Robot Overlords Page #4

- Just not looking hard enough.

- I'm looking at rocks, mate.

Come on, we're running

out of time!

What is it,

like Stone Age Scrabble,

you move all the stones around

and it makes word or something?

Not exactly making it easy,

are they?

Told you it was bullshit.

No.

No, no, no. Really? Really?

Just looking

at the stones, mate.

Yeah, that's my sister.

My sister.

Practically your sister.

So a bit disgusting.

- Just looking at the stones.

- No, have a walk.

Have a walk,

think about it, alright?

You're practically family.

I'm looking at the stones!

This is...

Guys! Guys, come see this!

"Cross river three times

to safety."

Hold on...

If we head straight to the river

and cross here...

here and... here...

Stannum Valley.

We end up in the middle

of nowhere.

This is good.

Stannum. I think I've heard

that name somewhere.

I think it's...

Probably something boring

to do with Vikings.

No, it wasn't something boring

to do with Vikings,

and Vikings are

very interesting.

It's Romans, I think, Romans.

Yeah, Romans.

Stannum is Latin for tin,

tin's a silver metal,

and there's

a tin mine in Stannum Valley.

- Yes, there is.

- And there's a lake there.

Swanny's silver lake.

- High five.

- That's where I'd be,

if I was in the resistance.

Underground, off the radar.

Guys...

Where now?

Eenie meenie miny moe...

Straight on.

Keep heading east.

Look...

I don't wanna worry anyone,

but Connor is starting

to look like lunch.

And when we do resort

to cannibalism,

I'm bagsying his legs.

Shh! Look!

Guys, quickly! Look!

Hey!

Wait! Wait!

We don't wanna hurt you!

Wait!

Where is he?

We've lost him.

Where did he go?

What is that?

Is this a Spitfire?

Yeah, man.

A Spitfire?

- Amazing.

- Do you wanna look

in the cockpit?

Yeah.

Whoa! Look at that!

This is a double bubble!

- What's a double bubble?

- There's like a few of them

in the world.

They're like two seats.

I think they were used

for training.

It's fully refurbished alright.

She is a beauty.

This is ready to fly.

Nice.

The curves on this.

She's gorgeous.

Nathan.

Guys, come here.

We just wanna talk.

We just wanna talk to you.

We saw your writing

on the stones.

Swanny told us.

Remember Swanny?

I'm looking for my dad.

His name's Danny Flynn.

He's a pilot.

My God.

I knew you were out there.

There was no way

I was ever gonna believe

anything Smythe said.

And I just...

kept going back to the place

where our street used to be.

There was nothing there,

just a hole in the ground,

a crater.

I kept going back.

They rehoused us

to Fleetwood Street.

This is our home now.

It's not bad?

It's amazing.

So you're not the resistance?

No, that's over.

Yeah, but that's

your Spitfire, isn't it?

Yeah, I was assigned it

before the surrender,

hung onto it in case the war

kicked off again.

It seems a long time ago now.

Well, look, you know,

I've logged over 300 hours now

on a flight simulator, and my granddad,

he actually kind of spearheaded

the Battle of Britain.

So if you need anyone, you know,

to help you, I'm your guy.

Okay, so you were an air cadet?

Um... not really.

It's Flight Sim X for the PC,

but it's, you know, similar.

- Right, right, yeah.

- Same kind of flavour.

Drone! Drone!

- How often does it happen?

- So often you'd hardly notice.

On the tenth day of the war,

they finally figured it out.

I was given orders to commandeer

the Spitfire, but...

A Spitfire, against drones?

Mechanical flight system.

No electronics

for the bots to control.

You see, they can access

anything electronic,

anything with a chip.

We stood a chance.

And then we were told

to surrender.

I hid the Spit,

turned myself in.

And that's when I met

Donald here.

Next.

Incitement to riot.

Breaking curfew.

Attacking volunteers.

It's the game I'm in,

it's what I do.

And I enjoyed

every minute of it.

You know, it's people

like you, your kind,

that made this town such

a misery before the robots came.

You know what chav

stands for? C-H-A-V?

Council housed and violent.

That's you, isn't it...

Wayne?

What kind of a cowboy

name's that?

Always wondered why

you hated people so much.

It's alright, those wonderful

kids explained it all to me.

Bet your old lady got the shock

of her life, didn't she,

the day you decided

to grow a pair?

But killing your kid too,

your own flesh and blood...

Even Saddam Hussein looked out

for his kids, you rat!

Now, the robots want to look

inside your tiny

little brain, cowboy.

It won't take long,

but I need to be sure

the boy's headed for the camp

at Stannum Valley, Silver Lake.

Come on!

You really think the robots

haven't seen

the fires at night,

the washing lines?

They think they're safe

and sound,

but their time

will come soon enough.

And your time is now, cowboy.

Goodbye, Wayne.

I'll see you in hell, Smythe.

The scan puts you into a coma.

You're dead

within a couple of days.

It's what they did to Martin,

what they were going

to do to me.

It's how they punish criminals.

It's not just criminals,

sweetheart.

It's everybody.

Everybody in the world.

One by one, they're going

to trawl through our brains,

looking for new ideas,

whatever that means.

Smythe said it'll take them

a year

to process a billion people.

They can't do us all at once.

That's why they're

keeping us inside.

And Smythe knew all this.

Apparently, the collaborators

won't be scanned.

That's what the robots

told them, anyway.

Robots never lie.

We're safe here.

Well under the radar.

Wait until you see

what Sean can do, alright?

No, you don't understand.

The fighting is done.

It's over.

Alright,

so you've got air speed.

- Okay.

- RPM boost, oil pressure...

Could I...

could I press the trigger?

Is that alright?

- Yeah, alright, just once.

- Yeah? Alright.

What is it, what is it?

Alex!

This isn't good.

Good morning, everyone.

I've come to give you

a chance to save yourselves.

Hand over the boy, Sean Flynn,

or you'll all be killed.

- Sean Flynn?

- That's Danny's kid!

I knew they'd be trouble!

I know where he is!

Sean!

Get up!

Back off!

Get up!

Where is he?

Hey! Come here!

Come here! Come and get me!

Come on, then!

Okay...

Okay, Sean, come on, mate.

Come on.

Here he is. Come on.

- He's not here!

- What?

- He's gone!

- Zone Chief Smythe,

you guaranteed

that we would have the boy.

This is a costly use

of our resources.

She's lying, Mediator.

Kate, I promise you,

if you and Sean join me,

you won't be harmed.

Robin Smythe!

I'd rather die

than spend another second

in your company!

You're not getting me or my son!

The mother is not the priority.

We must have the boy.

Very well, Mediator.

Please remove Kate Flynn

from the immunity list.

She is now a viable target.

The cube will drill into

the ground beneath your feet.

Its thermal bore

slices through rock

like a hot knife through butter.

The ground you stand on

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