Steam rose from a circular tube that rested within a rusted mechanical device with buttons and a few monitors attached. The frost on the tube slowly started to vanish, and soon a female figure could be seen within the tube against a soft material. She was wearing black panties and a black tank-top, her orange hair was just below her shoulders and her face was soft and heart-shaped. She began to stir, and her eyes slowly opened, revealing her soft, green eyes. The door to the glass tube hissed, and popped open, the tube rising up to let the girl out. Stumbling out of the tube, the girl looked around her, seeing nothing but rusted, ripped industrial steel, cracked or static monitors, and several more glass tubes similar to the one she just stumbled out of, yet the others where cracked or broken.
Walking forward, the girl moved to the only computer station with a normal screen and sat in the steel chair, her body still stiff from being frozen. Looking at the screen, she began to read the document on the screen. "Project DORTHY: Unfrozen and Active. Beginning scenario: TORNADO in 10 minutes. Activate drone TOTO." Unsure of what she just read, the girl had a creeping feeling, and she turned in her chair and looked around the room, finding the door. Walking over to the door, the girl slightly jumped when it slowly slid open, the squealing sound of metal scraping against metal, before she even touched the door. Moving on, the girl soon found herself lost in the dilapidated steel hallways, darkness consuming every direction, no clue where she was or how she got here.
A sharp bark echoed throughout the hallways, causing the girl to jump where she stood, and the girl soon had a guess of the direction in which the bark came from. She started toward the direction of where she thought the bark came from, and another, louder bark confirmed that the way she was going was the correct way, and she began to move faster. She passed several doors that seemed to of been ripped apart with something sharp, for there where several puncture holes as well as a few splatters of a crimson color. Within a minute, the girl came to a large room filled with more computer monitors, rusted and broken tables, and equipment ranging from weapons to clothes, some in tubes while others where thrown about. A screen flashed, the image scrambled to the point that the only thing visible was a shape of a person. "Morning DORTHY, I hope you slept well." The figure said.
"Where am I?" The girl asked, looking at the figure.
"You're on the satellite Kansas in orbit around of a planet in the Outer Zone." The figure answered with a happy tone.
"Kansas… in the Outer Zone…" The girl repeated, rubbing her head.
"Yes DORTHY… You're in Kansas right now… but you need to get to your house before the storm hits…" The figure said.
"My name isn't Dorthy… its… its… its… Angel…" Angel said, rubbing her head more, feeling a headache starting.
"NO! You're my DORTHY! I MADE YOU! YOU ARE MY DORTHY!!" The figure shouted, the satellite beginning to shake, and the image vanished. Red lights began to flash on and off and a robotic voice began to echo throughout the ship.
"Electrical storm in coming! Danger! The Satellite Kansas is on a direct course to intersect with the Electrical storm. It is advised that all crew members evacuate within the next 5 minutes."
Angel looked around her, unsure of what to do at the moment. A metallic clanking could be heard, clank clank clank clank. Turning around, Angel looked to see a small, mechanical creature walk into the room. It was a small robot that had the frame of a dog, with silver coloring and red, glowing eyes. The machine walked forward, its head low and the jointed tail pointing down, moving very little. A robotic growl seemed to rise from the robot's throat as it approached Angel. Looking closer, Angel was able to see crimson stains on the body of the robot, on its jaws, claws and tail. Angel backed away as the mechanical canine moved closer, the growl getting more intense, the tail lifting up and pointing at the girl. While she was backing up, her hand brushed against a few buttons on the keyboard, bringing up an image on the monitor.
"All robots on the satellite have contracted a virus… we don't know how or when, but yesterday the attack started. We had just received the Project capsule as we agreed, but the drones started to malfunction. At first, it was a simple voice recognition problem, but soon it led to violent outbursts, and the first life was taken. We decided to shut down the drones, and most did shut down… but the drone TOTO would not follow orders, and began to lash out. Within an hour, 20 of the 40 members on the satellite where killed, many of them while they where sleeping in the cryotubes. We where able to save the woman and children, sending them down to the planet below in the house capsules. Me, Jack, Kyle, Doug, and Kevin decided to try and take down TOTO, and we have decided to take our last stand here. I just wish I could of saved my child… if we fail… I'm sorry Angel… I'm sorry…"
With that, the screen went blank, and the red flashing lights turned off, the only light was the red eyes on the machine. Angel could only watch as the two red orbs came closer to her, her back now against the wall. Her heart was beating hard in her chest, her breathing was short and strained. "Please… please… stop… TOTO?" She questioned. The red eyes stopped, but then continued toward her, the metallic jaws could now be seen in the faint red light. "TOTO… Sit." Angel said, and she felt a bit of relief as the red eyes turned to a soft blue color, and the eyes seemed to rise up and the sound of metal hitting metal hard resounded, followed by the sound of metal scraping quickly. Soft, white lights came on, and Angel started at the robotic dog, it's tail wagging and a metal tongue hanging out of its mouth.
Relieved, Angel slid to the ground, tears falling from her eyes as she struggled to regain herself. The machine walked over and licked the girl's cheek and looked at her with a stupid expression. Angel let out a soft laugh and petting the head of the machine and her head dropped low as she whipped the tears from her face. The lights flashed again, showing that another minute had passed, and TOTO whined, nudging the girl's arm. "Alright… I need some clothes… and I might need a weapon…" She said, once more petting the machine. She stood up, shakily at first, but she soon was walking find, slipping into a pair of black pants, to large for her but it was the only thing there that was in one piece. Picking up a pistol, Angel looked into it, seeing 10 bullets, and after a brief search, she found 10 more in a case. Pocketing the bullets and gun, Angel looked at TOTO and said, "Can you lead me to the House capsules?"
The doggy drone nodded, and started out of the room, stopping only once to make sure that Angel was following. After making sure she was, he once more moved, the sounds of his paws hitting the floor was deafening in the silence of the station. Soon, TOTO stopped and motioned toward a doorway to a large hanger in which there where several circular doors that led to the House capsules. Angel and TOTO moved along the now empty capsule doors, trying to find one that still remained. Eventually, the two found one of the House Capsules that had yet been launched, but the door was damaged. "50 seconds to impact with the Electrical storm. 49 48 47 46 45…"
"TOTO! Open these doors!" Angel said, her heartbeat once more filling her eardrums. The mechanical canine moved to the doors and its tail slid into a small hole. A few beeps where heard, and the doors started to open, but sparks rose from the top and bottom of the doors, and it stopped opening. "TOTO!" Angel said, the countdown now down to 29 seconds. The tail slid out, and the robot hopped up and with its jaw and claws, peeled away one of the doors, just enough for Angel to slide into and the dog followed. Getting in, TOTO ran to the front of the House Capsule and his tail once more slid into another small hole. The House Capsules door closed and it started its warm up sequence while the count down continued. 15 seconds, the first engine ready. 13 seconds, the second engine ready. 11 seconds, the third engine and last engine ready.
10 seconds, and the location for the landing was getting set. 8 seconds and the locks for the House Capsule started to disconnect. 4 seconds, the House Capsule starts to slide out. 3 seconds and the Capsule is halfway out. 2 seconds and the rockets start to fire. 1 second, and the capsule bursts from the satellite. 0 seconds, and the satellite was swallowed by the storm. A bolt of lighting struck the House Capsule, and it started to spin, forcing Angel and TOTO onto the ground, pressed against the wall as they could only wait for the ride to be over. Every other second, when she chose to open her eyes, she would be able to see the planet slowly grow bigger, the green and gray planet getting closer.