Artificial War

[cptflint]

(OH BOY, azm's in trouble.)

"great..." Azm replied. "This woman is part of the reason Kim was captured and needs to be questioned," he said, jerking a thumb at the spy as he got in the car.
The woman was hesitant but followed Azm into the car.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"Understood." The man replied, giving a short nod. After the two entered the car, the two men sat down as well, positioning themselves on the outsides and closest to the door, leaving the spy and Azm uncomfortably in the center. As soon as the doors shut the driver, who was a masked man wearing a simple tuxedo, immediately turned the car around and began their journey.

"Before we begin," the man shifted the barrel of his rifle close to the side of the spy, almost prodding her with it. "Do you have any information on the whereabouts of Kimberly?" He asked, not clearly addressing if he was speaking to Azm or the spy.  

[cptflint]

"I'm not sure where Azm's Lieutenant was taking her when he left but last I heard they were going to take her straight to Geminoid," the spy answered.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

The men were silent and the air in the vehicle grew tense. Geminoid was never goods.

"...Understood." He finally replied, but the rifle was not removed.  

[cptflint]

The woman shifted uncomfortably. Being the smallest person in the car and getting squished between two fairly large guys is never comfy.
Azm seemed rather calm, not moving or even looking around, but the hard drives in his head were spinning and whirling.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

After hours of driving, the car came to a stop at a dislocated area. Seeing how the White House, and other governmental buildings of the past, were obvious areas the US government had to move itself from its old home and go out into the unknown. So far, it worked to keep important members alive.

"We walk." The leading man stepped out of the car, grabbing the spy roughly by her arm and dragging her out from it, only to put her directly in front of him so his rifle barrel now rested right in the small of her back. The other man moved around the car, taking the lead.

"Seeing how you can't be trusted, we're going to have to blind you ma'am." He turned around and tied a black blindfold around the woman's eyes.
"Azm," he called as he was busy tying the knot for her blindfold. "Though you are trusted, your memory... If it falls into enemy hands, we have a problem. Are you capable of wiping out parts of your memory?"  

[cptflint]

"Alright, alright. No need to be so rough," the woman replied as she was dragged out of th car and blindfolded.
"In the event of enemy memory infiltration or catastrophic system failure, all client side memory units self destruct," Azm replied as he left the vehicle.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"Good enough." He replied as the car drove off with Azm's exit. The four of them then began to walk. There was no trail in the ground, yet the soldiers moved as if there was; straight, focused, and no time wasted for breaks.

A few hours into the hike the soldiers suddenly came to a stop.

"We've arrived." The soldier holding the spy stated as the other crouched down and lifted up a trap door, hidden from plain sight as it had dirt and plant life from the surroundings attached onto it, creating a false top.

"Azm, you first. Then the prisoner."  

[cptflint]

Azm looked down the hole, then jumped down.
The woman felt around in the dark for the hole, then for the ladder, and started climbing down.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

At the bottom was a long and narrow tunnel, where six other soldiers waited to greet any visitors, either with salutes or bullets. Azm's entrance was alarming, and caused the men to raise their weapons. Had it not been for his uniform, something not normally worn by androids, he would have undoubtedly been shot.

After the spy reached the bottom, the two escorting soldiers came down as well, after shutting the trap door and then locking it, and their presence got the others to lower their weapons down from Azm.

"You will be taken to our holding cells. Until we have further notice, you're new home will be whatever empty cell we have for you." He firmly grabbed her shoulder and began to push her forward, down the tunnel and to a metal door which had numerous devices alongside it. Each device was a separate way to identify someone, with their hand prints, eyes, facial structure, signature, and even a small dose of blood, and the soldier went through every one. Naturally, he passed, and the heavy, metal door slowly swung open, to which he proceeded to escort the spy away.

"Azm, you will be meeting with the president." The second soldier looked at him with some pity. "He would like a full report of everything that's happened within the past few days from you."  

[cptflint]

"Very well," Azm replied as he followed them.
"You ever going to take this blind fold off?" the spy asked.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"Not until you need to see." He replied with a grunt.

"You're obviously not the type to trust, and rather than covering up every inch of this place so you can't see it, we cover your eyes." He explained as he lead her in a different direction then where Azm and the other soldier were heading.

"I'd cross my fingers if I were you, sir." The soldier escorting Azm looked back the android, worriedly staring at him.
"As you can imagine, Harland is about to burst. He's only been recently told of what's been going on for the past few days, as we're trying to keep him focused on running the country and army. I almost had half a mind to forge the reports given to me about Kimberly, but I couldn't bring myself to do it." He looked head as they approached a door, which was guard by three heavily armed men.

"My gut told me something was up. All those attacks were just because the androids could. Looks like my gut was right, and not in the way I like." He grunted as the men stepped aside.

"Good luck in there." He sighed as he opened the door for Azm. "And believe me. You'll need it."  

[cptflint]

Azm nodded. "I am prepared," he replied. "I'm sure he's as thrilled with the situation as I am," he added before walking into the room.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

As Azm entered the door slowly closed behind him and there was a loud thunk as a lock was set.

The whole back wall of the room was not actually a standard wall, but a screen, which at the time of Azm's entry was showing a map of the continental United States. The map was split nearly in half, with the western side colored red, as it was under android control, and the eastern half remained white. Between the two areas and close around the borders, were areas of pink which represented battles of control and territory between the two sides. All other battles were marked with small drawings of an explosion, which were colored or red or blue, depending on who won the battle.

Roughly at the center of the room was a desk, surrounded by a large group of men and women who were all focused on the screen, quietly discussing plans and issues that faced the country.

"Sir," one voice was pleading, "we know how important she is, but the country must come first. We can't afford-"

"Maybe you don't understand." The voice of the president growled. "This is my daughter, my family. And Geminoid knows it."

"And we know it too, Mr. President." Another voice pitched into the argument. "And if you make an full scale attacks just to rescue her, you'll play right into Geminoid's hands."

"I don't care! He has my daughter, and I will not let him have the upper hand!" He barked, standing up from what his chair behind the desk. Unlike those around him, who were standing at an average height, the President rose up at seven feet, towering over his company easily.  

[cptflint]

Azm watched the men argue with each other. He wasn't as tall as the president. Azm stood about 6'5", a respectable height but the president could still look down at him.

"They're right sir," Azm chimed in. "A full scale assault would be to costly. You could lose the war over this. After that you can kiss you daughter goodbye as well as your country and all of the people in it."