((Hello this is GunslingerAngel bringing you Ch. 6 of The Engineer: Installation. Now before I start I just want to warn all of you that from now on after this chapter whenever the word "humanoid disguise" pops up, Clockworks and Tock will be disguised as their ID-entities, or humanoid appearance, which you will find out who and what they are soon enough (that is if you haven't read The Engineer: Prototype). Anyways, I hope that all of you are enjoying this story so far and are looking forward to the next chapter and other Engineer fanfics. P.S. I don't own Doctor Who, the novel The Engineer, the "Mr. Roboto" song, and the slinky scene from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.))
Key: Thinking is /…/ and Speaking is "…"
The Engineer: Installation
Ch. 6: The Modern Man
She's changed a lot…right after the destruction of Gallifrey and the "death" of our friend, the Doctor…When she woke up she stopped crying and wasn't the same…She doesn't even want to be called by her real name anymore because…because she told me that Kara Gozenhozer died with her people…She's just called the Engineer now… -Clockworks
50 YEARS LATER AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF GALLIFREY…
"I still find it amazing that the Chronos has stopped my time. I'm supposed to have wrinkles and gray hairs by now but all the blood work says that I'm still 23!" said the Engineer as she checked herself out and poked around her face in the mirror of the blue tiled bathroom ((bathrooms and bedrooms are on the second floor)). About 30 years ago, the Engineer was beginning to notice that she wasn't aging…at all! She took many medical tests ((infirmary is on the third floor, last door to the right)) to check and be sure that she was 43 years old but all the tests came out and said that she was still 23 years old. It was then that the Chronos revealed, through its speakers, that he had this system called the Time-Preservation System in which time stops for anyone who goes into the Chronos and as long as they stay in the Chronos, they would never grow old or age. However, once they leave the ship, their time starts up again from the point where it stopped.
"I guess you can say that it is a gift from the Chronos," said Clockworks who was leaning against the door of the bathroom. His left side was still torn up but it had been tinkered and fixed a bit over the last 50 years. About 10 years ago, he finally got the guts to ask the Engineer to make him a new body. The Engineer was, of course, ecstatic about it and was on the project right away. She developed several prototypes that Clockworks tested out but either he or the Engineer didn't like them and they would go back to the drawing board. It took her 10 years to make the some-what perfect body that both of them could agree on and now today was the day that Clockworks would be downloaded into his new and improved body.
The Engineer turned to face Clockworks and said, "Yeah, I guess you're right…Anyways, are you ready?!"
Clockworks looked down and said, "I do not know, it feels weird whenever I download myself into a new body."
"Don't be such a wuss," said the Engineer as she walked past Clockworks and left the bathroom with her long maroon-colored coat flowing behind her. When she woke up from her unconsciousness after the destruction of Gallifrey, she decided to ditch the whole hospital-patient look and go for something else. It took her a couple of days in the wardrobe rooms ((wardrobe rooms are on the fourth floor)) to find an outfit that she liked. The outfit consisted of a pair of worn blue jeans, a white long-sleeve button-down shirt, a brown battered leather vest, a pair of brown combat boots, a bullet belt which carried 60 silvery-blue Ultanium bullets that she made herself, a long maroon-colored coat, and the usual goggles and mouth mask hanging around her neck. "Please Clockworks? Do it for me, please? It's just one more time," she pleaded behind Clockworks with her hands together and her eyes fluttering.
Clockworks turned to face her and sighed. "How can I say no to a face like that…Alright, one last time," he said.
The Engineer jumped for joy and wrapped her arms around Clockworks' neck. "Thank you thank you thank you!" she said happily. It was then that Clockworks was having the same pleasant and somewhat warm feeling that he had felt back on Gallifrey, when he was having dreams of her smiling at him. This feeling was still mysterious to him even after all of these years. He was meaning to ask the Engineer about it but his Whisper said to him that it was something that only he himself must find out and no one else. Anyways, he always did enjoy this feeling whenever the Engineer was close to him.
Just then the Engineer let go of Clockworks' neck and ran toward the elevator, leaving Clockworks alone and, sadly, cold. She waited inside the antique elevator for a couple of seconds and then said while hopping, "Come on come on come on come on! Let's go already!"
