Parasite

Part 10

Toby received another message from West "There's another gathering at the abandon aquarium at nine."

Closing the message he looks across from the couch at a chair where Casey sat across from him just like a marionette.

"I have to go out."

Her lips flicker red; her audio coming a second behind "Where will you be going?"

Toby leans onto the couch arm, crossing his arms "Walk about, meet an acquaintances."

She moves imitating Toby, as she cross her arms. "The need for accurate record of growth of an unknown mass in your brain" irritated as a mother scolding a child.

Flopping back the couch creek and the heavy thump "well this is important and it is a private matter."

"This is important to determine if treatment is needed" voice spoke so even one could measure it. A fan began to whirl "If you do not comply, then the hospitable."

Spins tap, tap, tap together.

"Well I want my privacy."

Casey body relax breaking her cross arms "I do not have to state were the data is taken only the process of the unknown mass."

"Fine, I doubt the mass in the head is cancer." Scoff Toby.

Casey blinks twice "How come you say that?"

"Well is it not normal for internal parasite live ether the one of the tree systems, and if it is my brain it be where the parasite lives."

"I do not understand; I will have to look it up?" Her words, each carefully chosen.

Toby shrugs "lets' just go."

Casey stands up, pause then start to brush them down her hands going over her right chest and pause "Where did a put my watch, I be late for my shift if I don't have my watch?"

The android freeze into place, lights and hums brighten for a second as a recording goes over "Keep away. Reboot in Process. Keep away. Reboot in twenty seconds."

Toby move around the table, bending his knees becoming a statue. Casey switch off, the fan slows down to a stop and the lights become dark. Time holds its breath. Toby can feel the ache all up his sides, legs protesting as nerves fire to run. Casey disappears from the room.

"Casey?" The voice getting higher at the end.

Moving away from the table, with every step closer to Casey; a screeching high notes bars. Losing his balances, pain shoots up his back and shoulders. Lights flash brightly. Forcing to close eyes as spots began to appear. The fan reels creates a sound of a recording of a sports car. This is over no more than a moment.

Blinking the spots away as Casey looms over him; her voice came out as an upper class American. "What are doing on the floor?"

Her arm extended out. Taking it Toby feels the yank up that the feet have to run to stay up right; facing Casey voice failing to speak. "We should get going."

"All right" her walk changing from a brisk to a strut "has my voice, change?"

Both walk out the door as Casey talking all the way to the abandon aquarium. West is leaning against a large leg of a crab.

"Who's this?" West demanded, eyes narrowing at Casey.

She sticks her hand out "I am Casey; it is nice to meet you." Speaking with such sass a click fingers is expected to happen. It is a disappointment that it did not happen.

"No body, are you signalling?" West said in a dead pan voice; shaking Casey hand.

Casey freezes in place again, trapping West hand. Her fan makes a chicka-chicka. The sound of the beeps and churrs accompany with flaring lights. When Casey speaks again it is in Mandarin. With two blinks she speaks English with an oriental accent.