Part 462: The Return of Hope
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Eddie sat in the corner of the empty white room. His face was damp from all the crying he had done but he was finished. His despair overwhelmed him and he was out of tears. All that was left was rage. Rage and Hate. He was happy in his live. Bonnie had come into his existence and he was on the verge of leaving the Island behind him. Leaving the poor memory of seeing his father’s corpse and the fact that he killed a teenager at the tender age of ten. He had seen and done things that most kids his age didn’t. He was raised from age ten to age 17 by three men who taught him the value of life, honor, strength and loyalty.
He wished they were here with him now.
His sister was gone. Eddie was born an only child but the strength of friendships taught him that even though they were not related by blood; Jilly could be his sister if he so wished it. She was butchered, her head removed and placed on display because Eddie was given a choice. Give up the location of his friend Walt or let Jilly die. If they had given him a third option where Eddie would be allowed to kill himself, he would have taken that. The lost boy known as Abraham did the deed and he made him pay by breaking his neck. However, deep in his soul Eddie knew it wouldn’t bring Jilly back.
The young man stood up as sitting against the wall was hurting his back. He walked a little ways, rubbing his hand against the white concrete wall. He fought his best to focus on the task at hand. Jilly was gone but to the best of his knowledge, Bonnie was alive. Ben had mentioned plans to dump them on an Island to allow them the chance to “survive”. Like a modern version of Adam and Eve. The crazed scientist also said that he was going to wipe Eddie’s memory with Ethan’s mind-wipe formula, which was used on Charlie and then Claire by accident. He would remember Bonnie and how much he loved her. He would forget his mother and Jilly.
But Eddie didn’t want to forget.
He wanted to remember the pain. He wanted to remember the hate. And when the time came, he was going to make Matt and Ben suffer for what they had done. Eddie rubbed his eyes, trying to remove the headache of his crying. Then a loud beep got his attention. He then looked around toward the door but saw nothing. Then more beeps echoed by the door in quick succession.
The door then slowly cracked opened.
Eddie blinked at what he was seeing. The door was not opening all the way, nor was there anybody coming in the room. Trap, as the first thing on Eddie’s mind. The young then began to step forward. He reached the door and gently touched it with his finger tips. Slowly, he pushed it forward. Eddie stuck his head out into the hallway which was empty. No guards, nothing. Took a deep breath and walked a little ways from the door. If they were letting him out, why do it this way?
The hallway consisted of three more doors. Eddie stepped a little ways toward the other doors. At the second one, he jiggled the handle but as expected, it was locked. Eddie then proceeded to walk down a little more toward the third door. Then the control panel by the door flashed a series of beeps on it’s panel and then the third door clicked open. Eddie stopped. It seemed like he was being led somewhere. But where?
Eddie pushed the door opened and looked inside. The young man then looked at the room which was filled with computers and computers screens. In the split of an second, he counted 12 screens. Then one of them flickered in front of him with green words; in a computerized shape he was all familiar with.
EDDIE
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
Eddie sat down at the console and then started to type on the keyboard. “Athena, is that you?” he typed.
YES IT IS I
WHY ARE YOU AT HANSO FOUNDATION?
The young man wiped his mouth and typed, “Because they want to take me to the Island where you are. Against my will.”
WHY?
“It’s complicated.” He typed back.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
“They believe that they are pursuing Natural Selection and they are going to succeed with me and my friend. But I won’t let them because I don’t wish it.”
WHY DO YOU NOT WISH IT?
“Because my fate is my own.” Eddie typed.
Eddie thought he heard something. He looked out into the hallway but no one was there. He turned back to the screen but couldn’t see anything. The young man coughed and then typed in, “Athena, do you understand?”
YES
I UNDERSTAND, EDDIE.
“Thank you.” He typed. Eddie was then about to type in a request for help from the super computer but new words began to appear.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT I WANT TOO, EDDIE.
The young man smirked. He figured he’d humor her for a few minutes. “What do you want, Athena?” he typed.
TO KNOW WHO I AM.
The young man scratched his head. Was he seriously talking to a sentient computer with self-discovery issues? Again before he could type in a response, more words flickered onto the screen.
