the runners reached maximum speed in a matter of seconds , their powerful legs were almost a blur as they headed for their chosen targets , their sensors emitted a beeping sound as they neared their objective and they didnt flinch even as blasts of energy struck the ground around them and killed several of their kind , dodging and whirling through the maelstrom of steel and ruins they continued onward , as they grew closer to their enemy more of them died but there were enough left to find their mark .