"Your office, sir.", said the droid when it stood in front of an open door.
Ray entered the room and started to look around, getting used to the new place, but something keeps distracting him. It is how did he get here. He is confused by what just happened, he can't understand it.
"When will Oxford return?", questioned Ray to the robot.
"He was ordered to return this Thursday.", answered the droid after a few seconds of getting information from the servers.
"Hmm...", commented Ray as he placed the briefcase on the glass desk, suddenly he decided to open, it didn't need a key or a code to open it, all he needed to do is to press the button in the middle, under the golden handle.
He gently took everything out in order, he first took the two folders and placed them next to the briefcase and the papers and the pens are placed on the other side. He grabbed the black folder, opened it and reviewed the contract. He found nothing interesting about it so he moved on to the red folder. He was expecting it to be just the same, but when he reached the last page, it caught his attention. There is a note attached in the middle of it.
"You are the first to have the green result.", Ray read the text while also the robot walking into the room.
Ray removed the note and flipped it, trying to search for the name of the person who wrote it.
"Shall I get you something to eat?", the droid lets out a question and Ray replied with a yes. As the robot was about to walk out of the office, Ray turned around and asked him his name.
"I don't have a name, they just call me 'droid'.", replied the droid.
"Oh. C-Carry on.", said Ray before he looked away from it and took a seat behind his desk.
After making sure that the robot has left, Ray reached out for the black folder and found the rules on the first page. He started to read it, also making sure that he remembers all of them. He doesn't know the consequences of violating a rule, but he guessed that it will be torture.
"Hmmm...", Ray uttered when he read the rule 34.
Rule 34 states that if one employee attempts to unravel the secrets that the corporation holds, that person will be eliminated and terminated immediately. If that employee has a family and/or friends from the outside, they too will be eliminated and terminated. Once the employee and its relatives/friends have been taken out, they will burn the bodies and hide the employee's information to the vault, not to the servers. In just a few minutes, the droid returned with a metal tray and put it down on a table which is placed near the desk, where Ray who was still reading the rules.
"Here is your meal.", announced the droid when he walked up to Ray and stood straight to his left.
"How many people have you served before me?", Ray questioned the droid whilst also telling it to take a seat.
"You are the first, sir.", answered the robot.
"Ok... uhm... can you tell me about yourself?", Ray asked after he glanced for a second to his meal in the distance.
"Aren't you going to eat your meal sir?", the droid questioned first before answering his.
Ray stood up carefully and fetched himself the plate along with the silverware and then returned and placed them on the desk after he moved the folder to the side.
"Tell me about yourself.", ordered the man whilst holding the utensils.
"I'm a male...", the droid began as a response to the order. "I am 22 years old and May 3rd is my inauguration day."
"That's... is that it?", Ray asked with curiosity after hearing his short statement.
"Yes... that is everything about me... apparently.", replied the droid with a gentle nod.
"I was expecting more... ", said Ray after he chewed a piece of sausage.
"Do you know anything about the facilities, especially the fourth one?", Ray continued to question, gathering details and information as much as possible just from the robot.
"I have no knowledge about the fourth facility. Only the three, sir.", answered the droid.
"Don't call me sir from now on... just call me Ray.", Ray said and the robot nodded back at him. "Tell me about the facilities."
"Oh... sorry but I can't do that... Ray... it is against our rules.", replied the droid whilst also making hand gestures.
"Ok...", Ray was about to say something when he got interrupted by an alert which emerged on the desk, it said that he is needed in the laboratory immediately. Ray got up quickly, he needs to report to the laboratory, it is in the rules when an alert popped up and is needed him, he must comply. The droid followed him from behind, making sure that he doesn't get lost since Ray has just become an elite.
"Laboratories.", the droid commanded the AI in the elevator.
The door of the elevator opened and Ray was greeted by two robot guards who were waiting for him near the entrance of the laboratories.
"What should I do?", Ray questioned his friend, the droid, who was walking next to him.
"Do you want me to take care of this?", replied the robot with a question too and Ray nodded after making sure that his decision will not violate any rules.
They entered a laboratory which is being occupied by guards and the laboratory looks familiar to Ray just by looking both inside and outside.
"What is the problem?", questioned the droid to one of the guards.
"He tried to kill himself.", answered the guard when he pointed to the man who is wearing a white lab coat who was being held by two guards near the corner of the room.
When Ray and his droid approached the man, Ray's eyes were shocked to see who it is. It is one of Oxford's friends named Chap.
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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...