EDDIE
YOU SPOKE OF YOUR FRIEND WHO SPOKE TO WATCHMAN
WHO IS THAT?
Eddie typed in, “Her name is Mia.”
BRING MIA TO ME.
Eddie blinked. He knew for a fact, from what the super computer was talking about and judging from what he heard from Ben; that Athena was on a remote Island. Just like the Watchman, she had been left there to tend to experiments. Eddie then typed, “I don’t know where you are and not to mention the fact, I am captured.”
325 BY 216 LATTITUDE AND LONGITUDE.
YOU WILL NOT BE CAPTURED MUCH LONGER
WHEN BEN GETS READY TO MOVE YOU AND YOUR FRIEND TO MY ISLAND
YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY TO ESCAPE
“I wish it was that simple.” He typed.
YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL ESCAPE?
“I’m going to try but I don’t know if I will succeed.”
I WILL HELP YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN.
“That’s great,” he typed in quickly feeling better, “Can you lead me out of here? Toward my friend? Her name is Bonnie.”
I WILL SCAN FOR HER.
WHILE I SCAN, MAY I MAKE A REQUEST?
Eddie blinked again, wondering how long he should wait. “Sure.” He typed.
I THINK IT WOULD MAKE STACY FEEL BETTER IF SHE COULD SEE SOMEONE FROM AMERICA. THE CAMERA FEEDS ARE ERRODED AND THE TRANSMISSION OF AUDIO IS COMPLETELY BROKEN. SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE YOU BUT NOT HEAR YOU. HOWEVER, I THINK IT WILL MAKE HER FEEL BETTER.
The young man was confused and curious. “Who is Stacy?” she typed.
THE GIRL SITTING AT MY CONSOLE.
Eddie gasped at what the computer just told him. If Stacy was sitting at her console, that meant that she was on the Island where Athena was. The young man then quickly typed, “Yes, turn the cameras on.”
Then toward his left the screen flickered on. It was a camera angle, bursting with static. On the gray camera feel, Eddie could see a teenaged girl, probably around his age or older. She was holding her arms with both her hands, staring at the screen. Then she covered her mouth with her hands, looking at a monitor. Eddie stared at the screen, looking at her in a control room similar to the Argo’s control room back at the Shark Tank. The girl then waved to the camera high above her head. The young man then looked around and saw the camera near the monitor above the one he was looking at. He promptly waved back and all this could do was increase Stacy’s excitement.
The young girl then wrote down something on a nearby pad. She quickly got out of her seat and ran over toward the camera on the ceiling. She held it up as high as she could, enabling Eddie to see what she wrote.
Will you help us?
Eddie took a deep sigh. There was a group of people stuck on an island similar to him 7 years ago. He waited till Stacy ran back to the monitor to look at him. Eddie then immediately gave a “thumbs-up” to the camera. This caused the young girl to start crying as she buried her head into her arms on the table. Eddie could tell it was a “relief” crying. Then the camera drew back to static, and Stacy disappeared. Words began to flock on the screen in front of Eddie.
I UNDERSTAND.
HUMANS MUST HAVE HOPE
“Yeah, we need it.” Eddie typed.
I WILL HELP YOU WHEN I CAN EDDIE.
I WILL MONITOR THE CAMERA AND COMPUTER FEEDS WITHOUT HANSO PERSONNEL KNOWING.
THERE . . . . . .
Eddie then panicked. He knew what would happen when a person was interrupted talking but what did it mean when a computer was? “Athena, what is wrong?” he typed.
DETECTED TRANSMISSION FROM ISLAND IN SOUTH PACIFIC TO CALIFORNIAN COASTLINE REGION.
QUERY= WHY IS THIS?
The young man then heard what she had said. Island in the South Pacific? Could that be his Island? Eddie then quickly typed, “Athena, do you recognize this transmission’s carrier wave or something?”
I RECOGNIZE THE WAVELENGTH FREQUENCY
I USE IT
Eddie nearly laughed. That meant it was from his Island. However, he couldn’t comprehend why a transmission from the Island would make it to California. “Can you trace it’s purpose?” he typed.
SCANNING INDICATES IT IS A REBOOT AND RESTART SIGNAL.
“Reboot and restart?” Eddie whispered.