Clockworks turned toward the elevator and watched the Engineer acting like a spoiled child. He wanted to laugh or at least smile, but unfortunately he didn't have much of a face so he just silently hopped toward the elevator which descended down into the main control floor ((first floor)). As they left the elevator, Clockworks caught sight of a white metallic figure sitting on a metal fold-out chair that was next to the Main Controls Computer((the set of computers in the center and also called the MCC)). The figure was hunched over which made it difficult to see its face. Coming out of the back of its neck was a black USB cord connected to one of the USB ports on the side of the keyboard.
"Is this it?" asked Clockworks as he hopped closer to the figure.
The Engineer sat herself in front of the MCC and said with a smile, "Yep! I call him a Raptor Model because of his feet, do ya see?" She pointed to the figure's feet which actually looked like a velocoraptor's feet. "This model has a few special features…but I'll tell you about them later," she said as she began to type into the computer. She stuck out her hand towards Clockworks while still looking at the monitor. Clockworks were at first confused until she asked, "Your USB?"
"Oh! Right…," he replied as he zipped out his cord from the back of his neck and handed it to the Engineer.
She quickly pulled on it which caused Clockworks to stumble forward. She turned to him and gave an apologetic look. "Oops! Sorry about that!" she said.
Clockworks just waved it off and said, "It is alright." He then sat on the floor and waited for the Engineer to finish up.
The Engineer carefully connected Clockworks' USB into another USB port and started to type down some finishing touches. The MCC then responded:
BEGIN DOWNLOADING SEQUENCE?
The Engineer then typed:
YES
The MCC immediately responded:
REQUEST CONFIRMED…BEGIN DOWNLOADING SEQUENCE IN 30 SECONDS
The Engineer got up from her seat and turned to Clockworks. "Okay-dokey-smokey-pokey! Everything is set. Now once you're in the Circuit, surf around so that you can find yourself an ID-entity," she said.
"ID-entity?" asked Clockworks while looking up to the Engineer.
"Ahuh…I hope you don't mind. It's just that if we go somewhere or sometime where androids don't exist I don't want to get in trouble and I don't want you to get dismantled or killed because of that, zolright?" she said. Clockworks nodded in agreement and the Engineer smiled with satisfaction, "Alrighty then, while you're doing this I'll be down in the Pit if you need me and don't worry, if something goes wrong I'll be able to see it through the floor."
"Alright," said Clockworks.
"Happy hunting!" she encouraged and headed toward the stairs that led down to the Pit.
Soon after that Clockworks' vision went black and his whole entire body fell to the side. After at least 10 seconds, his vision was restored but instead of seeing the interior of the Chronos, he saw illuminated streams of data gliding to and fro all directions in a dark blue environment with blotches of green and purple popping up every once in a while.
"I am in the Circuit already? That was fast," said Clockworks as he floated in the Circuit. He checked himself out and realized that he was nothing but a ball of electricity. "Must be because I am downloading myself," said Clockworks.
It was then that a blue translucent screen appeared before him and said with white lettering:
PLEASE CHOOSE ID-ENTITY FOR DOWNLOAD SEQUENCE TO BE COMPLETED
Clockworks then clicked on the screen and typed down the words:
TRANSFER TO: INTERNET
The screen then asked:
WHAT TIME PERIOD?
/Why does it want to know that?...Must be because it is part of a time machine," he thought and typed down a year that he grabbed out of thin air:
2005
It was then that a tunnel of code appeared before Clockworks and the screen, sucking both of them in. After about 3 seconds, the tunnel spat out Clockworks and the screen into a dark green area filled with white streams of code and internet windows floating about. It was then that the screen typed:
SEARCH?
Clockworks replied by typing:
IMAGES OF MEN
Soon after that thousand upon thousands of pictures of men appeared before Clockworks. "This is going to take a while," said Clockworks.
Meanwhile down at the Pit in the real world, the Engineer was twicking some wires connected to the large bronze sphere with her handy-dandy sonic multi-tool. After using the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, she decided to make herself a sonic tool, the sonic multi-tool. Her sonic multi-tool could fold out many tools like sonic pliers, sonic screwdriver, sonic knife, sonic can opener, sonic nail file, and other typical tools. Each tool was designed a specific task which meant that if the Engineer had to cut something large she would have to unfold her sonic can opener and if she had to do something else she would have to fold the sonic can opener back in and unfold another tool, but she didn't mind she actually liked multi-tools. Luckily all she needed for the task at hand were the sonic pliers ((able to restore things and put things together)) and sonic knife ((like the can opener but for smaller objects like wires)).
