After the nuclear bombs have fallen, we have equipped every research member here with radioactive defenses.

  Due to our technological advances, it's quite easy, although due to the destruction that the nuclear bombs have caused, we have made a research facility in these ruins.

  "Do you think the government wanted to cull the humans?"

  "If that was the case, this is kind of drastic isn't it? Wouldn't it be smarter to do something like the Purge?"

  "C'mon guys, no time for conspiracies, let's focus on our work"

  "I agree, but, we can calm down a bit can't we? I mean there's nothing lurking out there, besides, well radiation!"

  "Haha, lets be careful with what we say!"

  One of the research members came, with a corpse:

  "Hey guys, I found a businessman! he's all scorched up, but his suit is still intact!"

  "What do they use to make those suits! You reckon it's bullet proof?"

  "One way to find out!"

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  Even though I'm against using a corpse of a fellow human, it's important to keep the morale of these people up. I hate to say it, but it can also help us discover, whether or not the suit is actually bulletproof, the human itself is scorched, but the suit is only stained with black.

  But from all the chatter I hear from my fellow researches, I heard, metal footsteps, big hard footsteps, that an animal would never make.

  "Hey guys, just chill here for a bit alright? I'm going for a stroll"

  "Serious dude? Do whatever floats your boat! Just come back intact! Not like Mr. Businessman!"

  Laughter ensued

  I'm glad my men are having fun, that's the most important factor for harmony.

  I started to walk away from the makeshift lab ruins.

  "Well, where is that damn-"

  I robotic hand hit my left arm, it isn't like a human hand, it's fully metal, it broke everything in my left arm.

  "Aaaargh!"

  I used all the strength I still had left within me, I hit the robot right in his neck, sparks flied out.

  "Richard! Are you alright??"

  My men came to my rescue, I cannot be more thankful

  "We have had to deal with the nuclear explosion aftermath, now these robots too?"

  "Yeez man you are bleeding up quite much, I thought you be made outta steel!"

  My fellow men has always told me I was built like a robot, oh the irony.

  "Robots? Do you think, that caused the nuclear explosion?"

  it got quiet.

  We all realized, if the robots caused the nuclear explosions, we would be in much deeper trouble, and before we could all finish our thought collectively, we see in the distance, a wave of moving red dots.

  "I tourniquet your arm, lets start getting the hell out of here, that thing, it probably doesn't want us here, or anywhere for that matter"

  We started running, we took the most important research materials, suddenly, lasers started coming from behind.

  We didn't look back, we kept running.

  Kept running...