------------------------------,
The LA river basin collected at many drop off points. When the river was let out of it’s dam, it flowed easily, carrying items with it. Mostly this was where dirt, debris, metal scrap and even the occasional dead animal wound up in one of these collection spots. At the moment it housed a dead Jaeger Unit named Raven. The cyborg laid on the bed of trash, with the water flowing over him into the metal crate. His poison capsule was detonated by Liberation soldiers who panicked, thinking they couldn’t defeat him. Then an internal receptor within his skull blinked to life.
And dead quickly became “dormant.”
Raven screamed as he lurched back to life. He gripped onto his stomach, feeling a massive surge of pain. He coughed, feeling like he was going to puke. The Jaeger Unit then twitched over. He fought to stand on his feet, but the pain was getting to the point where he was about to double over yet again. Then a feeling of coolness washed over his legs. His back was starting to feel better and the nauseous feeling in his stomach was going away. Raven sighed and coughed, amazed about how fast he could heal.
STAND BY, RAVEN.
The Jaeger Unit then yelped at the voice that just spoke that behind him. He turned and looked down the concrete causeway but could see no one. He then looked around up at the river before him as it pasted under his feet.
THIS UNIT HAS ACTIVATED YOUR ENDORPHINS IN YOUR BRAIN.
THIS SHOULD MAKE THE PAIN GO AWAY.
Raven heard the voice again. He then started to tap his ear. The Jaeger Unit had laughed, when he understood what it was. It merely alarmed him because he hadn’t heard that particular voice in 6 years. “Watchman, are you back on line?” he laughed, knowing the super computer could hear him.
NEGATIVE
THIS UNIT IS BASIC CODE THAT SYMBOLIZES WATCHMAN SYSTEM.
THIS UNIT IS NOT WATCHMAN.
“You know what I mean.” He grunted, leaning on the wall, “What happened to me?”
SCAN OF BODILY FUNCTIONS INDICATES POISON CAPSULE WAS DETONATED.
Raven stopped. He remembered the poison capsule was detonated by his own hands to end his suffering and the suffering of his fellow Jaegers. However, why would he had another poison capsule? Watchman never needed those to keep the security systems in line. “Why did you rebuild me with a poison capsule anyway?” he asked the computer transmission.
THIS UNIT DID NOT PLACE A POISON CAPSULE IN RAVEN’S SYSTEM.
“But you just said it was detonated.” The Jaeger said, crawling up to the main embankment.
THE POISON CAPSULE STRUCTURE WAS INTACT.
THIS UNIT REBUILT RAVEN TO BECOME SECURITY SYSTEM # 4
MOST OF THE PARTS WERE RESTRUCTURED
NEW ONES WERE PLACED
THIS UNIT WAS UNAWARE THAT POISON CAPSULE WAS STILL CAPABLE OF BEING DETONATED
THE CAPSULE EXPLODED BUT NO POISON WAS IN SAID CAPSULE.
CONCLUSION = THIS UNIT GAVE RAVEN A DESIGN FLAW BY ACCIDENT.
Raven sat up on the embankment, taking a deep breath. He coughed and looked at the river flowing before him. “So, if they didn’t kill me,” the cyborg whispered, “What happened to me?”
YOU SHORTED OUT.
“Lovely,” Raven smirked. He then adjusted his mask, “So, Watchman Computer . . .My Jenny . . .Jenny was taken from me. Are you aware of this?”
NEGATIVE.
“Damn it.” The cyborg grunted, “Then . . . .did you ever trace Jenny’s electromagnetic signal?”
NEGATIVE.
“Then I have no way to find her.” Raven sighed, fearing the worst.
QUERY = WHAT IS THE STATUS OF EDDIE AND MIA?
Raven raised his head after hearing the computerized voice mention those two specific people. The ones who were closest to Watchman before he injected his memory into MOLE and went into space. “Why are you asking me about them?” Raven asked.
THIS UNIT DESIGNED TO TRACK THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS OF EDDIE AND MIA.
THE SIGNAL FOR EDDIE CAN NO LONGER BE FOUND.
THE SIGNAL FOR MIA IS WEAK. THIS UNIT IS BARELY ABLE TO PIN POINT HER SIGNAL.
