Hunter was confused; she stood on the riverbank with its metallic ears twitching in a frantic circle. The robot dog's internal processors were whirring so loud they sounded like a tea kettle. How had it missed them? Its sensors were designed to pick up a heartbeats and heat senses from miles away_ both visible and invisible, but these things had been ghosts until they started splitting people in half.
"Hunter! Snap out of it and get to barbecuing!" Poncho yelled, a slashing tongue as a mutated fish leaped at his head.
Hunter quickly analyzed the ongoing situation. It realized this wasn't the time for a system diagnostic. The robot dog sprinted toward the ledge and dived into the toxic water. While underwater, a hatch on its side slid open. Instead of a laser or a claw, it released a high-pressure stream of thick, flammable oil. A second later, a spark ignited.
FOOM!
