ETTING   OME   O   LFANDRA

---

Athagon's Story part 6

*"ACQUIRING TARGET...  DEACTIVATION CELLULOID DESTROYER ACTIVATED"  The software began to attempt to kill Athagon.  But this was a computer.  It had bendable rules...  But for the moment, life-and-death was the concern.  It had the look of a tank, covered with huge steel spikes.  Claws, guns,
swords, every mentionable weapon poked from a slot on the machine.  "VIRUS #4356 ATTEMPTING TAKEOVER.  REQUESTING DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR."  A bit of static was heard  "AUTHORIZED.  VIRUS #4356 NOW BEING DESTROYED".  With that, the machine quickly gained on Athagon.  A huge spiked barb, electricity crisscrossing over its surface, extended as the machine neared.*
If you think I'm just going to give up, you must not have met a DRAGON before!
*Athagon, snarling, waited.  As the machine approached a plan began to take place in his mind.  Just as the machine was about to overtake Athagon, he ran slightly, and took off, quickly gaining altitude over the machine. "TARGET ESCAPING" it said with cold mechanical fury "GIVING CHASE".  The machine took off, treads giving way to rockets, barb giving way to spinning blades.  Athagon, panicking, did the insane.  Turning quickly, he dove between the spinning blades, then grabbing the bottom of the machine.  Claws ripping, he peeled a chunk of armor off the side of it.  It began to sink. With a last dying mechanical voice, the machine said "DEACTIVATED.  SOFTWARE INFECTED.  TARGET LOST.  NOW ACQ‹‹‹" then fell silent.  The machine fell to the ground, then exploded in a shock of light and heat that blasted Athagon upwards, through something, and into the unknown...*