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"Uh... do what I said before." I said as I walked to my office, I need to liquidate my assets that may drop value. Get rid of stocks that aren't suitable for survival. This will make my accountant really angry but if I want to live happy and rich then time to cut losses. I sold everything that wasn't essential and would plummet in the upcoming months. Only stock that was salvageable were electronics, social networks and food.

Everything else goes to get sold, food, vehicles, Bezos, space exploration. Everything I liquidated it all even when it was in the positive or rising. 

Now I'm a few billions richer, but now it's time to get ready to leave. Taking the PC case, as well as a few briefcases filled with bills and last but not least. The phone that has all the bank accounts I have. I plan on taking the gold and the rest out of the vault in my office but that would be too much and what is a few millions for a rainy day. If I get out of this alive, this vault is going to keep me afloat for the rest of my life. I hear a knock on the door. "Yes?" Before I say come in, AK-15 comes inside, her rifle in hand and I notice that is has a custom handgrip I had in my armory, its silver and electric purple. I know it's mine because its electro painted. "You were supposed to wait for me to say come in."

"That would be inefficient and unnecessary. Even if you were masturbating or naked, that would not have mattered to me." That's one way to put it and way too blunt in my opinion, I sigh and motion for her to continue.

"I found a Scout nearby."

"Scout?"

"Yes, it's one of the attack drones Sangvis Ferry uses."

"Drone... which means, if you killed it they're close."

"Precisely, I could go and investigate but there is a high risk of this body getting destroyed."

"That wouldn't help, are they after the cloud?"

"No sir, they have their own network. What may have happened is that this Drone was able to pick up the signal of your call and heard of the package Commander Kryuger tasked you with, or they are after you."

"This just got harder... do you know how to pilot a military grade drone?"

"No, AK Twelve is more suited for this."

"Call her as well as the rest, meet in the backyard, the backyard can work as a runway." I said as I began to walk towards the backyard, and saw that the shed that holds my drone looks clean only a little run down. As the door opened it revealed a white drone that is as big as a bike. This baby is one of the things I shouldn't have but I had to make modifications to its range so that my house doesn't call Homeland. Meaning it can't reach too high or too fast and can't carry any sort of equipment except the camera used for driving.

"I thought it be bigger?" Fifteen says with a matter o fact tone.

"Heh" I chuckled as fifteen moved her head to the side like a confused dog.

"But it's a little... useless at the moment, because it doesn't have missiles or bullets, but it should have a full tank." I said as I began to pull the drone towards the yard in the track I built specifically for getting it out of the garage, usually I would need a car but grabbing the chain I pulled harder, but this became a little hard as my back and chest began to sting a bit.

"Allow me." Fifteen said as she began to pull the drone with little effort. 

"Sorry about that wounds still hurt from that whole thing." Her eyes narrowed a bit.

"Do not worry, its faster if I do it or any doll for that matter." She said as it got placed in the middle, I noticed how the rest arrived. 

"Twelve, I need you to pilot this." Twelve nods as she grabs the controller, and opens her eyes. Now in the clear light of day I see how bright purple they are. They are quite pretty, but eerily glowing as soon as the glow intensifies the drone begging to take off. The camera begins to move from left to right and not even a minute passed the drone takes off. 

"Fifteen where did you kill the Scout?"

"I killed it on the north east side of the estate where the road is connected." Twelve nods as the drone changes direction and heads over there, the drone flying above us.

"Fifteen if I'm right, then I need you to head to the garage and separate 3 cars from the rest. The Bugatti Chiron, The Hummer H2 and the Jaguar XJ, all of them are bulletproof so don't worry." After thirty minutes of waiting that twelve speaks up. 

"Sir, we have a problem, from what I'm seeing is a battalion of pawns almost five hundred, Dragoons some are damaged but walking around 30, Brutes are almost sixty, Jaegers I can detect six and ugh Scarecrow. Bad news sir, the drone is damaged. I can bring it to this location, but my assessment is not complete regarding the full depth of the presence Sangvis Ferri has. I can stay a bit and determine the exact numbers but the drone won't survive."

"Bring it back, we can use it as a bomb; we have the info we need." 

"Confirmed." Her eyes close as she sighs in relief. "The one who shot your drone is a ringleader, low on the ladder but a ringleader nonetheless. Codename Scarecrow."

"Is that bad?"

"Yes, Ringleaders carry more firepower. IOP dolls need at least a full squad to destroy one without any pawns interfering."

