-The Arrival of Azra group.
"Tak… Tok…Tak…Tok… Android…I supposed…this is the end of our life Journey…". (Scarlett)
"I supposed so, Miss… I am but a simple, Pleasure android… that is created to pleasure, assisted and accompanied my human…but…now that my Human is dead… I am nothing but a useless machine… I would be sold and perhaps turned into scraps of electronics… but, fear, that the treatment that you will receive will be far worse, that I can ever imagine…". (Pleasure Android)
Scarlett watched lifelessly as the drawn carriage being pulled on the road, her partner inside this hopeless cage, is an android, more specifically a Pleasure Android, a lifelike robot, with synthetic skin and flesh, created to be a close company to human, served to pleasure and served its master. Its name is Layla, she was captured by Herman Group, after they mercilessly murdered her owner and looted him, and then all of her limbs were dismantled, to prevent her from running away or retaliate in any kind. Hence with only a head and torso, she laid on the cage floor, resigned of her upcoming fate.
"I don't really care what about to happen to me, Layla… I am more worried about my friend… hah~ …Knowing her, I know that she would be scrambling all over the place… to get help for me…". (Scarlett)
"Isn't that something to be happy with?". (Layla)
"…. Not for me… I don't want her to risk everything for me… My friend… she is a good person, kind and warm…. I just wanted her to be happy…". (Scarlett)
Scarlett stared down at the floor, hiding her anxiety and fear of what might happened to Selene right now and in the future when she was gone.
"…You don't want her to risked her life… for you…by coming here and rescued you… are you already prepared to throw away your life…Miss?". (Layla)
"…Yes… I have imposed on her for far too long… she took me in when I have nothing and worth nothing… Heh!... she even introduces me to our mutual friend…I just…. hoped that she would never come…". (Scarlett)
"You are conflicted… as you already resigned to your predicaments… but hoping that your friend would not fall to the same situation that you are in… You and your friend, had a strong bond, Miss…". (Layla)
Scarlett can only smile bitterly, as the Pleasure Android were consoling her at this moment. For Scarlett, she was hoping that everyone would reject to help Selene, just so that she can stay far away from this situation. Talking to Layla also helps her remember the kind and comforting Natasha as well, she wondered if Natasha were doing well, right now, it has been a long time since they meet. For Scarlett, no matter what treatment she would face in the future, she already made peace with it, all her life were nothing but hardship and misfortune one after another, she had already given up her hope for far too long, and has been resigned to accept any form of death that might come for her.
The only little things that kept her alive, was to see Selene happy and free, to Scarlett, Selene is a friend that she owed her life to, and at the very least, before she goes, she wanted to give Selene that freedom and happiness, there were time when Scarlett also wanted to be happy alongside Selene and Natasha, but it seems even to achieved that dream, seemed so impossible. Scarlett, before she was captured felt like she need to give Selene some sort of closure before anything worse happened to her, so, she decided to use their radio to speaks with her one last time. But after she did so, she now felt sorry and foolish as she knew Selene personality, that Selene would never give up on her, and would do just about anything to save her. Scarlett was anxious that Selene might do the unthinkable and come to rescue her alone, which Selene would do so if she had to, and because of this, Scarlett, despite already resigned to her fate, still worried and anxious, fearing that Selene would come here to find her.
"I just hope that we will be out of these ruins faster….". (Scarlett)
"Boss!!... there's something coming toward us!!". (Herman Guard)
"What?! Something coming toward us?". (Herman)
Scarlett sentence was cut short, as all of a sudden, one of Herman Group guards, shouted something, informing their boss, Herman, the whole group stops moving and immediately became warry. There is a fast trail of dust flowing in the air that can be seen from where they are, and that fast-moving dust cloud were moving very fast, Herman Group placement at the moment, are not at all ideal, as the direction of those cloud is on their right-side area, if something were to caught them at this moment, the incoming possible threat would be T-Boning them. Furthermore, right now, they were in the middle of a road, there is no cover at all, from them to safely confront the possible incoming threat.
"Hold on a minute…. is that… a truck? …a working on and a fast one at that… wow, those truck owners must be loaded…Right boss?". (Herman Group Guard)
As the cloud dust get bigger and closer, everyone in Herman Group finally saw what is the one that causing the commotion, it was a moving pick-up truck, although it looked rusty from a glance, the truck is still running just fine, in fact, it was even faster than any pickup truck that they had ever seen before.
"Alright, everyone… let's do the usual trick....". (Herman)
"Hahahaha… looks like we are getting a new truck boys~...". (Remmi Herman Group Guard leader)
With the new order from the boss, everyone in the group changed their demeanor, from a savage that were about to rob someone, to an amicable merchant group. They are going to deceived these lone, truck and then robbed them, no truck should be moving about alone, especially in the wasteland, after all, everyone wanted a new ride or to just have a ride. Everyone on Herman Group takes their position, to welcomed their prey as the always do, but then something odd happened.
"Hmm?... Boss…. The truck…. It was slowing down…". (Remmi Herman Group Guard leader)
"What? They're slowing down?". (Herman)
"Yeah… look right there…. they stopped…". (Remmi Herman Group Guard leader)
Remmi, Herman Group guard leader quizzingly wondered what happened, he pointed at the truck that are currently slowing down and stopped moving, Herman who also weird out at the bizarre situations, comes next to Remmi and looked at where his guard leader was pointing at.
"Did… they know about our scheme?". (Remmi Herman Group Guard leader)
"That can't be… look at us…. We looked exactly like…". (Herman)
"<BANG!!!> ".
As the 2 men were looking at the truck made and odd stop, so far away, they could barely hear anything.
"
A sound of a supersonic projectile broke the silence, in the middle of his Sentence, like a slow motion movie scene, Remmi, head were blown up, right in front of Herman eyes, he watched as half of Remmi head were blown apart, in the middle of his speech, like a rag doll, Remmi lifeless body fell to the ground like a fallen timber, Herman were stunned, bewildered and speechless, as he looked near at his feet, Remmi the ever so savage guar leader of his, laid dead on the ground, with half of his head were missing.
"GET CO…
Fear and alarmed went off inside Herman head, like a Mutated Cheetah, Herman turned around, wanting to flee and also warned his men, about what just happened. But, as soon as he was about to opened his mouth, another shot was fired, and this time the target, was him, Herman was only able to take a single step after he turned around, didn't even get the chance to speak, the bullet bore through a hole on his chest, from his back. Herman was able to see what is going on to him, a hole in his chest and blood covered his hand, with eyes wide opened, before all of his men, Scarlett and Layla, all of them watched the 2 men fall and died in an Instant.