07-07-2005, 01:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-07-2005, 06:36 PM by Anti Hacker.)
It had been 5 days since Scope and the rest of his team had returned to Pioneer 2, they had heard no more from the mysterious android. He had either gone down too deep for com-links to communicate with him, or he had met his fate down in the depths of Ragol. There was a definite tension in the atmosphere on Pioneer 2. Mostly, this has been stirred up by the A.A.P (anti android party) a sub-faction of W.O.R.K.S devoted to 'cleansing' Pioneers population of 'corrupt and deficient androids'. At first, many had opposed the movement but somehow Hegle the leader of the party had managed to visualise the androids of Pioneer 2 as non-intelligent and animal like. Scope had always known that Hegle cared little for androids, and he was looking for a reason amongst the people of the ship to become popular so he could overthrow the new principal.
There had been incidents all across the dark metropolis. Androids had been sabotaged as they re-charged, not one was safe. Scope clambered out of bed and stared around at the artificial interior of his quarters. He gazed out of the window. The city seemed ablaze with lights, advertisements. No where here could you find inner peace, part of him wanted to be back down in that forest despite the dangers there.
"OK get up team it'll be role call time in 6 minutes." Finchy appeared from her cabin in full camouflage, but War Hawk was no where to be seen. Odd, thought scope, that android doesnât even need to get dressed and he still manages to be late. Typical. "War Hawk get your butt out here!" shouted Scope. He leered into War Hawks cabin, there was glass all over the floor. "Shit, the windows broken, the A.A.P must have taken him in the night!" Finchy muttered. "No" said Scope "The window bars only come down at 6.00 AM and look the bars aren't damaged. It's only 7.13AM now they can't have gotten far!" and sure enough as they looked out the window they saw three hooded and cloaked members of A.P.P sneaking off into a side alley. "You have gone too far this time Hegle!"
Scope leaped from the balcony Finchy not far behind, they were running through the crowed streets lights and faces blurring by, Scope ran around the entrance to the alley. "What are you doing with those androids soldier?" he barked. There were more than just one android bundled in front of them. "Hegles' orders to -" the soldier began "We do not damn well take orders from Hegle in this company soldier, put down your weapons!"
"I can't" said the soldier in a gruff voice "If you understood what these things really were captain you would -" "You bastard!" scope screamed at the man "You think just because these creations are our own that they don't have a soul to, I tell you truly that they feel emotions, they laugh and cry, look at them shake you scum! They have advanced to the point where they are no different from you or me!!! They have experienced things, they have sensors to feel and now even to taste and you tell me because they work differently inside they have no soul, well they have more soul then you soldier now put that gun DOWN!"
"No sir" the lead soldier aimed his handgun at the head of one of the unknown androids. He began to squeeze the trigger, it happened in a flash. Scope drew two mechguns from inside his coat and savagely cut through the men as Finchy could only look on in horror. "I know who the real monsters are here, it's the damn A.A.P! I will be kicked out of the military for this, and I am glad because it is more corrupt than any android will ever be."
"This way if you are with us sir" droned a small Racaseal. She led the new party through what looked like a shell hole into a building and down into an oddly clean cellar. It was part of the hollow underground network, where they would surely make their final stand.
It does not matter who or what you are, to think defines you as a living being and according to this we must live our lives. We think, therefore we are.
There had been incidents all across the dark metropolis. Androids had been sabotaged as they re-charged, not one was safe. Scope clambered out of bed and stared around at the artificial interior of his quarters. He gazed out of the window. The city seemed ablaze with lights, advertisements. No where here could you find inner peace, part of him wanted to be back down in that forest despite the dangers there.
"OK get up team it'll be role call time in 6 minutes." Finchy appeared from her cabin in full camouflage, but War Hawk was no where to be seen. Odd, thought scope, that android doesnât even need to get dressed and he still manages to be late. Typical. "War Hawk get your butt out here!" shouted Scope. He leered into War Hawks cabin, there was glass all over the floor. "Shit, the windows broken, the A.A.P must have taken him in the night!" Finchy muttered. "No" said Scope "The window bars only come down at 6.00 AM and look the bars aren't damaged. It's only 7.13AM now they can't have gotten far!" and sure enough as they looked out the window they saw three hooded and cloaked members of A.P.P sneaking off into a side alley. "You have gone too far this time Hegle!"
Scope leaped from the balcony Finchy not far behind, they were running through the crowed streets lights and faces blurring by, Scope ran around the entrance to the alley. "What are you doing with those androids soldier?" he barked. There were more than just one android bundled in front of them. "Hegles' orders to -" the soldier began "We do not damn well take orders from Hegle in this company soldier, put down your weapons!"
"I can't" said the soldier in a gruff voice "If you understood what these things really were captain you would -" "You bastard!" scope screamed at the man "You think just because these creations are our own that they don't have a soul to, I tell you truly that they feel emotions, they laugh and cry, look at them shake you scum! They have advanced to the point where they are no different from you or me!!! They have experienced things, they have sensors to feel and now even to taste and you tell me because they work differently inside they have no soul, well they have more soul then you soldier now put that gun DOWN!"
"No sir" the lead soldier aimed his handgun at the head of one of the unknown androids. He began to squeeze the trigger, it happened in a flash. Scope drew two mechguns from inside his coat and savagely cut through the men as Finchy could only look on in horror. "I know who the real monsters are here, it's the damn A.A.P! I will be kicked out of the military for this, and I am glad because it is more corrupt than any android will ever be."
"This way if you are with us sir" droned a small Racaseal. She led the new party through what looked like a shell hole into a building and down into an oddly clean cellar. It was part of the hollow underground network, where they would surely make their final stand.
It does not matter who or what you are, to think defines you as a living being and according to this we must live our lives. We think, therefore we are.
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