The time is 14:13, we have been send out to survey the ruins.

  I am squad Foxtrot 6. We need to search for survivors and research materials, that was the order given by our commandant.

  "It sure is rough out here, there's still fire out there, how is that even possible?"

  "Wouldn't the fire be out already? You think it's, radiation fire! Haha never knew that existed!"

  "Hey guys, I think I found something! This could be gold or naught!"

  My squad comprised of 20 soldiers, 2 medics and 2 scientists, our numbers have been shortened due to the amount of expeditions sent out.

  I do not know what the higher ups are thinking, I have heard of other soldiers that they have seen corpses with circur holes, caused by sers, wouldn't it be wise to send out more soldiers?

  "What is this?"

  "I don't know! I'm asking you the same thing!"

  The corpse is blood red, the stench filles the air, going even through our radiation equipment. For us, it's just another day of the job.

  Suddenly, the scientists pushes us away.

  "Oh please, stop talking if you don't know what you're talking about! Let me see here..."

  What I can describe here is, the scientist went from an arrogant face, to an anxious face.

  "What's the matter, you got cold feet?"

  Everyone started cracking up, maybe because we've never seen a scientist be anxious before, it was such a rare occurrence to us, a rare commodity.

  "This is... This is not good..."

  The two scientists started talking to each other, with one of them visually panicking.

  The medic came to check on them.

  "Are you guys alright? It's no time to be panicking in an area such as this, what has been bothering you both, gentlemen?"

  "This isn't a normal corpse... You have seen all the other corpses no? They have perfectly circur holes and we deducted it's the ser weapons they possess."

  "And! Some of the victims have bullet wounds and shrapnel shards!"

  "We know those, robots, the ones that like to call themselves 'synthetica', have such weapons! We also know, they do their killings, very, precisely!"

  "But... this... This corpse has been mutited."

  "Mutited?"

  I don't know why the scientist is making a big deal out of it, it's just another victim, another person that has succumbed to the robots.

  "We have to inform him about it, now!"

  "What's the rush? Why are you making a big deal out of it? Don't we already know the synthetica you like to call them, kill humans?"

  And before the scientist could speak, we heard a lot of running in the distance.

  We aimed our weapons in that direction.

  "If you are HUMAN, state your division NOW!"

  "DON'T SHOOT, DON'T SHOOT!!"

  We observed a group of scientist come running towards our direction, we stopped them momentarily.

  One of the scientist has his left arm missing, another scientist is holding a suit stained with bck. All of the scientists look physically exhausted, gasping for air, they look scared of their lives.

  "Didn't I tell you to state your division?!"

  "Hold on, can't you see they're humans? They look very exhausted too, how on earth do you think, they can think straight?"

  "For all I know, they can be one of them! So shut your fucking mouth"

  The medics came between us to diffuse the altercation.

  "You two are quite the immature bunch aren't you? There's no time for kid fights, pull your differences aside, I have to check on their health status."

  The soldier grumbled and walked away. All the pressure from everything has probably made everyone here on edge, knowing you could die any moment.

  "We're from, division Charlie 3"

  The scientist with one arm, probably their leader, crified that they're from division Charlie 3. They told us their soldiers and medics have left them to scavenge for supplies, whilst they stay put in their ruins.

  It didn't sit right with me, why would all the soldiers and medics leave their most important asset behind? It doesn't make sense.

  "We have been ambushed by the synthetica, we ran as fast as possible we hope they probably lost us"

  But before he could finish his thought, a rocket came to our direction

  BOOM!

  What just happened?

  My ears are ringing, I can barely see a thing, my entire body aches, my hearing came back for just a a split second until:

  "THEY ARE HERE, RETURN FIRE NOW!"

  "START EVACUATING THE SCIENTIST AND MEDICS, NOW NOW NOW!"

  They are here? Who is here?

  I look in the distance, I see an armada of robots. Some smaller thinner robots, and some robots that look like tanks. I can see some of them have military weaponry, and others have imbued ser weapons in their arms.

  I cough up blood, I look at my stomach, a shrapnel hit my stomach.

  "I am not leaving you here my brother"

  A medic came to treat my wound, why is he risking his life? The scientist are running away with a couple of soldiers to defend them. Every other soldier that remains, will hold the line against the unstoppable foe.

  "You should go now, you are as important as 10 of us"

  "Every life I can save, is a blessing to me. It doesn't matter if I die, I signed up for this danger."

  Such words in such a time.

  They are very brave.

  I pushed the medic aside and grabbed my weapon.

  If I die, I die standing fighting for my people.

  "This is a favor from me, please give this to my wife, I wouldn't want her to worry forever now."

  The medic seemed very conflicted, after a couple of seconds he started running.

  "I will never forget a medic like you, until the end of my life"

  Bullets are whizzing past our heads, ser shots being shot into our direction, some hitting our allies.

  "THE BIG ONE, HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF HIM? BULLETS DON'T AFFECT HIM AT ALL!"

  "I GOT AN IDEA"

  The soldier mounted his rocket uncher to the railing, and shot.

  He missed.

  "ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?"

  Before we can berate him even more, a big ser shot came from our direction, towards the big robot.

  "What was that?"

  We looked briefly behind us, there was nothing but ruins, what on earth is happening?

  It took out the big robot, a big gaping hole has been left behind of the big robot, but there's more than 1 of those robots.

  I started to lose too much blood, I was still standing, but I reckon not for long, my vision became increasingly darker, I started to lose my smell, my hearing became quieter.

  I look besides me, I see some of my soldiers corpses shot by the synthetica.

  "Just a little l-longer guys, we n-need..... to buy.. as m-much... time for the-m......"

  But I couldn't hear anyone speak back.

  The synthetica seem to stop firing.

  They came closer.

  They came even closer to me.

  We could only take out one of their big robot, and a lot of their smaller ones.

  But their armor, fully bullet proof, you have to hit their vital areas to take them out.

  And that's only for the small robots.

  The big ones, there's no way to damage them with a gun, I would've guessed a rocket strike wouldn't neutralize it, maybe daze him, but he isn't human so he'll carry on destroying us. But that ser shot? It took one of them out completely, who on earth was that?

  Their eyes, glowing with red, you can see no wires, just metal. It's like they don't operate on electricity anymore, so would EMP devices even work?

  I gaze into the eyes of the big robot, I also see, he has a big white cw like warpaint, he's different to the other big robots, he looks back at me, his eyes, full of nothingness, just an abyss of commands.

  I grab my weapon one st time, but it kicked it away, and aimed it's ser weapon towards my head.

  "I guess this is how I end?"

  "FOR... THE NEW ORDER"

  "For the new order?"

  "YOU ARE... PATHETIC"

  And before I could think even more, he shot his ser.