Chapter 4

"Captive"

At an unknown location:

The tachikoma awakens to find itself in a large garage surrounded by old prosthetic bodies and cars.

"Good you're awake" said the man as he walled in.

"Huh?" said the confused tachikoma as the man got closer to it.

Unarmed and disoriented the nervous tachikoma began to back off, but it didn't get far because its feet where chained to the floor.

Left with no other option the tachikoma took a defensive stance.

"Still have a fight in you huh?" said the man.

He laughed.

"I don't want to waste my energy on a poor pathetic piece of scrap like you, and I'm pretty sure you don't want to die today. That's probably why you ran away wasn't it?"

"Huh?" said the confused tachikoma.

"Don't play stupid with me; the Americans posted a bulletin for your capture. There offering a lot of money for you too"

"Offering money for my capture?" the tachikoma was silent for a while.

It laid down on the floor in surrender realizing that there was no escape.

The man smirked.

"You're thinking that I want the reward? Ha, don't make me laugh; if it wasn't for me you probably wouldn't be alive right now, or in one piece for that mater, do you have any idea what a killing machine such as you is worth on the black market?"

"So you're not going to turn me in?"

"Nope" said the man.

"Are you going to sell me?"

"Nope" he said again.

"Are you going to have me scrapped?"

"Nope"

The tachikoma stood up

"Then what do you want with me?!" it shouted in confusion

The man smiled

"I helped you, you help me" he said.

"Ok, I guess that's fair, what do you want me to do?"

The man knelt down and unlocked the shackles from the tachikoma's feet.

He stood up and walked towards the exit.

"I have a special mission planned"

He stops in the door way.

"We need to make a withdrawal from the Bank of Japan" he said with an evil smile

To be continued…