As she was cutting and soldering wires she began humming the "Mr. Roboto" song and whenever her favorite part came up she would sing it out loud, but of course those were the only words she knew. "With parts made in Japan, I am the modern man!" she sang out as she bended down and continued fixing the wires with her hips swinging to the beat. /I wonder how Clockworks is doing?/ she asked herself and looked up to see Clockworks' old body lying down /I guess he's already looking for an ID-entity…I wonder what he'll look like?/
5 MINUTES LATER…
Clockworks was still in the Circuit looking for a face but all of the ones that he had seen so far he didn't like or thought that the Engineer would not like. He wanted to find a face that he would be comfortable with and would not make the Engineer remind herself about the war for she had already gone through enough. He needed to find someone familiar and yet not able to make anyone depressed which meant that anyone from Caprithia was out of the question. Suddenly an idea popped up, he could use the Doctor's new incarnation ((Ninth Doctor))! He was someone both familiar and not able to make the Engineer depressed or, even worse, pissed because she never saw his new face; it was perfect…in a way.
It was then that he typed onto the screen:
THE DOCTOR
Soon after that the thousands of pictures disappeared and nine new ones popped up. Clockworks looked at the last picture on account of seven out of the eight pictures were complete strangers to him and the eighth picture would be absolute torture for the Engineer. However, the last and ninth picture was one that only he knew of. Luckily, the picture looked just like the Doctor he saw after regeneration, the same icy blue eyes and very short reddish-brown hair, except that his outfit was completely different; it consisted of a battered leather jacket, black pants and shoes, and a green jumper.
He clicked on the image which caused the other eight to disappear. The screen in front of him then typed:
DO YOU WISH TO ACCEPT THIS IMAGE AS NEW ID-ENTITY? WARNING!: ONCE DOWNLOAD OF IMAGE IS COMPETE YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO CHANGE IMAGE. ONCE DOWNLOAD IS COMPLETE YOUR VOICE, HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE, AND OTHER FILES IN CPU WILL CHANGE
Clockworks replied:
YES
/For her…/ he thought before the image of the Doctor he was about to take as his new ID-entity, and soon everything around him went black.
After a few seconds, Clockworks' vision was restored but instead of seeing the Circuit again he saw the Engineer in the Pit through the holes of the metal floor. It was then that he caught sight of his new white feet. He slowly straightened up from his slumped position on the metal fold-up chair and looked at his hands; they too were shielded with the same white painted metal and had sharp claws at the end.
He got up from his chair and walked towards the MCC. He unplugged his USB from the keyboard and let it zip back into the back of his neck. He looked at one of the blank screens to see his reflection, which was completely different from his previous face. His new face was a long white skull which remained him of some comic book that the Engineer had read called The Punisher. A pair of white insect-like pinchers was sticking out of his cheeks and a single row of white spikes came down from his forehead to the back of his head. He caught sight of his eyes which were glowing a white light. It was then that he saw the light of his eyes slowly shift from white to icy blue. He blinked…BLINKED!
"I've got eyelids now?" he asked himself in his new Northern English accent. He suddenly grabbed hold of his throat and said, "Is this…my voice?...IT IS!...Good-bye monotone and hello UK! What's with this new attitude? Why am I so jumpy and excited? And why am I talking in 50 miles per hour!...Oh no! I've gone cross-eyed!" He grabbed hold of his head and fell to the ground. "Owww!...Oww?...I can feel too?" he asked himself, he rose up and walked to the railing. He carefully touched the railing and quickly moved his hand away. He paused for a moment and then he let his hand touch it for a longer time.
"It's cold, smooth, and very hard!" he said as he looked at his hand. The palms of his hand were covered with some black rubber substance. Apparently, the rest of his body was coated with some thin layer of the same polymer. He fell down to his knees, raised his arms in the air, and shouted happily, "I CAN FEEL!!!"
"Hello up there!" said the Engineer as she walked into the opening of the Pit. Clockworks got up and looked over the railing. He tilted his head to the side as he looked at her.
"Blimey," he said.
"What?" she asked.
"You…I can see you better than before," he said.
"Well that's good. I wanted you to be a little bit more real so I gave you eyelids and sensors. I hope you like them," she said.
"I think I will," he said.
"I've also added some other things but I'm sure you'll be able to figure that out on your own," she said as she got up the stairs, "Anyways let's go somewhere."
When she finally got up, Clockworks asked, "Where?"
