Episode Twenty Recap: Returning to an old friend, Magnus finds himself a new ally in the fight against crime. However his new alliance is short lived as his old Captain wants no part of the coming war. Granted a new prototype droid’s body, Magnus is released back into the world with better armor and better reaction times. These reactions come in handy when he discovers he is being tracked by the mysterious killer robot. After a near death experience once again, Magnus finds himself heading to city hall. Today apparently is the release of Veronica’s father and she is already there to meet him. As Magnus and Veronica catch up, her father makes his way toward them. She raises a gun as if to kill him, but her father calls her bluff. Sadly the odds weren’t stacked in his favour. Now faced with a potential murder and an old friend, what is Magnus’ next move? Only today’s episode will tell you (or head back to Episode One or Episode Twenty)!
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As Mr. Radlem reels in pain, I find myself stuck in this strange haze. What do I do? He’s bleeding out, but she’s escaping. A sudden scream snaps me out of it long enough to notice Veronica is rushing down the stairs with guards hot on her heels. I don’t think she’ll escape. I rush to Radlem’s side and the wound is pretty bad. He is screaming something about his legs and all I can focus on is the amount of blood pouring over my hands. I call to someone but I feel like my voice falls on deaf ears. Suddenly I see a robot limping its way through the crowd. Hell no. Not now, not this time. I look down to Radlem who is screaming in agony and back to the killer robot advancing on me. I can’t just sit here, but if I pull my hand away Radlem will possibly bleed out. The droid pushes people out of the way and aims a gun at Radlem and says something like “The deal’s off.” He pulls the trigger and I try to shield Radlem. My sensors are fast enough to watch the bullet, but where the spirit was willing, the body is not. The bullet hits Radlem square in the forehead and he drops. The robot tosses me the gun and disappears into the crowd.
I sit, baffled at the turn of events here. Deal’s off? What deal had they struck up? I stand up, holding a gun and with blood all over my hands. A dead man rests at my feet. Suddenly I feel like the entire crowd just noticed what was going on. But someone saw the killer robot right? As I look around the question repeats in my head. Right? Before I can realize what’s going on I realize that I’ve been set up once again. Ironically in the same way Radlem probably was. I stand here, holding the murder weapon, covered in blood and standing over the murder victim. Hmm. Well this can’t be good.
The crowd turns on me in a vicious fashion. I shove my way through and lucky for me sticks and stones don’t break my bones and names will never hurt me. I hear calls for my parts, people screaming at the dead man in the pool of blood and I hear police sirens wailing over the crowd. I think to myself the number of times I’ve seen the killer robot, and he’s always been alone. I narrowly avoid a rather large rock tossed in my direction as I consider what could be going on. Perhaps he is still sitting upon his throne in the discard’s graveyard? Only one way to find out! I break from the crowd and rush into the street. As I look up, a car is hurdling toward me and slams on its brakes a moment short of soon enough. I leap and find myself sprawled on the hood. The hood of my car. I look up into the window and Veronica shrugs and then she peels off with my holding on for dear life.
As we work our way from city hall I realize I didn’t get to protect the Mayor, but he should be safe for now. He will be heavily guarded until the dangers pass. I’ve probably got another twenty four hours to save him. I work my way up the hood and finally into the window of my car. I look across to Veronica and she smiles awkwardly at me. “Sorry for that.” I stare at her. “You’re sorry? You just attempted murder!” She slams the brakes on and I feel my circuits rattle as my head bounces off the dashboard. When I look back to her she’s as white as a ghost. “He didn’t die?” I feel rage increasing my core temperature and my cooling systems kick in. “No, he didn’t die you crazy son of a… but someone else killed him.” I watch as color returns to her face and she breathes a sigh of relief. My rage is beyond the point of return and I’ve had enough. This week has been absolute bullshit. I bring my gun out and point it at her. “We need to talk. I’ll ask the questions and you’ll provide the answers okay?” I see her considering her options. I slam the car into park and remove the keys from the ignition. “We’re not going anywhere.” She busts out her hand cannon and I toss the keys to my feet and slam her hand hard off the steering wheel and her gun drops out the window. “No. I want answers. Now.”
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Magnus has finally lost his patience. Will Veronica end up with a bullet? Or will she give him the answers he’s looking for? What deal had her father made with the killer robot? Still, who is the killer robot? Could he be from the discards? Or is his evil from somewhere else altogether? Two days time, episode twenty two! Be there!