Like the rest of Providence, the kitchens were made of a shiny white material.
It held all the usual appliances: oven, sink, blender, spice cabinets, etc.
However it also held a giant pizza oven, I guess that this was where Mr. Ha-ha
made his pizza.
I was sitting at a white table. Circe handed me the mug of hot chocolate. I took
it without a word. I had stopped crying and now the horrible things I had done
to my Providence friends was finally sinking in.
"Hey Isabella." Said Circe, mixing her own drink with a spoon. "I'm sorry
about before. But Bobo had me working late last night and when I finally left
the kitchen, I saw someone wandering the halls... and… well my imagination got
the best me."
I sipped my hot drink in silence. "Don't worry." I mumbled. "I'm sorry for all
the trouble I caused."
Circe laughed. "You call tonight trouble? Trust me, tonight was just a normal
walk in the park for us."
The kitchen door opened. "How's our little fugitive doing?" asked Rex, walking
to stand besides Circe.
"Rex, I am so sorry for before." I said, no matter how many times I said those
3 words, it never felt like I deserved to be forgiven.
"It's okay" he said. "I already told you, no harm done."
"But what about the plane?" I asked. "How could it just go poof?"
"Holliday suspects a technological fault." Said Rex, although he didn't sound so convinced. "Any way about tonight, I have to admit, you're escape was pretty impressive."
I blinked twice, had I heard right? Was he complimenting my escape?
"It's not easy escaping Providence." He continued. "Trust me, I've tried. But in fifteen minutes flat you made it to air station and you were almost home free."
I didn't say anything, was this meant to be good news? My head was spinning, I was so confused.
"Her technique needs a little help though." Commented Circe. "I spotted her way too easily."
"And her arsenal needs a bit of an update." Said Rex.
"Wait." I said, not sure if I was understanding what they were saying correctly. "Are you going to try and show me how to break out of Providence?"
"Well if you can escape Providence, you can escape anywhere." Said Circe. "But it's completely up to you" she added.
I looked at Rex. "And you can show me how to make more cool machines?"
"Well I can try." Said Rex, smiling.
I jumped to my feet; I could feel excitement growing inside me. I was going to learn how to make cool machines like Rex.
"Can you teach me? Can we start now?" I asked, jumping from foot to foot.
"Whoa Izzy, calm down, before we start anything, there are a few things you have to do." Said Rex.
I stopped moving, here came the catch. "Before we start your training you must have breakfast and take a bath you smell almost as bad as Bobo."
My face fell. A bath! I'd rather fight the robot Weirdoes…
Rex led me to yet another white room. Providence was NOT a very colourful place and it was a bit annoying.
"And this is the training room." Said Rex. The teenager had made it a point to take me for a tour around Providence. "The best way to escape." Explained Six. "Is to know ones surrounding and memorize possible escape routes."
I tried my best to remember some of the halls Rex led me through, but Providence was HUGE, I'd be lucky to find the bathroom, let alone the way out.
Apart from the Rex Tour of Providence, I had been given a large plate of eggs and bacon; I had never had that for breakfast. It was delicious. After that, Dr. Holliday came in with a small brown paper bag.
"Here", She said giving it to me ."A change of clothes along with some washing things. Your clothes look a size too big for you."
"Washing things?" I asked.
"Yep, you smell worse than me." Said Bobo.
"And that's coming from the monkey." Said Dr Holliday.
"Erm, I'm fine really. Thanks for the new clothes, but I don't need a bath that desperately." I insisted. I hated baths, at the orphanage the water bill was always a big problem so it was our choice to wash ourselves or not and I always tried my best to avoid it.
"Hey Doc, got any electronics on you?" asked Rex.
The doctor shook her head.
"Good." And he just walked towards the door that held the fire alarm and touched it. Blue lines appeared and the sprinklers switched on, all of us were soaked in no time."See, that wasn't so hard." Rex said with a triumphant grin on his face.
Water dripped down my face. "Thanks" I said sarcastically, wiping water off that was dripping down my face.
"Was that really necessary, Rex?" asked Dr Holliday.
"I hate the smell of wet fur." Said Bobo.
After that, I dried off and changed into the clothes that were in the bag. Luckily the clothes had been packed into small plastic bags: a white dress with pencil thin sleeves, a purple crop top with sleeves that reached my elbows. I guess that the crop top had to be worn over the dress and strangle patterned purple leggings.
"Those legging are made of the same metallic material as Rex's trousers; it makes creating machines much easier." Explained Dr. Holliday.
I had pulled up my long black hair in a tight pony tail, using the brush and a damp hair band that I had found in the bag.
This was followed by the tour and that led to the Training room.
"This is where Six sends killer robots after me and I have to use my awesome powers to destroy them." Explained Rex.
"Is this where you're going to show me how to build new machines?" I asked. I had been looking forward to this!
"Well, not exactly." Said Rex. "See I can only build things I like, like the Rex Ride and the Slam Cannon- I like cars and breaking things so most of the machines I build are usually car related or capable of breaking things."
"And I don't like cars and breaking things." I said. I had an idea of what Rex was trying to say.
"See, look at those roller skate things you made yesterday." Continued Rex. "I wouldn't dream of making them, they're not my style."
"So I have to find my own style." I said.
"Exactly." Said Rex.
"Okay." I said. "I'll give it a try."
Rex signaled to Six who pressed a button. A door slid open and a tall broad robot rolled towards us. It came to a stop.
"Izzy, don't worry; the robot is set on stationary. It won't attack; actually it's not even programmed to move." Said Rex.
I nodded to show I understood. Let's see, I had to build something that could beat the robot. The machine arms and legs were out of the question, I had to try something new, but what?
I looked at the robot, there where ways how to defeat the robot- I could burn, smash, tear it apart, but none seemed well like something I would do, plus I had no clue how to build them. My previous machines had been based on broken things I had found around the orphanage, for example, I had once found a old broken torch, I took it apart piece by piece, and memorized how to build it, hence I was able to build the torch eventually.
Was there ever anything that possibly could defeat the robot? My head began to hurt I was thinking so hard. Before in the kitchen, Rex had asked the doctor if she had any electronics, water caused harm to electronics. The robot was defiantly electronic, if I was able to wet the robot, it would short circuit. But how was I meant to get it wet?
I thought back to my time at the orphanage, I recall I had once taken apart a de-humidity fire that sucked the water vapor out of the air and condensed it, that could be my water source. If I could gather enough water, I could pump out the water. Like a water gun.
That was it!
With a little visualization and a lot of imagination, I turned my right hand into a giant upgraded dehumidifier, with a sort of pump and a hose like tube.
"Whoa." I heard Rex say behind me.
Whoa was right, the problem was, I had no idea if my new monstrosity would work…
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