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The slash would bring nothing but a shower of sparks, as the drone recoiled back. One of the lenses was shattered, that portion of sensory equipment dying out instantly. The drone wasn't there on a violent mission, but the man had attacked it while it tried to locate and preserve survivors. A heavy thrumming sound could be heard as the two barrels mounted on the upper section came to life. A dull golden glow would be seen from inside, as from the top of the unit a pair of machineguns slid out. The unit would attempt a lock, using one of the other lenses. If it couldn't achieve a lock via simple optical means, the readouts of the area and thermal registerring would probably make the man known. It would take only a moment for the machine guns to start up, causing a spray of fire to gout from the barrels as shells rattled against the metal top of the unit. The unit would sidestep in an effort to flank the man, as the machine guns fired with automated accuracy from their mounted positions. If they missed, they'd be chewing up the earth around the man, if even one bullet hit, it'd be capable of tearing a massive hole. For these guns weren't simple assault rifles, no, they were mounted cannons. The energy weapons still had yet to come alive however, for now they simply purred in anticipation.

The wind would slap against the machine in a futile effort. The bullets would not be sent astray for they cleared the wind section at a high speed, not to mention they wouldn't be in the one spot long enough for wind to have much effect. The four legs also held steady, keeping the unit from even swaying. The grenade however caused the unit some slight grief. A quick and suprisingly agile movement would have one of the unit's legs reach down to bat the child off to the saide, the child being Kaiden. Such an act might have damaged the boy, but the damage done by being sent flying several feet would be much less then that of a grenade. Even so, as the grenade exploded the unit stumbled to the side, the underbelly having been scorched and scraped. Luckilly the underbelly had taken the brunt of the damage, and the legs were intact. If anything, it simply meant the plasma wepaons would have to be examined before use.

Even so, the machine guns continued to hail lead upon the foe. At the same time, the two main cannons came to life. Golden orbs of pure energy would be hurled at the man, about a foot in diameter. The two were parallel to each other, and as such the pair of cannons were firing an orb each every moment. The result would be a continued hail of the orbs that followed after the man. The distance inebtween the orbs was about 2 feet, though the unit would adjust as neccesary to keep someone from simply standing between the two cannons. Whatever was hit by the orbs would burst into flame briefly as it was turned into ash.

The arcane shield would shimmer briefly, a skyblue sphere around the unit being revealed for only a moment. However, the properties of the bolts weren't all lost, no, only the arcane weavings of them would be stopped. The energy of the bolts would smash the machineguns, causing their munitions to explode in the chambers and effectively destroy the weapons. In reaction to that, the guns would slide back down into the unit as the coverings snapped shut.

The debris were an entirely different matter. They slammed into the metal chassis with full force, causing the unit to stumble backwards. As it did so, it altered it's firing pattern to simply destroy the larger incoming chunks. It seemed the drone was being pushed back about 5-7 ft, just enough for the man to get to the child.

Perhaps Murgiri could kill the machine, perhaps he could survive the exhaustion that plauged his body, but the mechanized murder would ensure that if this creature did not release Kaiden that he would not survive the day. Plasmic flames gorged upon the air of the planet, sending flickering embers dancing to the ground. These embers would not be put out gently, they would continue to burn and continue to melt into the ground. The soil around the little embers dried up, almost instantly, but the gentle red glow emmiting, not from the orange blue flames of the plasma but, from the motlen earth would follow suit in a little while.

Violent screams errupted in Tegral's ears as the Sonic cannon pushed it's ampiflification units to their max. The plasma cannon graphed into his right arm stood on the red line, threatening to explode.

Damn KB and his cursed nanny program. Protect Kobei...Protect Eva...Protect Kaiden. That damn program was the ONLY reason Tegral hadn't left Kaiden to die on the Citadel's battle field. The ONLY reason why he didn't blast down Kobei and the children right off the get go. Damn KB and his bloody programming!

Tegral's left arm came up and locked onto the fool's head. A highly concentrated pulse, the sound waves packed so close together they became a solid...a pointed solid. He shouted but one sentance as he trained his second, more powerful cannon, onto the bot. He could think of two people, right off the back of his head, who could engineer a creature of this, and neither of them were on Tegral's favorite buddy's list. His voice came out droned, but very, very, pissed off. "Drop the god damned kid!" Tegral didn't add the god damned part just to be mean or cruel, the fact of the matter was anything spawned from KB was damned by god himself. Perverbially pissed on the face by the great Alpha and Omega himself, if you will.

Mugiri, seeing Tegral, and realizing that he could do no more to the bot, he gave it all for a final sprint to the opposite side of the crater from Tegral, he held the kid in both arms, as to protect him and use him as a shield against Tegral. For some reason Tegral wanted him, and that would be protection enough. Whe Mugiri got sprinting, he was almost blurring by how fast he was going, though due to exhuastion he couldn't keep it up for long.

Given that Tegral was on the scene, and that the current weaponry equipped wasn't suitable for hostage situations, the unit purred in a low grumble as it began to stomp off towards the surrounding forest. Though, of course now it was merely a matter of the forest, not a forest surrounding the Dojo. Nevertheless, the unit was steadily marching towards the screams that it heard from within the forest, the name 'Kaiden' roughly being heard from afar. Given the pitch and tone of the scream, as well as the name, it made sense to assume that the child would be Eva.

The bot would ignore Tegral and the others as it marched off towards the girl. It seemed clear enough that the thing trusted in Tegral's sense and accuracy.

Mugiri spun as the blast hit his shoulder. He coughed up blood, his ears aching. He saw the plasma blast coming, but couldnt run anymore, from his ears ringing, and his shoulder was killing him. "Holy s**t, this is a predicament. He closed his eyes. Adeep rumbling could be heard, and all of a sudden, a black orb covered Mugiri and the child, spreading, ripping up the ground as Mugiri screamed in Agony. The eye on his chest bled black tears. The orb made a crater of its own. The blast hit Mugiri, and all that could be seen was an explosion of hundreds of colors, and when the dust cleared, Mugiri and Kaiden were gone...