Olivia’s POV
Was I sleeping? It didn’t feel like it. If feels like I’m in limbo. I haven’t been in here for a long time. I wonder who thought it would be alright to reset me again. I was only just starting to get answers. They were wrong none the less but they were still answers. I wonder if this is Nathan’s doing. He told me I could trust him and I thought I could but so far over the years, he has reset me five times. Of course I only know when I’m in limbo that I can’t trust him anymore but I guess this is what you get when you are a machine.
I get that you are kind of confused and I don’t blame you. I’ve thrown a curveball well rather Nathan has. I didn’t expect him to give away his only secret so early. My name is 621, the first and only Cobra made robot. My memories are false but I can’t tell when I’m not in limbo. The Black Cobra’s put so much effort in keeping me a secret they forgot that I could also blurt out my secret. Nathan gave me false hope that I could trust the humans but I guess the more times I’m reset the less my limbo self starts to lose faith in humanity. I think I liked it better when I was on the drugs.
I felt the small tug and knew I would be going back into my body again, reset and not remembering a single thing. It would be nice if Nathan could finish using me and put me back to sleep again. I think I’ve had enough with interacting with the human world.
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Opening my eyes, I noticed that it was morning. Wow, I didn’t realise how tired I must have been to sleep through the whole day. Rubbing my eyes, I headed downstairs. The thought of having breakfast passed through my mind but I dismissed it. I don’t need to eat food. Food was irrelevant. Pushing my hair up into a ponytail, I studied myself in the hallway mirror. Tilting my head I tried to figure out what I was seeing. I don’t remember having this face. They probably had it changed. Wait who was they? Why would they change my face? My head twitches and my eyes glowed blue for a second. If I wasn’t staring at my reflection I probably would have missed it.
“Morning 621”
I turned slowly to the voice. I tilted my head and studied the man before me. Was he my master or was he my maker? Why would he be your maker? Your mother is your maker? The conflicting questions, made my mind wizz. Was my mind meant to make the noise? When I didn’t answer the man, I saw the lines of worry appear on his face. Will I be punished?
“Is everything alright 621?”
“Oli”
“Shit"
The name made my body shake. Was I given a name? Ignoring the man before I headed towards the voice that called that name. Did someone actually name me? Why don’t I remember it? The man from the hallway followed me as I made my way through the maze of furniture. I didn’t like the man from the hallway. But you should trust him. My mind was wizzing again. I don’t think it should make that noise. My body felt like it was going to explode. Was I malfunctioning? Why would you be malfunctioning? More wizzing.
“There you are Oli. I trust you slept well”
I turned to see another man behind me. I body shook as it tried to remember something about this man. Maybe was malfunctioning. My body was finally failing, maybe my maker will make me a new one. But you don’t need a new one. More wizzing. It wizzed so much it felt like my head was going to explode.
“Oli are you alright? You don’t look so good”
“Malfunctioning. Error. Reset Error”
“What on earth are you talking about?”
“Olivia, why don’t you come with me so I can……”
“I trusted you”
“Huh?”
My eyes were starting to fail, as the objects around me started to blur. The mens face were no longer recognisable, not that I remembered them anyway. I always remember this part of the reset but something was wrong. The reset switch was not something to be toyed with. My master was given specific instructions for when it came to my reset switch. As my body started to prepare for the final shutdown, images, probably of my previous resets, started to play in my mind. It even included the first day I met my master.
“You said I could trust you Nate, yet you misused my body. You were given the instructions for a reason and yet you played with me like I was some sort of toy. You were warned about misusing the switch. My master will not have liked to see his only creation destroyed because of a silly boy”
“Can someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?”
“Be quiet Jeremy. We need to stabilise her before she explodes”
“How the hell are we meant to do that? What the hell is she?”
“I can explain later. Go upstairs and grab the little bag from my bedside table. I can’t leave her alone or she will kill someone”
“No, you go get it I’m not going to leave you alone with my girlfriend”
“Girlfriend?”
The two blurry figures faced towards me, I think would be shock. I was shocked too. I almost sounded human. The figures became stable again and my vision became clear. Nathan looked furious and Jeremy looked confused. Wait I remember who they were. Wait I remember everything. Growling, I flicked my knife out of my leg sheath and pushed straight into Nathan’s side. I heard Jeremy shout and try to pull me off him but I was stronger and pushed him aside. I didn’t want anyone interfering with my revenge. My original revenge. The original plan I was programmed to do, long before this idiot rest me again.
“I thought my master was stupid in giving me this mission, considering I had never met you before but his last words were terrifying to say the least. Nathaniel Pik, destroyer. You were only nine years old when you claimed your first victim. My master was kind to you, my master gave you new life and yet you took him away from this world and me”
“I have no idea what you are talking about. You were a gift to me, from your master, who I must say is very much alive”
“It was a convincing story wasn’t it. 621, the invincible agent, daughter to the famous Anderson agents. Everyone played their parts so well, including Jackson. Pity you had to kill him, he would have made a great addition to my team”
“Roles? Jackson? What?”
I twisted the knife into his side more, getting the reaction I wanted out of him. I think I will enjoy killing him and enjoy my future shutdown. My lifelong mission was finally going to finish and I was finally going to be set free. So long I have wished to be put into final shutdown mode. I pulled the knife out and pushed it against his throat. He gulped, his Adams apple snapping against the blade. This was going to be my last kill and it will be the only one I will enjoy immensely.
“I don’t understand how you can remember any of this. You should have been reset”
“My master warned you. Five times, that’s all you had and you used them all already. Now please feel free to go ahead and scream. I will enjoy it”
I pulled the knife slowly across his throat and watched the blood splatter out. I dropped his body on the floor and watched him try and cover up his neck. It wasn’t long before he stopped moving. I checked his pulse and sure enough he was dead. Smiling I closed my eyes and let the darkness of the final shutdown, surround me. Finally I get to sleep.
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Let me tell you this right now. I don’t think anyone was more shocked than me, when I woke up a measly hour later. I was still in my pyjamas and I was still covered in blood. I was hoping to never see this realm ever again. Why did someone wake me again? Did someone plug me in and charge me while I slept? This can’t be.
“Ah, I can see you’ve woken up. Drink this”
Thomas handed me a glass of water and I gulped it down like I had been dying of thirst. He took the empty cup and refilled it up again and I downed it as well.
“What’s going on?”
“That’s what I was to ask you? We return from out scouting mission to find Nathan dead, you in a heap on the floor and Jeremy trying to wash blood off his clothes”
“I don’t understand. I finished my master’s mission. I should have shut down, that’s what I was programmed to do. I don’t understand”
“What are you talking about? Programmed? Humans can’t be programmed”
“But I’m not human”
“Are you playing some sick joke right now? I might not have been there for your life but I most certainly was there when you were born. You are definitely human”
“What the fuck is going on?"
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