The first swarm was flung towards Danny, who had just enough reaction time to start running, at which point he slipped on Olivia's vomit, skidding uncontrollably before sliding to the floor, his bottle of water shooting off towards James. The Nano-bots continued in the same direction, now headed for James and Monique. James tumbled forward, somehow managing to fall over himself, tripping Monique over in the process. Lukas's bullet flew above their heads as they fell; missing by mere centimetres before puncturing the water bottle Danny had accidentally thrown. The water bottle exploded, the contents spraying out into the air around it. The swarm of Nano-bots collided with the shower of water and they sparked into tiny flames that dropped to the floor inches from where Gina was hidden behind a tree.
At the same time, the second swarm were slung towards Samir, who had the huge weapon in his arms. He had aimed it right at Elite Peter and without even giving it a second thought had pulled the trigger. The projectile launched itself, pushing Samir back, and smashing straight through the approaching Nano-bots, each one evaporating into flashes and sparks. The projectile continued on its journey eventually saying hello to Elite Peter, who was given a short sharp lesson in how to be disassembled.
Brandon meanwhile crashed into Elite Simon, the impact causing the trigger on the sonic-death machine to be pulled once more, the weapon then breaking free from Elite Simon's grip and crashing to the floor. With a move only Bruce Lee could normally do, Elite Simon kicked Brandon aside, knocking him back a few metres. It was not enough to deter Brandon, who decided to cause another bodily collision with him. What did deter him though was the sudden and inexplicable change of facial expression on Elite Simon, which went from an anger Brandon had never seen before to an exploding pulp of hideousness. Behind the getaway vehicle Mateo had been thunderously typing commands and he had finally found a break through. He had managed for the first time to hack into the Neuro-Net that was inside Elite Paul and with a few simple keystrokes had managed to get Elite Paul to train his weapon on Elite Simon next to him and pull the trigger. The result was another reason why today wasn't a very pleasant day.
The last shot from Elite Simon's sonic death device shot past Mateo and punctured straight through the approaching car that Mateo had only just noticed was squealing up the track. The shot crumpled through the engine and straight through Niel, sending the car on a direct trajectory with Elite Paul. Inside, Mike and David clung to the back-seat helplessly as it was careering towards its target. In the front seat, a barely recognisable Niel, his body a jelly like mass, wobbled with the contortions of the car. It smashed into Elite Paul, the final soldier left, throwing him underneath the vehicle. The weight of the car pummelled Elite Paul into the ground, before it finally came to a standstill when it skidded into an impenetrable bush. David and Mike kicked their way out of the car, both feeling lucky to be alive. They felt even luckier when they surveyed their surroundings. It was a scene of complete and utter carnage. Piles of what look like used to be humans dotted around, their friends all standing or lying on the floor wide eyed.
Gina popped her head out from behind the tree; just to see what was happening and if it was safe to come out yet. It looked like it was, so she skipped over to everyone.
“I thought I might have been in trouble then” She said as she approached the others, the rest of them dumbfounded as to what had actually just happened.
The rest of them had started walking back towards where it had all started around twenty seconds before that, completely flummoxed. They walked towards the dead soldiers when suddenly Elite Paul began to twitch and rise to his feet. Everyone shrieked in terror at the sight of the dead coming back to life, Brandon inching forward to roundhouse kick him.
“Oh sorry” Mateo said as he typed the word 'delete' into his laptop, to which Elite Paul dropped to the floor and folded himself into an almost triangular shape, “I forgot to exit the system”.
“You learnt how to control them?” Danny asked, to which Mateo nodded.
They all looked around, still in confusion, as the sound of the approaching helicopter began to get louder and louder. They all looked at the car ahead, tangled in the bushes.
“Niel” Mariam said running towards it.
“No, don't” Mike shouted running after her and pulling her back gently, “You don't want to see him like that”.
They were all pumped up with adrenalin again, so bad it was giving them all the shakes, trying to comprehend how everything got so bad. It was the third friend they had lost today; it was an almost unbearable feeling.
“Did he have his research with him?” Mateo asked.
Mike and David shrugged; he had never mentioned it so weren't sure. Mateo walked towards the back of the car and opened the trunk. Inside were notebooks and diagrams, everything that Niel had been working on. He knew Sheryl needed this information; she had mentioned the odd thing here and there to him, so knew that this was somehow important. He said a little prayer for Niel, apologising for having to leave him there and tucked the notes into his inside coat pocket.
The helicopter landed less than twenty metres away and the side door was flung open for them to get inside. They had never seen a helicopter quite like this, it was cigar
