Episode 4 · Mia Hale, Kilo, Nora
Mia pushes an energy core into Kilo to revive him, but Kilo doubts her identity. Nora rushes in and warns that the drone core acts as a Helix tracker. Kilo notes an eleven-year time jump and rejects adult Mia as his seven-year-old charge. A Helix armored vehicle smashes through the gate. The Cyborg Mercenary Leader surrounds the camp and aims at Mia. Mia orders the Guardian Protocol, but Kilo refuses.
Mia inserts the power core into Kilo's chest to wake the ancient machine. Kilo raises his guard because her face and voice do not match his records. Mia secures his leg bearing and explains he slept for eleven years.
Nora runs into the warehouse entrance and orders Mia to remove the fuel cell. She states the downed drone was Helix bait. By turning the robot on, Mia activated an open tracking beacon across the wasteland.
Kilo calibrates his internal clock and detects an eleven-year time gap. He queries his database for his assigned target, Mia Hale. Because his system lists her as a seven-year-old child, he refuses to acknowledge the grown woman before him.
A heavy Helix off-road vehicle crashes through the settlement gate into the clearing. The Cyborg Mercenary Leader steps out with his squad. He aims his weapon directly at Mia while his armed fighters surround the group.
Mia calls out the Guardian Protocol command as the armed squad closes in. Kilo's optical sensors shift to red light. The machine refuses the direct order, stating that authorized subject Mia Hale is absent from the scene.
“Voiceprint mismatch. Facial mismatch. Age mismatch.”
“It didn't crash. It was bait. I spent eleven years making it look dead. You just lit the brightest beacon in the wasteland.”
“Eleven years, and you still woke it for me. Kilo.”
“Kilo, Guardian Protocol!”
“Request denied. Authorized subject Mia Hall is not present.”
The Cyborg Mercenary Leader holds Mia at gunpoint in the open yard. Kilo stands inactive with glowing red eyes, stating the true child is missing and refusing to protect her. Can Mia prove her identity to the robot before the mercenary fires, or will Helix seize Kilo and kill the survivors?