QUERY = IS MIA HURT AND IS EDDIE DEAD?
Raven heard the words of the machine that rebuilt him. Why would Mia and Eddie be in danger? Possibly even hurt. Then he thought to who would bother attacking Jenny not to mention have the ability to detonate the remains of the capsule in his stomach. “The Dharma Group.” He whispered.
It was the only thing that made sense. They had come back for him and her. By why her? Raven then stood up. “Watchman, I believe the Dharma Group is attacking my friends.” He said, “Are the Watchman Prodigals still in effect?”
THEY WERE NEVER TURNED OFF.
“Then you can trace Mia’s signal and tell me of it’s location?”
AFFIRMATIVE
MIA IS 38.2 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF YOUR POSITION.
Raven then got up on the embankment as amid the cars going by on the highway. He then proceeded to run toward that direction. Thirty eight miles for Raven could be covered in under 15 minutes. He pushed his legs further, feeling the burning of his muscles and the inner hydraulics that Watchman gave him. He ducked behind a side alleyway to continue running toward the South West direction. Hopefully in the next thirty minutes, he’ll arrive at where Mia was and figure out what is going on.
RAVEN UNIT IS OPERATIONAL
THIS UNIT IS GOING TO ASSIST WITH WATCHMAN PRODIGALS.
EDDIE MUST REMAIN SAFE
MIA MUST REMAIN SAFE.
“Thanks, Watchman. For Everything,” Raven said as he ran, “How can you help us?”
BY MAINTAINING THE PRODIGALS.
“I don’t understand. How will that help us?”
MAINTAINING THE PRODIGALS MEANS MAINTAINING THE PROTECTION OF EDDIE AND MIA.
PROTECTION IS IN ROUTE TO YOUR LOCATION.
Raven continued to run thinking on what the computer told him. He could feel the pounding of the asphalt under his feet as he ran and thought about what Watchman was trying to tell him. Then it occurred to him. What sort of “protection” could Watchman send their way? The only thing that seemed logical was the way Watchman was protected and the Island itself.
The Security Systems.
“Holy shit.” Raven laughed, as he ran.
Eddie sat in the corner of the empty white room. His face was damp from all the crying he had done but he was finished. His despair overwhelmed him and he was out of tears. All that was left was rage. Rage and Hate. He was happy in his live. Bonnie had come into his existence and he was on the verge of leaving the Island behind him. Leaving the poor memory of seeing his father’s corpse and the fact that he killed a teenager at the tender age of ten. He had seen and done things that most kids his age didn’t. He was raised from age ten to age 17 by three men who taught him the value of life, honor, strength and loyalty.
He wished they were here with him now.
His sister was gone. Eddie was born an only child but the strength of friendships taught him that even though they were not related by blood; Jilly could be his sister if he so wished it. She was butchered, her head removed and placed on display because Eddie was given a choice. Give up the location of his friend Walt or let Jilly die. If they had given him a third option where Eddie would be allowed to kill himself, he would have taken that. The lost boy known as Abraham did the deed and he made him pay by breaking his neck. However, deep in his soul Eddie knew it wouldn’t bring Jilly back.
The young man stood up as sitting against the wall was hurting his back. He walked a little ways, rubbing his hand against the white concrete wall. He fought his best to focus on the task at hand. Jilly was gone but to the best of his knowledge, Bonnie was alive. Ben had mentioned plans to dump them on an Island to allow them the chance to “survive”. Like a modern version of Adam and Eve. The crazed scientist also said that he was going to wipe Eddie’s memory with Ethan’s mind-wipe formula, which was used on Charlie and then Claire by accident. He would remember Bonnie and how much he loved her. He would forget his mother and Jilly.
But Eddie didn’t want to forget.
He wanted to remember the pain. He wanted to remember the hate. And when the time came, he was going to make Matt and Ben suffer for what they had done. Eddie rubbed his eyes, trying to remove the headache of his crying. Then a loud beep got his attention. He then looked around toward the door but saw nothing. Then more beeps echoed by the door in quick succession.
The door then slowly cracked opened.