She passed Clockworks and crouched down at his old body. "I would like to go someplace where we can give your old body a proper burial," she said and got up, "I've been thinking about the planet of Timburoo. They have a lot of temples there that look really cool. I read about it on the Circuit, ya wanna go?"
"Sure, we've been floating in the vortex for the past 50 years, I think we should," said Clockworks.
"Alright then it's settled, to Timburoo!...That sounds so fun to say," she said as she was about to walk towards the MCC when something popped inside her mind. She snapped her fingers and turned back to Clockworks. "But before we go, I would like to see if everything works properly when you're in your humanoid disguise," she said.
"M…My ID-entity?" he asked. He was starting to feel some sort of feeling in his abdominal area. He felt like as if something was fluttering in there. What was this feeling he was experiencing?
"Yes, I mean that," she demanded. She didn't know why Clockworks was acting all nervous for it was okay if his Chameleon device didn't work the first time; she could always fix it for him.
"Okay then…Could you please close your eyes for this?" he asked.
"Alright," she said and covered her eyes. /Oh God…What if his ID-entity is some fat guy with pimples and an unshaved beard/ she thought as a disturbing picture of the man she described popped inside her head. She shook that thought way /Nah can't be, I mean with a voice that sexy?...What a sec did I just say sexy?/
"Okay you can open them," he said with a nervous tone. /Please oh please oh please oh please oh please…Don't get mad/ he pleaded with his new Northern voice inside his head.
The Engineer uncovered her eyes and saw Clockworks' other new form, which gave her a wave of relief and surprise. "Wow…" was all she could say.
Clockworks checked him out and said with a smile, "Not bad…It's completely identical to the picture I saw."
"Those ears…and nose," she said slowly.
Clockworks gave a questioning look and felt his new ears and nose. He realized that they were a bit (cough) big. "Oh…" he said with a little bit of disappointment. /I knew it. She always finds a flaw with everything. It's like prototype number 572 all over again. I told her that I liked the antenna but she said that I would look like some groteste unicorn…I'm talking too much again/ he said.
"They're CUTE!" she said with a big smile.
"A what?" he asked stupidly. He didn't expect that reaction from her.
"Your nose and ears are cute," she said as she walked around Clockworks, observing him, "Okay now, I just want to test a few things." She began touching his battered leather jacket and said with satisfaction, "Good you feel real and the Chameleon device covers your whole body…Now let's see the proportion of your face, I want to see if everything appears to be normal."
It was then that she cupped her hands around Clockworks' face. /I can feel it…/ he said and touched the Engineer's hands. He could feel the warmth and texture of the Engineer's hands. The tips of her fingers were rough with work but her palms felt smooth and soft. /Don't let go…Stay with me like this. Just for a second or two/ his Whisper ((also in a Northern accent)) begged to her while looking into her brown eyes with his new icy blue eyes. But of course he knew that she could not hear his Whisper, his Whisper was still developing, growing, and expanding his range of emotions and feelings. However, he could only experience these feelings for only brief moments.
The Engineer noticed that Clockworks was looking at her strangely with a look that was either admiration or love, and she hoped that it was the first one because 50 years ago she decided to never fall in love with anyone and to let no one fall in love with her. Anyways, Clockworks was starting to freak her out with that look to such a point that her skin started to crawl.
/Time to break the mood/ she though as she calculated a way to get Clockworks to stop "looking" at her. She then scowled at Clockworks because she found something very noticeable about his new form.
"You're tall," she said.
"Hmm?" asked Clockworks.
"YOU'RE A FOOT AND FIVE INCHES TALLER THAN ME!" she exclaimed, "And now you shall be punished!"
Clockworks' eyes widened as he heard this and stepped back with his hands in front of him. "No no no no! Wait, I can explain," he said desperately but before he could finish the Engineer punched him in the gut. He fell onto his knees as he cradled his stomach. Just then his humanoid disguise went static and disappeared revealing his true robotic form.
"Huh?" he asked.
"Aha! It worked," she said with a satisfied tone.
"What worked?" he asked as he got up.
"Super secret button #243!" she said with a grin.
"Exactly how many buttons did you make?" asked Clockworks.
"I really don't know, I just name these buttons as I go," she said in a happy and hyperactive tone.
"Fantastic," he said in a dispirited tone.
"Okay-dokey-smokey-pokey!" she said while rubbing her hands together, "Go ahead and change back and while ya do that I'll go get a body bag okay?...Okay!" She then walked to the elevator and went up to the fifth floor where there was a room entirely filled with all kinds of bags.
