Princess of AMBER

*Bonus chapter 4*

       My classmates have been taken by other policemen in department, me on other hand, was still following Cole. I got to know, that I will have a talk with my dad. That is a one good point for having him here as one of the leading man. It will be easier to get myself out of this trouble. My robot companion told me to head to my dad's office, while he himself disappeared from my sight. I felt better to get rid of his company. 

    My father's office was empty. I took a seat in his big chair behind his desk. The room was very quiet, all the sounds were muffled from neighboring office sections. Police workers were walking around and doing their job. I eyed them for a minute in order to spot my dad somewhere, but he could not be seen. Office door opened and Cole walked in. His eyes boring in to my face. He closed a door and started to unbutton his jacket and shirt in front of me, not leaving his dead eyes from mine. What the hell is he doing? I felt my cheeks getting a shade darker. 

"What are you embarrassed about?" Cole broke the silence.

"Me? I am not.... What are you doing here? Don't you have a job to do? Somewhere else?" I made my 'dhaaa' face.

"Detective Solace ordered me to change back in to my uniform."

"And why are you stripping here? Don't police have a changing room or something?"

"My uniform is here, in this office."

      I growled inwardly. Why he has to be here, next to me again? I am tired of his presence. Feeling more embarrassment taking hold on my face, I spin in my chair away from his piercing gaze, before taking in his appearance. His upper clothing is already off and I see him, as he is made. One arm is black metal, mechanic looking, which reaches up to his neck. Other one is regular human like, with artificial skin on it. It almost looks too real to be a robot's arm. His chest is resembling human too. It is just his arm, neck and lower jaw, which is distinctively machine like.

      My eyes leave his form and I take focus on my dad's desk. There is a Micro-H-tab left turned on in front of me and some information - probably of his newest case. It is showing just a part of text and I cannot help myself and read it. Symptoms and actions to be aware about. Unstable psyche, aggressive behavior, unpredictability,awareness of it's own existence and emotions. Sounds like he is after some type of psycho criminal. I scroll up to see a main info for this unknown subject. My eyes go wide seeing a most bizarre suspects for a description given - robots. Is this the same thing I have been seeing on TV about robot attacks? Did it say emotions? Dangerous? Is this real? I partly thought it is some article made by reporters, exaggeration of some individual robot assault. 

    I peeked at Cole and a thought of robot having feelings gave me shivers. I hated them for being so inhuman, but now reading this tiny information, made me question my beliefs. But Cole is not feeling anything, he said it himself. I should stop worrying about it. 

My dad came in, startling me for a second. Seeing him, made me a bit angry. Partly, it was dad's fault for this have happened.

"Alison?" he showed a grim face to me. "What happened, that you had to been taken to police station?"

"Are you asking me?" I was pissed off. "Ask him! He was a one who made all this mess and...... you too, dad! Why did you give me a mindless machine to take me to a ball? Are you insane? Did you not see, what happened when you came yourself? Tonight everything was hundred times worse. My 'whole class' was taken by police. And do you know, who will be to blame? Me!" I finished my little rant in one breath.

"It appears, that she was consuming alcohol as well." Cole monotony interrupted from a corner of this office.

"Shut up!" I yelled at him. "You know nothing what happened! You just barged in and arrested everyone, including me."

"Alise, calm down. Then tell me, what happened."

".... there is no point now. Just let me go home or do whatever you have to do with me." I pushed my dad aside and walked passed him to exit his office in hurry. I was mad at my dad, that he even dared to question me for alcohol consumption. Few tears leave my eyes, as I remember everything that went on. How could they do that to me? And how my father could do the same?
I took a seat in a lobby on the ground floor and waited for anybody to pick me up for my 'criminal' activity.

       Not many minutes after a dark clothed police officer stepped in front of me. I did not spare even an eye contact to this person. I was really fed up with everything. 

"Come! I will take you home."

"Not you again." I groaned recognizing a voice of my nightmare. " Can I go home by myself?"

"You are still under the eye of police. Either you stay here, in a cell for a night or let me take you home. Your choice."

"Fine...." I stood up and started to walk towards the exit. There was no point to fight back this stupid and stubborn machine.

"Where are you going?" Cole's voice rumbled over me.

"Home. Didn't you say, you are going to take me there?"

      He drove me home and dropped me in front of my apartment building. I did not say him anything after that, just left him standing, until I closed a door behind me, I saw him leave.

       My dress was dry by now and my mind have been freed by the alcohol that have entered me earlier at night. Only a messy looking being was all that was left of me. Before going to sleep, I cleaned up myself. 

        I just hopped that by some miraculous reason, I will not see my classmates again next year. And hoped, that I will not encounter Cole too, anytime soon.