A lab, broken from age and
experience, lay crumbling in the barren Antarctic climate. Inside
this lab lay broken glass, crumbled plaster scattered over the cold,
unused floor and despite the absence of humanity wherever one should
look, something walks...
"Damn, it's cold...!" said a young
voice, robot-like but filled with emotions "...gotta hurry up
before my thrusters freeze over..."
The voice stepped into the
light, and if someone was watching they would've gasped in awe at
the four foot seven robot, with a jet-black base coat and snow-white
armour. To an experienced eye this robot looked like a boy, a
Robot-Boy. The Robot-Boy appeared to be searching for something, an
item perhaps?
"Ah-ha, there you are...!" it shouted in triumph
as it pulled two petrol canisters from beneath a work bench, he shook
them both and was visibly delighted to hear a medium amount of the
liquid sloshing around inside. It attached the canisters to clips on
its back and pulled out a piece of crumpled paper...
"Let me
see, Lab Seven is where I am..." it muttered, referencing to a
poorly drawn map that it held in its hand "...and I need to get to
Lab Twenty-Three, wherever that is..."
It let out an exasperated
sigh, folding the paper roughly into its hand and with a heave of its
thrusters contained within its legs, the Robot-Boy burst through the
ceiling and into the cold arctic air. However as it headed to its
supposed destination one of its engines faltered, sending the
Robot-Boy out of control...
"Aah, FLARES!" it shouted as a
burst of light fired from its arm and into the darkened sky, where it
exploded with a loud boom and illuminated the area in a dazzling red
light. The Robot-Boy was less graceful, landing shoulder first into
the snow and rolled across the cold. The Robot slowly heaved itself
upright, staggering from the impact...
"Damn, just when things
were all well and good, this happens!" it cursed, checking the cans
in case of spillage. Nothing but a few dents, but something else had
caught its immediate attention. A long, dotted line of black oil had
followed him from the impact site to where he had stopped rolling.
The oil had come from its shoulder, which was covered in the thick,
black liquid...
"Bad to worse..." it muttered, gripping its
damaged ligament and struggled into a hurried walk. The Robot-Boy had
learnt that the oil kept its survival systems online, so losing it
was like an un-tightening a screw, dangerous...
"Gotta...keep
moving..." it shuddered as it saw the warning on its
processor...
WARNING, SHUTDOWN IMINENT!
As if in some
sort of miracle, it saw people, so it shouted for help, and they came
running to its aid.
As it was bundled into a nearby lab, where it
was laid onto a workbench, it saw with its fading eyesight...
LAB 23
...and as it was carefully shut down, it smiled...
...
...
"Professor,
I'm sorry to drag you from your work..."
"It is my pleasure,
what seems to be the problem?"
"This robot, we found it near
peninsula 12-B..."
"This is odd..."
"I'm
sorry?"
"...This robot is of identical design to one that I am
building, so who could have the knowledge to create this one?"
"Maybe
we should ask it when it wakes, perhaps it could give us some
answers?"
"An idea at least on who could create such a
thing..."
"Activating support systems!"
"Activating
core databanks!"
"Powering up in three, two, and one...!"
The Robot-Boy sat up with a jolt,
its eyes ferociously analyzing anything in the room as if coming from
a digital nightmare...
"It's ok; it's ok..." calmed a
large man in a smooth voice "We're not going to hurt you..."
The
robot looked at the three assembled faces; the large, middle-aged man
that had calmed him had a bushy moustache that covered his entire top
lip, the assumed Professor was presumably in his sixties, had tufts
of white hair covering his head and a caring face, the other face was
unknown because of a hood and balaclava that covered the face, but
two shining blue eyes were visible through the snow- protective
clothes...
"Wha...Where am I?" it said, rubbing its arm.
It
stopped, looked at its fixed arm and glanced back at the three,
getting down from off the table and holding its hand up to
them...
"Thanks..." it mumbled as the spindly Professor shook
it warmly, before straightening up to gaze down on the Robot-Boy. The
large man gave a small chuckle...
"No need, uhh, what is your
name?" he asked, his breath swirling in the Antarctic air. The
Robot searched its data files for a suitable name, but found
nothing...
"I...don't have one..." it murmured, stubbing the
floor with its foot. The people looked at each other and huddled into
a group...
"We can't just call it Robot..."
"I have an
idea; it revolves around a religion..."
"We're not calling
it a God-Bot!"
"No, listen..."
The Robot-Boy sat back on
the bench, gazing round the room with mild fascination...
Wow...
it thought as it twiddled its thumbs ...these people must like me,
they're giving me a name!
After some whispering the three
turned back to him, the Professor stepped forwards...
"After
some consideration, we have decided to call you..." he paused,
enjoying the look on the awaiting robot's face "...Yang, after
the Spirit of the Day."
Yang gave a smile, nodding at the sound
of his name...
"Yang... I like it!" he cheered, flipping
through the air in happiness and hitting his head on a light...
"Be
careful Yang...!" laughed the large man, moving forwards to stop
the light from breaking off from the ceiling...
"Sorry..."
smirked Yang, clearly enjoying every minute of his new name...
"I'm
John by the way..." said the man, before indicating the blue eyed
human with his thumb...
"That's Trisha, she's mute." Yang
waved at her, and she waved back without a word...
"...and I..."
started the Professor "...am Professor Moshimo..."
13: Great start Neo!
23: I
agree; it's a tale worth telling...
Genocide: Neophiles
the Metal doesn't own the Robot-Boy series or characters, he's
got me!
13: Why, what can you do?
*Genocide trips*
