HENRY was stunned that the group had no objections to Justin’s claim. He took Zhixi aside and tried to reason with her.“Are you guys seriously considering this? That guy is a clown. He’s going to fuck things up.”“Not if we fuck him up first,” Zhixi replied. “I still don’t think we can trust him. He knows how to handle this stuff yet he still needs us?”“Sometimes you need to work with a crew if you’re not bold enough to do it on your own.”“Are you listening to yourself? He clearly expects one of us to die just so he can get the system.”Zhixi grinned conspiratorially. “Not if he dies first.”Their minds were made up, Henry realized. There was nothing he would tell them that would make them change their mind. When they got back to the rest of the crew, Justin was boasting to Zoe and Leroy about how good he was with handling robots and how he’d been planning for it for so long.“So are we all retiring to bed or what?” Zoe asked as she came closer. “Maybe we can re-strategize and sta
Ralph, now called Justin Jr. turned to the side of a particular rock and raised his arm. The raised arm reminded Henry of the way he had raised it to him just a few moment ago, with the intent of killing him before he had the chance to escape.Now, that arm raised and shoots something out of its finger. A bright, colorful portal opened in the rock. It was so bright, so beautiful, and would certainly attract other things. Henry peeked, and he saw some robots going about their lives, unaware that a portal had been breached. When one of them looked, Henry suddenly drew back, out of sight, so that it would only be the robot that was looking in.“Is it really the city of robots?” Zhixi asked, the excitement creeping into her tone.“Yes.” Henry answered dryly.“Great! Let’s get going then.”“Not yet,” Justin rose up a hand. “I want a vote that none of you will harm my hunny bunny.”“Your what?”He blushed. “My Justin Jr.”“Bro, that’s your task instructor,” Leroy pointed out.“Doesn’t matte
In new disguises, they didn’t look like robots but at least they were able to blend in. Zoe complained of hunger, and they had to sit in a corner and feast on the food they brought for their journey. All except Justin, who was making some adjustments to his new found robot. He handled it like a child who finally got that one toy they always wanted and now would not let go of it. However admirable it was, Henry still found it weird, especially since it had Ralph’s face.“You think he was deprived of a toy when he was a child?” Leroy murmured to Henry. “Because it sure as hell seems like he did.”“That’s how nerds act when they’re with their creation,” Zhixi said as she munched on dried meat. “Hey, this tastes good. I wonder if they grill the beast we kill and serve it to us?”Zoe suddenly threw up what she was eating and looked to Henry. He saw the look on her face and suddenly knew she was thinking about her goddess. Zoe’s eyes were starry as she fingered the gem hanging from her neck
The ride was epic; at least for Zhixi. She kept screaming at the top of her voice, having as much fun as she could. Leroy took this opportunity to show off his extracurricular skills by driving like a mad man. Henry almost felt sorry for Zoe. Almost; until he noticed the way she smiled secretly and liked the way the air blew her hair about her face.“We’re getting to the gate!” Leroy screamed. “We have to go slow!”Leroy screeched to a stop so dangerously that Zoe nearly flew out of her seat. Zhixi grabbed her around her midriff and drew her back. Leroy was not sorry. He merely looked back and shrugged nonchalantly, saying:“The damn bikes don’t even have seatbelt.”“You stupid man,” Zhixi bit out. “You could have killed her!”“But she had fun, didn’t she?” He nodded his head at Zoe. “Sorry, witch. I didn’t mean to throw you off your seat.”Zoe cringed. On the ride Leroy had let out that he found her to be a witch and was cautious about it. When she didn’t correct him, he took the opp
The rest of the crew stared at Henry like he was mad. There was a wild push against the door from outside, but the door was tightly closed. He stared at it, making sure that it would hold, before turning to look at the others.“Are you fucking crazy?!” Leroy roared. “You just blew our cover!”“That means we don’t have time,” he replied calmly.“Yups, sure as hell, there’s no time left for us to navigate anywhere,” Justin said as he unconsciously rubbed his robot. “Just so you know, they will all send a message through their processors that there’s been a breach.”“I know.”“And not just any breach, but a human one who has one of their own with them.”“At least they know we are smarter than their goddamn robots.”Zhixi laughed. They all looked at her, momentarily distracted by the joy in her laughter. When she stopped, she noticed that they were all looking at her.“What?”Justin rolled his eyes at her. “Does this look funny to you?”She shrugged. “I like the idea of danger.”“Oh I’m s
Henry stared at the man who was a man and a robot at the same time, or at least his brain was. The words he’d spoken floated in and out of his head, making him wonder and wonder. He glanced around, checking to see if anyone was as scared as he was. This wasn’t just any meeting. He felt like he had walked into a trap.“What do you mean by ‘the master is waiting for me’?” Henry asked.“Oh he’s been watching you,” Lucifer smiled. “He’s been watching all of us.”“Watching us?” Zhixi asked.She looked at Henry, and their eyes met. They were thinking the same thing: the cameras in the compartment that they thought was just for show alone, the bunk beds that had lights—what if it was cameras there? And so many other things that they struggled to put in place. How long has this master of theirs been watching them? So he knew of their plans and still allowed them to execute it? He had a lot of questions he had, but he settled for: “When are we going to see this master, then?”Lucifer smiled.
