I glanced down at him then, "So I heard you got married." I said.
He nodded.
"Congratulations!" I said and got another nod.
"Any kids?" I asked.
Tyre tapped the elevator door twice with the muzzle of his rifle, in cryptic response to my question.
We reached his floor and he stepped out with both of his guns hammering. The elevator doors closed shut as we continued to rise. A man of few words that one was.
"He does actually talk more than he used to." Maria said into the silence.
I hit the stop button and the elevator came to a halt in between floors.
"What are we waiting for?" Asia exclaimed.
I glanced at her still slow counting in my head, "Waiting for Mighty Mouse to do his army of one routine."
Galloway burst out laughing, while Maria and Temple both tried to stifle grins.
Galloway recovered first, "You know saying things like that is what made him not like you to the point that he won't even talk to you."
"I know. I really feel bad about it inside." I said disingenuously.
I disengaged the stop button and the elevator rose to the last floor that it reached to. The doors whisked open to reveal a pile of bodies and the image of Tyre changing out his gun magazines. The little dude sure did love his guns.
"Classic as usual Tyre." I said in genuine admiration, as I looked around at the cleaned out space.
"Likewise." He said in response.
I wasn't quite sure I understood what he meant by that, but I didn't think it was in reference to a good thing. Had he heard me in the elevator or just surmised my smart comment? Probably the latter.
Tyre led point out into the dark room filled with tall windows, beyond the short hall leading from the elevator bay. Lights came on suddenly and something moved away from the wall in front of us. Before Tyre could get a shot off he was picked up and lobbed across the room to thud heavily against the wall, where he lay still not moving at all on the floor.
There were four of them. They were like tall people only they were somehow robotic as well. Their arms and legs looked, as if they'd come out of a Terminator movie, but the skin of their faces looked real. What were they?
"Go!" Maria screamed, as she broke left and Galloway broke right giving us cover fire. I saw the door that would lead to the other elevator that went to the top floor and I ran for it tugging a petrified Asia along with me, as Temple followed after me giving covering fire. It was one loud hammer of sound within the room as guns roared. I wanted to stay and fight, but I couldn't. I slammed through the heavy door and Temple slammed it shut locking it after us.