Mau5in' Around

Chapter 6

“Thomas it hu- kkkktzz aaaah!” Dead Mau5 twitched violently.

“MAU5, I KNOW IT HURTS. JUST HOLD STILL. THE MORE YOU MOVE, THE LONGER IT’S GOING TO TAKE.” Thomas said.

Mau5 lay on his stomach on a stretcher, giving an unpleasant frown. His hoodie and shirt were removed and a metal plate was attached to his upper spine. Raven had never noticed it before. Guy had said this thing was a straight opening to his memory. It was how both he and Thomas were going to ‘tweek his brain waves.’ Raven wasn’t too sure what this process was. She had the idea that they were going to somehow make Mau5 mentally more stable. How they were going to do that, Raven had no idea. Hopefully by watching, she would understand.

Guy and Thomas both stood over Mau5, Thomas holding long and thin, metal tweezers. Guy was gripping Mau5’s upper arms, trying to hold him still for Thomas. The metal tweezers prod and nicked the plate on Mau5’s back, causing the crazed rodent to twitch. That plate much be filled with sensitive nerves. 

“I ALMOST GOT IT OPEN…” Thomas said. Carefully, he nudged the plate to get a seal on it to slightly pop up off the surface. He then easily took the tweezers and gripped the seal, pulling it up and open. The plate on his back started to glow that cyan blue that his eyes and mouth had done.

“Oooooh~ That feels so weird.” Mau5 giggled.

“OKAY, READY FOR THE NEXT STEP.” Thomas said. 

Guy nodded and rummaged around in the black bag next to him. He pulled out another tool that looked like a two-toothed pitchfork. Guy hit a button on it and it began to glow a bright yellow.

“What’s that do?” Raven asked, her eyes wide. These kinds of tools were too scientific for her. But she couldn’t help being curious. She had quite the love of building things herself. 

“THIS..” Guy replied, holding it down at an angle now. “..WILL BE HOW I MANIPULATE THE WAVES PULSING IN MAU5’S BRAIN. WE ARE GOING TO HOOK UP THOMAS IN-SYNC TO MAU5 AND I WILL SCAN HIS WAVES. WHEN MY SCANNER FINDS A WAVE THAT ISN’T FUNCTIONING RIGHT, THOMAS WILL SENSE IT. HE WILL TELL ME THE MOMENT HE SENSES IT AND I WILL STRIKE IT DOWN.”

Raven blinked in amazement. “So wot.. you will be able to kill all the defects in Mau5’s brain and make him perfect?”

Mau5 giggled, listening to their conversation. An unhappy face blinked on Guy’s face helmet. “SADLY, IT DOESN’T WORK THAT EASILY. BY STRIKING THE NERVE, WE WILL ONLY BE CHARGING IT, GIVING IT THE CHANCE TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY.. OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, BETTER. INHANCING LIFE IS TOO COMPLICATED TO BE AN EASY TASK.”

Raven shrugged. “So why don’t you just keep striking all the bad nerves in him until they all start working right?”

Then, a face with X’d eyes appeared on Guy’s helmet, and Raven already knew before he explained. “SHOCKING HIS BRAIN WAVES TOO MUCH COULD KILL HIM. THIS PROCESS WILL HAVE TO BE DONE ON AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.” 

“So, estimating, how long then would it take to make him perfect?” Raven.

Both Thomas and Guy looked at each other then back to Raven. “HE COULD NEVER BE PERFECT.” Thomas explained.  “WE ARE NOT THE MAIN CREATORS. WE, BEING CREATIONS, COULD NEVER MAKE SOMETHING PERFECT. HOWEVER, WE AIM TO MAKE HIM AS HUMAN AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT HE MAY UNDERSTAND HUMANS MORE THAN WE CAN. BUT TO REACH THAT LEVEL, IT MIGHT TAKE US A FEW MORE YEARS. THERE ARE MANY BRAIN WAVES THAT ARE OFF IN HIS PATTERN. AND BRAIN WAVES THAT HAVE BEEN STRUCK TO FUCTION RIGHT CAN GO BACK TO BEING DEFECTIVE OVER TIME.” 

Raven gulped. Sounds like tedious work that requires a lot of patience. But seeing that these two were obviously more computer like than human, they probably had what it takes to get Mau5 the way they wanted him. But Main Creators… what did Thomas mean by that? She decided to keep her questions at a minimum so the two robots could work.