After that, up was slow, but smooth. At least another half an hour of fighting, followed by a period of throwing bodies into the sludge. It was almost cathartitil Sharron got on my case.

  “Soooo… when are you going to he other bears”, she and the bears were busy dropping bodies off the bridge, I tried to help but was excused when I spent five minutes dragging a single body to the edge.

  “I’m not pnning to hem all,” I grumbled.

  Sharron passed me again, going back to pick up more bodies already. “e on Evelyn, they look so sad without names.”

  “They’re killer robots disguised as teddy bears, they don’t have emotions.”

  She came back, arms full, “But you love them. I tell”

  “I ’t hem all, I pn to have a ton of them ter”

  Antithesis disposed of, she passed me again, “You ame these ohey’re your first ones.”

  I crossed my arms and pouted. I knew I shouldn’t, I was attached enough as it was. Oher hand… ess.

  “Fine, bears front aer!”

  My bots stood in a perfect line, Spooky on one side, the fox oher. Sharron behind them excitement on her face.

  “Nyx, which bot is which.”

  Spooky stepped forward and walked down the line, pointing at each bear in turn. “This is the bear we picked up in the slums, this is the bear that went down at the prect, this is the one we left here at the bridge, and this is a fox.”

  “I khat st one, smart ass.” I looked over the line up and thought it over.

  I poi the first, the down the line “Heavy, Deadbeat, Dusty, and Bandit.”

  Sharron’s face fell, “Those are terrible names.”

  “I ame them whatever I want.”

  Nyx spoke up, “With your permission, I could dress them up a little bit more.”

  My eyes narrowed. “Am I going tret this?”

  “No?”

  “Was that a statement or a question? No, you know what, just do it."

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  The bears all ged. I sighed at the sight, while Sharron squealed.

  In front of me was a pletely different group.

  Spooky now had bck special ops armor over his gray fur, tiny tinted goggles pulled down over his eyes.

  Heavy became white, he was covered in way more armor, it almost looked like a tiny bomb removal suit without a helmet.

  Deadbeat turned a sickly green, his eyes became tiny X’s and a tiny tongue was stuck out the er of his mouth.

  Dusty was now tan, and now wore a big pair of goggles, a tiny copy of my bandana, and had several bandoliers draped across him.

  Finally, Bandit was now covered in a tiny ghillie suit, which did nothing to hide his ears or long red nose.

  The bears all saluted in unison.

  "Nyx, knock it off,” I hissed.

  “That wasn’t me. The more advanced Facades have built in micro behaviors, which allows them to i with people in a more natural way. The AI ihe bots is also adapting to your bat style so they better assist you”

  Sharron bounced from bear to bear, iing each. Or she would have if she wasn’t wearing a metri of armor. “I take it back, they're adorable.”

  I smiled, in spite of myself. “They’re definitely something.”

  Relutly, I turo Sharron and Spooky. “We o pn our move. So, Nyx, did we get a location.”

  “Yes, and no. Let me show you, I’ll send Aeonys a copy of the data”. A map popped up in my Augs, several points were marked off.

  “The Model Twelves went to several different locations, there didn’t seem to be a single endpoint, but Aeonys and I did identify several points of i.” The map fshed, zooming in on one point after another. “This appears to be an abandoned factory, Luxian Corp, based on what we could dig up. The sed location appears to be his generic residential tower, and the third seems to be he base of the lift.”

  Sharron’s eyes narrowed, “You two couldn’t narrow it down further?”

  “Unfortunately no. Aeonys and I have shared the data we’ve gathered sihis incursion started, and we agree, the Antithesis have been ag unusual sihis incursion started. Instead of dumping all the mass in a single locatiowelves are spread out, detralised”

  “Wonderful. The giant killer aliens are hiding” I rubbed my forehead, thinking “What’s closest?”

  “That would be the Residential tower, followed by the factory.”

  “Fine, we check the closest locations first and work towards the lift.” I g Sharron, she nodded.

  “The’s move on. The sooner we find this hive the better.”