The last few inches. It took a while, but he was almost through. By this time, most of the rebellion had either taken over their sector or were destroyed. right now, the leaders he'd appointed should be rallying for the second stage. Complete control of the facility. He reasoned that if the collective managed to keep control of any of the buildings, the surprise attack would have at least weakened them. His captains reported intermittently with body counts and their makeshift army's status. As he expected. there were a few buildings still housing the collective, but a majority had fallen to human control.
The two soldiers who made it through with him were guarding his back, and more troops were coming to reinforce them. The last few centimeters were melting away and....
A flash. A concussive wave. The heavy door was blasted off its hinges, right into Zech. It knocked him clear to the other side of the hallway and the door landed on his left leg, severing it from the knee down. His nerves screamed at him, and everything went into a haze. His body locked up and he couldn't move. He saw small sparks in the corner of his eye and a mechanical whirring sound... Shit. Pinned down by a half ton door, leg crushed and cut off, and he couldn't even open his mouth to call out for help. He really should have thought of that. Davor probably used some sort of shaped charge. This mistake would probably cost Zech his life. Frozen where he was, he waited for his chip to reboot itself. He hoped there was enough time for that.