Book 3: Chapter 145.1 – Lay Down Your Arms

Book 3: Chapter 145.1 – Lay Down Your Arms

USD: 1 Day after Cadre-S Graduation

Location: Van Biesbroecks star, Meltisar, MIL-1A Elevator, Main Transit Hub 36

Consciousness drifted back slowly at first, before Alexs snapped open.

Raising a hand to her temple a dried line of blood slowly began to absorb back into her skin. That wasnt a precision strike.

[Notice: A maximum power laser at close range with a beam diameter of 15 meters intersected AGAIs last known coordinates. Total plasmification is theorized. Considerable collateral damage to the environs around the strike beam stabilized thirty seconds preceding Avatar reactivation. A total time of 98 seconds of unconsciousness was recorded. This unit]

I get it. Thanks. Tia? Alex murmured.

Relief flooded her as her HUD sent her in the correct location, but the other girls injuries were severe as a standard medical overlay theorized, she was dead. But Alex could see that her nanites were still active and her cerebral function was still stable. It was just the rest of her body that was nonfunctional and the nanites were working full tilt to keep her alive.

What about the rampancy?

[Notice: While Avatar was inactive, this unit took it upon itself to expand nanite suppression duties and increased the area of effect to maximum effective limits. Rampancy growth has halted in the section and nearest site of active assimilation is two kilometers down tram line RD-8 in the direction of rampancy source.]

I thought the AGAI was the source.

[Informative: All non-local computronics have been effectively destroyed. AGAI usage of modules effectively removed their rampancy protections and introduced them to the local environment once integrity failure occurred.]This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

Great. Thanks.

With us still in it.

"Thank you, sir," Alex said, her voice flat. She killed the connection.

As she reached the tramline tunnel toward hub 35, the structural integrity of the section improved dramatically. It was still a long trip though, even if she wasnt having to watch every step for falling through and out into space under her and Tias combined weight.

Even the normal floor plates felt like they flexed slightly.

You need to lose some weight. Alex mumbled to herself.

[Informative: Avatars weight is approximately 27 kilograms heavier than sub-core Celestias current level. It would likely be more effective for Avatar to shed additional mass.]

Alex bristled at being told she weighed more. I thought you had a large breast fetish. Alex accused.

[Notice: This unit prefers efficiency over other considerations. It has no bias relating to the aesthetics of human anatomy.]

For whatever reason, she didn't believe him. Uh-huh. Is Tia going to be alright?

[Informative: Sub-core Celestia is undergoing accelerated recuperation from overdriven computronic cores. Her physical Avatar has sustained considerable damage and is undergoing repairs and maintenance. No permanent cognitive damage or dissonance is detected by MainComputer subroutines.]

How long until she wakes up? Alex asked.

[Notice: This time is undeterminable at the current time. An educated estimation places the time between one and five hours for Avatar restoration.]

Not ideal. Alex muttered.