Just before impact, Kari’s drones swooped down from where they had been hiding in the trees and intercepted the attacks. The restraining bands wrapped around the drones and crushed them in their electrical embrace. David’s mom screamed. The enforcement officers looked alarmed for a brief second before immediately raising their weapons. Kari’s body stopped shaking. The flock of one hundred freshly printed drones swarmed over the enforcement vehicles and into the air, separating David’s parents from the enforcement officers. Kari shot off orders to the drones as fast as her mind could go, ordering separate groups of drones to attack the cheetahs, crawlers, and police weaponry. Kari ordered the largest cluster of drones to protect David’s parents by any means possible. “Now! Run!” Kari screamed and closed the call. She watched her drones separate into packs and move toward their targets, already dodging energy blasts and bullets from the SWAT team and officers.
