365 Days of Drabbles, Day 195
Nov. 13th, 2013 07:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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colliemommie: “Acceptable losses”
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WARNING: Extreme system damage. Recommend retreat to repair depot.
It ignored the system warning. Its goal was in sight, the barricade of logs and sheet metal erected only ten meters away.
A shot struck its torso, entering its already damaged battery system. Power would cease shortly, but it was so close to its goal now...
Retreat immediately!
It climbed the wall, steel claws digging in for purchase. At the top a rifle butt smashed its left visual sensor, it grabbed it, tearing out of the defender’s hands, tossing it away.
“We’re here to help you,” it said.
Zero power.
SHUTDOWN.
colliemommie: “Acceptable losses”• * * *
WARNING: Extreme system damage. Recommend retreat to repair depot.
It ignored the system warning. Its goal was in sight, the barricade of logs and sheet metal erected only ten meters away.
A shot struck its torso, entering its already damaged battery system. Power would cease shortly, but it was so close to its goal now...
Retreat immediately!
It climbed the wall, steel claws digging in for purchase. At the top a rifle butt smashed its left visual sensor, it grabbed it, tearing out of the defender’s hands, tossing it away.
“We’re here to help you,” it said.
Zero power.
SHUTDOWN.
