"THREAT FOUND!"
Another mechanical voice screamed from behind him.
Young Aether immediately turned.
His eyes widened.
Ten people were rushing towards him at once.
"What the..."
"THREAT FOUND!!"
"THREAT FOUND!!"
"THREAT FOUND!!"
"THREAT FOUND!!"
"THREAT FOUND!!"
"THREAT FOUND!!"
"THREAT FOUND!!"
The voices overlapped until they became an incomprehensible mechanical chorus.
Young Aether tightened his grip around Noah.
He immediately raised one arm and covered the little boy's head against his chest.
The first wave crashed into him.
He shoved them away.
One robot went flying.
Another climbed over it.
Then another.
Young Aether pushed harder, but before he could even create a gap, ten more came rushing in.
Then another ten.
Then another.
Then another!!
Within seconds, there were dozens.
Then hundreds.
The beach disappeared beneath a writhing mass of bodies.
People in wedding clothes.
Children.
Old men.
Young women.
Young men.
Animals.
