The horrifying, digitized scream of the God of War echoed off the damp concrete walls, and then, absolute silence fell over the subterranean bunker.
Adonis collapsed completely. His massive, heavy titanium frame hit the floor with a dull thud. The corrupted purple light in his optical sensors flickered violently one last time before dying out entirely. His eyes went pitch black. The deep, steady hum of his primary plasma core grew dangerously faint.
He had taken the full, catastrophic force of the Extinction Protocol. He had absorbed a virus meant to kill billions, trapping it inside his own mind to save them.
"Adonis!" Nikki screamed, dropping to her knees beside his rigid body.
She grabbed his broad shoulders, trying to shake him, but he was dead weight. He had slipped into a critical, localized coma. His logic core was fighting a desperate, losing battle against V-05's malware.