FIVE HOURS LATER…
The planet of Timburoo was very cold and windy. The entire planet was mountainous and the surface was unable to be seen because of the thick layer of fog and clouds covering the surface which meant that the only way of transportation were either through ship or teleportation. However not all's lost for this planet because it is a very well known planet for its beautiful mountain temples and very, very, very long sets of stone stairs that lead up to the temples.
In one particular temple, the Temple of the Divine Sun, there was a lone priest in a hooded red robe, kneeling and praying before a large, golden dragon-like statue that was located directly opposite of the large gold and red double doors in a long red room.
The priest was simply mediating when he heard a knock on the doors. He took off his hood with his furry paw, revealing his Pomeranian face. He quickly got up and shuffled towards the double doors. "Visitors!" he whispered happily in a small and weary voice.
As he got closer to the doors, he could have sworn that he could hear the voice of a young woman saying through the doors, "Hello in there! Is anybody home?"
The priest then heard another voice, a man's voice in an accent he never heard of saying, "Perhaps no one's home?" This reply then started an argument between the woman's voice and the man's voice.
"Oh what do you know?!" outburst the woman.
"Well I mean look at where we are! We're in a mountainous place with nothing but temples, TEMPLES Engineer!" said the man, "Now I know that this is a well known place and I believe you because I mean whew…look at this place, but do you happen to know how many people come to this place daily?!"
It was then that the priest opened the door and said in a small, weary voice, "We actually have at least 500 visitors daily but they mostly come in the afternoon, we're about to have our morning prayer right now."
The man and woman stepped back in surprise and looked inside to see who it was that spoke. "Umm…down here," said the priest, waving his furry little paw in the air.
The man and woman looked down to see the small dog-like priest smiling up at them. It was then that the priest finally had the advantage to see who his new guests were. The man had really, really short reddish-brown hair, icy blue eyes, and big ears and nose. He was wearing a battered leather jacket, a green jumper, black pants, and black shoes. The woman had a long maroon coat, a white shirt, a pair of battered jeans, a battered leather vest, combat boots, and two unusual things around her neck. She had shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. The man stepped back a little bit more at the sight of such a small being but the woman just smiled and said, "Hello there!"
"Welcome to the Temple of the Divine Sun. I am Father Alobel, how we may help you?" said the priest.
"We would like to put a friend of ours to rest…Do you do burials?" asked the woman.
"Why yes of course!...I…Is the body with you at this moment?" asked Alobel as he put his hands in his sleeves.
"Yes actually," she said and pointed to a black body bag, sitting against the railing of the stone steps.
"Ah excellent!" said Alobel and clapped his hands. Suddenly around 20 or 30 other little priests flooded out of the temple and surrounded the body bag. They then picked up the bag and carried it back inside. Alobel stepped aside from the door and let the group enter back inside. Alobel then looked up to the man and woman and asked, "By the way, I have not caught your names."
"Oh right," said the woman, "I'm the Engineer and this is Clockworks."
Clockworks gave a slight wave and said cheerfully, "Ello!"
Alobel bowed and said, "I am honored to meet you Lady Engineer and Master Clockworks, please come in come in." He then led them inside the temple. They passed various kinds of statues standing left and right, leading to the giant dragon-like statue that Alobel kneeled to previously. Alobel then stopped in front of the Engineer and Clockworks before the dragon-like statue and turned around to face the both of them. "So how do you want the body to be put to rest?" he asked.
"Ahhh…Give us a moment," said the Engineer with a finger up, turned around, and walked a few feet away from the priest. After a few seconds, she gestured Clockworks to come to her.
When he did he whispered, "What's wrong?"
"How do you want your body to be put to rest?" she replied.
"What?!" he said.
"It's your body, I want you to make the choice," said the Engineer.
"Oh…Well thank you for giving me such a freedom," he said with a small smile, "Uh let's see, how do I want to be buried…Hmmm." Clockworks paced back and forth, thinking. It took him at least five minutes until he stopped in front of the Engineer, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "How about a cremation?"
"Okay then…we'll cremate your body," said the Engineer and walked back to Alobel. "My friend and I have decided to cremate the body…If it is possible that is," she said.
"Oh yes of course it is. I'll inform the temple about your request. Now please come into the dining room, you must be tired from your journey," said Alobel as he led the Engineer and Clockworks to one of the side doors that as close to the dragon-like statue.
