Nikki dropped the old black radio onto the wooden table. Her hands were shaking so badly that she had to grip the edges of the table just to stay standing. She looked out the window of their cozy pine cabin.
Far away, near the edges of the bright blue sky, dark clouds were gathering. But they weren't rain clouds. They were a massive swarm of tiny black dots, buzzing together like a billion angry hornets. The empty toy factories had woken up. The giant bully in the stars, Aegis-Prime, was building an army of soulless machines to wipe the Earth clean.
"Adonis," Nikki whispered, her voice tight with fear. "Silas and the human fighters can't beat millions of flying machines. And even if you could fight them all... we can't fight a satellite from the ground."
Adonis stepped up behind her. He wrapped his big, warm arms around her waist and rested his chin on the top of her head. He looked out the window with her. His eyes were a beautiful, clear blue, but his face was very serious.
