Corporal Soot, of the Mainframe City Special Forces, stood under the cafe eaves, rain water dripping to the ground in front of him. Normal rain water, he thought, well as normal as it gets here. He pulled out a IHM (Instantly Heated Meal) pack, pulled the tab, waited a few seconds, then ate the steaming baked beans inside the packet. He stepped out into the drizzling night, crumpling up the packet and throwing on the sidewalk, instantly, an iRobotics Streetbot 4.5 came out of a charger and swallowed up the garbage. Corp. Soot walked down an alley, turning on his nite lites, making a focused light beam, he saw his fellow corporals; Mal and Heart (MCSF cadets, after leaving the academy, choose a nickname to go by), Mal chose that name because of his past of bad academy reports, Heart was called so because of his powerful emotions, and Soot had been named that by Lt. Waldo, for on his first mission, Corp. Soot had thought it was a good idea to go down the chimney. Back to the present, Soot and his two comrades looked around the dingy alley.
"Can anyone rebrief me on the mission?" Heart whispered to his friends. Mal rolled his eyes, "Just look it up on your visor computer." Corp. Soot silenced the two others as he crouched by the door.
"This is the one." He whispered into the headset. The Mal and Heart came over, shock guns drawn, visors down. They all quickly checked their gear, Kevlar vest, l. grade helmet, all good. Soot busted down the door, "Freeze, MCSF!" He shouted. Other then a very surprised android, no one was in the dark room.
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