As the knife comes down he wakes up to a man standing over him with a gun pointed directly at his head. The intruder seemed to have part of his head gouged and replaced with part of a robot head. His left eye was replaced by a red laser-like prosthetic. This felt much more realistic to Midas but still a bit confusing. He recalls the sudden robot surge and advancement in technology, but why was he being attacked? He recalls being stalked in the past and asks himself whether or not these are the same people. but how did they find him? With his heart still beating with adrenaline from the dream he just awoke from, Midas doesn't flinch. Instead, Midas clenched his fist and his feet a few times while keeping his eyes on the intruder to confirm he was no longer dreaming. This seemed to startle the intruder, who seemed to not have been prepared for the situation currently unfolding. Although it seemed his original intention was to put Midas in a hostage situation, Midas felt him jolt and they both felt the energy shift  into a hostile fight or flight energy. His shoulders tighten as if he was preparing for the recoil the rifle would cause once it went off. Midas then pushes his left hand up on the gun at the ceiling causing the gun to go off on the ceiling of Midas’ room. He tries to snatch the gun but he pulls away and the gun falls on the floor. 


“Alive Dammit!” another voice exclaimed from downstairs.


Great, there was another person in the building Midas thought to himself. It took a few long seconds  for Midas to fully wake and embrace the fact his house was on fire. He knew by the barking that Apollo was dealing with the other intruder. His next and only thought was to eliminate the threat in front of him so he can protect his friend. Midas locks in on the man in front of him as a look of panic washes over the man's face and he locks in on the gun in between them. They both hurry to their feet and as the man dives fourth, Midas tackles him and they go through the bedroom door and land on the floor where Midas begins trying to land a knockout punch the man is blocking for dear life and keeps trying to shake Midas off. After a few attempts he succeeds and tries to jump over Midas to grab his gun. 


Midas grabs his legs, pulls him down for a rear naked choke when he hears a shot go off downstairs. All of the sudden something clicks in his brain. Midas had finally found peace in himself and in life, he believed he could protect peace with peace but he already knew in certain times he had to be prepared to fight for it when necessary, and he was if he felt he truly had to. Even then, it wasn’t something he would deem his first course of action but he knew in this time it was completely necessary. But he certainly did not want to kill anyone. He recalled when he first met Apollo and how they've been together for the past few years and the situations they've gone through together, and now their lives were in danger. Midas knew this time around he would have to cross that line for the people and things he loves. He had a choice to make: us or them.


“Fuck!” Midas screamed as he slammed the man’s head on the floor. 


He jumps over the squirming intruder for a curb stomp that puts him out for a few seconds.  By now he was expressionless. Simply a soldier for his own peace. He walked into the room, picked up the energy rifle and came back to see the intruder still trying to make out where he was and what his next course of action should be. He looked at Midas but before he could react, Midas shot him in the head and continued down the stairs.  Where the 2nd intruder was still struggling to get Apollo whose leg was now slightly bleeding. Midas comes down the stairs and tries to shoot him with the rifle but it doesn't work. Midas entered where his only thought was protecting himself and Apollo. All sides of the house were now on fire but that seemed to be the least of his concerns. He threw the gun at the intruder's head and continued walking towards him. The intruder reluctantly takes his attention off  Apollo and the pain that was in his left hand and to aim at Midas. Before he can focus the shot. Midas grabs the top of the gun and points it down and lands an overhand right causing the intruder to stumble back and drop his weapon. Midas throws it at the window leading to the backyard.


“Apollo go outside and wait for me”


After some consideration, Apollo follows Midas’s orders and jumps out the window leaving Midas to handle the last intruder without any distractions. They square up and close in. After a few exchanges the intruder reaches for the gun but is grabbed by Midas as they fall back on the kitchen floor. They manage to get up to their feet when Midas picks him up and puts him through the back door. Midas ends up on top and wrestles the gun away from the intruder and uses it to bash his head in. He lets out a scream before he takes in the full weight of the situation. All of Midas’ belongings are now engulfed in flames, and considering none of the security systems or robots responded, there’s a potential security threat taking place. He takes the intruder's pants, shoes and shirt before him and Apollo head toward the Kingdom to get a better understanding of what is going on.