Eddie blinked at what he was seeing. The door was not opening all the way, nor was there anybody coming in the room. Trap, as the first thing on Eddie’s mind. The young then began to step forward. He reached the door and gently touched it with his finger tips. Slowly, he pushed it forward. Eddie stuck his head out into the hallway which was empty. No guards, nothing. Took a deep breath and walked a little ways from the door. If they were letting him out, why do it this way?
The hallway consisted of three more doors. Eddie stepped a little ways toward the other doors. At the second one, he jiggled the handle but as expected, it was locked. Eddie then proceeded to walk down a little more toward the third door. Then the control panel by the door flashed a series of beeps on it’s panel and then the third door clicked open. Eddie stopped. It seemed like he was being led somewhere. But where?
Eddie pushed the door opened and looked inside. The young man then looked at the room which was filled with computers and computers screens. In the split of an second, he counted 12 screens. Then one of them flickered in front of him with green words; in a computerized shape he was all familiar with.
EDDIE
WHY ARE YOU HERE?
Eddie sat down at the console and then started to type on the keyboard. “Athena, is that you?” he typed.
YES IT IS I
WHY ARE YOU AT HANSO FOUNDATION?
The young man wiped his mouth and typed, “Because they want to take me to the Island where you are. Against my will.”
WHY?
“It’s complicated.” He typed back.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
“They believe that they are pursuing Natural Selection and they are going to succeed with me and my friend. But I won’t let them because I don’t wish it.”
WHY DO YOU NOT WISH IT?
“Because my fate is my own.” Eddie typed.
Eddie thought he heard something. He looked out into the hallway but no one was there. He turned back to the screen but couldn’t see anything. The young man coughed and then typed in, “Athena, do you understand?”
YES
I UNDERSTAND, EDDIE.
“Thank you.” He typed. Eddie was then about to type in a request for help from the super computer but new words began to appear.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT I WANT TOO, EDDIE.
The young man smirked. He figured he’d humor her for a few minutes. “What do you want, Athena?” he typed.
TO KNOW WHO I AM.
The young man scratched his head. Was he seriously talking to a sentient computer with self-discovery issues? Again before he could type in a response, more words flickered onto the screen.
EDDIE
YOU SPOKE OF YOUR FRIEND WHO SPOKE TO WATCHMAN
WHO IS THAT?
Eddie typed in, “Her name is Mia.”
BRING MIA TO ME.
Eddie blinked. He knew for a fact, from what the super computer was talking about and judging from what he heard from Ben; that Athena was on a remote Island. Just like the Watchman, she had been left there to tend to experiments. Eddie then typed, “I don’t know where you are and not to mention the fact, I am captured.”
325 BY 216 LATTITUDE AND LONGITUDE.
YOU WILL NOT BE CAPTURED MUCH LONGER
WHEN BEN GETS READY TO MOVE YOU AND YOUR FRIEND TO MY ISLAND
YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY TO ESCAPE
“I wish it was that simple.” He typed.
YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL ESCAPE?
“I’m going to try but I don’t know if I will succeed.”
I WILL HELP YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN.
“That’s great,” he typed in quickly feeling better, “Can you lead me out of here? Toward my friend? Her name is Bonnie.”
I WILL SCAN FOR HER.
WHILE I SCAN, MAY I MAKE A REQUEST?
Eddie blinked again, wondering how long he should wait. “Sure.” He typed.
I THINK IT WOULD MAKE STACY FEEL BETTER IF SHE COULD SEE SOMEONE FROM AMERICA. THE CAMERA FEEDS ARE ERRODED AND THE TRANSMISSION OF AUDIO IS COMPLETELY BROKEN. SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE YOU BUT NOT HEAR YOU. HOWEVER, I THINK IT WILL MAKE HER FEEL BETTER.
The young man was confused and curious. “Who is Stacy?” she typed.
THE GIRL SITTING AT MY CONSOLE.
Eddie gasped at what the computer just told him. If Stacy was sitting at her console, that meant that she was on the Island where Athena was. The young man then quickly typed, “Yes, turn the cameras on.”
