Sunset and shadow flashed across the mountain, the last bits of sunlight poking through the pillars of smoke and ash. The town smoldered and crumbled around them, ashy air stinging their eyes and throats and clogging his mechanisms. Rainer stood in the middle of the street car-rying his younger sibling with guns slung over their sides. The tired children only able to stare up at the destruction around them gave every last bit of energy in attempting to stay conscious. Rainer's legs, weak and tired form running, gave out from under him. He collapsed to the ground along with his brother. Trembling and exhausted beyond all compare, he hit the ground with a crash on his metal arm, undoubtedly crushing the gear systems
