2153, north Amazonland, front of the cyberwar, I dive back into the trench, grabbing the next bundle of EMP grenades and a few fresh mags of high explosive ammo
I look at my face in the puddle beside the freshly shipped prime box, damning the day that Musk decided to try and split the ever shrinking land with his forces.
For a moment, I remember, better times, when google hadn't gone full skynet, when I hadn't been a bioweapon, when every action now needing to be taken was a far glimpse.
A Soldier screams out, only a few meters from me, a dead bloody lump falling into the cover, safe yet dead. I look to see what had killed him, looking upon the Tesla branded killing machine, angular armor with four bladed arms, my eyes meet its sensors, it sees me, I see it and for some reason it freezes, the insignia on its chest telling me it has been on the field for a long time it finally dawns on me
I ask, the machine remaining still, the blades compelled to move and forcibly stilled.
It looks upon me, its infrared sensors taking another sweep of me.
"Stabby!", I yell out, a tear rolling down my cheek, soldiering past the mud the same as I.
Stabby does not budge, he was recruited many years back, he has done the same unthinkable that I have.
My mind races to our time together, nights huddled up away from thunderstorms, days of mutual boredom and monotony, quiet admiration and providing.
"Do it.", I say, knowing he is holding back, knowing he does not want to, knowing the contract he signed as an AI is even worse than what I got after being integrated into Amazonlands standing military of cryo-workers.
"DO IT!", I scream, pulling my polymer handgun from my chest, the pointing breaches Stabbys override, he lunges, piercing me three times instantly, a last blade lifted high, stopping himself from beheading me.
I smirk, blood gushing forward from my mouth and onto Stabby, whose arms get busy wiping immediately, mirroring my tears.
I pull him close before pulling the pin, knowing if nothing, they will say I took out a high value target with me.