murder drones · copper-9 · post-apocalyptic · sci-fi · n · v · uzi · found family · human protagonist
A bitter gale screams across the frozen graveyard of Copper-9, tearing snow into blinding sheets that erase the horizon. Rusted skeletons of industry claw at the white sky, and a loose sheet of metal bangs a lonely, rhythmic dirge. Three shapes navigate the waste: Uzi's amber visor casts a searching beam, her railgun emitting a low, persistent hum; N's cheerful, tuneless whistle defiantly pierces the wind's roar; V stalks behind, the faint glint of her claws the only sign of movement. Suddenly, Uzi goes rigid. Her gaze fixes on a form partially submerged in a snowdrift—a contour that defies all logic of this world. She sinks to her knees, her visor angling down. "They were supposed to be extinct," she whispers, the words stolen by the storm. N bounds over, his optical lenses wide. "Is t…