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Riku sat on the bed, getting used to the feel of his new body. It has been one week since the explosion, and five days since he escaped from the lab that made him what he was now: an android. Although he was glad to be alive, he felt strange. Almost as if he had become something- LESS human.

He stood up, and turned towards the desk. His Colts, which had been severely damaged in the explosion, were rebuilt with different purposes now. He lifted the right-hand gun, which had been rebuilt as a machine pistol. It felt much lighter, as the parts were different. Overall, the gun was smaller, and was more streamlined. He loaded the new magazine, loaded with special caseless .45 caliber rounds, then picked up the left-hand gun. Unlike the other gun, it was about the same size as the original, but much heavier, and the grip had been expanded to accomodate the new rounds: .454 Casull. He loaded a magazine, then placed them in their holsters. He slipped his vest over the pistols, then walked out of the hotel room. He emerged out back, to a waiting car: a Saleen S7, which he had stolen from the research facility. A simple command, and the car started up on it's own. The door slid up and open, and Riku climbed in. He entered a set of coordinates into the car's GPS, and the S7 automatically pulled away, driving itself.

"I'm not sure I understand", Riku says into his com set. "I know nothing about this thief situation. Could you update me?"

"I don't know about this thief situation. However, I will return to HQ." With that, Riku spun the Saleen around, then accelerated towards headquarters at top speed.

Walking down the cobblestone street, the guard lead Ace to a large building.
"Make sure it doesn't get in the way." He noted. The building loomed overhead, casting eerie shadows to those below it.
"How many other's are suppose to be coming?" The guard asked, curious how many trips he would have to take.

Riku arrived at the military complex out in the desert. He climbed out of the S7, which at a simple command, activated it's active camo. Riku activated his own camouflage, then slipped towards the base. In a single leap, he cleared the fence, landing gracefully in the middle of the parade deck. The guards couldn't see him as he passed right by them. He waited for a door to begin to close, then slipped in. He walked down the hallway, as guards armed with Kalashnikovs simply walked by him. He reached a changing room, where a guard was busy shaving. He decloaked, grabbed the guard and snapped his neck, before carefully putting his body in a locker. He then used his active camo to take on his disguise as a technician. He slipped out, then walked down the hallway towards the Database Room.

Entering the room, he saw the other technicians, busy at work. Now was the tricky part: first, he turned and sealed the door. He then turned to face the technicians, who had turned to see who locked them in. He saw one going for the alarm, but he cleared the length of the room before the tech had the chance. A katar slid out of his forearm, and he delivered a fatal blow to the neck. Another katar opened out of his other arm, and he began cutting down the technicians. Once they were dead, he simply strolled up the the main console. The katars retracted, and a small hacking tool emerged from his finger. He inserted it into the main CPU, and began to hack the system.



Suddenly, the alarm set off. Riku heard banging on the door behind him. His tool retracted, and he walked towards the door. He opened a compartment on his leg and pulled out a small charge. He set it on the door, backed up, and detonated it.

BOOM

Riku walked out into a hallway full of dead and dazed guards. He took advantage of their confusion, and quickly dispatched the ones near him. He kicked two AKs up to his hands, cocked them, and began firing akimbo style. The other guards fell dead under the hail of 7.62mm bullets. He ran down the hallway and tackled his way through a wall, ending up on the parade deck again. Multiple guards were waiting, all heavily armed.

"Drop your weapons!" a commander yelled towards Riku. Riku simply dropped the Kalashnikovs, then produced his 1911s. He then unloaded a barrage of .45 caseless rounds from the right-hand gun, while dropping several guards with .454 rounds from the left-hand pistol. He quickly dispatched twenty of the guards before a T-55 tank pulled around the corner. It fired a round, which hit Riku dead on. He simply recoiled from the blast, then ran towards the tank, holstering his pistols. He leapt onto the tank and pulled his arm back. A small charger appeared on his hand, and plasma surrounded his arm. He punched through the steel armor and released the blast. The tank was obliterated. Riku leapt off just before the explosion, then scaled the wall. Several guards surrounded him and opened fire. The bullets penetrated his skin, but reflected harmlessly off his titanium-tungsten endoskeleton. He pulled two more charges, then threw them in both directions. The guards went flying in every direction. He looked down the wall as the Saleen pulled up. He dropped off, climbed in, and drove off, blazing across the desert towards Urkhal.



So this body isn't invincible, Riku thought as he drove off.