a weapon of its own.A short blade with a gun barrel attached to its end. Powering on the weapon, The machine aims it in Nissa's direction.Without any change in emotion the machine fires a shot past her cheek, blasting through the scientist behind her, leaving his stomach agape.After dealing with the scientist, the machine turns its hatred towards Nissa, slashing at her with the blade.She dodges the first blow and stabs the machine in the leg causing her knife to bend, failing to pierce the machine.She follows
Nissa returns to the residence to see that Dawna and Rio were already there."Hey there Nissa. You're just in time. We've just finished checking out everyone suspicious in town." Dawna says as she walks up to her waiting to receive her praise."Good job Dawna. So what do you have for us?" She asks with a raised eyebrow."check this out"Dawna hands a piece of paper over to Dawna containing the names of 11 citizens."These are the people who have only recently arrived in town. No one seems to know who they are and they don't have any family members residing in town either. Everyone else on Alex's list has been accounted for by yours truly." Dawna states proudly."More like screwed by yours truly." Nissa adds which gives Dawna a quick chuckle.Nissa compares the names on the list with the names documented in the lab reports.Most of them lead to a dead end except for two. One of which had long departed from this realm, escorted by his own creation.The other name was related to the fema
"Why the fuck not!"Rio hears shouting from inside the house as he opens the door."W-well it's a privacy issue. You know I can't just tell you any of our citizens' private information."Alex is pushed up against the wall trying to justify himself in a shaky voice."We have a right to know! How are we supposed to fix your mess if you're worried about some rebels' privacy!" Nissa snaps back in a cold tone.Alex looks at Nissa with fear in his eyes."How about this? If you give us the location of her location, I promise not to separate your head from your body."Alex slides down the wall at Nissa's threat as he stares into her eyes."Fine. I'll tell you. Just.. don't tell anyone, okay?""Good boy. You get to live another day." Nissa says with a smirk."She's kind of terrifying like that." Lynn says as she watches Nissa tear into Alex."No kidding, She's like a completely different person." Rio adds while looking in terror at Nissa's personality shift.He had never seen her like this."Y
Pumping herself up, Dawna took the initiative and jumped up to the Mechs head, slashing at it with her knives.The knives slammed against the Mechs glass plane but failed to penetrate it."Wow. Now that's some tough armor." Dawna says as she tries again and again. But all this seemed to do was gain the mechs aggro as it brought its head down hard, attempting to crush her beneath its weight.The mech's eyes glowed a dark purple as Rio charged a beam, shooting it into its head.Using her legs to kick off of the Mech, Dawna gains some distance as the blast crashes against the Mech, sending its head reeling back.Rio fires another shot, hitting the head once again as Dawna and Nissa scale the Mechs' legs.Rio fires once more but the Mech had learned its lesson, Raising its leg to block it and tossing the other two off of him.It raised a nearby home above its head, smashing it towards Rio.The lump of stones sheer size was too large for Rio to avoid.Jumping into the void Rio slipped thro
"Wake up!" Rio thought that he could hear the faint sound of someone shouting at him."Get up you lazy trouble maker!"There it was again. The voice was getting louder and louder after each word."I SAID GET UP!""Ahh!" Rio jumped up to his feet looking around frantically at the voice that had screamed in his ear.The voice was coming from Alberoth who was floating in front of Rio."What the hell is going on?" Rio shouted while trying to regain his composure."Calm down. You're just recovering inside of the void until your soul is reconstructed. It's a process that will take some time." Alberoth replies."How long?" Rio asks with a frown."At least a few days." Alberoth replies."A few days?! What the hell am I supposed to do for that long?" Rio snaps."I don't know, figure it out. My job here is done. As long as you don't do anything stupid you should recover just fine." Alberoth says with a sigh. "And don't let this happen again."Alberoth turns away, vanishing from the spot.Rio tr