The door materialized in front of them, a glass transparent door. Henry never thought that he would see a door materialize out of nowhere. Had it always been there and they camouflaged it? He certainly won’t be surprised, but then what level of technology had they attained to be able to get to that level? He was very much intrigued by this, which makes him wonder just who the hell this master was.Lucifer opened the door for them and gestured with one had inside, like a butler. Henry guessed he could be a butler, that he could be many things other than a second hand commander to the master—whoever that was.“This way, please. Remember to be cautious with the master. I will not be in there to quell his anger if you do anger him.”Henry shifted aside for Justin to go in first. Someone has to be the scapegoat of them all. The guy didn’t even notice anyways. He was too busy being intrigued to even care about the dangers ahead of them. When nothing happened to him, Leroy and Zoe entered, f
Henry looked deep into his eyes, and knew that this was no boy. Somehow the distance between them was nothing but space. He could see the man behind the boy, the intelligence into the little boy’s body. He was stunned by this, and it frightened him when he thought about just how much power he would wield. This was no boy, and they had fallen into his trap. He felt himself being sucked into a void, a thin black substance that consisted of just him and the boy alone.The master.He was a combination of science and human brilliance. From the corner of his eyes, he could see Zhixi reaching out for him, trying to break that hold between them. It happened in slow motion. She yelled his name, and then she held his hand, shifting his body and eye contact out of focus. Henry gulped in a copious amount of breath as he lost focus and was out of the trance. He bent over his knees and coughed, more out of reflex than the need to.“Are you okay?” Zhixi asked. “You just went out of…” she stopped as
Evelyn noticed her sister isn't at home yet. She tried calling her number but it's isn't going.She tried the same for Henry's numbers but it wasn't going also. She decided to call Louis and it was the same thing."Fuck shott."She cursed"Why are they not picking where could they be?" She asked herself pacing around the room. She couldn't think straight. She didn't know what to do.She called their number, but it wasn't going.Evelyn slept that night and told herself she was going to go to their house first thing in the morning.*The Next Day.*Evelyn woke up feeling sad, she didn't know what was wrong with her, but she was just sad. She felt something was going wrong somewhere.She stood up and left the house without even bathing. She first went to the company hoping to find her sister there, but she did not.She heard the shareholders will be holding a meeting there, she couldn't find her sister. She then decided to go to Dexter's office. She couldn't find him also.She couldn't eve
"Sean are you ready to take your revenge?" Erica questioned him."Yes, I am so ready to take my revenge, where is the gun? Knife anything? I am fucking prepared every fuckin time." Sean replied Erica.Erica went to meet Sean and ask him if he is ready to take his revenge. Sean wanted to kill him by every means."I need Mike, the only person who can lure Henry is Mike." Sean told her."Consider it done." She assured him.Dexter was prepared for the operation, he wanted to take them down as fast as he can. He got a call from Erica that he should kidnap Sean first."Come and meet me at the warehouse immediately you are done." He said to her.Dexter was already with his guys in a dark and secluded warehouse, a group of people huddled around a table, planning their next move.This was not a typical meeting, but one with a sinister purpose. They were planning a kidnapping, and every detail had to be just right.Dexter showed them the target picture so they will not end up going for the wron
*Later That Day.*Erica was at Dexter's company, she went there immediately she was done with stuffs at her company. She also went there since he refused to answer her calls."We need to act fast, we don't know what the guy is planning. I loosed the video, and there isn't anything we can use against him anymore." Erica told Dexter he thoughts drinking the juice that was placed on the table."We will kill him if he has any other intentions, we are not going to let him bring us down." Dexter said to her."Since you said that guy is available, I guess he is will be the one to take the revenge. That way we will be free for the rest of our lives." Dexter said to Erica."Do you not feel we should kidnap him, that easy it would more easy for him to get killed." She said to him."Yes, I agree with you." Dexter told her."Don't you have some met out there that could help us with it. We can't do it on our own." She told him."That's true, I will find some useful guys that can assist us in kidna
