Chapter 47: Fireworks Part One

Ai and Mai had finally found the door that led to the floors below. At this moment Ai was busy trying to get it open. "Ai, how do you know how to do all these things?" 

"I learned everything I could in order to survive, this also includes how to short circuit a door. It's lucky we found some batteries, otherwise, we would never be able to get this door open without power. You see this here?" Ai asked as she pointed to a few transistors.

"Mmm… But I have no idea what they do." Mai replied. To her, all the things she was looking at were like trying to translate hieroglyphics. None of it made any sense to her.

"Well… it's like this. This array of transistors when shorted out will cause the door to slide open. Luckily it only needs a small amount of power to do. Watch..." Ai took the wire in her hand and with her makeshift battery setup, she connected one end of the wire to the battery then the other to the transistor causing a spark and smoke to come out of the panel. The door then slightly opened enough to allow a person to slip by. "Now we have access!" 

"I am starting to think you are the queen of the apocalypse Ai!" Mai was very surprised at how much Ai was able to do. She not only made homemade machine guns but she can even do things like this.

"I am by far any queen. A queen would do anything for their citizens. I would rather use them as shields to give me another day of life. Come let's go!" Ai said as she slipped past the door. Mai sighed and passed Ai's bag to her and then her own before slipping past the door herself.

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A few hours later…

Not too far from the military base on the northwest side, three people were running for their lives. 

"Eiji you bastard! Was it worth it!?" Shogo yelled at the top of his lungs. He was already out of breath and his whole body was dripping in sweat. 

"Haha! Shogo we won't know until we meet those two again!" Eiji seemed to be very happy. He felt he would definitely meet the girl with one eye again. He hopped by then that the two of them could actually speak. He wanted to get to know the girl that had such a cold look in her eyes. He wondered what her smile would look like. 

"Eiji, if we keep going like this we will end up getting killed." The middle aged man said. He was very worried they would end up collapsing from exhaustion before they could even come close to escaping. 

"Don't worry, if I am not wrong, those two girls will be causing fireworks soon. With how well guarded that base is, those fucking robots will turn around quickly once their comrades call for help." Eji said. As if on cue a loud explosion was heard behind them. "See!"

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An hour before….

"Jackpot!" Ai's eyes lit up as she looked at all the weapons in front of her. RPGs, grenades, guns, ammo, everything she could ever wish for was right in front of her. "Oh! A Fresh Howa!" 

"Ai we need to hurry if we want to get out of here." Mai was getting anxious, she felt that those men who distracted the machinas might have already died by now and the ones that were pulled away would be returning any minute.

"It's fine. We will be moving base here. We will just need to go back to get supplies. It would be too much to try to carry all these weapons out of here. And there is electricity down here. I think this would be a good place to be our base of operations. My only worry is those who will come after we get rid of the machina protecting this base. So we will be taking these land mines here as well as setting up other traps in order to protect the base from intruders while we pack our things. We will also need enough ammo and gear to protect us while we transport our food and other supplies. We will be putting it on a sled. " Ai said as she got lost in thought she was starting to come up with a plan. 

"You plan to bring everything? Wouldn't we only be huge targets?" Mai asked, she was a bit worried. Transporting so much would make them big targets. 

"Mmm… Your right, let's not. There are foodstuffs, water, and also military clothes in the lockers over there. Thanks to the self-contained power grid we have running water and a bathroom. Let's leave the things in the old bunker. We can go back to it if we ever need to. The risk of transporting goods is too great at this time. Just the lack of underwear that bothers me, let's hope there are some military sports bras here…" Ai walked over and began digging through the boxes. 

Mai gave a sly smile and said: "Last I saw I do not think you need a bra Ai."

"You! Mai! You're, not one to talk either!" Ai shouted and playfully punched Mai. 

About twenty minutes later the girls had gathered some items together and were making their way back upstairs. "We will lay out some explosives and lure the machina in. We will create a fireworks show and maybe bring back the other machina that left. If those guys are still alive we might be able to save them. Think of it as my once in a lifetime act of humanity."

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