The Zetta Sonic
Plain Faces

There's no panel there.

Cody. He doesn't believe what he sees. There is no small panel box like the one on the previous gorilla robot. The inside of the huge robot's chest was filled only with the muzzles of a machine gun. That'sallthatis.

“Alex, run!” Cody yells.

Without being told, Alex had actually run. As soon as the big gorilla robot opened his chest, Alex ran between the tanks, looking for safety. The shot from the robot's chest destroyed Cody's insects and the twin tanks. Seeing that the target was not there, the gorilla robot shifted. The shot followed Alex. 

The robot attack destroyed the factory. A few shots hit the pipes, a few more hit the tank cap. The pressure from the leaking pipe spouts air as well as water. The tank's contents are spilling out. Some are black liquid, some are just water. 

Alex's sight was covered by steam. His hearing was filled with alarm roars. The destruction must have provoked his security system to work.

Alex slowed down in the mess. He let the system in the combat uniform guide him. For a moment, Alex felt like a myopic man. Almost all of his eyesight was covered by smoke and also red lines of warning. He could still hear gunshots in the back. All mixed in noise.

On the other side of the screen, Alex can monitor conditions through Jason the drone. The view there is a little better than her. Eyes in the air Jason showed a row of tanks covered by a mist of steam. The bridge he had entered was also partially closed. There's movement on the bridge. Alex is pretty sure it's Cody.

Faintly, Alex heard Cody screaming. He can't hear clearly. Alex yelled, telling Cody to run. However, he himself had trouble hearing his voice. His voice seemed to never come out from behind the combat uniform.

Not paying attention to the road, Alex almost hit the wall. He stopped suddenly. Alex took a moment to look back. He can't see what's really going on. He couldn't really hear any of that.

Alex imagines the big gorilla robot has stopped shooting. Instead, the robot makes a giant poranda of everything in front of it to look for intruders, namely himself.

It seems that the robot maker does not think well what to do when such conditions. The robot destroyed more than Alex did. He's making the tank fill up. 

Speaking of tank contents, Alex realizes that the combat uniform gave him not just one warning. There were many warnings before his eyes at this moment. About the dead end in front of him, about the decreased oxygen level, the level of dangerous gases that increase, also about the liquid that sticks to the uniform.

Alex raised his hand. He could see that his uniform was covered in a foreign object. He had not noticed it before because it was both black. Now Alex just realized that the liquid eroded the outermost layer of his combat uniform. This is dangerous for him especially for Cody.

ICPA gave Cody an advanced mask but not a combat uniform but an all-black suit. The child could be injured by the liquid. As Alex remembers, he hasn't told Cody anything about the tank.

Not even thinking about it, Alex heard an explosion. The temperature in the room increased sharply. A fire broke out on one side of the room. Black smoke mixed in the steam fog. 

Then, he found it. Stairway. Without a second thought, Alex ran up to him. While running, Alex yelled out to his friend. 

“Cody! Get out of here!” Alex shouted repeatedly. He wasn't sure if Cody heard it. He felt that his voice did not come out of that combat uniform at all. Alex blames the liquid. “Come out of here! Fast!”

Alex ran away leaving the flames behind. Thinking he has left danger, Alex finds another explosion. This second explosion happened right next to him. The bridge he was riding was destroyed. Alex was only able to scream when he fell down. The bridge collapsed on him. If it wasn't for that uniform, he would have been dead.

With great effort, Alex put away the things that had befallen him. Alex gnashing. The smoke had yet to pierce through his uniform, yet it was actually only a matter of time. His uniform system would not be able to continuously purify the air.

Alex ran in blindness. He relied on his orientation. He ran and ran towards the door he had entered with Cody.

The explosion happened again. This time from the other side of the room. Then, the next explosion and the next again. 

Alex thought someone was watching them. He detonated the bomb when Alex passed by. As his condition grew chaotic, the man lost his sight of Alex and decided to blow up everything in the room. 

Waitaminute! A bomb?

They had actually entered the Baron's trap. The baron must have known he was there. He's willing to destroy his own factory as long as it kills the Zetta Sonic. They should have known.

Alex was hit by another explosion. His blow drove him to hit the wall. Alex stood up and groped the wall. His hand reached for a door handle. The handle softened when exposed to a hand that had been covered in black liquid. The door was locked, of course. With a slight bang, Alex smashes the door.

The hallway behind the door was no more a relief. Black smoke has entered it. At least the place is now not filled with tanks filled with black liquid. The hallway had many doors and windows like an office or something like that. There's no one there. She's alone.

Alex kept running. He doesn't know where he is other than if he's underground. He needs to find a ladder to get out. Alex turns at the first crossroad to the left. End dead-end. He had to turn around again and take a turn to the right of the crossroad.

At the end of the hallway, Alex finds an elevator. Of course the system is dead. There is no point in pushing the elevator button. Alex forced the door open. Now in front of him lay a square empty wall with several large cable strands at the end. Alex looked down but could not find the elevator cabin. The cabin is above.

Alex could see that his energy was still there. He spurred his uniform to activate the rocket. His thrust brought Alex up quickly. Alex held both of his hands up. That hand had touched the bottom of the elevator cabin. The power of Dragon Blood began to melt its bottom. Meanwhile, under Alex, a blaze begins to break out. Alex is using his powers again. The glow from Dragon Blood melted the bottom, then the roof, and maybe even the ground floor of the abandoned building.

At least he can get out.