Mau5in' Around

Chapter 4

She was in a different room, full of soft light blue and green lights. The lights were mainly on the floor and the ceiling. She was lying in a single bed, the room too dark to see anything else. She could see that there was a desk, covered in tools and miscellaneous objects across from the bed, and a doorway, which was cracked open. Brighter lights, along with the sounds of high pitches of techno music came creeping in to this small little room. Raven sat up, taking in her surroundings. She had almost forgotten where she was. At first, she thought she had woken up in her room back in the apartment. But then she remembered the mouse DJ. Dead mau5. That was his name.

She felt fear. And a few seconds later, hunger hit her rock hard.

“Hungry…” Raven groaned, holding her stomach tightly. Aside from that, she felt completely better. 

She turned her attention to the slightly open door. She listened to the sounds of repetitive electronic rhythms and beats. It was a new type of sound she had never heard before. It was captivating. She slowly crawled out of the single bed and walked to the door. In the hallway, more blue lights hung above her, but were much brighter than the ones in the room. She gazed at them in wonder. The colored lights, along with the music… I feel like I’m in some kind of sci-fi movie. She thought. 

Her feet guided her down the hallway, closer to where the sounds were coming from. She came to another door, this one extremely tall. She looked up at it and placed her palms down on it. It’s cold touch and vibrations from the music were intriguing. A rush of excitement crept up her spin as she pushed the door open, and a loud pool of electronic sounds flooded her ears. Then her eyes were hit with lights. So many soft and colorful lights. This room was alive. It breathed, with the colored lights as the veins and the music as the arteries. 

So where is the heart..?

Raven stepped into the room and immediately, a large black shape caught her eye. She noticed to her left, a large pyramid shape to the side. Up on top and behind the pyramid, she saw a man… or was it a man? She looked more. His face was oddly shaped and silver. He looked to be wearing a tight, black body suit. She stared in awe, realizing that the music was coming from him and the strange black pyramid. Ok, she thought. This is totally a sci-fi movie scene.

The music beats went on for a little longer, as Raven stood still, watching. It suddenly died down, and stopped. 

“Whoa..” Raven whispered, blinking out of her trance.

“DO YOU LIKE IT?” The silver man asked, looking up from his pyramid stage.

“Uh..” Raven stuttered, kind of caught off guard. “Yeah.. its wonderful.”

The silver man slightly bowed his head, turned, and jumped down behind the black pyramid. He then reappeared at its base as he slowly walked towards her.

Raven held her breath as she looked upon this fellow, as he got closer. He wasn’t a man, was he?

“You’re a… robot?” She looked at his face, which was quite clearly metallic. A visor of red light dots covered where his eyes would be. 

He clucked in an odd sort of electronic way. The word ‘Perhaps’ scrolled across his visor. “YOU CAN SAY THAT, I SUPPOSE.”

Raven couldn’t help but gawk at him. She couldn’t believe how many more unusual beings she was meeting in such a short period of time.

“So your music.. if you’re a robot, did it come from inside your head?” Raven asked, pointing a finger to her own forehead. She got the idea that this guy was like Dead Mau5, like how he said his music was in his memory.