The Disparate One

Chapter 67 - Realization

A few hours later, Ray was admiring the shimmer of the Ark of the covenant that is just resting in the middle of a room, no guards or even detectors can be found inside the room, just the gold object.

"Is it really real?", Ray questioned when he glanced at the robot who was just about to close the door.

"I don't know.", answered the droid when locked the door shut so that they can proceed to the next cell.

Ray stood in front of the metal door by a few feet when the robot unlocked it and gently opened it. Inside the cell is a giant metal container, in just seconds, Ray recognised it. It is the same container where he and Fier were kept. Ray didn't check the list, he instead decided to walk into the room just to check if Fier is still inside it. He knocked a few times on the side and he received nothing. He turned around and saw his robot just standing in the doorway, watching him curiously.

Ray focused back on the object, this time searching for the door. When he located the way in, he also found a keycard on the floor, near the door of the container. The man raised an eyebrow as he was picking it up, it made him question, why would someone leave this here? He assumed that this is the key to opening the door, so he tried and surprisingly, it worked. A loud, soft hiss was heard for a second before the door started to open. Ray peeked his head and there he saw Fier, all curled up in the corner.

"Fier?", Ray stepped forward closer to the robot.

Ray wasn't still sure that it is Fier, so he called his droid.

"F-Fier?!", Ray's robot rushed into the container and kneeled down on the floor, closer to his brother.

Ray moved a little closer to the robots. He noticed that Fier is awake and aware, he was just not moving at all for some reason. Fier sat up whilst looking at his younger brother who looked really concerned at the moment. As the two robots were talking, Ray was making sure that no one was nearby that might be listening or witness.

"You alright?", Ray questioned Fier who was standing next to another robot.

"Yes... where's Oxford?", replied Fier.

"He's in his cell.", answered the man when he looked at the clipboard just to get Oxford's cell number.

He then looked around in the hallway, checking the numbers printed on each metal door, after a few minutes, he found Oxford's cell, so he quickly opened the door and he saw Oxford lying on his bed, on his right side. He approached him as he was trying to get his attention by saying his name, he can hear him whimpering. Ray sat on the edge of the bed, next to the man.

"What's wrong?", questioned the man wearing a white general uniform paired with a white general hat.

Oxford looked up to him and whispered something that sent chills to Ray's spine.

"They're going to kill everyone."

Ray stared at the man in shock.

He slowly moved away from the bed, keeping his eyes on Oxford, he left the cell with the door open. He returned to check Fier and his younger brother. Ray saw them hugging when he just stood in front of the doorway, he then looked around the corridor and goggled at each and every door as fas as his eyes can see. He moved his head slightly up and stared at the CCTV for only a couple of seconds. He remembered that all the CCTVs are not functioning. Since they are not recording, Ray took the opportunity and opened all the metal doors one by one with his keycard. A couple of doors after Oxford's, he discovered Chap and Oxford's other friends. Chap was caught hitting his head against the concrete wall, Tria was sitting on the floor in a corner, Sion was hiding under the bed, Ony was sitting on the bed in dead-silence and staring at the door of the bathroom, and last but not the least, Sil was also sitting on the bed, but he was crying with his face covered by his hands.

He knows that he isn't even halfway through opening all the cells, but he already realised to what is happening to this employees and to the facility. He turned back around and noticed that he has just only opened fourteen doors, no one knows how many cells are there in this facility.

"Save us.", Ray focused on Fier who has just walked out of his cell with the other robot.

"I...", Ray was about to say something when all of suddenly the colour of the lights changed to red and alarms went off.

An armed army of robots, who looked like the guards, came rushing into the hallway. Ray was still standing in his place when the guards started to hit Fier, even his brother, and the rest who were in their cell. The guards thought that all of them were attempting to escape that is why they are pushing Fier back to his cell and the other robot got pinned down to the floor. Ray couldn't watch them being tortured and he cannot speak, he wanted to tell the guards that he opened the doors, not them, but he somehow became a coward at the moment, thinking that he might also get punished once he tells them the truth.

He carefully walked out of the area as he was still hearing their screams, some are from the guards, the rest are from the innocents. He was in the staircase, sitting down on one of the steps. His head faced down and both of his hands are placed above his head. He just couldn't take it anymore. Everything was going too fast for him. A couple of days ago, he was just a test subject, now he is an elite. He still has tons of questions that are left unanswered.