Then toward his left the screen flickered on. It was a camera angle, bursting with static. On the gray camera feel, Eddie could see a teenaged girl, probably around his age or older. She was holding her arms with both her hands, staring at the screen. Then she covered her mouth with her hands, looking at a monitor. Eddie stared at the screen, looking at her in a control room similar to the Argo’s control room back at the Shark Tank. The girl then waved to the camera high above her head. The young man then looked around and saw the camera near the monitor above the one he was looking at. He promptly waved back and all this could do was increase Stacy’s excitement.
The young girl then wrote down something on a nearby pad. She quickly got out of her seat and ran over toward the camera on the ceiling. She held it up as high as she could, enabling Eddie to see what she wrote.
Will you help us?
Eddie took a deep sigh. There was a group of people stuck on an island similar to him 7 years ago. He waited till Stacy ran back to the monitor to look at him. Eddie then immediately gave a “thumbs-up” to the camera. This caused the young girl to start crying as she buried her head into her arms on the table. Eddie could tell it was a “relief” crying. Then the camera drew back to static, and Stacy disappeared. Words began to flock on the screen in front of Eddie.
I UNDERSTAND.
HUMANS MUST HAVE HOPE
“Yeah, we need it.” Eddie typed.
I WILL HELP YOU WHEN I CAN EDDIE.
I WILL MONITOR THE CAMERA AND COMPUTER FEEDS WITHOUT HANSO PERSONNEL KNOWING.
THERE . . . . . .
Eddie then panicked. He knew what would happen when a person was interrupted talking but what did it mean when a computer was? “Athena, what is wrong?” he typed.
DETECTED TRANSMISSION FROM ISLAND IN SOUTH PACIFIC TO CALIFORNIAN COASTLINE REGION.
QUERY= WHY IS THIS?
The young man then heard what she had said. Island in the South Pacific? Could that be his Island? Eddie then quickly typed, “Athena, do you recognize this transmission’s carrier wave or something?”
I RECOGNIZE THE WAVELENGTH FREQUENCY
I USE IT
Eddie nearly laughed. That meant it was from his Island. However, he couldn’t comprehend why a transmission from the Island would make it to California. “Can you trace it’s purpose?” he typed.
SCANNING INDICATES IT IS A REBOOT AND RESTART SIGNAL.
“Reboot and restart?” Eddie whispered.
------------------------------,
The LA river basin collected at many drop off points. When the river was let out of it’s dam, it flowed easily, carrying items with it. Mostly this was where dirt, debris, metal scrap and even the occasional dead animal wound up in one of these collection spots. At the moment it housed a dead Jaeger Unit named Raven. The cyborg laid on the bed of trash, with the water flowing over him into the metal crate. His poison capsule was detonated by Liberation soldiers who panicked, thinking they couldn’t defeat him. Then an internal receptor within his skull blinked to life.
And dead quickly became “dormant.”
Raven screamed as he lurched back to life. He gripped onto his stomach, feeling a massive surge of pain. He coughed, feeling like he was going to puke. The Jaeger Unit then twitched over. He fought to stand on his feet, but the pain was getting to the point where he was about to double over yet again. Then a feeling of coolness washed over his legs. His back was starting to feel better and the nauseous feeling in his stomach was going away. Raven sighed and coughed, amazed about how fast he could heal.
STAND BY, RAVEN.
The Jaeger Unit then yelped at the voice that just spoke that behind him. He turned and looked down the concrete causeway but could see no one. He then looked around up at the river before him as it pasted under his feet.
THIS UNIT HAS ACTIVATED YOUR ENDORPHINS IN YOUR BRAIN.
THIS SHOULD MAKE THE PAIN GO AWAY.
Raven heard the voice again. He then started to tap his ear. The Jaeger Unit had laughed, when he understood what it was. It merely alarmed him because he hadn’t heard that particular voice in 6 years. “Watchman, are you back on line?” he laughed, knowing the super computer could hear him.
NEGATIVE
THIS UNIT IS BASIC CODE THAT SYMBOLIZES WATCHMAN SYSTEM.
THIS UNIT IS NOT WATCHMAN.
“You know what I mean.” He grunted, leaning on the wall, “What happened to me?”
SCAN OF BODILY FUNCTIONS INDICATES POISON CAPSULE WAS DETONATED.
Raven stopped. He remembered the poison capsule was detonated by his own hands to end his suffering and the suffering of his fellow Jaegers. However, why would he had another poison capsule? Watchman never needed those to keep the security systems in line. “Why did you rebuild me with a poison capsule anyway?” he asked the computer transmission.
