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2024-10-29 19:42:56Adam's eyes widened, he gasped in awe. The symbiote just revealed to him that it can read people's minds like it was nothing. Adam actually ignored all the other thoughts and images projected by the symbiote, and focused on the part where it said (biological data), it showed him that he just needs to touch a living being, and its memory, thoughts, and Physical condition will be analyzed.
Adam quickly left the play ground, heading to the one person he would test this on.
Birdy was helping Roland, the maintenance worker, with his job. Roland is the only one in his team, he is responsible for the entire orphanage's maintenance. the orphanage consists of two buildings, a play ground, and the outer wall which had several cameras and equipment on it.
Helping Roland were one of the most paid tasks that kids can get, although usually only older kids are accepted, because of size and strength of course. There were some tasks that required brain more than Brawn, Roland would then request specific kids, Birdy was one of his favorite helpers, for the sole reason that he would do what he's told, no hesitation, no question, he would talk like a talk show of course, but when focus is needed, he would focus.
Roland Burgos is a tall thin man, with a black trimmed beard, a long black hair that reaches his shoulders, tide in a ponytail, with its ends and some whole strands being white, his Eyes dark brown, not many wrinkles on his face, only the ones left behind by his long loud laughing, and his long sleepless nights.
Birdy was helping him fix a malfunctioning lawn mower, they were in the second building, which had the swimming pool, the inside activity and sports, and the maintenance workshop.
"ok, press the Green button!" said Roland with his head inside an opening on the side of the lawn mower.
When Birdy pressed a Green button on the Screen, which was the size of an adult's palm, on the other side of the lawn mower, a green light shown from beneath the lawn mower.
"I think its working now! Lets go test it." Roland said while closing the cover.
he came to the other side, holding Birdy's shoulder and getting down on his knee, Roland pressed a few buttons on the screen in succession.
Any one looking at the two from a far would mistake them for a father teaching his son how to fix a lawn mower.
With a crackling noise, the lawn mower raised its self on its legs, which all ended with an omnidirectional wheel.
At the moment it started to scan its surroundings, Adam arrived in front of the workshop door, which was 3 meters high, and had the two sides of its sliders open wide.
A cube like robot, with four retractable limbs connected to the middle of each of its edges, its upper part black, with solar panels covering the entire surface, the lower part green with multiple tubes coming out of it, it had a bulging half ball glass dome the size of a palm, on each of its angles. It was 1.5 meters tall, which looked like a giant to Adam when it passed by him walking on its tall legs.
Adam stared at it for a moment, it was heading to a green area near the wall.
"birdy! Are you done yet?!" Adam asked with an excited expression on his face, which actually shocked both birdy and Mr. Roland. "Hi! Mr. Roland, do you still need Birdy with you?" Adam asked Mr. Roland when Birdy was taking too much to answer.
"we are done for today, but I want him tomorrow in one piece!" Mr. Roland said with a chuckle. "what made you excited any way! I want some!" he couldn't help but ask while Birdy was actually terrified.
For three months in the orphanage, no one have ever seen Adam's facial expressions change. His current expression was not extreme or even obvious for a stranger, but to Birdy who have seen Adam almost every day for three months, he never saw him laugh or smile, he never saw him even speak unless he had some plan to escape or was plotting something.
Mr. Roland respected and actually liked Adam, he saw him as a serious man, not as a child. When ever Adam's punishment was helping him, he would try to speak with Adam, Adam would occasionally answer him when the subject was to his liking. Adam also wasn't just helping, sometimes he would learn the simple things and do them on his own.
While Birdy was thinking of an excuse to escape from Adam, he was grabbed by him and dragged outside.
Roland was actually tempted to follow them, his curiosity was peeked, seeing Adam excited like that. But he preferred to respect their privacy.
