The Facility

Chapter 1

"Watcher_7, start reset sequence." That is all I remember of before. Based on what I've been told, I would guess it's a good thing. I was informed that I was the most violent Watcher. I would hurt the humans if they were misbehaving. The mechanics were frequently rewriting my code, and getting injured, in an attempt to fix my violence. I do not like violence. I scare off the ones I am to watch. A Watcher's job is similar to a human babysitter, only for the workers, sometimes their small humans, which I was told they're called 'kids' or 'children'. There are many Watchers. A lucky few of us get upgraded to Mechanic Systems. I was decommissioned by a mechanic, as I had too many issues. I do not know where I am, I am stuck. This is not the decommissioning room, but something else. "You are being sent outside the facility. You are no longer welcome, $#^&%. My name is no longer in the system. It is now 'static'. When you are removed from the system, the system removes any memory of you. 8 would have loved to have heard of outside, let alone see it! Now she won't even remember me! 8 is my 'sibling', well we don't have siblings or family. We're robots. I've always been told we all are machines. 

None of us Watchers have heard of outside. It is bright and colorful. The only ones in the system that have heard of, and been out are the FGM-v03. They help with the outside vehicles. They look and act more human than any of us in the system, so they are allowed outside. They even have their own 'human' names! I have learned that the outside fades your colors. Mechanic Systems has them in frequently for 'touch-ups', which is what the human mechanics say. 

Humans are not kind. They hate 8. It's always "Watcher_8, do I need to shock you again?" 8 gets shocked frequently. They always say it's because "that god damn robot is 'too violent' or 'not cooperating'". I was more aggressive than 8, and I only have been shocked once! That one shock was because I tried to kill a human, due to the many bugs in both mines and 8's systems. We were made by the MS-v06, in Mechanic Systems, to be sent there after being a Watcher. That went according to plan. I was informed that Mechanic Systems' bots tend to have many bugs, which is why  8 & I have so many bugs.

A large door opened that led to a bright area. I have never been outside the facility. It is prohibited. The Watchers' allowed areas are the Recharge Room, the designated Watcher Areas, and Mechanic Systems. There are no Watcher Areas outside. FGM-v03 is watched by the humans that work with them. The outside is bright and colorful. Many humans were outside, varying in size, some big, some small. An in-between human came over to me, asking if I was lost. I believe these types of humans are called 'teenagers' or 'teens'. "Hello, human. I am- $#^&%". I glitched. My name is removed, so my code is confused. "I'm Ellie! Are you the weird one? She's my favorite!" she asked, thinking I was 8. "I am not 8. I a-am $#^&%." My name keeps glitching, and so is my voicebox. "I-I a-app-ear to b-be g-gl-itch-ing," I responded, struggling to get words out. "Ashie! I found a broken Watcher in a prohibited area! What do I do?" Another human, around the same size as Ellie came over to where she was. "What's your name, Watcher?" The other human asked, trying to find any damage that could explain why I'm acting the way I am. "Na-me?" I asked, trying to get his name. "You don't know your name?" He asked, confused. "N-o. Y-you na-ame," I said, gesturing to him. "My name? I'm Ash, Ellie's sister," he answered as Ellie left. "E-El-lie le-ea-ve," I said, trying to tell Ash that Ellie had left. "Ellie? Where'd you go?" "O-o-ver the-re," I said as I pointed to Ellie. "Ellyana! Dad said we have to stay together!" I have noticed that humans get 'off track' easily.