THIS UNIT DID NOT PLACE A POISON CAPSULE IN RAVEN’S SYSTEM.
“But you just said it was detonated.” The Jaeger said, crawling up to the main embankment.
THE POISON CAPSULE STRUCTURE WAS INTACT.
THIS UNIT REBUILT RAVEN TO BECOME SECURITY SYSTEM # 4
MOST OF THE PARTS WERE RESTRUCTURED
NEW ONES WERE PLACED
THIS UNIT WAS UNAWARE THAT POISON CAPSULE WAS STILL CAPABLE OF BEING DETONATED
THE CAPSULE EXPLODED BUT NO POISON WAS IN SAID CAPSULE.
CONCLUSION = THIS UNIT GAVE RAVEN A DESIGN FLAW BY ACCIDENT.
Raven sat up on the embankment, taking a deep breath. He coughed and looked at the river flowing before him. “So, if they didn’t kill me,” the cyborg whispered, “What happened to me?”
YOU SHORTED OUT.
“Lovely,” Raven smirked. He then adjusted his mask, “So, Watchman Computer . . .My Jenny . . .Jenny was taken from me. Are you aware of this?”
NEGATIVE.
“Damn it.” The cyborg grunted, “Then . . . .did you ever trace Jenny’s electromagnetic signal?”
NEGATIVE.
“Then I have no way to find her.” Raven sighed, fearing the worst.
QUERY = WHAT IS THE STATUS OF EDDIE AND MIA?
Raven raised his head after hearing the computerized voice mention those two specific people. The ones who were closest to Watchman before he injected his memory into MOLE and went into space. “Why are you asking me about them?” Raven asked.
THIS UNIT DESIGNED TO TRACK THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS OF EDDIE AND MIA.
THE SIGNAL FOR EDDIE CAN NO LONGER BE FOUND.
THE SIGNAL FOR MIA IS WEAK. THIS UNIT IS BARELY ABLE TO PIN POINT HER SIGNAL.
QUERY = IS MIA HURT AND IS EDDIE DEAD?
Raven heard the words of the machine that rebuilt him. Why would Mia and Eddie be in danger? Possibly even hurt. Then he thought to who would bother attacking Jenny not to mention have the ability to detonate the remains of the capsule in his stomach. “The Dharma Group.” He whispered.
It was the only thing that made sense. They had come back for him and her. By why her? Raven then stood up. “Watchman, I believe the Dharma Group is attacking my friends.” He said, “Are the Watchman Prodigals still in effect?”
THEY WERE NEVER TURNED OFF.
“Then you can trace Mia’s signal and tell me of it’s location?”
AFFIRMATIVE
MIA IS 38.2 MILES SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OF YOUR POSITION.
Raven then got up on the embankment as amid the cars going by on the highway. He then proceeded to run toward that direction. Thirty eight miles for Raven could be covered in under 15 minutes. He pushed his legs further, feeling the burning of his muscles and the inner hydraulics that Watchman gave him. He ducked behind a side alleyway to continue running toward the South West direction. Hopefully in the next thirty minutes, he’ll arrive at where Mia was and figure out what is going on.
RAVEN UNIT IS OPERATIONAL
THIS UNIT IS GOING TO ASSIST WITH WATCHMAN PRODIGALS.
EDDIE MUST REMAIN SAFE
MIA MUST REMAIN SAFE.
“Thanks, Watchman. For Everything,” Raven said as he ran, “How can you help us?”
BY MAINTAINING THE PRODIGALS.
“I don’t understand. How will that help us?”
MAINTAINING THE PRODIGALS MEANS MAINTAINING THE PROTECTION OF EDDIE AND MIA.
PROTECTION IS IN ROUTE TO YOUR LOCATION.
Raven continued to run thinking on what the computer told him. He could feel the pounding of the asphalt under his feet as he ran and thought about what Watchman was trying to tell him. Then it occurred to him. What sort of “protection” could Watchman send their way? The only thing that seemed logical was the way Watchman was protected and the Island itself.
The Security Systems.
“Holy shit.” Raven laughed, as he ran.
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