As the one with the jacket chuckled, the shirtless one said "Go ahead, 12-002. 12-004 and I will take care of the engineer from here." He had to be 12-003 then. I rolled my eyes as I muttered the words to a spell. It was one of the highest level spells, so the incantation was pretty long. They did not seem to notice until 12-002 had left the room. 12-004 walked closer to me and the pressure increased a bit. "Stop talking to yourself!" he demanded. I was not going to stop for him. He kicked me in the ribs. It made me grunt, but I did not stop the spell. "Let him pray. He's a human after all. Nothing he says matters." 12-003 said as he looked down at me. A blade extended from his arm. "I'll make this quick and easy on you. A simple stab through the heart should end things." I hoped that Mason could run and hide until I got there. Otherwise, he was going to die before I could reach him. That would be sad after all the time and resources we gave him. He was also a nice guy to hang out with as well. I was able to finish the spell. Everything went white and I lost a big chunk of my health and all my mana.
It was the equivalent of a nuke going off. I was now at 3 HP and 0 MP. There were still fires all around the room. That caused a fire door to shut and an alarm to sound as sprinklers showed me in cold water. It took a lot just to struggle to my feet. I looked around the room and saw splatters of nanite paste on the walls. That was probably all that was left of 12-003 and 12-004. I had to wait where I was. Even if I could override the door with my engineer credentials, I could not do anything with only 3 HP. I was so vulnerable; a gut punch could kill me. I also had no mana to use a healing spell. As a precaution, I rummaged around to see if there was anything that could help me. I saw a small health pack there on one of the shelves. I had to use a thumb print to open. A glowing green aura filled the room. The AOE radius was pretty large. It began to heal me slowly. My mana was not affected by the pack at all. That was not a good sign. They all specialized in magnetism. 12-001 was simply immune to bullets. Who knew what powers 12-002 had? It took 10 minutes before it was a quarter of the way full.
12-002 and 12-003
12-004
Walking over to the door, I let a scanner take some biometrics by looking at it. It scanned my eyes and recognized me. It then opened up. The alarm was still going on in the hallway. The whole clan building could hear it. There were some PEA on the third sub-level. Some of them might be scared or upset with all the alarms. I walked over to the main hall again. When I got there, 12-002 was holding Mason hostage. "I don't know how you escaped, but it doesn't matter. I have your security officer." the AEP unit said confidently as he put Mason in between us. "He made me swallow some of his nanites. I don't know what to do." he said with tears threatening to fall. I looked at him and said "Fuck you guys. I did not escape them. I killed the others." 12-002 scoffed as he did not believe me. He then looked shocked and then angry. "How is that possible!? You're just a human!" he spat in anger. I said "I used magic. I'm sure 06-001 and 12-001 told you how I use it. All the things they couldn't explain!?" 12-002 did not respond. He just held Mason tighter. "My nanites are still active. It'll kill him." he warned.
