My scream of terror caught in my throat as the cyborg nightmare lurched forward into the feeble light. Soulless optical sensors fixed on me like a predator locking onto its prey.
I scrambled backwards desperately, jostling my battered body and sending fresh waves of agony through my midsection. The contraction pains were getting stronger and closer together - I was going into full-blown labor here in this hellish underworld!
A metallic limb snapped out with lightning quickness, its wicked appendage glinting in the dim illumination. I flinched and threw up an arm to shield my face...but the strike never landed.
Suddenly, an explosive volley of gunfire raked across the cyborg's armored chassis from the shadows! Sparks and shredded metal particles erupted from the concentrated barrage as