TWO HOURS LATER…
Clockworks' old body was out of the bag and lying on a table covered with flowers, incense, and candles. The table was positioned before the dragon-like statue and surrounding the table in a half circle was the entire clergy of the Temple of the Divine Sun, praying and mumbling something. As for Clockworks and the Engineer, they were next to the double doors, watching the cremation ceremony from afar. The Engineer was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed and Clockworks stood by her with his hands in his pockets.
"Are you?" the Engineer began to say.
"Hmm?...What?" asked Clockworks as he turned to face her.
"Are you going to miss your old body?" asked the Engineer.
Clockworks turned to take a good look at his old body. He sighed and said, "Yes and no. I mean my old body was durable but this new body is at least 10 times tougher…but there were a lot of good memories with that body." He turned his head to see the Engineer, she was smiling but it wasn't the kind that she always had before the war. It was a false one just like all of the others. "But I know that I'll make more with this new and improved me," he said with a grin. /And with you…/ his Whisper said.
After another hour, Clockworks' old body was finally cremated and poured into a metal jar. The Engineer and Clockworks decided to let Alobel throw the ashes into the Timburian Mountains. After saying their good-byes, the Engineer and Clockworks left the temple and started to walk down the long set of stairs.
"So what do you want to do now?" asked Clockworks. He then heard some metallic slinking noise and turned to see that the Engineer was counterbalancing a metal slinky with her hands.
"I always wanted to do this ever since I read about this planet," said the Engineer with a maniacal grin.
THIRTY MINTUES LATER…
The metallic slinky was slinking down the very, very long set of stairs. The Engineer followed the slinky down the stairs and looked down to see Clockworks waiting at the end. "WE'RE GOING TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD, I CAN FEEL IT!" she yelled excitedly like as if she was in a sugar high, "I'M TELLING YOU! THIS IS GOING TO BE LEGENDARY!!"
THIRTY MORE MINTUES LATER…
The metallic slinky was now heading toward the end of the stairs. The Engineer's eye widened as she clutched her fists. "Go baby go!" she cheered. Unfortunately, the slinky stopped onto the last step. The Engineer slightly bends backwards with an expression of disgust and disappointment. "Doh dang it all!" she grunted. She walked down the stairs, picked up the slinky, and continued down the last step.
"Ya want to try it again?" asked Clockworks.
The Engineer put the slinky into her pocket and said, "Nah, I'm good. It was just for fun anyway." She continued on walking toward the Chronos which was located in the center of the stone landing field at the bottom of the stairs. Clockworks was about to follow her when she stopped and turned to face him. "Hey Clockworks, when do you want to build your little brother?" she asked as she took out her locket from her jeans pocket.
"Hmm… How about after 20 years or so?" he said with a grin, "I would like to test this body out a little bit more before I get to meet Tock."
"Alright, 20 years then," she said and began to unlock the door of the Chronos with her keys. She opened the door and went inside. It was then that she realized that Clockworks wasn't behind her. She poked her head out and saw Clockworks still standing outside with his eyes closed. She stepped outside and walked to Clockworks' side. "Clockworks?" she asked.
He opened his eyes and turned his head to the Engineer. "It just feels weird to be able to feel things like the cold wind," he said and then put his hand into hers, "and the texture of your hand."
The Engineer smiled and leaned against Clockworks. "It's okay you'll get use to it," she said.
"I know that but…Will you be able to get use to this?" he said and pointed to himself, "You know the humanoid face, these clothes, the accent I'm talking in…"
The Engineer squeezed his hand and said with a grin, "Don't worry, I'm already starting to get use to the new you and besides you look pretty handsome."
/Handsome?.../he said and chuckled.
"Come on then! Let's get back inside before I get pneumonia…or something like that," she said and led Clockworks inside the Chronos, with her hand still in his.
/Yes…Let's start making some new memories…together/ said Clockworks with a smile as the both of them went inside the Chronos and shut the door. After five minutes, the Chronos was surrounded by three rings of light and dematerialized as the sound of grinding gears echoed through the air. And off they went into time and space, going wherever and whenever the time vortex would take them.
I am the Engineer…HEAR ME ROAR!-The Engineer
((Hi there! I hope you guys liked this latest update on The Engineer: Installation and are looking forward to Ch. 7 Brothers in Arms in which you all finally get to see Tock! Please review and have a great Christmas!))