Adam was holding Birdy's hand dragging him to a place where no one can see them, "Adam! Are you gonna kill me? I didn't tell Vergo that you stole his stash! He figured it out on his own, I swear! I don't know what you did with my pillow, but I forgive you! I can give 50 credits if you leave me alone, I was planning to buy some comics, but you can take them, just let me go! I have my entire future in front of me, I don't want to die this young, I haven't even kissed a girl yet! why do you think there is no girls here? Do girls parents not abandon them? Why did my parents leave me! Because I'm not a girl? If I was b…"
Ae usual, Birdy didn't stop talking until he felt a slap on the back of his head. "why would I kill you! And who cares about Vergo?! As for your pillow… I wouldn't sleep on it again if I was you." Said Adam while staring at Birdy, who felt uncomfortable standing alone with Adam, in the changing room of the pool area, which was empty at this time.
Birdy took a few steps back, away from Adam. "what are you gonna do to me?!" he was about to cry.
"I don't actually know! But I need you to not speak about this to any one! Ever." Adam said while raising his hand, reaching for Birdy's forehead. Birdy was cowering back in fear, the moment Adam touched his head…
[Data discovered…
Scanning…
Analyzing…
Human, data updated.
Neural Map updated…
Inferior motor memory…
Inferior physical condition…
Irrelevant memory data…]
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The weapon dealer's son Chapter 12: the trip.
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In the horizon, there was land, or so it seemed. City 17, one of the biggest cities in the world. floating serenely on the oceans surface, a place where humans can build and destroy to their hearts content, away from nature.Adam lived in city 17 his entire life, which amounts to 9 years, he never saw the city from outside with his own eyes. He wasn't excited, he wasn't happy to go home, he was disappointed. According to the knowledge in the symbiote's data, this city is all controlled and monitored by the central tower. Why did his father leave him in such a place, where he could be under the control of these people.Seeing the look on his face, Sydni gestured to the car system to take them higher, they were still quite far from the city.Adam could see the massive size of the city, its perfect design, the gigantic tower in the middle surrounded by buildings that gets smaller the further it gets from the tower. The circular arrangement of buildings and streets with the tower as its c
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The dense smooth ball fell to the ground, bypassing the gravity field that previously contained it. It plunged a few centimeters deep into the hard metal floor, a ton of force was concentrated in a small area, making it hard to contain it by regular matter. It was still sinking through the metal floor slowly, as it was being mercilessly pulled by the planet’s gravity.[Connection established. recalculating blueprints to adapt to the signal of the new nanite cluster fabric. More physical contact with the material is required for a faster result.]“Was it successful?!” Keet’s eyes were asking the question before he even moved his lips. He was startled by the sudden disengagement of the sphere from the gravity field. He kept his eyes and scanners on Adam to detect if he is in danger before any thing, and he was relieved for once to see Adam’s expressionless face unchanging. “Can you control it?.”“Yes! The signal is different from any other cluster fabric, my blueprints needs to be modif
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Adam plunged into the ground raising a cloud of dust and creating a small crater around him as he landed like a super hero on one knee and a closed fist.[The modified armor blueprint features ionic thrusters with up to 8 tons of pushing force.]‘you telling me this now?!’ Adam shouted inwardly at himself, he had no idea that the symbiote modified the armor already. his cognitive abilities and thinking speed were on another level compared to yesterday, but still he was a human that easily got distracted by the feeling of freedom and liberation, and forgot all about the need to stop and land at some point. He also wanted to show off a little in front of Keet to pretend that he wasn’t in need of help or assistance, which resulted in a minor knee bruise and a sore knuckles.“That was a cool Landing. Was it painful?!.” Keet chuckled, commenting on his landing and making sure to save the footage of it in his memory for later use.“You noticed! Well! It just needs some practice.” Adam smile
