Butterfly Apocalypse

She woke up to the light melodic techno playing from her phone. That's its only use anymore. As an MP3 player and an alarm clock. Electricity came easy enough here. Communication with the outside world? Not so much. A colony full of artists trying to survive together. Each one had surprised themselves with their roles and the almost simplistic falling into their places that followed. "Everyone has a role.", they were told. "You all chose your own." Actually what they were told was, "2252292121322 19268 26 9121522. 2126261515 24191212822 21269 12413." The code was second nature by now. It might as well have been written in English.
The glow from her computer screen guides her sleepy eyes and hands to the switch for the ceiling lights. A soft purple and blue hue gently light up the room. It's a very small space for a tall woman with three cats, but it was better than nothing. And it was a home. The walls were filled with various drawings and trinkets made by the others. Sometimes Mesay wished she could recrproicate by doing the same. She was a much better writer or singer. She has other talents now though. Much more useful ones. They all did.
Two of the cats stretched and moved toward their cat mom. Sovy and Opie started nuzzling her face as she sat up. Dulcet was still at the foot of the bed. Ignoring all the movement, determined to sleep a little bit longer.

"Good morning Opie. Good morning Sovy. Good morning Duclet."

The alarm went off. Red lights flashing beneath her door a shadow crossed it. The loud knocking that followed finally spooked the cats into their respective hiding places. Mesay got up quickly and answered. A tall skinny man with brown hair and goggles on was smiling back at her.
"Morning! We got Dolls approaching the perimeter. You might want to check it out.", Hoop reported.
Mesay, still sleepy shut the door. A minuet later she left the room in jeans and a tank top, slamming the door shut behind her and rushing down the narrow hallway. Hoop followed.

"How many?", she asked.

"A lot.", he responded.

Mesay stopped at a small computer screen. She quickly brought up the outer perimeter cameras. Sure enough there were quite a few of them coming full speed. Even two flying drones. But why this random attack?

"Where is Dox?"

"He's on the roof already. Everyone is ready to go. But I thought the amount of crazy was a little odd."

Mesay pulled up the main camera. She turned it toward the fairly large mass coming toward them. Zooming on the incoming danger she spotted a few odd figures leading the charge. New proxies maybe? No these were different. They sorta looked like....

"Shit."

Mesay turned from the screen and ran down the hallway, ducking around the next corner. Hoop, surprised, quickly followed. She was way ahead of him and heading toward the main entrance. Hoop had caught up just in time to see her running into the blinding light of the day from the entrance. The operating button for the main gate had been pushed. Hoop stayed by the door, breathing hard from the run. Mesay rushed toward the gate as it slowly raised. She stopped and looked out at the figures in front of the horde. There were five. The tallest one waving frantically.

"Mesay!", Chewie yelled.

Chewie was making a run for it. Along with four others. Sunni, Sage, Tarvok and Blueeyes we're right behind him. Well, as close behind them as they could manage. It's funny how fast you can run when you have fifty some odd Help3r dolls chasing you down. The flying drones passed overhead. Chewie watched as the mechanical rectangles sped past and moved ahead of them. They descended right into their path.

Chewie and the others stopped cold in their tracks. Home was only thirty feet away from them but the damn drones blocked the way. If they got any closer they would be knocked out for sure. Chewie looked behind them. Help3r's creepy doll horde was getting closer. Soccer outfits and blond hair, it would of been more ridiculous if they hadn't seen how dangerous these things could be. They were there to eradicate the infection. In this case Chewie and company.
The drones floated in front of them. They're brick like doom seeming imminent. Chewie pulled the sword from the sheath on his back. He motioned for the others to get close. Tarvok took out his Nunchucks. Sunni clenched her fists. She may not have had a weapon but she'd be damned if these creepy bastards take her before punching a few. As for blue she did her best not to panic. The dream she had was coming back to her now. And suddenly it made a lot more sense.
Readying themselves a loud noise screeched through the air. The drones seemed to twitch and move erratically. The five brought all their attention to them expecting the worst. Suddenly they raised up and beyond was Mesay holding her hands up as if lifting something heavy. Chewie smiled devilishly.

"Everyone run!", he screamed. And they all followed, running past Mesay and to the gate.

"Get everyone inside! I'll slow them down!", Mesay yelled.

Her arms shaking from the weight of the struggling drones. The noises of metal on metal ringing in her ears. She summoned her strength and closed her eyes. Imagining her spirit hands taking the now raised metal and flinging them toward the Help3r dolls. The brick drones followed suit, moved by some unseen force as Mesay motioned her arms and hands, psychically chucking them at the threat.
Blueeyes, turned and looked as the noise of metal on earth hit her hear. Beyond Mesay was a giant mess of drones, dirt and doll parts. Blue's eyes we're wide and shocked at the scene. Hoop came and grabbed her by the arm, pulling her back into the entrance. He pushed the close button for the gate.

"Mesay! Let's go!", Hoop yelled.

Breathing hard and exhausted from the effort she looked up at the damage. Mesay was a lousy shot. About fifteen to twenty taken out and it only slowed them down. A few seconds later the rest were getting up. They were almost on the gate. She turned and tried her best to run back. Ducking under the slow moving gate and trying to get to the entrance. The gate make a clunking sound. It had frozen mid closure. Mesay turned and she could see the dolls starting to make their way past the gate. She couldn't run anymore. Turning toward the dolls, there was no way she was going to let them get into the entrance. She stopped and held her ground.
Hoop looked on from the door. He screamed two more times for her but she wasn't moving. Hoop slammed his hand against the door control again and again but it wouldn't budge. The remaining dolls were now in the gate and approaching Mesay. Chewie pushed Hoop's hand aside and hit the intercom button.

"Now Dox! Now!", he ordered.

"You got it Chewie.", Dox responded back into the mic headset.

From the top of the building Dox was standing at the edge with a slew of turrets. They were all targeting the dolls.

"Fire!", Dox yelled, and an array of bullets rained down on the dolls. Plastic and parts going everywhere. They made quick work of the things and soon the dolls stopped moving. Dox spoke into his mic and the turrets stopped their fury. He walked to he edge and looked down.

"Everything okay down there?", he called.

Mesay just looked up and smiled. She turned again to the entrance and slowly limped to Hoop and Chewie. When she got inside she stumbled a bit. Tarvok caught her and helped her up again.

"It is far to early in the morning for this shit.", Mesay quipped. "But now we have more of the family safe at Home."

"Mission impossible, possibled. Right Chewie?", Hoop joked.

"Not quite.", Chewie said. As he walked further into the bunker. He stopped and looked back at the group. "I'll be in my room cleaning up. I'll see you all in the mess hall....and thanks Mesay."

Mesay faintly saluted Chewie and smiled.
Chewie continued down the hallway.

"Well!", Hoop said clapping his hands together. "I guess this calls for a special dinner. I'll let Beat and the others know."

"I'll take them to the main hall.", Mesay offered.

"Uh...you sure? You look a little rough round the edges there."

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. I'll just....take it easy.", she said as Mesay gathered herself again. "Oh and before you do anything Hoop, we need to get that gate closed. And clean up Help3r's mess."

"Yup, I'll call Envoy. He's on cleaning duty today anyway. Lucky him.", Hoop snickered as he walked off.

"Come on guys, follow me. I bet you have lots of questions."
Mesay slowly walked down the hallway. Tarvok, Sage, Sunni and Blueeyes followed. Questions indeed. They fought awfully hard to get this far. It was nice to see some friendly faces, especially in a safe environment. But what in the hell was going on? They would find out how bad it was soon enough.

End part 1