Prologue
17 year old, Chief Physician Daedalus Yumeno was sitting quietly at
his lab's computer console when an emergency message box began to
flash at the bottom right corner of the screen. He clicked it to
reveal a series of text which read, "Dr
Yumeno;
we're
beginning to see abnormal readings in the subject. Please come
down here quickly and see for yourself."
Moments later, the doors to the underground facility slid open and
Daedalus walked over the threshold. The area was dark and crowded
with computer consoles, monitors, and frantic scientists who were
nervously monitoring the screens and pushing buttons. On the opposite
side of the door was a window which allowed observation into a
circular, white room where the specimen laid in the insets of a
spherical like table.
Daedalus turned his head to the right
towards one his personal white Auto-Reivs (Androids which vary in
different functions and classes from assisting humans in their daily
work to policing the city streets) "What's the situation?"
"Vital signs are rising at an exponential rate, heart rate is
slowly normalizing, neurological patterns seem to be increasing…"
The auto-reiv continually droned on about the subject's status in a
female mechanical voice while the young doctor's head began
spinning with his private thoughts.
Why
now? When we've come so far. When we've done so much…
He then looked forward towards the middle-aged anesthesiologist who
repeatedly looked up through the window then back down on the
computer's holographic screen. "Bristow, have you administered
the tranquilizers yet?"
"We have but they seem to be having
absolutely no effect on it. We've tried every antiseptics but it's
no use!"
It's
immune to antiseptics now?! Then that means it's going to-
His fear suddenly became true when Daedalus saw the specimen lift
its ugly black head up and snapped the metal restraints that were
binding down its wrists and ankles. The thing suddenly curled up its
body in a cat-like fashion and unleashed a terrible high pitched
scream which caused the observation window to crack in a spider-web
formation.
"Awakening confirmed. Recover all backup data and
prepare for evacuation.." The auto-reiv's voice said in an
authoritative tone as the science team wasted no time in exiting the
facility. But Yumeno was paralyzed in fear while staring straight
into the eye of the subject as the emergency blast shutters slowly
closed. "Dr. Yumeno, we must leave immediately!"
So,
the Proxy has finally awakened… Daedalus
thought.
"Daedalus Yumeno, citizen 034453459. The council
has received a report at 4:36.03AM of a certain incident from one of
your entourage. As citizen of the city of Romdeau, you have the
responsibility to confirm whether or not this is indeed true."
Council-reiv, Derrida inquisitively questioned the doctor who was
being projected on a 50 foot holographic screen in the center of the
low lit throne room.
Yumeno let out a small sigh before making
his statement, "My apologies to the council, but the incident was
reported correctly as it is."
"So you do not deny what has
happened?" asked Council-Reiv Lacan.
"Yes… I saw it
myself." Daedalus responded quietly.
A small moment of silence
entered the room before Derida spoke again "Very well, we will
allow Raul Creed to handle it. That is all for now."
"But
wait!" The projection was then turned off before the doctor was
able to say anything significant. Miles away in the dark
alley of the immigration district, the escaped Proxy stood over a
corpse who's head was decapitated by her. Those
arrogant fools,
she thought. They'll
suffer for what they've done to us!
