Mina pushed the gas down as far as it would go, praying that she
would make it in time. 'Well, time to see if the boosters really work,' she
thought.
She reached down to the console and pressed a blue button. "Please work," she whispered.
Within a second the car shot up several feet and the falling girl landed safely on the soft backseat. Mina pressed the blue button again to attain regulation street height. Upon attaining it, she turned around to see what she had caught. "Huh, that's interesting."
She was just about to check the girl's vital signs as the laser seemed to have cauterized the wound already when something hit the hood. Yelping she looked in front of her to see a synthoid. She just stared at the machine in front of her. Then she heard a noise from above. Looking up, she saw a masked man pointing a gun at them. Needless to say, she floored it.
Mina didn't slow down the car until they were five blocks from the alleyway. At that time, she pulled into a Groundwire and stopped. The synthoid got off the hood and walked towards the back door.
"Where are you gonna take her, you can't go to the hospital that guy will look there first," Mina said, hoping that the synthoid would take instructions from one who didn't own it, without looking.
"Where am I supposed to take her? I cannot let her die, she is my friend. Will you help me save her?"
Hearing the synthoid call the girl his friend with such sincerity in its voice surprised even Mina. She turned and didn't see the robot that destroyed her car. She saw a young man, late teens, with black hair and wearing a violet overcoat looking down at the girl in the backseat, his face full of concern.
Mina gasped. 'This is too weird.'
She squeezed the bridge of her nose as she thought. "Get in the car; I know some one who can help. He's a doctor and owes me a favor."
The synthoid looked at Mina and smiled. "Thank you. Thank you very mu..."
"Listen, if I do this, then you owe me. Are you alright with that?"
"Yes, as long as Ro is alive and safe," Zee said while climbing in the backseat.
Mina threw the car into gear and pulled out of the parking lot. She used the rearview mirror to make sure that no one would see. It was clear. She pressed her right ear to activate the remote dialing system. All she had to do was whisper a name, any name and that person would be called. She looked at the note that had been left on the car that morning. It read: If the Infiltration Unit come within your grasp, contact NSA Agent James Bennett.
Once again Mina looked into the rearview mirror. The synthoid was holding the girl's head in its lap, calming her by stroking her hair. 'Why couldn't he be somewhere that I could call him and ask him.'
"Call James B."
"Hey, can you talk? No, I'm not alone. Look I have... No, not that. There's nothing you or I can do for that. Listen. Meet me at the house ASAP, okay? See you in a bit. Bye." Mina once again looked into the back seat, hoping that neither of them heard or cared about the call.
They drove on in silence for five minutes until they reached a large metal gate. Mina stopped the car and allowed her retina to be scanned for entrance. The gate swung open and she drove in, hoping to God that she had made the right choice. She saw his car parked a little ways from the house. She pulled up to the front door and put the car into park.
"Are we here?" asked Zee.
'He sounds so much like a child.' "Yeah, we're here. Grab her and come in, he's waiting."
Mina climbed out of the driver's seat and walked up the stairs to the front door. Zee followed her carrying Ro. Mina opened the door and walked in with Zee at her heels. She led him into what seemed to be the living room. "Put her on the couch and then wait in the hallway. He likes to work without being disturbed. I'll go and get him now."
Zee gently laid Ro on the couch. "It will be okay Ro. You'll be just fine." Then he went to wait in the hall.
She reached down to the console and pressed a blue button. "Please work," she whispered.
Within a second the car shot up several feet and the falling girl landed safely on the soft backseat. Mina pressed the blue button again to attain regulation street height. Upon attaining it, she turned around to see what she had caught. "Huh, that's interesting."
She was just about to check the girl's vital signs as the laser seemed to have cauterized the wound already when something hit the hood. Yelping she looked in front of her to see a synthoid. She just stared at the machine in front of her. Then she heard a noise from above. Looking up, she saw a masked man pointing a gun at them. Needless to say, she floored it.
Mina didn't slow down the car until they were five blocks from the alleyway. At that time, she pulled into a Groundwire and stopped. The synthoid got off the hood and walked towards the back door.
"Where are you gonna take her, you can't go to the hospital that guy will look there first," Mina said, hoping that the synthoid would take instructions from one who didn't own it, without looking.
"Where am I supposed to take her? I cannot let her die, she is my friend. Will you help me save her?"
Hearing the synthoid call the girl his friend with such sincerity in its voice surprised even Mina. She turned and didn't see the robot that destroyed her car. She saw a young man, late teens, with black hair and wearing a violet overcoat looking down at the girl in the backseat, his face full of concern.
Mina gasped. 'This is too weird.'
She squeezed the bridge of her nose as she thought. "Get in the car; I know some one who can help. He's a doctor and owes me a favor."
The synthoid looked at Mina and smiled. "Thank you. Thank you very mu..."
"Listen, if I do this, then you owe me. Are you alright with that?"
"Yes, as long as Ro is alive and safe," Zee said while climbing in the backseat.
Mina threw the car into gear and pulled out of the parking lot. She used the rearview mirror to make sure that no one would see. It was clear. She pressed her right ear to activate the remote dialing system. All she had to do was whisper a name, any name and that person would be called. She looked at the note that had been left on the car that morning. It read: If the Infiltration Unit come within your grasp, contact NSA Agent James Bennett.
Once again Mina looked into the rearview mirror. The synthoid was holding the girl's head in its lap, calming her by stroking her hair. 'Why couldn't he be somewhere that I could call him and ask him.'
"Call James B."
"Hey, can you talk? No, I'm not alone. Look I have... No, not that. There's nothing you or I can do for that. Listen. Meet me at the house ASAP, okay? See you in a bit. Bye." Mina once again looked into the back seat, hoping that neither of them heard or cared about the call.
They drove on in silence for five minutes until they reached a large metal gate. Mina stopped the car and allowed her retina to be scanned for entrance. The gate swung open and she drove in, hoping to God that she had made the right choice. She saw his car parked a little ways from the house. She pulled up to the front door and put the car into park.
"Are we here?" asked Zee.
'He sounds so much like a child.' "Yeah, we're here. Grab her and come in, he's waiting."
Mina climbed out of the driver's seat and walked up the stairs to the front door. Zee followed her carrying Ro. Mina opened the door and walked in with Zee at her heels. She led him into what seemed to be the living room. "Put her on the couch and then wait in the hallway. He likes to work without being disturbed. I'll go and get him now."
Zee gently laid Ro on the couch. "It will be okay Ro. You'll be just fine." Then he went to wait in the hall.