Waking up the android female looked around her. She was afraid and naked. Where am I? Wait, who am I? A hydraulic door opened and closed behind the entering figure. She leapt forward as to free herself from some restraint but realized there were none as she fell slowly to the ground. The figure tilted his head and gave a cheerful smile.
"Looks like you're up Maia," Dr. Leonard said. Maia had a puzzled look on her face. There was a panel next to her. She saw her reflection; young, vibrant, machine.
"Maia?" she questioned. "Am I Maia? I don't remember anything, where am I? Am I home?" Her innocent eyes touched the young scientist. Now was his chance to make the first impression into her mind. He held out a hand to lift her up.
"Maia, you are very special. You are the better of two worlds, machine and human. I am Dr. Leonard, your creator." She looked awestruck then afraid. Leonard felt a strong embrace from the hybrid.
"Can I call you father?" she said crying. Maia still needed to mature emotionally. Leonard had prepared himself for the task. Looking into Maia's deep orange eyes he gave an acknowledging nod. She cried because she no longer felt afraid.
After getting Maia some clothes from the Manhattan mall he brought her home to the laboratory. However something happened on the way back…
"Help! That Mec just ran off with my data-band!" A woman in the street cried. She was shacking with fear not because she was attacked but because she knew that there was no one to help her. Leonard held on to Maia's hand and tried to pull her away from the scene. She refused his grip. Jumping onto the side of a skyscraper she felt some part of her cling to the wall. Like a spider she used these wire extensions of her body to scale the building. She could see Leonard and the woman on one side, the robber on the other. Her vision picked up his heat signal and she started to run. Taking a dive of a building into the street below would kill a normal human, but Maia was not normal.
"Let me through, I'm in pursuit!" People let her through not in awe but in fear. Who was this strange woman? If she can do that I wonder what she could do to one of us. People started to go back into their stores that lined the streets. With her legs pushing her along she had time to track the ally the lone mec went in. She stopped hearing something. Please, my master only wants me to steal so he doesn't have to. Why am I expendable? If only those humans knew what we know. Maia saw him with his wingtips around him. He was cowering in a corner! This thief obviously didn't know his trade all that well. Why did she hear his thoughts?
"We all know what each other think. It's so we can be sent orders easier." It said.
"Why did your master make you do this?" Maia asked.
"Because," he said, "All humans are spineless!" Then he threw a bomb on the ground and smoke filled the air. By the time it cleared he was gone. The only thing that remained was a note.
RB3 THE NEXT LEVEL IN EVOLUTION