Almost Human –
Season One, Episode Three Prologue
"Oscar, what the hell were you thinking?" The voice striding into Oscar's office was both outraged and authoritative – a tone most people wouldn't dream of taking with the Director of the OSI. Then again, this was not someone who'd ever considered himself in a class with 'most people'.
"Oliver! Back from Europe already?" In Oscar's opinion, two years was not nearly a long enough time apart from Oliver Spencer. He had handed the reins of the OSI over to Oscar only with the greatest reluctance. (After all, no one could do the job justice like Oliver Spencer, at least in his own mind.)
"When I heard what you've done, I had no choice but to come back and fix it!" Spencer growled.
Oscar grinned, but only to himself. "Why don't you tell me exactly what it is I've done to offend you – so I can be sure to do it again?" He was only half-kidding.
"Not funny, Goldman. I thought I'd made it clear that Austin was to be kept tuned down and activated only for missions; instead, you've gone and created another one! A woman, no less!"
"They are not machines," Oscar seethed. "You can't keep human beings in suspended animation, to use when you choose!"
"The hell, I can't!"
"It's unethical," Oscar pointed out.
"We had a very succinct agreement when I left, Goldman – and you haven't followed through! If you're unwilling to tune them down the way they're supposed to be....well, then you'll have to deactivate them immediately! Both of them!"
Oscar remained outwardly defiant and in control, but inside, he was deeply worried. While Spencer no longer had the authority to accomplish it, he just might have the necessary pull....
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