Everyone scrambled out of the car and got as far away as they could just before it exploded behind them.
A large number of robots closed in and surrounded them. Everyone saw that there was no escape from confronting them. They would face an entire army alone.
The robots approached, their iron feet shaking the ground. The city trembled with the strange, electronic, metallic sounds they made as they chanted strange phrases in their language. All that could be understood from it was the word "Gaia."
Noor stood firm, anxiety gripping his heart. He felt that they were in a deep and inescapable predicament, now completely alone in the face of this overwhelming army of highly advanced and heavily armed robots. Noor said, urging his companions to stand firm, "Get ready for impact. If we're going to die here tonight, then let's take as many of them with us as possible."
"You can fall alone," Sairi said with a confidence tinged with sarcasm. "I'm not dying here."
