He never thought the little guy would escape the Upgraders in the dome. What a good boy! Zorro licked his chin. But now, thanks to Zorro’s noisy entrance, they had a whole new set of problems to solve. The first Upgrader jumped out from behind the rhinebra. She was huge. Her arms bulged muscles, and tattoos covered every inch of her exposed skin, including her slick, bald head. One of her hands had been replaced with a sleek black blade. In the other, she held a gun that dripped fire. “Look out!” Dash yelled. Hoku ducked, sheltering Zorro with his body. A short spear whizzed over the top of his head. The male Upgrader had climbed up the other side of the rhinebra and was using it as a shield. “Aluna’s right!” Hoku yelled. “Let’s get out of here!” Aluna’s talons were already spinning. The female Upgrader spewed fire at her. Aluna rolled left, her thin talon chains cutting through the gout of fire as if it weren’t there. A slash of blood appeared on the Upgrader’s cheek, and she stumbled back, surprised.
