Mechanical Revenge: A Lost Cause chapter 1
He felt mindless, shrouded in fog as he stood silently, unaware of his surroundings. They usually did this to him, to control and brainwash him. What was his name? Where did he live? This didn't concern him, nor could he even remember. All he knew was the name they gave him: RAU-9. He knew he lived in a private cell, in a building fenced off from the rest of the world. As he felt the agonizing pain in his head, he tried to retain what he believed he knew. Out of nowhere, the pain stopped, as it had numerous times before. And as always, he remembered even less than before. Two voices echoed into the air as the fog began to disperse.
"What is your name?"
He stood there, paralyzed as the fog finally dispersed enough to let him see the room. He stood in the middle of a circular room made of plain grey stainless steel, approximately 20 feet high, with circular, tinted windows around the middle. The floor was made of grated iron, much like a sewer grate.
"From what I can remember… I am RAU-9…"
"Very good. When were you assigned here?"
"I… don't remember…"
"Well then, what is your main prerogative?"
RAU stood there mindlessly, he heard the whirring in his head, he thought long and hard about the question at hand. Eventually the answer struck him like lightning.
"My objective is to destroy those I am told to."
The side of him that maintained its humanity was disgusted at the words, yet at the same time, was glad he said them. RAU was met with more praise.
"Again, very good. Just a few more questions. First off, does the name Rebecca ring any bells?"
RAU thought even harder, but couldn't think of where he heard any name like that. He knew the name had some significance, but he couldn't remember what it was. Was it a friend? Was it a coworker of some old job? His memories brought back nothing but static and headache. This seemed to take half an hour for him, yet he knew it only took 3 seconds for the outside world.
"No, I don't recall anyone by that name."
"Good, final question, who is your family?"
The answer to this question was glued to his brain. They drilled it in relentlessly throughout the many times they rewired him, and that answer wasn't going away anytime soon.
"I have no family except those assigned to my squad."
RAU heard the voice talking to someone, they left the mic on by accident, the conversation droned on.
"I think we finally broke through."
"Whats to say he wont malfunction this time too?"
"Trust me, its working just fine, plus we can do this as many times as it takes."
"Fine… just bring him to his cell, we can begin his training later."
The first voice turned back to the mic, and spoke directly to RAU in a stern fashion.
"RAU-9, exit this room and head left, enter the room thats the fifth on your left."
The mic was shut off as RAU made his way slowly down the hall. He stared at the egg-white shade walls that seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance. Every 5 meters, white, metallic, automatic doors could be found on either side of the narrow hallways, on the left side were giant, jet black odd numbers spray painted on the center of these doors, on the right were the even numbers, which were also spray painted on. There were large lights located along the roof, spread out evenly between each doorway. Soon RAU arrived at a large door with the number 9 on it. It opened at his motion, and he stepped inside, the door shut behind him rapidly. In the room was an egg-white bed, couch, and a small kitchen, obviously made to represent a normal house, there was also one window above the bed which faced a large field. RAU sighed softly, but the sound reverberated across his small room. He laid on his bed, and shut off for a while, only to be woken by the sound of a loud siren blaring in his ear.
