Senjen might have noticed droids clambering along the second truck towards the cabin as he closed the hatch.

The fire extinguisher did the trick, putting out the worst of the fires on the screaming man. One of his comrades rushed in afterwards and sprayed him with biofoam. This served as a painkiller and protective covering. Another woman grabbed him and pulled him against the wall, lashing him hastily to a handhold.

The cash truck hit the garage door just as the laser cutters were nearly finished. Light closed his dim eyes and braced his suit for impact. There was a horrendous sound of metal on metal mingled with plasma fire, and everything jolted forward sharply then backwards. 

The boss swore next to him, then Light opened his senses back up and saw through a cracked windscreen there was a droid clinging to the bonnet of the truck. Behind it, he saw they were scraping furiously against the deckplate, back down the pedestrian way they’d used to enter the club in the first place. He swerved to the left to avoid a row of sturdy-looking bollards, then right to avoid the row of buildings lining the street.

“Jesus fuck, they’re everywhere!” The bodyguard exclaimed.

“Punch it, go!” The boss shouted. 

Light gunned the thrusters again and they whirred forward. The droid on their bumper whooshed passed the bodyguard-side door and loud scraping could be heard as it kept in touch with the side of the truck. There was a clank on the back as it grabbed a handhold, then a more delicate touch as it placed an explosive charge on the rear hatch.

“Lift off! What are you doing!?”

“I can’t! Its stuck in some kind of deck-hugging mode!” Light complained, before shrieking as another droid tried to punch through the armoured glass on his door side. It looked through at him, then retrieved an explosive charge of its own.

“Let me see!” The boss leaned over, feeling below the manual pilot’s column for a button or switch. His daughter was screaming in his other arm.

The rear end of the truck exploded as the first charge went off, jolting them all violently forward. The droid began promptly tearing the door off its hinges.

“Senjen, whats going on back there?!” Light warbled.