Everyone watched as Clara's eyes gleamed a little green and her movements became rigid. It was like she had turned into a robot rather than a human a while ago.
Taking a few steps, she moved and stood right behind Lucas, her eyes scanning everyone and assessing their threat levels. The soldiers had their guns aimed at her, but she paid them no heed.
Lucas marvelled at his creation just as he had twenty three years ago. Watching her grow up, he was eomtional now knowing that he had to let her go and sacrifice himself to save her and humanity.
Taking a deep breath, he began to list out his commands, which he never wanted to.
"Activate Self-Defense System"
"Activating Self-Defense Systems…"
"Intitiate Protocol Number 1011"
"Initiating Protocol Number 1011…"
"Marvellous, isn't she? I guess now you can never get your hands on my creation. She is for the betterment of humanity, and you still haven't understood what humanity is and its meaning."
Clicking his tongue, Lucas shook his head sideways. He knew that they would come for him, but to not even learn a single thing about him was something he had never expected to happen.
Breathing hard, Lee took a step forward when he felt something roll next to his feet again. This time, the disc was a ittle larger than the one from before, but it had a projector in the middle of the disc.
"3D Holographic Image Projector. Something that was used in the special ops department, and I would love for you to tap and see for yourself", he said.
Picking it up slowly, he had an eye on Clara to make sure that she would not make a move and kill him on the spot. Lucas chuckled inwardly watching his dilemma, making sure he picked it up.
The hologram appeared and Benjamin's face appeared from the disc. His face went from confusion to shock to anger. Lucas watched in amusement, seeing every emotion appear in mere seconds.
"Yes, I would love to confirm that your train of thoughts are indeed correct. We had indeed switched places."
"Clara, knock them out."
"Yes, Master Nemesis."
The moment she said that, she took the stance of a martial artist, and everyone was confused as to how the meek woman they had seen a moment ago had vanished in an instant.
"Is this the thing he has been searching for all this while? But why?" thought everyone, but they had very less time to react to what happened next.
Amongst the five guards that were around her, she went for the one that was behind Lee, closing the gap in an instant.
Feeling a fist against his chest, the guard was sent sprawling across the floor, feeling something metallic in his mouth. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, and noticed his chest had caved in from the punch.
Lee had his eyes wide watching this horrific scene in front of him. He didn't want to be on the receiving end, and immediately commanded his men to make a move against her.
"OPEN FIRE!!!"
The moment the command was issued, bullets began to spread all over the place, but Clara skillfully, using some unique footwork, avoided all of the shots that were aimed at her.
All the whilst dodging, she had reached her next person and kicked him to the side, and the man defended against it using the butt of his rifle, only to watch it deformed from the force behind her kick.
A smile was plastered across Lucas's face, and he felt very proud of his creation that had grown up to this point.
"But unfortunately, my dear daughter. I am afraid the time has come for me to leave."
Muttering these last words, he etched every move she made into his memory, every moment for him was precious. Clara moved towards the next and the next, steadily defeating all five of them.
Turning her head towards Lee, her breathing started to become erratic, and something out of the ordinary happened. Lucas was stunned watching the development.
"You wanted to hurt my Mas… DAD?"
SHe bellowed the last word out loud, enough to send chills down Lee's spine. Lucas was astonished to see that her feelings had overridden his code that was running through Clara.
"Did her emotions just overtake my code? Has she finally begun to walk the path of a human being?" He examined gleefully.
Taking slow and steady steps, she walked towards Lee, and with each step, he felt something tremble from deep within him. He didn't know the sensation, but he knew this feeling.
"I haven't felt this for a long time"
A smile spread across his face, and he took one step towards her. But before he knew it, she was in front of him and has her hand on his shoulder, threatening to break it with the sheer force behind it.
Lee shuddered and his face began to contort in pain, and his knees began to slowly give away, and he was moments away from kneeling on the ground.
She was watching him closely, and seeing him nod his head slightly, she turned her head around. One of the soldiers she had kocked down, had woken up again and had a gun aimed at her.
"Oh no, you don't…"
She took a step forward, letting go of Lee and began to run towards him. Right after two steps, one sound jolted her to a stop.
'BANG!'
The shot was made and she waited to feel something on her body, some kind of liquid or pain, but she didn't feel any. Wanting to make sure Lucas was safe, she turned her head and her eyes widened in horror.
Lucas's chest had been shot and he was holding out the spot where he was shot, the blood slowly spreading all around it. Something overtook her movements, and she immediately began to run towards him.
Her heart was thumping against her chest and she was running as fast as she could towards him. With fury and sadness mixed together, she opened her mouth to a single word that shook Lucas to the very core.
"DAAAAAAD!"