BEEP! The wristband of the Teddy Emperor made a loud noise and, lifting his arm, pressed a button on top. A small holographic projection extended upwards. It was an about 20 centimetre tall Teddy.
"Sir! We just installed the feature for live-tracking the creature and… It has entered the village."
"WHAT?" Stress and panic overcame the Teddy Emperor, yes, he was being escorted by knight robots, but walking through the village knowing there is an unknown creature roaming around is dangerous.
"The extermination squad you requested is almost at your position, but so is the creature." The Teddy sighed, "We advise a retreat towards the walls, so we will reach you first."
The hologram turned off and he opened the map on his wristband with the live-tracking feature. "Shit!" He exclaimed, "It is almost here." The Teddy Emperor jumped behind his knights, throwing his arms around and yelling: "Defensive position!"
The front row of knights fell to one knee, guns pointed at the point Lukas had pointed with his hand. Behind them was a second row of knights with guns who held them above the first row.
Sweat drops started to form on the forehead of Lukas. He was showing his teeth in frustration. "Why did I leave the citadel?" He muttered.
From behind one of the houses something came into view. Once the whole creature was in view the knights' fingers pulled the triggers. A barrage of bullets and lasers came flying, all of them hit.
"What… is… this?" The creature asked. All bullets which were fired dropped to the ground in front of the creature and behind her on the house were burned holes due to the lasers.
"A new… damage type?" Her voice became a little clearer, easier to understand the more she stared at the Teddy Emperor.
"Im… possible." Lukas screamed as he looked at her unhurt body,"Why are you not dead? FIRE! FIRE AGAIN!"
The knights started to shoot until their bullets were empty.
The creature ignored the bullets and tried to catch a laser. It just passed through her hand: "Interesting… that's new, I don't know… this type of attack." She tried again and again the laser passed through her hand, but this time the bolt was redirected. And again she tried, this time she caught it. "New code! Hahahaa!" She started to get excited, analysing the bolt from all sides. "Fire damage moving like… light? That is quite an upgrade from bullets."
"Who…" Lukas coughed, "who are you?"
She stared at the bolt and her hand. Something in her eyes was visible before her hand started to burn and the bolt disintegrated. "So that's how it works." She lifted her head towards the Teddy Emperor starting to walk.
The knights dropped their empty weapons and took out their swords and daggers, running at her. Some of the swords passed through her body, others disintegrated and some exploded as the creature ignored them and kept walking towards the Teddy Emperor.
"My name is copyofTest-subject_1_female." She finally answered him.
Lukas stood in front of her, trying not to appear scared as she started to go up and down his body with her hands, analysing every little part of his clothes and his skin. "What are you doing?" He asked.
She lifted her head to face him. Her black eyes staring into his eyes. Some kind of code appeared before vanishing with the black, revealing her white eyeball and pupils and her green irises. "Your code is quite complicated and your model is… so detailed."
"What do you mean? My model—"
"You are beautiful." She said.
As her hand touched his face— and he was lost in her eyes— he noticed, in the corner of his eyes, how her body started to transform. Her skin became more detailed and her hair softer. The sharp edges all over her body vanished and became smooth. Suddenly he could see freckles on her face and the texture of her skin. Her hand, which was touching his skin, also became softer, as a hand should be.
"What the…" He took a step backwards in shock and saw her whole new body, still not wearing any clothes. He now realised that this creature was a human woman.
Noticing that he had taken his face from her hand she was startled: "So this code makes me… feel? Wait… I can smell!" Her excitement died down a moment later once she noticed another sword hitting her back and this time, it stabbed through her back and came out her stomach.
"STOP!" The Teddy Emperor demanded.
In less time than it takes to blink she faced the knight who had stabbed her and held the sword herself. She punctured through the robot's body deactivating it.
The Teddy Emperor subconsciously lifted his hand towards the wound on her back, touching it. The sensation of real human skin made him truly happy for the first time in months. It did not matter to him that he not only felt human skin but also living flesh and blood as his fingers slowly pushed into the wound.
"That feels weird." She said, "I… dislike it." The woman took a step away from him and looked at his bloody hand, dripping blood onto the floor. She lifted her gaze into his face and noticed the delight on his face as he stared at his hand.