As Nanami's adrenaline level rose, she began to think less with her mind and more with her instinct. Millions of years of human evolution had created this fight or flight reaction, but what had not been counted on was the addition of genetic code from two of the most aggressive and violent species ever to evolve. This was enough to transform her from a frightened human girl to a dangerous predator, backed into a corner, and she reacted like one.
Nanami hissed in aggravation as she turned away from the crowd. While she knew her best best was to use the crowd for cover, she also knew that attracting attention would be a poor option. It would force her to expose her cover and she'd go from being hunted by one rampaging robot to an entire team of human soldiers. One false move could magnify the threat one hundred fold, from a threat not only to her person, but a threat to Ranma, a threat to Kodachi, and a threat to their unborn child. It could become a threat to her entire species.
That could not be permitted.
Part of her mind also screamed that she did not want to be morally responsible for so many innocent deaths. Her instincts agreed with this statement as well, for while her own kind came first, she still was part human. She still was able to successfully breed with them, she was able to genetically convert them, and their presence provided her with safety in numbers. Their lives had value, not only intrinsically as dictated by morality, but functionally the continued survival of the human species was useful to her and her breed.
Fortunately she had a good guess of how to get away from the metal abomination. Most of these buildings were low and there was plenty of debris. She needed to stop thinking like a human being, and start thinking like a fucking bug.
Looking left and right she saw a short overhang on the third floor of a cinder block building and knelt down, jumping a good 15 feet into the air, rebounding off the opposing wall, and catching the ledge with one hand and pulling herself up as if her 50 kilograms of body weight was completely non-existent.
Glancing back, she smiled as the monstrous machine seemed to be searching for her and had not yet realized she'd jumped onto the roof. Not being one to look a gift horse in the mouth, she shrunk out of view and jumped across to the next roof.
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