Sidekick vs door

Abram led them through three rooms to a fourth, where he slid aside a false wall to reveal a door of black metal.

  “To open it requires a code and a crystal,” Abram said. “I no longer have either.”

  “Sidekick?” Hunter prompted.

  “I can’t plug in and attack the system directly or Roxie will own me,” the little robot said. “I have an energy knife.”

  “How long?” Hunter asked.

  “A minute or two,” Sidekick replied.

  “Do it,” Hunter said. “Blake, go keep watch. Let us know when Roxie is in sight.”

  After shooting Cole a worried glance, Blake ran from the room. A long, slender arm with several joints extended from Sidekick. At the end of the arm, a blinding white laser cut into the door, shedding bright showers of sparks.

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  “Got it,” Sidekick said, trundling aside as the door tipped outward and fell flat against the floor.

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