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As the cold machine slammed down on the hard rocky ground, the only thing that remained of him was his torso and his arm. The boiling unforgiving sands of greed burning away at his metal plates. His system blaring in his head, "SYSTEMS DOWN SYSTEMS DOWN, INSUFFICIENT BLOOD, VOCAL SYSTEMS EXHAUSTED, IMMINENT SHUT DOWN.".
Memories started to play in his head, a day that he would have never forgotten the day that has been playing over in his head ever since he touched the very first layer of hell up until now. The extinction of Humanity.
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V2 had been hungry. Hungry for blood. It's needed blood for a long time now. His systems reminding him everyday that something needs to be done.
This era of peace hasn't kept him or any other Machine fed.
With most Machines shutting down or barely hanging on. The only sources of blood he gets are dismantling faulty drones but it hasn't been enough. It's never enough.
And even though it has dismissed it many many times, he knows the only way to get blood is from the people he's programmed to save.
"It's the only way. There's nothing else no one else."
V2 suddenly yelps in pain clutching his abdomen.
"I need blood. Even If I have to. Even if I have to-"
No. V2 quickly shook the thoughts from it's head.
He carefully stood up holding the side of a building for leverage as he heard loud thunderous roars from behind him.
The ones who had plauged the skies into eternal darkness , The Eartmovers had appeared with multiple scattered across the city sending small earthquakes everytime they take even so much as a single step.
V2 had expected the same day saving humans, taking down criminals. But that was all a lie as a vicious struck of lighting landed in the core of the city, caving and destroying buildings. The humans in the area were nothing but ash or burnt fesh.
The tall dark machines stood menacingly over the city turning it attention away to send lightning strikes to another area.
And as that began other Eartmovers sent strikes across the entire city.
V2 dashed foward towards the original blast sight carefully landing down and scanning to see if anyone was alive to no avail everyone was dead. The area was scattered with ash and and blood.
Multiple strikes were launched causing multiple short earthquakes shattering the ground.
V2 heard the screams of Multiple humans and then wasted no time getting over to the street.
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There was mountains of corpses and Multiple humans trying to escape but Multiple machines to ensure they weren't going anywhere.
Multiple Sowrdsmachines cutting humans in half and running after the ones who thought they were safe.
Guttertanks exploding mass groups of humans while some were carefully taking off some of their armor plating to refill on blood manually.
Sentries taking down humans from distance on rooftops coming down only to kill the ones who were fatally wounded or to refill on blood with some fighting over who gets the kill.
V2, enraged by all the bloodshed that insued took to the air and quickly took out one of the sentries with his pistol and jumping over to the other one landing on its head stomping it over and over until it was nothing but scrap.then turning his attention to the Guttertanks directly below him, dropping on one punching a hole through his main armor plating effectively killing it. The other Guttertanks taking notice proceed to arm their rocket launchers and shoot at V2.
V2 jumping into the air masterfully dodging the rockets charges at the three Guttertanks winding up a knuckleblaster punch. As he released it through the first Guttertank with arm charging up the explosion releasing it kill the other two. Blasting himself back skidding across the street to be caught by a Sowrdsmachine taking its blade and stabbing it clean through V2 stomach.
A loud yell can be heard from V2 as it screams in pain. Another swordsmachine takes notice and runs towards them pulling out his shotgun preparing to fire. V2 charges a shot in his pistol waiting for his chance to strike. The Sowrdsmachines get close enough to shoot his shotgun. Then in a swift motion V2 kicks the shotgun upwards as the Swordsmachine holding it pulls the trigger, blasting off the head of the sowrdsmachine holding him in place.
Then aiming the pistol at the Sowrdsmachines head and fires, blasting a hole clean through its head, killing it as it falls.
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V2 had killed every machine in that area.
He carefully plucks the Sword out of his stomach ripping out some metal from the armor of the sowrdsmachine on the ground in an attempt to repair himself. He looks over at all of the chaos that insued.
