I Am Awake (We're Off again)

[Tom Gunn]

A lone figure. Slouching but determined. From what you could see ahead anyway. This is it. This is where it ends.


"I figured I would find you here. Its the same view from last time."

The form spun around surprised. A fear creeped in his eyes for sure. He re-gained his composure.


"Last time?"


"You know, the last time you sent the planet to hell."

Familiarity. It registered. He definitely remembered.


"Ah. We have met before. I think I recall."


"You do seem to know how to keep off the age. How you did it doesn't matter to me. Its my turn to prevent what you're about to do again."

Eyes darted around. He looked for others like me.


"you... are definitely confident when talking to the man with a detonator in his hands..."

You pulled out the battery


"You know, you can't just get these anywhere. I made sure to pull it out before you left the camp that night. Drop the detonator."

come on. take the bluff.

He hesitated for a while. seemingly frozen in time. you hoped he didn't realize the battery was still in the remote.

He dropped the detonator.


"What now? Are you going to arrest me? Your affiliation with the law expired 300 years ago."


"I'm not bound to that mentality anymore. I'm not going to arrest you. I'm going to kill you for a wound that didn't expire."

The tension rose. He didn't plead or beg for mercy. But rather wore a grin on his face.


"You're holding a grudge. It appears my lifes work wasn't in vain after all. Your flaws are your perfection in my eyes."


"Only if your work didn't plan to turn around and kill you."


"You're a fool to think I came alone!"

You felt your operating system skip a calculation. Red dots danced over your body. You forgot to check for his cronies.

Its time you made a move. And you hope your mind suggests something quickly.

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[Tom Gunn]

You made a straight dive for a grouping of rocks to your left. You mind wasn't in full gear yet. Shouldn't you be thinking ahead of these things? The man you were confronting had disappeared as quickly as you dived. He must be going along side the mountain face.



You had evaded a laser blast and a bullet wound. There were two of them hiding in the rocks. You heard them chattering through their internal radios as they whittled away with the laser rifle at your rock. You could tell it was Nyne and Mortarmar by their shot groupings. They're like you, you could try reasoning with them. Or find a way to flank them. Either way you had to factor them out quickly and catch up with the scumbag who started all this.

[*FacePalm*]

throw a rock at them??
or dont you have a gun hand if you do shoot them

[Lego lad]

trick them into using the laser to knock down rocks on top of them.

[masterockets]

Throw the battery to the left and flank them on the right

[TheScout]

omfg i just had a heart attack jesus

if they're like you, try yelling something like "this sentence is false" or something

[Tom Gunn]

omfg i just had a heart attack jesus

if they're like you, try yelling something like "this sentence is false" or something

throw a rock at them??
or dont you have a gun hand if you do shoot them

Lucky for you you're armed. Its not your shotgun but it is a nice little gun Coat use to use before he found his 47. GunMonster. You named it Peeler because the most it was good for was peeling potatoes if you weren't fighting flesh targets.

you yell out to Nyne.



"You're making a big mistake, Nyne! That man is the source of all of our problems. You shouldn't be protecting him!"

You heard another laser blast knock a deeper hole into the side of your cover.

"I'm sorry, MATT! He's got our functions reprogrammed. I can't stop myself! Mortarmar is trying to flank you! You have to shut us off or kill us! I would prefer the first option!"

[TheScout]

any weapon capable of delivering an electrical shock, or a place you could hit them that would incapacitate them without killing them?

[carolcat]

can the peeler incapacitate them?

[masterockets]

any weapon capable of delivering an electrical shock, or a place you could hit them that would incapacitate them without killing them?

Could the battery work?

[Tayasaurus]

can the peeler incapacitate them?

Tom says its a slim chance. Mortarmar and Nyne are metallic and more armored than you are.

[*FacePalm*]

aim for the eyes/optics, its a weak spot and it'll also give you time to run.