Chapter 19
The Superior and I walked down the hall and stopped in front of Kat's room. The Superior grabbed the collar of my shirt and pulled my ear up to her mouth.
"Remember our agreement, 3002. One mistake and it is all over for 28743." I whimpered and nodded rapidly. I had never been so frightened before. One wrong move, one mistake, and Adam would be gone forever. I couldn't let that happen, I just couldn't. I knocked on Kat's door and was greeted by a warm embrace from Kat.
"Hey Sauli! Ready to go?" She smiled bright. I tried to smile, but I couldn't. Her smile vanished in an instant. "Are you okay?"
"I-I'm..." The Superior was scowling at me, her red pupils staring deep into my body, scanning my thoughts and waiting for me to mess up. "Fine." Kat looked concerned, but I reassured her with a pat on her shoulder. "I'm really okay." She turned and looked at The Superior.
"How about you, Adam? Excited to see Sanctuary?" The Superior nodded slowly with a smirk.
"I can barely contain my excitement," she said with Adam's voice, "Shall we proceed on?" Kat squinted her eyes at The Superior for a moment, but then she said smiled grabbed her spear. She playfully moved me aside and stepped in front of me and The Superior.
"Follow me boys. Our people are waiting for us."
Kat walked fast with her head held high, keeping an eye out for any stray S.G.U.'s. The Superior followed her closely while keeping a slight element of stealth, as to not arouse any suspicion. I was behind both of them, making sure to keep my distance from The Superior. I had to think of a loophole in my agreement with The Superior. If I didn't, I would be the cause for the re-enslavement of millions of androids. As the minutes passed, I thought of several unsuccessful or unended plans in my mind. Suddenly, I bumped into The Superior's back.
"Why'd we stop?" I asked, coming back to reality.
"We're at the entrance to Sanctuary," said Kat, raising her spear to point ahead, "Just beyond this door is our new home." I looked in the direction in which Kat was pointing, then I observed my surroundings. We were in a small room with flickering yellow lights. There were cracks in the paint on the gray wall and spiders made their homes in the corners. The tiles on the floor were worn down and chipped and the air was damp and dusty. I assumed we had to be in the lower levels or a basement of some kind.
"Well what are we standing here for?" Said The Superior, "Let us go in." She pushed me away from her and grabbed Kat's shoulder. However, before she was able to push Kat down as she did me, Kat grabbed The Superior's arm, flipped her around and pinned her to the wall. "What are you doing you stupid trait-, I mean, Kat?!" Cried The Superior, "You are hurting me!" Kat raised her spear and shocked The Superior's neck.
"Shut up! I know you're not Adam!" Kat turned a knob on her spear. "Now let's see who you really are." She raised the spear to The Superior's neck and sent a jolt down the back of her neck. The Superior groaned in pain, as she did so, her groan changed pitch. It erased the Adam disguise from her voice and when she opened her eyes, they were black as night with a bloody red center. She chuckled evilly.
"Well, well, well," she said, her voice normal, "seems like you are the brains of this little rebellion. I knew I made the right choice when I wanted to occupy your body." The Superior looked in my direction, her red eyes staring directly into mine. "And you, I told you what would happen if you defied me."
"No!" I shouted. "I didn't know Kat was gonna do this! I didn't tell her!" Kat's eyes were painted with disappointment.
"You...You knew this wasn't Adam?...And you were going to let her come into our Sanctuary?"
"No! It's not like that! I-I had to!" Kat closed her eyes tightly and shook her head.
"I'll deal with you later!" She shouted at me. "First, I need to deal with her." The Superior smiled a devilish smile as she chuckled softly.
"Deal with me?" She said, "I would love to see you try!" She pounced on Kat, and a vicious fist fight ensued. Normally, I would assume Kat would be fine, but with The Superior fighting with Adam's strength, I feared for the lives of both my friends. I began to pant and rapidly tried to find a way I could help. It was in this state of panic that I noticed two wires sticking out of the wall, one blue and one black.
"Quickly, you must remember this, the black wire is input and the blue is output."
I ran over to the wall as fast as I can and grabbed the black wire. I held the tip of it tightly in my hands.
"Kat!" I cried. "Roll her towards me!"
"What are you doing?!" Yelled Kat.
"Just trust me! Do it now!" Kat nodded and, with whatever strength she had left, threw The Superior in front of me and sat on top of her, pinning her to the ground face first.
"Get off of me, you weak fools!" I stared down angrily at The Superior, everything terrible thing she had done to myself and Adam flushed through my brain.
"Shut the fuck up, you bitch!" I stabbed the black wire into the back of her neck, praying something would happen, but nothing did. The Superior laughed.
"Another failed attempt!"
"No!" I shouted, "Adam said this would work!" Kat put her hand on my shoulder.
"You need someone to be in the input wire for her to leave Adam. She needs a place to go." I knew what I had to do, but it wasn't the best option. I grabbed the blue wire in my other hand and placed it near my neck.
"She'll take me then," I said, "I'd rather her hurting me than Adam." Before I could connect the wire to my neck, Kat grabbed my arm and shook her head.
"No," she said, tears leaking from her eyes, "Adam needs you as much as you need him. I'll take her, I know what to do." Kat took the blue wire from my hand and placed it near her neck. "Here's what's going to happen," she said, "Once Adam is free, you take his hand and run out of here to Sanctuary and don't look back, do you understand?"
"But what will happen to you?" Tears began to escape from my eyes as Kat caressed my cheek gently and smiled softly.
"Hey, it's going to be alright. Just trust me." I nodded.
"Are you ready?" Kat nodded.
"Let's finish this bitch." I pushed the black wire into Adam's neck and Kat inserted the blue wire into her own. The Superior shrieked in pain and Kat groaned as thousands of shock waves filled her body. Adam's body dropped to the floor, unconscious. I propped him up against my shoulder and ran as fast as I could out of the building. The last thing I remember seeing was a large flash of light and hearing the pain filled screams of Kat and The Superior.