The Angel of Darkness

Chapter 4

The days went on like that until I had rebuilt enough strength to move freely, just like I had been able to prior to being here. I realized that I had really thinned out. I just assumed that it was from sleeping for 2 years. Since I had regained my strength they started putting me through some physical training.

It was insane how much stamina and power I had. I had never been able to do any of the things like this before. They set up free running courses and I just ran around like crazy, doing flips and tricks and pulling myself up effortlessly. Then I was trained in several martial arts. And some yoga. Because why not.

The academic stuff was still in place, I was just working overtime on everything. It didn't really seem to bother me though. My body had clearly been altered since I had gotten here. I was trying to figure out weather I liked it or not when I was suddenly zapped.

I looked over to see the admin bot standing beside me with a probe pointed at me.

"Student 2008721 please continue your work." The bot said

I turned to the text book that I hadn't noticed and opened it up and started to work.

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I was starting to walk down to the gym for some free running when a girl crashed right into me from around the corner. I was so shocked because I hadn't seen another human being since I had been taken away.

"Please help me!" The girl screamed "You have to help me get out of here! I've been here my whole life and the bots are trying to terminate me!"

She was gripping the collar of my shirt and shaking me. I tried to scurry away, but this girl was strong. These big bots that looked like Daleks from Doctor Who came barreling down the hall. They instantly shot a dart into her leg, making her go out cold. I put my hands up, showing I wasn't a threat and stood completely still. There was a long silence as the bots sent information to the system.

"Student 2008721 you are expected in the gym. Please get up slowly and continue on your way." The bots said

I did as they asked, but I couldn't help wondering what was going on with that girl. I know she sounded really crazy, but what if she was really telling the truth? What if I really needed to escape? Was I just some pawn being trained for some sick people hiding behind some glass and screens? I shuddered at the thought. But then I remembered when I first got here and what Munchkin had told me. It had said that I was going to be superior to the rest of the human race. Two things came out of that. One was that I may no longer be human. The second was that I may be being used by someone. How was I going to become superior? And I had been living in luxury since I had gotten here. Someone wouldn't have wasted all that money unless they were going to get something in return. I decided I was going to need to start making an escape plan.

I started working extra hard when working in the gym and on computers. I figured that if I was fast enough I could outrun the robots, or at least beat them in hand to hand combat. With the computer skills I could develop a virus that could either disable the robots or make their weapons unusable. After what was actually another year and a couple months I thought I was ready to escape.

When I woke up on the day I was planning to escape, Munchkin told me the date, then said "Happy 18th birthday Eric!"

I blinked slowly. I was already 18? I looked at myself carefully. There was no way that I was 18. I didn't feel 18. There were no mirrors in the place so I didn't really know what I looked like, so I couldn't say that I didn't look 18, but I didn't feel 18 for sure. After I bathed and got dressed, I sat down to eat. There was a birthday muffin with a candle in it. Munchkin sang happy birthday and I blew out the candle. I was starting to wonder why my other birthdays weren't even mentioned, but then figured it didn't matter.

Instead of going to classes, I was picked up by an actual human being. It was a man in a white lab coat. He gave me a smile. "Hello."

"Hi." I said

"My name is prof. Johanson. You're student 2008721?" He asked

"Yeah, but my birth name is Eric, which is what I prefer to be called." I said

"Ah right, Eric." Prof. Johanson said

"How come I haven't seen any forms of life besides you? And that one incident with that girl? Why are there only robots in this program?" I asked

"What incident with a girl?" Prof. Johanson asked cautiously

"She crashed into me in the hallway and told me to try and escape from here because the system would try and kill me. Honestly I don't believe that for a second. It wouldn't make a lot of sense." I said

Prof Johanson laughed "That's true, it wouldn't. You're going to need to come with me though. I can answer your other questions on the way."

We started walking to a different part of the building I hadn't been though yet.

"You haven't seen any other forms of life because we didn't want you to. It creates a better learning environment for you, and we found that out by looking at the way you think. When you were asleep for 2 years, we used that time to make adjustments to you, so you would be successful." Prof. Johanson said

"I see." I said

So I had been right about being altered. I decided that it wasn't that big of a deal though. It had made me better.

"What's happened in the outside world?" I asked

"Trump won the election, the government is starting to crumble because he has no idea how to run this country. Some of us in the office think that he only ran because he's rich. Your parents tried to do everything in their power to get find you, but they couldn't. They still miss you." Prof. Johanson said

"You can go see them. Do you want to?"

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