"Don't worry we're getting out of here, but are they heading this way?"

"Yes."

"Well, ain't that a problem?" Colt said as she crossed her arms.

"Yup... twelve, estimated time?"

"36 hours 23 minutes and 32 seconds." Well shit that's not a lot of time.

"Alright then, time to work. Twelve land the drone and I need a plane big enough to have space for 3 big vehicles, military armament, and vertical takeoff."

"That's going to be expensive." She said as she turned to me, I just handed her my phone with my spare bank account.

"Here's my spare bank account number 4 I need it in the nearest airfield waiting for me ready for takeoff in 37 hours, no pilot. Can any of you pilot one?"

"I can." Colt said calling our attention to her. 

"Huh, never expected that from a gen 3." AN94 said in surprise.

"Tsch." Colt just grumbled.

"The garage ready?" I asked at RPK to see if 15 is done with setting up the cars.

"Yes." 

"Good." I begin to walk down to the garage where my collection of 30 cars waits for me. But 3 cars are waiting at the front of the garage. Fifteen standing on the side.

"Sir, what are we doing here?" I walk up to the wall and pressing a button hidden on the back of the cabinet that holds all the keys, a panel appears beside it as the wall opens a latch to reveal a scanner, placing my hand on the scanner. It begins to scan. 

"How many secret-" The side of the wall opens as well as a door, but the most impressive thing is that the wall is filled to the brim with guns of many different kinds. Mostly, military grade heavy guns. 

"... are those miniguns?" 

"Legally no... but since America is on fire then... Yup, and I need them installed into the side of the cars and wired enough for them to be connected to the steering wheel so we can shoot. Everything you need is in that room." I motioned to the door on the back of the room.

"...huh?" AN 94 seems lost. 

"Yup, we need them fully armed if we are to get back to base and we need to get there, or the aliens will win. But first, upgrades People, upgrades."

"But we're dolls not people." AN 94 says with confusion in her voice 

"You get what I said. But fifteen doesn't need any, she has a few upgrades already." They turn to the tall doll. 

"What upgrades?"

"The hand guard, the ACOG sight that was missing from my office. Don't think I didn't notice them gone, not to mention the attachable red dot stored on your side pouch." Fifteen looks a tinge of red on her cheeks barely noticeable. 

"These accessories made my handling, recoil control, and aim better. So it was efficient to be able to switch between one and another. The fact that they look pretty is irrelevant." The wolf pack is looking confused. 

"Huh, who knew she was like that." AN94 says in confusion.

"Doesn't matter. I need calibers from each of you except Fifteen and Colt. If you want any attachments, let me know, but they will be a one-time use because we're in a hurry. Submit them here." I handed them a tablet as I opened the door to my most important room. My forge. Which is connected to the garage but plenty far away and modern enough to make my own bullets.

"Sir, we need a plan, the plane is bought and will be in place in the estimated time but how will we get there? And why do we arm the cars as if its an American action movie?" Twelve says as she joins in the conversation.

"Those 3 will be in charge of getting us out, we'll shoot and drive our way out of here, the house has a defense system as well as automatic security all over the mansion. While the furnace heats up let's see what Kryuger needs from me, that is so important." Ten minutes later we're entering level 3 of the secret basement that has my super vault. In this vault are three things, a Hard Drive with IOP logo on it. "Grabbing it I notice how it has a fingerprint scanner on it. But not just that but a blood sample scanner. Biting my finger which makes the dolls around me alarmed I let a drop of blood hit the scanner and it closes. Followed by a green light. The hard drive is released and connecting it to my tablet via the handy USB cable I have on hand I notice that it's all gibberish code. "I don't get it." I press the projector button and notice that now its 3d and has a shape almost cubic and every doll takes a step back in surprise. 

"What am I looking at?"

"Commander, this is the base code for IOP doll cores." Twelve said surprised as her eyes are wide open.

"What are doll cores?" I can't help but ask.

"Doll cores are basically our hearts, the cloud is our soul and memories, the core is our heart and brain and everything that makes our bodies work." Twelve says as she's looking at the code in shock. 

"This is what gives life to every doll out there. Fuck... so this is why SF is coming. Well this is the Super Vault, they have to get through the verifications at the top, the secret password for the elevator, and the vault here is the most secure place on earth, but it can't sustain life. And we need this if we are to win this war." I said as I make the copy on my tablet.