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“You should come with me to the main base first.” Keet said to Adam, pointing at the middle of the island. The main base wasn’t far from where they were, the whole island was 20 km across, it would take them less then a minute to reach there flying.“Okay you go first and set a beacon, I’ll test some old tech with this new unlimited energy.” Adam didn’t argue with him, but he was still going to do his tests. He turned his clothe into a skin tight jump suit with a helmet covering his face. Two long thin wings grew from his back, ending with a jet engine each.“Do you know how loud these things are?! If you break the sound barrier with them you could damage many equipment on the island. You should try something else.” Keet stopped Adam from firing up the engines. he hated this era of technology for its too little care for the planet’s well-being. Unlike the mock engines that Adam was planning to use, the real ancient jet engine used a dangerous fossil fuel, which didn’t just endanger th
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Adam was sitting on a wooden table behind the house, eating his big breakfast while surrounded by trees, flowers, and whistling birds. The rich sunlight bathed him in its warmth and its wide spectrum of electromagnetic radiations. “Birdy didn’t wake up yet?! He sure doesn’t miss Gem.” He said stuffing his face with more food, He stopped focusing on chewing much, the food would disappear in a few seconds anyway. He was worried about Birdy, it was unnatural for the kid to sleep in.Birdy used to wake up earlier then every one, Adam would sometime Hear him laughing on the top bed, he thought at first that he was having some weird dream. When he asked him about it, Birdy Said that it was the only time of the day he would quietly enjoy reading his comics.“That boy is actually quite something! He trained for four hours straight after you went to sleep, not taking any rest until he passed out on the living room’s floor.” Keet informed Adam while aiming a barrage of scanners and detectors at
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Adam opened his eyes on a massive head of a man with white hair, white groomed beard, and wide opened eyes staring at him with the kind of amusement one would look at a rare creature with.“Waaaah… what the f*ck old man! Stop doing that!” Adam jumped out from the soft bed, away from the massive head, only to realize that it was just Keet, and his head was normal size, it was just too close for comfort.“Rise and shine Kid! We have a long, long day to catch.” Keet said with a happy grin, he couldn’t just wait until Adam wakes up, he needed some explanation for the events of yesterday.“What long day? Go catch it yourself! Let me sleep I’m tired.” Adam had nothing to wake up early for. The symbiote calculated that his body would need 9 more days to resume his preparatory enhancement. he no longer had a dead line to find a plan to escape, he was already in a safe place. And he most certainly wouldn’t give up sleep to start training early after all that happened yesterday. He was simply t
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Birdy was extremely exhausted, he felt that he was about to collapse, but he held on to his consciousness just to finish the third objective of the schedule that Adam created for him. He was disappointed in himself for not being able to continue to the fourth, compared to this schedule, the daily training routine he was used to in the orphanage was literally a breeze.He was oblivious to the fact that he finished a training routine made for an adult athlete, and that there was no fourth objective. the symbiote calculated that he would finish this much of this hell hard schedule, just based on Birdy’s personality, and his ignorance about how hard the training schedule is, and the fact that any human being who experienced weakness would be motivated to become stronger.What kept him going was the image of Keet’s hands wrapping around his whole body, the fear he felt at that moment, he felt too little, and too weak. the name of the protocol Adam created for him made him think that Adam w
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4 hours ago, after Adam went to sleep, Birdy decided to test what he can do with the new blueprint that Adam created, but he was afraid to go outside the wooden house, because Keet might be out there, so he was going to settle with testing the small things.He patted the cute white dog, and then ordered it to turn to the full armor mode with his thoughts. The dog immediately seemed to be giving him a jump hug, only to turn into liquid and swallow Birdy’s entire body into the liquid, and then form the armor around his body, the process only took a split second, but it felt longer to Birdy who was in the middle of it.The armor felt lighter than before, and when he took a step forward, he didn’t feel any weight to it at all. in fact, he felt as if nothing could stop his leg from stepping forward. The amount of power behind the single step was enough to destroy anything in his path.He started to become wary of his movement, to not cause any damage to the house. And then he noticed that
