Ray and Oxford were eating their lunches that Fier made for them when they heard a knock on the front door. Oxford stood up and told the robot to hide before answering the door. The robot left their sight in just seconds and Oxford opened the door slightly and found out that it was his wife. He let her in immediately.
"Here are the three tickets. Monday is our departure.", said Zinnia as he handed to him the tickets.
"These are cruise ship tickets.", said Oxford after he checked the tickets.
"What about it?", questioned the mother.
"Nothing. It's just... I've never been in a ship before.", replied Oxford with a small smile.
"Well, you'll enjoy it. Ray...", the wife turned to face Ray who was still eating but turned also when he was called. "Have you ever been on a cruise ship before?", she asked.
Ray nodded at her as a response.
"I'll see you next week then.", said Zinnia before walking out of the door, leaving the penthouse.
Oxford closed the door and locked it also. The robot walked out from the hallway with a questioning look. Ray returned eating his meal while Oxford showed Fier the tickets. The robot stood next to Oxford and grabbed one ticket to take a good look at it. He then stared at the man who just sat back down to finish his lunch.
"How come you haven't been on a ship?", questioned Fier to Oxford.
"I've never ridden a cruise ship before, just boats. I'm not scared if you're about to ask that.", replied Oxford and then glanced at Ray who was just listening to him, he has also finished his meal.
"You lied.", Oxford said to Ray.
"I thought you'd never notice.", replied Ray before standing up with the plate and went tot he kitchen to wash the plate by himself.
When Oxford finished his lunch, he too stood up and went to the kitchen to wash the plate. Whilst he was at it, Ray and Oxford went to the living room with the laptop, the cable and the folder which contains the blueprints. Ray sat down on the sofa when he placed the laptop on the coffee desk and the cable connected from the device to the robot. He told the robot to continue to try while he tried to look for an easier way in the blueprints. Oxford soon joined them by sitting on the sofa, next to Ray who was carefully scanning the papers one by one.
"Any progress?", Oxford asked Fier who was focusing.
"I don't know...", answered the robot after letting out a sigh.
"Who wrote this?", Ray let out a question for Oxford.
"The writer.", replied Oxford.
"What I meant is..."
"Every file, data or blueprint comes from our vault. Everything inside the vault is written by the writer, it's a male, died a long time ago, we don't know his name, so we call him 'the writer'.", said Oxford when he grabbed a paper from the folder and showed Ray the logo which is printed on the bottom right corner of the paper.
"I see...", replied Ray. "Well, these are useless.", he added.
"We have no choice but to control it remotely.", said Fier.
"We have two choices for creating a remote. One is literally making a remote and the second is turning a device to a remote, an example of that is this laptop, the only problem is that it only works with a cable.", said Ray.
"Can you turn this phone into a remote?", questioned Oxford when he pulled out his phone.
"That's your main phone, do you have a secondary?", replied Ray.
"I think...", said Oxford when he stood up and walked into his bedroom, to try to search for his secondary phone.
He first searched in his closet from corner to corner and top to bottom. When he found nothing, he then went to check the cabinet thoroughly, but soon after he walked out from the bedroom empty-handed. Ray and Fier were watching Oxford search the penthouse for his phone, he can't remember where he put it since it has been a long time that he used two phones.
"Take your time.", said Ray before Oxford walked into the hallway. He then turned his head to Fier and caught him looking back at him. "Keep trying.", he told.
"I can't.", replied the robot.
"Why?", questioned Ray.
"I... I-I just can't.", said Fier when he looked away.
Ray was about to ask the robot about his name but he decided not to for now since Oxford has returned with a phone. He handed him the gadget after turning it on and unlocking it. Ray placed the phone on the coffee table, next to the laptop since the phone doesn't have any ports. He doesn't know what is the brand of the phone but Oxford said that it is the company's phone. He copied the app from the laptop and transferred it to the phone, and it only took a few minutes. He then gave it to Oxford who was standing next to the robot, having a conversation.
"Try it. It should work probably.", said Ray to Oxford.
Ray watched the man did a tap on the screen of the phone.
"Where did you tap?", question Ray to Oxford.
"HIs right hand.", answered the man.
Fier raised his right hand and was surprised that his right mechanical hand has formed to a human hand. He started to move it around, admiring his right hand while the two men watched him.
"How do you feel?", questioned Oxford to Fier.
"I'm astonished for what my body can do.", replied Fier.
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The Disparate One
FantasyA man woke up in an unknown facility without any knowledge about him, even his past. The facility is located deep underground where the public wouldn't discover it by accident and it is one of the three facilities that they built, all three of the f...