*The Next Day.*Henry woke up the next morning feeling so refreshed, he slept peacefully like a baby in the night. He couldn't get to see Evelyn the other day because he was tired already.He decided he was going to see her today. He put on his dress. Seeing his ex is just terrible for him. He remembered how broke he was when he caught her.He remembered how he loosed all hope after she confessed everything to him. After she told him he doesn't love her."Why do I have to dress up?" He asked himself when he noticed how nicely he was dressing."Whatever." He muttered under his breath. Henry already told Evelyn about the meeting. He walked out of the bedroom, and saw Louis waiting for him."Don't tell me you are this well dresses because of her." Louis winked at him."Me? This is just a casual well, and I am well dressed because I want to dress nicely." He said to Louis"Woah, are you going to meet up with a girl? Is he going on a blind date?" Mike was surprised by his outfit immediatel
Henry ended the call immediately after listening to what the nurse told him."What happened?" Louis inquired ok seeing how devastated he was."Someone released Sean from the hospital claiming they are related, how does that makes sense?" Henry was beginning to get so angry."It was Erica." Louis told Henry."You knew it was her and you couldn't stop her? How did you find out that it was her?" Henry queried him"I planted a tracker in her car, I saw that she went to a place and that is not the office, neither Dexter's company. She must have been the one." Louis explained to him."I knew she is up to something, we must find a way to find out what she is up to. She might want to use him or something." Mike added."She didn't know I am out the prison yet right?" Henry wanted to confirm his thoughts."Yes, she didn't know you are out of the prison yet, we need to wait for a while. That was she will be unguarded." Louis answered.They got to their house in no time and did the necessary thin
Erica laid on the bed, she realized how tired she was. She didn't know when she slept off.Evelyn tiptoed into her room, her sister was sleeping so deep that she didn't even notice when someone entered the room.Evelyn searched for the other phone her sister barely use. She finally found it in her wardrobe. She tried unlocking it but she couldn't.She then went to where he sister was using, and decided to use her finger print to open it. It opened once.The first thing she did was to set a screen timeout. She left the bedroom, and went ahead to meet Louis where he was waiting for her.She walked up to where he parked his car and entered it."How was it? Did you not get it? I thought you said you were going to text me." Louis asked her."I got the phone." She answered and have him the phone she got from her sister.Louis first went to her iMessage, hoping he could find something there but he couldn't. He then whet to her storage.Luckily for him, he saw the videos there. He didn't know
Erica was happy with the scene that was going on. She was happy seeing how speechless Henry became."Wait, why me? I am not interested. Why should I become the ceo, laugh out loud." Erica acted surprised.She knew what she was doing, she didn't want to look. Suspicious to Louis."We have noticed that you are good for this job, and we would love to pick you." They informed her."Woah, looks as if I got no choice." She stoped up."If you know you would not want her to he the CEO, please can you raise your hands up." Someone announced but none of the shareholders could raise up their hands."Today, we declare ma'am Erica as the CEO of this company." The person who was in charge of the voting said."You are fired from this company, together with Mike. We find out you two might be a threat to the new CEO as you are not happy with her becoming the CEO." The shareholder passed across the information."What does Mike have to do with this? You can fire me instead and leave the poor guy alone."
"What do you want to see me for?" Erica asked Louis immediately she got to his office."I wanted to ask you few questions, is it possible for you to go to the house we just came back from. Can you get the security footage of everything that happened during our stay there?I think there is a spy there that got it release everything we did, and sent to our rival company." Louis asked Erica for a favor.He knew what he was doing. Even though he will have to loose an evidence that is as strong as that. His main aim was to confirm if Erica was the spy, and if she has someone she is working for."Sure, I will do that." Erica assured him with a smirk on her face."You are telling your greatest enemy to do the job for you." She said to herself."Consider it done." She assured him"Thank you very much." Louis appreciated."What about Henry? I haven't seen him! Hope he is okay?" She asked him."Sure, he will not be showing his face for the meantime. He will surely get back to you once he is bac
"The police are here for what?" Henry asked with his eyes wide opened."They insisted on staying at the entrance, and they are on their way here." The girl told him and she will not stop panicking.The police entered his office without knocking, with his secretary at their back."Mr. Henry you are under arrest. We will refrain you from talking, any word can be used against you in the court of law. You are allowed to also have an attorney." One of the police said to him."Find me a lawyer." Henry said to louis and followed the police men without asking them any questions.Henry followed them willingly without asking them any questions.Louis was still shocked with what happened. He knew what happened, he knew the reason he was arrested.Louis never imagined if there is a way they can get him saved. He decided to call Henry's best lawyer.He didn't want to go and Henry immediately to avoid any suspicions. A lot of people haven't figured out that he got arrested yet."I need you here imm