The orbiter reached out its long arms, its many fingers crushing into the pavement, digging down for better support.

Sprite quickly rose to her feet, eying the machine as it began to right itself. Helen reloaded and continued to fire. She really was a solid soldier. But Sprite didn’t see any easy ending. Maybe if she could continue to disrupt its sensors, she might have a better chance at reaching the machine’s core.

She holstered both her hip shooters still full of oversized ammunition and reached behind her to pull out her core artillery which was full of stopping power.