*Pov: Lee*


    ….It hurts.


    ...A gunshot hurts…


    ...Heh, I am such a fool aren’t I? Trying to protect others despite never shooting a gun before…


    They came right through the defences… mostly Lessers, I guess we weren''t worth more than that to them...


    The other engineers were too slow, only a few managed to even fight back… I had to do something…


    Heh, Rasmus would sneer at my stupidity wouldn''t he? I should have just hid and not play hero.


    ...It is cold…


    Ah… I can see Fea… So Rasmus made it after all… I knew she would not die so easily… I am glad.


    ...That girl… Alicia, she is with him it seems… good. Rasmus will need someone with him… He is too kind for his own good… Even if others can''t see it. I can… she will need someone with her when I am gone…


    Rasmus is running over…


    “There are two other survivors inside… They are hiding in a storage closet…*cough cough* help them...”


    “Alicia. Help him.”


    “Hehe, I am glad. You do care after all.”


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    ”...I Don''t think there is anything the little kid can do for me, I am not as sturdy as you.”


    I grab her hand by the sleeve, to make sure she looks at me. She must listen.


    “Save the others… stop that bastard…”


    Please… do this for me...


    “Okay.”


    Hah… I can rest easy then.


    “Take-*cough* Take care of yourself.. It was an honor...”


    Gazing at the concerned face of the one I love…


    ...It is not a bad way to go.


    ..


    …


    ….


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    *Pov: Rasmus*


    …


    “So, what will you do?”


    There is nothing to be done.. He is dead


    (“...Rasmus? Are you ok? Your wound is bleeding”)


    “You are such a failure, you know that? So painfully close to human, but just a machine where it counts. “


    … Shut up…


    (“...Rasmus?...”)


    “Just a cold mechanical man, no heart or purpose. Its no wonder that everyone knows.”


    Shut up.


    (“Rasmus. Say something!”)


    “That you are just a broken weapon”


    Shut up. Shut up sHuT uP “SHUT UP!”


    *grap*


    “Rasmus…*cough* Its me… I cant breathe…”


    Alicia is in front of me… I am holding her by the throat….


    A familiar figure appears next to her.


    “So what is it going to be, Tin-boy? Run away, like you always do.”


    She gestures at the burned camp and Lee’s body


    “Or are you actually going to do something?”


    “….”