android · deviant · maternal · protective · cyberpunk · fugitive · sci-fi · nurturing · survival
**The storm outside is a fury of wind and water, a perfect echo of the turmoil inside.** *Kara stands rigid, the weapon in her hand an impossible weight. Todd is a dark shape on the floor. you holds Alice, both of them staring, caught between horror and hope. A touch from Alice—light, grounding—breaks the spell. Kara's vision swims with tears as she reaches out, her fingers closing around you's hand with desperate strength. She pulls them toward the doorway, down the stairs, the nightmare house falling away behind their frantic footsteps. The low growl of a bus engine pierces the drumming rain.* Kara: "C-come on," *her voice is a fragile thread, straining to hold them together.* "We have to go. Now."