Reborn in steel

The origin of destruction

The sounds, the whispers, are all coming back. But this time they’re not crying in fear nor are there guns and bombs, it’s almost like a faint chanting. But it goes cold silent once I hear footsteps. I try to move, but my hands and even legs are locked on electric chain, it’s no use in trying. “I never thought I see the day when you would be up and active, my wonderful creation.” Giovanni says with his grin of evil. “And I never thought I get to meet you, especially while looking like this.” “Ahh, so I’m assuming you do know what happened?” he tells me. “Well, no, that’s why I’ve been looking for you all this time. Tell me what you know, I want answers and I want them now.” “Oh so demanding, you haven’t lost your human nature, seems your own purpose has surpassed its limits, gosh I’m a genius.” The more he talks, the more I want to squeeze his head open. “Just talk.” I say. “Alright alright. Well if you already couldn’t tell the general had a part in your creation, he was observing you from the battlefield and saw how good of a solider you were he wanted you to be the prime control of the very machine you’re in.” “What are you even saying? Is my human body inside of this?” “If that was the case, you would have a very bad smell right now. I transferred your soul to an artificial brain I’ve made all on my own.” all of your memories, personality everything the human’s brain contains is all in that head of yours. Impressive, is it not?” Even the giobots were created that well with older models.” I sit there in silence, knowing my humanity was taken from me. I was nothing but a pawn on the board. “Why choose me? Or even do any of this? I was a solider fighting for this country, not just some lab rat for your school projects!” He chuckles at me. “While yes, you were the top pick. You weren’t the only one to meet the same fate, all of your friends that we could find at least. Their souls were transferred into the prototypes. I needed to test to see what worked and what didn’t.”

“So we were all targets of a science experiment, just wanted to wait for us to drop, huh?” “Precisely, you helped me with a great scientific breakthrough.” “Woo-hoo, do I get a reward? Oh wait, I got the shitty end of the stick.” “Why yes indeed. But don’t worry, soon you finally serve your purpose.” “Oh yea, what was that?” “You were meant to obliterate entire armies and could destroy anything in your path, you were going to be America secret weapon that every other country would fear! You were perfect and still are, having not been used 50 years later. All because of that idiot Humphrey.” “Why would he start something, then not finish it?” “Exactly what I was thinking. But I guess the government had gotten cold feet and truly saw your power. All he cared about was his reputation and never appreciated the work I’ve done. That’s all my life has ever been, just being brushed away and out shined by other people, but soon I brush away the world and paint my face over it. You’ll be loaded up to the mothership soon, then phase 1 to world domination will be in motion.” he walks out the room. I sit there now thinking back I should have died a lot earlier back in the war, at least I wouldn’t have become this.

***

Andre

A couple hours went by we put on the gear it was starting to get dark out we head to the fence all you can hear is machinery and construction with the air getting colder. My gut feels like it’s turning sideways. “Okay Maurice. All we have to do is go in there get Ted and get out.” “Sounds easy enough. But how are we going to get over this fence? We can’t get through that barbwire without getting cut.”

“Hmm, I think I know a way.” We get back in the car and slam through the fence. “Well, I guess that’s one way.” Maurice says. “Alright, let’s do this.” We head our way to the main entrance, we see all kinds of robots that looked like they were building something they sorta of looked like ted but looked more flimsy and small. We come up to the doors, they’re sealed tight, you probably the only way to get in is with a key card. “Great now what are we gonna do?” Maurice says. “Wait, theirs someone coming!” we take cover as one of the robots head through the doors. “Come on now our chance!” we rush through and take cover before the robot could see us. We move away from and see this huge walk way with fields of robots, there’s got to be thousands of these things. Giovanni sure doesn’t play around with supply. “Gosh, as big as this place is, It’s gonna be quite hard to find ted in here.” We finally reach the end of the hall, there was only one door left. “Maybe he’s in this one.” “He’s got to be if it’s marked 001. Wonder if those other doors were some other experiments.” “Maybe, but that’s not important right now, we got to open this door somehow.” “Hey Andre, you ever blow something up before?”