New Bots
June’s eyes flew open at the sound of Niko shouting downstairs.
“Yes I am sure!” a long pause “Look, I am a technopath I control tech! I am certain Stark is dead!” An even longer pause, “What? Come to America?! Why?” there was an even longer pause, “One week? Okay fine we’ll be there.”
June wondered who he was talking to, but she was not going to read his mind. That would just be wrong. He took care of her after all.
“Wait… what do you want the body for? You thought I would hang on to it?!” Niko exclaimed. He hung up the phone. Footsteps approach the ladder and June went back to pretending be asleep.
“Hey kid! Get your ass down here! I need a portal!” He yelled angrily up to her. She quickly ran across the room and down the ladder, keeping him waiting never ended well.
“Where to?” She asked drowsily.
“Where ever it was you sent Stark.”
“Are you going to send more robots after him?” June couldn’t help but ask the question.
“Just shut up and open the damn portal!” Niko shouted.
June did as she was told despite all of her instinct telling her not to.
Niko went to his huge closet, and called out three of his robots. These were bigger than the one he had made using Stark’s suit. They were also a great deal more mean looking. In addition to the horns and spike that the first one had, these ones had long barbed claws. June gulped.
“Meet at the big ben clock tower with Stark’s cold dead body. You have five days,” Niko hissed at the robots and their eyes immediately lit up and glowed bright red. One by one the robots stepped through the portal. June stared at Niko in horror. Stark didn’t stand a chance.