"Dr Khan!" yelled Andrea, "Harvey's an android! I think he's notified the Tifias to come and get us!"

"Then let's get out of here," said Dr Khan, "I think the Tifias might be on their way already."

Dr Khan stepped back from Harvey. Before even the two of them could escape, the alarm went off as the room was filled with red flashes of light. A number of gangsters rushed into the Emporium, and were surrounding the two of them.

"Give it up already," said one of the gangsters, "We don't need people like you!"

The gangster approached Dr Khan and gave him a kick in his leg. Dr Khan lost balance and collapsed on the floor in excruciating pain as he yelled. One of the gangsters approached Andrea and karate-kicked her but she ducked and instead returned a stinging punch to him. The man collapsed on the floor and Andrea karate-kicked him.

Dr Khan managed to get up, but two men were surrounding him. Immediately, the scientist ducked the punches that the men gave him, and instead responded with a few punches of his own. However one of the men is holding an electric handcuff and cuffs the scientist as Dr Khan is electrocuted.

"Dr Khan!" yelled Andrea who was busy fighting off the men. She took a glass clock and hurled it at two men. It shattered in their faces and cut them deep. Andrea turned back only to find that Dr Khan has been captured and taken away by the Tifias. And she was next.

Andrea used up all of her strength and punched three men who tried to mess with her. A man then silently approached her with an electric knife but she resisted and instead won the electric knife from him. Andrea stabbed him with the electric knife, and took out the knife from the man. The man crumpled onto the floor.

"To hell with you woman!" yelled the other men who tried to kick Andrea.

Andrea was at crossroads now. She fled from the men and ran out of the building through the backdoor. Her mind flashed back to what Dr Khan had said earlier; Just make sure you're alive. She ran into the streets and hid inside another building.

The men tried their level best to find Andrea, but somehow they just couldn't. Andrea was well hidden in the building and took a peek outside the window. It was only three minutes but the men had given up on finding her. She was lucky that she was safe.

At that very moment, Andrea noticed that the men had found something very valuable; the TiMo. As soon as Andrea blinked her eyes, the TiMo was gone- the men had destroyed it or taken it with them. Andrea was devastated. My life is futureless now, she thought. She cried softly to herself.

All I have to do now is get out of here, she thought. She was about to leave the building when suddenly, a male humanoid, looking exactly like a normal man, appeared before her.

"Andrea Walker," said the man in a strange voice, "Thank you for making my job easier."

Next Chapter: Chapter 9