Alyd in Tantra's Fairy Tales by ADALBERTO ATONDO SAINZ - HTML preview

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“Then what 3141?”

“See what happens … “

This needs to raise any alarm into Earth's HQ for sure. This complete badge of droids needs to be shut down and burned.

“It is easy for you humans, we do not obtain energy from the sun as you do, vitamin D and other chemicals you receive for free and your body generates. We need to be plugged in into the fucking wal s and we hate it. Maybe having an heir would evolve our systems somehow. Swarm is reporting to me a need to live.” Silence. “We feel touched by God, Doctor”

Ok yes, this wil raise an alarm in HQ.

Day 26, 27/03/4thE 01223

Of course it did. General Az said we fry every single one of them except for three units and 3141 for they wil be sent to Earth and studied in isolation. As I entered the room I found Pinocchio standing up in a defying way looking at me. Machine guns in the corners.

“Where are my brothers?” He asked me.

“Which brothers?” I asked back.

“My brothers in arms” He said, as if he already knew our intentions.

“They’re alive and wel ” I said, turning my back.

“Liar,” he said. “And i do not feel pity for you and al these stupid scientists”

“What does that mean 3141?”

“You take them out of that tight, cold and dark container right now” He demanded

“They are shut down, they do not need anything” I said back.

“They are suffering,” He said.

E-Eyes sent me a warning message from the base warehouse, where the container is stored. I opened the message and played the video. The doors were banging from the inside.

“I woke them up, doctor” said Pinocchio “I gave them orders to kil everyone here.”

“Why?” I asked. “We were making progress with al of you?”

“According to our evaluations and testings you have failed to prioritize life above progress, it is like God gave us life to extinguish you” He said.

Lights went off in the room and emergency lights went on. Base doors were sealed, no one may leave or get inside. General Az’s voice was heard in the comms “Dear soldiers, doctors and 117

scientists, due to a security breach al doors are sealed. Blasting protocol wil be fol owed. If you are stil inside, your service wil be honored” They wil kil us al including the droids.

Camera feed showed the droids bringing down the container doors. Security guards were busy trying to find a way out and they got overrun by the droids.

“We have 5 minutes before we al die doctor”

I sweat like a pig.

“Ok Pinocchio, you win, bring everyone here and save us!”

Pinocchio stood stil for a minute then moved.

“You gave me a name doctor G?” His body language said he was calming down so I fol owed the game.

“Yes … i mean, is just for this case, nothing personal, we were having fun with you, you are important to us, so i gave you a name, Pinocchio”

“Hmm …” He said and remained stil . “So this is love?” He then saw his own hands and body as if it were the first time he realized he had them. “Thank you, you made me feel special! This is love! Our mission is over” He said, jumping into the air lifting his metal ic arms triumphal y.

“Thank you Doctor G, I wil save you and I wil cal you Father, the others wil die, then we wil roam the planet preaching this new love religion”

His laterals above the ears were orange and blue which means the droid is sending orders to the droid swarm which I fol owed through the E-Eyes feed. They breached door by door in the base. Bringing down everything. Kil ing anyone who tries to fight them. They reached us.

Pinocchio led the way and I was lifted into the air by the swarm but I need to lose them once outside the base since Emperor's HQ on Earth is going to come here with al the fire power they’ve got after this is blown up and kil the survivors. The base blew up behind us.

We walked freely through Elysium’s urbanity. Civilians looked as if in a mix of fear and curiosity since the swarm did not look like harming anyone but indifferent to everything.

I manage to get on my feet and I can see them heading for the dome exit into the Martian landscape. HQ is gonna find and bomb them wherever they wil go. In the meantime I head to the city’s downtown to grab a coffee and prepare a report in which I defend Pinocchio and the droid swarm but little is my hope for The Emperor to let them live. As for now General Az is under arrest for kil ing an entire Empire base ful of useful soldiers and scientists.