Multiple humans bodies making the streets smell of blood
Aswell as the humans who survived with some shook over what just happened, some in tears over the friends and family they lost just moments ago and some who are on the brink of death.
V2 couldn't stand it.
He was angry.
Both at the machines who did this. And at himself for not arriving sooner.
He clutched his fist in frustration..
He quickly welds the metal to his stomach effectively repairing it and approached the humans that were alive.
They quickly backed away slowly from him not trusting the machines that they thought were supposed to protect and help them.
V2 slowly placed his pistol onto the floor and stuck out his in a calm manner while getting closer.
V2 quickly looked around his surroundings trying to scan for the nearest shelter or hospital.
"I'm not going to do anything to harm you all. Please. There is a hospital not to far from here. Anyone who can walk please take the injured and follow me-"
Suddenly a swarm of Drones flew by some branching off into other sections of the city while other darted towards V2 location.
With on group of them circling around the humans and the other group swarming around V2.
The first group around the humans fired upon them their screams could be heard as their bodies drop one by one.
The shots the fired were unknown to V2 but he didn't have time to worry about that.
"STOP!"
V2 screamed as he picked up his pistol and aimed to fire.
A drone came and shot his hand, making him drop his pistol.
Another came and shot him in the leg making hin drop to one knee.
The drones surrounded him taking shots trying to squeeze whatever blood he had left.
V2's metallic wings with from a shining yellow to a dark red.
As he stands up and punched clean through one of the drones.
He backdashes away from the crowd and rips the drone of his arm sensing it is going to detonate.
The rest of the drones took the the air and flew over to V2.
He then throws the drone at the crowd as it blows up incineration the drones caught In the blast emerging the street in smoke.
V2 emerges out of the smoke equipped with the Shotgun one of the swordsmachine had as he dashes forward to the drones that were near the humans.
But the job has been done. The humans were dead. And the drones were near their bodies trying to refill on blood.
V2, completely enraged, dashed foward kicking one of the drones into the side of a building, blowing up instantly
Shooting one of them with the shotgun blasting it back, in a last ditch effort the drone dashes in for an attempt to kill V2.
Alas V2 merely backhand the drone away into another one exploding them both
Taking one by the top of its body, dragging it through the ground and tossing into the air and taking out his pistol shooting it, as it explodes in the air.
His wings then turn back into their usual yellow as the drones were cleared.
He walks over to the corpses of the humans he was supposed to save.
He drops his weapons at his feet and then both of his knees.
"It's was so sudden. How was I to know. How could I have let this happen. I should been faster. I should have been better. I should have done more."
V2 says as he trails off in thought suddenly he was cut off.
The large moniter in the center of the city began to play something
It showed multiple states and Multiple countries being plauged by death and destruction as it cuts to multiple machines killing everyone in those areas.
The entire world was falling apart and there wasn't a single thing the red machine could do.
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It was quiet.
It's been quiet for a few hours now...
The rapid fire and explosion have stopped.
The tall dark machines that have effectively destroyed the city have stopped and where no where to be seen. It's like they had disappeared completely.
V2 has been patrolling the wasteland that use to be a thriving city only to be meant with corpses or machine parts.
There was no one insight.
Until, a few machines were found un the sky flying somewhere.
V2 decided to follow closely behind.
The drones were met with more drones all of the seemed to be going to same place.
V2 approaching where they were going was shocked at the sight.
Every Machine ever produced, all entering into hell large crowds of them racing to the entrance to make their decent.
V2 clutching his fist enraged by his very own kinda with his weapons in hand chasing after them, making his decent aswell.
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I failed again.
I failed myself.
I failed.
But now it's time to rest.
I.
I.
I can rest no-
The slim blue boot crushed viciously on his head shattering it ending all forms of speech and thought.
IT then rips of the arm attached to his torso attaching it to herself. Grappling away from whatever is left of the Machine.