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This is a special double-edition of Armament. Enjoy!

=== Chapter 9: Stray Bullets ===

Marek looked at his weapon, there was no way a revolver could stop a rampaging robot on the loose. He looked at Krisso, there was no way he could beat it either. Krisso only had his backup rifle with him, with not nearly enough ammo.

Yars spoke next. "I can handle this, I've trained enough". Marek doubted the young Slig's talent, but unfortunately he had no choice. Krisso told Marek that he could act as bait, and get the robot's attention.

Krisso looked around the corner to see Voll and his escort behind a slab of metal, the robot standing around 50 feet away. The escort wasn't injured, but his pants had been shot, one of the metal legs was broken off, twitching randomly.

Krisso started to sprint, luring the robot away from Voll. As the robot turned towards Krisso, Marek took aim with his revolver and shot one of the robot's optic receptors, the robot became confused. Yars crept along the wall silently. A few seconds later, he activated his BlitzKnife and sliced the arm off the robot in a single stroke. Before the robot could retaliate, Yars sliced off the robot's head. The robot de-activated, the electrical systems shut down.

Voll stood up, "Thanks kid, that was a close one". Yars de-activated his BlitzKnife and went to help the escort Slig find some pants. Marek walked up to Voll, "What happened sir?".

Voll revealed what happened. While heading to a high-security prison facility in the compound, a stray lightning bolt hit the communications tower. This robot was somehow affected by the lightning and suddenly became activated, firing at the nearby Sligs. It had been close to Voll when the machine suddenly started making wild movements. Voll thought this was suspicious and ushered his guards forward. The machine gave chase, one of the escorts nearly tripped while approaching the corner, ending up getting shot by the machine. The robot was more concerned with Voll and the other escort, so the other Slig managed to escape with a minor injury, hidden in an alcove just across from the hallway.

Voll wiped his forehead. Yars managed to acquire a new pair of pants for the escort, who thanked him gladly. Voll got a radio call from the prison facility. All of the power was back online and the prison was secure. Voll continued to talk on the radio, giving Marek and the others a salute before running off.

Marek sighed, "Well that was a close one, Good job there Yars".
The escort seemed embarrassed. "Um... gotta see a Slig about a Slog, bye".

Krisso smiled, and headed back the way they came.
Halfway along they met Reint, who explained that the other escort had been taken to the medical facility. Marek told Reint what happened.

Elsewhere, Kolon was making some very angry phonecalls to his Vykker suppliers.