Queen of the Colony, King of Scorpions (do-gooders-and-mad-science)
“No! I won’t do that!” As soon as the words leave Uragiri’s mouth, he’s knocked into the wall by a sharp backhand. He rolls to avoid the next hit and runs into the night.
“Should we follow, my queen?” One of the other Raiders asks as the woman in charge resumes her seat on the throne.
“No. He is inconsequential. A single rogue insect cannot bring down a Colony.”She waves him off and goes back to her plan. “Now, we can destroy the ones who would corrupt our land with the hivemind.”
Uragiri runs out of the building, down an alleyway and out towards the target of his Colony. Saint Ferdinand’s Hospital. He can’t see them from his perspective, but he knows from the Queen’s missives that there are ten Humagears operating inside the maternity ward.And tonight those Humagears, and all the humans on life support are in grave danger.
He turns and notices a blonde man looking down at him.”Wait a minute. You’re Horobi, aren’t you?” Uragiri says, then points at the hospital. “You have to listen to me. The humans and humagear in that hospital are in grave danger. A terrorist cell, that I was part of until ten minutes ago, called The Colony, is going to set off an EMP device there.”