Artificial War

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"Yeah, well, your everything was sloppy." Lucy growled in response, moving away from Azm since he was stable now.

"We'll hurry.." Ben sighed as he and Niles left the room, shutting the door behind themselves.

After thirty minutes of awkwardness, there was a knock on the door.

"We have a SUV waiting to go at the door." Niles reported. "Ben stayed behind to keep it running and watch out for more house guests."  

[cptflint]

"Don't we need to fix Azm first?" Marie asked, stepping out from her corner finally.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"There's not much I can do in this room. I need a lot of raw material just to get him running." Lucy replied as she got up and headed for the door.

"We have some here, but only some. And God only knows where there's more androids, so we'll just have to carry him around for a bit."

"And by we, you mean the soldiers..." Ben sighed, moving to Azm with a slumped posture.  

[cptflint]

"I can probably carry him no problem and I'm sure the military will have what ever supplies we might need, right?" she asked moving over to Azm.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"There isn't much we can't get." Ben replied with a light chuckle.  

[cptflint]

"Thought so," Marie replied as she scooped Azm into her arms. "Let's get him to the nearest base then," she said as she headed for the SUV.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"There's a settlement about a day's drive from here." Ben reported as Lucy followed behind Marie. Ben stepped back into the bunker, retrieving the doctor's body.

"We can resupply there. With any luck, we'll have enough supplies to fix Azm. If not, we can get directions to somewhere we can."  

[cptflint]

Marie nodded and stuffed Azm in the back seat, then followed him in. She really didn't want to drive again... ever.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

Luckily, Niles was at the wheel, keeping the SUV running and waiting for everyone to take a seat.

Ben went to the back of the vehicle, gently laying down the doctor in the little space he had. After he had finished laying the man down, he rushed to the passenger seat, picking up a gun from the floor and resting it in his lap.

Lucy took the seat behind Ben, glaring out of the window as Niles started to move forward in a hurry, wanting to get away from the place as quickly as possible.  

[cptflint]

Marie looked over at Azm, stuck between her and Lucy in the back. "Uhg... he's still leaking," she said as some of the coolant dripped out of Azm's arm.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"Rip off some clothing and tie it around the leak." Lucy sighed tiredly. "I'll replace the hose when I can get a new one."  

[cptflint]

Marie nodded and did as instructed, tearing off her sleeve and wrapping it around the leak.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"Let me know if he does anything else. Most of it should be minor, but that's why I need to know. I decide it's seriousness."  

[cptflint]

She nodded and kept an eye on Azm.

After a few minutes Azm woke up, his head straighting and looking around the SUV. He looked over at Lucy to his right then Marie to his left. The hard drives in his head clicked rapidly and his body started to react. He kept his limbs shut down and his right coolant pumps. He then rerouted all the coolants left his his body to stay in his torso and head and shutting down any tubes that had been damaged. At least he'd be able to stay awake this way. Once that was done he started to run personal diagnostics.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"How are you feeling?" Lucy asked gruffly as Azm started to quietly click away. "Anything serious that I need to know about?"