Heart Like a Machine

Chapter 95

"Here's the Armory," I said as we made it to the building. Inserting the key, the doors opened and we headed inside.

"What is going on in here?" Seyka asked.

"I don't know, but it doesn't look good," I walked around.

"Why is he collecting hair and fingernails from the Quen?" Lis asked, hovering over a bed.

Tapping my Focus, I scanned the area and the machine that was in the center looked to be a storage device.

"There's a preservative here," I walked over to the shelf.

"He never intended on taking the Quen to space," Seyka said. "Only their DNA."

"So that when he gets to space and makes his colony, he can remake them and they can follow him from there," Lis said.

"Let's keep looking around," I said and walked into another room where there was a chair and a console to the right of it.

"Is that b-blood?" Lis asked, walking towards the chair.

She tapped her Focus and scanned it, gasping as she did.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"It's mother's blood," Lis said slowly.

"Oh my gosh," I walked over to where Lis was, getting a glance of the blood. It was old, maybe about five days ago.

"We need to get information about what Londra is doing and quickly," I said, searching the room since the console needed power.

Going into a room behind the main one, I found a powercell and inserted it in. Heading back to where Seyka and Lis were, all three of us circled around the chair as it turned on.

"The apple is an orage. Respond."

"What is this?" Seyka asked.

"The bird is a fish. Respond."

"The triangle is a square. Respond."

"This doesn't make any sense."

"He doesn't want the Quen to think for themselves. This is MSP," I said.

"He's brainwashing them!" Sekya exclaimed.

"To respond is to obey," the monotone voice from the chair resonated in the room.

"We have to stop him."

I walked back over to the console and placed my hand on it.

"Aloy, the one who eliminated the other members of Far Zenith. I'm glad you managed to reset the system," a floating orb coming towards me.

"You are?" I asked the floating orb.

"Yes. It allowed my to bypass several restrictions. There is something I must ask of you and I am willing to help you in return.

"You work for Londra and you expect us to trust you?" Seyka asked.

"Hold on. Ok, if you're willing to help us, prove it. Help me understand what's going on here. Londra's building a spaceship. He's collecting genetic material from the Quen. Subjecting them to MSP, this kind of mind control. But others, like Seyka's sister, they seem to be part of a selection process. What does it all add up to? And who even are you?"

"I commend you on your observations. Walter plans to leave Earth before Nemesis arrives. He wants to create a new colony on a distant world using stored Quen DNA to be the population. He also intends to bring a small handful of carefully selected individuals with him. These will form his 'retinue'. A family of sorts that will rule by his side. And I am Nova, Walter's companion if you will."