The Farm
The truck motored along the road noisily.
Crimebot whirred. "Wh-wh-where're we headed again?" he blooped, stuttering as senator Max Applesauce applied some oil to his braincogs.
"The old Winslow farm, you idiotic contraption!" yelled Bert, the driver of the taxi they had hit minutes ago, nearly completely destroyed his car in the process. "I've only been here for 15 seconds and even I knew that!"
Crimebot looked forlorn, his metal face contoring into a facade of sadness. He decided he did not like Bert and would arrest him with excessive force the first chance he got. Ross Campbell, ex-marine, ex-cop, realised that Crimebot was sad, and that Bert was the cause, decided also that he did not like him, and he might have to show him a lesson- a lesson in pain, off course!! Max Applesauce did not notice anything because he was punching the oil canister after mistakenly believing it called him a liar.
The truck kept puttering along, eventually entering the forest that seperated the city of Darkwinternight from the farming belt just West of the suburbs.
Suddenly, without warning, and to everyone's surprise, some guys stepped out onto the road ahead of them. These guys were obvious international criminals and they had knifes and one had a bat that said "BATCO BATS" on the side in big block letters. One had a scar on his face and another one was bald-headed, and yet another one had a goatee. Yeah, there was no doubt these were some bad dudes out for blood- Crimebot's blood!
Little did the bad dudes know that Crimebot, being a robot, did not have blood.
The truck stopped, and Ross Campbell cried out "You there, get off the road!". Despite being an ex-cop and an ex-marine, his senses failed him and he was almost killed when a knife came flying at his face! Luckily the knife bounched harmlessly off the windshield on the truck, and one of the thugs cursed. It did leave a little knick in the glass which made Ross pretty angry even though it wasn't technically his truck.
Crimebot was the first to react, his robot-like reflexes sending him hurling into battle. Firing laser after laser beam at the thugs, who in relation to Crimebot's mighty arsenal were pretty much helpless, they fell one after another. One went screaming into the forest, but was caught in the back of the head by a laser beam which caused his head to explode!!!
"Take this you filthy animals!" Crimebot screamed tinnily, although there was no one left to hear him except his friends in the truck. He wheeled over to them. "Criminals apprehended," he said, staring at Bert. "Justice served," he concluded.
Bert shrieked and ran off down the road, shrieking more loudly than before.
The servos in Crimebot's face relaxed and he looked contented.
One of the criminals reached out, and though his legs were severed and cauterized by laser burns, he attempted to climb off the road in agony. Just then, Ross Campbell slammed down on the accelerator really hard, peeling out from a dead start, finally sensing danger minutes after the battle was over. Looking up at the oncoming two tonnes of steel and wood (it was an old truck), the man tried to yell but found it difficult with his lung also punctured by a laser blast. Putting up his one good arm (the one he had been using to climb away pathetically) up over his face, he tried to shield himself. Of course it had no effect whatsoever, and the man was horribly crushed.
Driving off towards the old Winslow farm, our heroes had no idea what was in store for them, but Crimebot, who had just risked his titanium covered shell to fight those knife-wielding maniancs, worried he may have to fight again...
Crimebot whirred. "Wh-wh-where're we headed again?" he blooped, stuttering as senator Max Applesauce applied some oil to his braincogs.
"The old Winslow farm, you idiotic contraption!" yelled Bert, the driver of the taxi they had hit minutes ago, nearly completely destroyed his car in the process. "I've only been here for 15 seconds and even I knew that!"
Crimebot looked forlorn, his metal face contoring into a facade of sadness. He decided he did not like Bert and would arrest him with excessive force the first chance he got. Ross Campbell, ex-marine, ex-cop, realised that Crimebot was sad, and that Bert was the cause, decided also that he did not like him, and he might have to show him a lesson- a lesson in pain, off course!! Max Applesauce did not notice anything because he was punching the oil canister after mistakenly believing it called him a liar.
The truck kept puttering along, eventually entering the forest that seperated the city of Darkwinternight from the farming belt just West of the suburbs.
Suddenly, without warning, and to everyone's surprise, some guys stepped out onto the road ahead of them. These guys were obvious international criminals and they had knifes and one had a bat that said "BATCO BATS" on the side in big block letters. One had a scar on his face and another one was bald-headed, and yet another one had a goatee. Yeah, there was no doubt these were some bad dudes out for blood- Crimebot's blood!
Little did the bad dudes know that Crimebot, being a robot, did not have blood.
The truck stopped, and Ross Campbell cried out "You there, get off the road!". Despite being an ex-cop and an ex-marine, his senses failed him and he was almost killed when a knife came flying at his face! Luckily the knife bounched harmlessly off the windshield on the truck, and one of the thugs cursed. It did leave a little knick in the glass which made Ross pretty angry even though it wasn't technically his truck.
Crimebot was the first to react, his robot-like reflexes sending him hurling into battle. Firing laser after laser beam at the thugs, who in relation to Crimebot's mighty arsenal were pretty much helpless, they fell one after another. One went screaming into the forest, but was caught in the back of the head by a laser beam which caused his head to explode!!!
"Take this you filthy animals!" Crimebot screamed tinnily, although there was no one left to hear him except his friends in the truck. He wheeled over to them. "Criminals apprehended," he said, staring at Bert. "Justice served," he concluded.
Bert shrieked and ran off down the road, shrieking more loudly than before.
The servos in Crimebot's face relaxed and he looked contented.
One of the criminals reached out, and though his legs were severed and cauterized by laser burns, he attempted to climb off the road in agony. Just then, Ross Campbell slammed down on the accelerator really hard, peeling out from a dead start, finally sensing danger minutes after the battle was over. Looking up at the oncoming two tonnes of steel and wood (it was an old truck), the man tried to yell but found it difficult with his lung also punctured by a laser blast. Putting up his one good arm (the one he had been using to climb away pathetically) up over his face, he tried to shield himself. Of course it had no effect whatsoever, and the man was horribly crushed.
Driving off towards the old Winslow farm, our heroes had no idea what was in store for them, but Crimebot, who had just risked his titanium covered shell to fight those knife-wielding maniancs, worried he may have to fight again...
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