my first robot attack! 7841 words, but i started early!

“Venn, stop,” came Bede’s signal. Venn stopped. Bede stepped out of the portal, his arms like two dead pendulums. The lights in his eyes were undetectable. He was followed by two peacemen bearing zapsticks. Bede’s signal came again.

In a flash, Venn flew the few meters to Bede’s position. The surprised peacemen stepped back and then tried to hold their ground, expecting an assault from the fearsome and stately form of the Chief Librarian. Instead, the decrepit and damaged Bede slung around, his arms striking out and crushing the two zapsticks. In the same motion, he gripped the peacemen by their uniforms, lifted the men off the ground, and tossed them back into the portal. Venn quickly followed them in. Bede remained motionless in his battle stance.

“Gentlemen, you are in mutiny against the City of Medna. Your identities will be recorded for future reference,” said Venn in an authoritative voice. “Restrain yourselves, and the severity of this incident will be reduced.”