FICTION|FANTASY|SCIFI
Awakening — Memories
A flood of new memories.
The soft hum of machines and distant, distorted voices quietly flooded her subconsciousness as they slowly grew in volume.
Through the darkness of her eyelids, she searched her memory. Nothing.
She quickly realized she could not feel anything. Literally. What had happened?
Attempting to lift her hand, she found it tightly bound.
Her eyes shot open, the mechanical implant glowing a radiant orange.
“Doctor, she’s awake.”
A plump, middle-aged woman stepped into view holding a medical tablet. “Do you know who you are? Where you are?” The robotic scientist didn’t bother to look at the woman bound to the medical chair.
She stared ahead, expressionless. “No.”
The scientist nodded to her assistant while tapping on the tablet. “Begin the upload.”
The woman’s eyes fluttered with the barrage of information being transferred.
When the upload was complete, the scientist again asked, “Do you know who you are?” This time, her gaze bore into the cyborg.
She toward the woman bordering on mad scientist. “I am Fully Automated Intelligent Tactical Humanoid. You may call me FAITH.”
Stubby fingers rapidly thumped away on the tablet. “Upload the mission.” The scientist clutched the tablet as she stared at her creation. When the transmission was complete, she gave the order to release FAITH’s bonds.
A smile actually graced her lips until she saw FAITH’s eyes fluttering again. Her eyes quickly grew before narrowing on her assistant, lips tightly pursed. “Carl! You bumbling fool! What have you done?!”
Shoving the man aside, she slammed a fist on the kill switch. Her forehead riddled with lines and eyes like moons, she looked at the chair. Empty.
Taking a deep breath, she straightened her processor-decorated hair comb. Hire your nephew, family told me — he’ll be a big help.
Both turned and looked at the open door.
Next in this story line: Awakening — On The Loose
2 pts prompt - phobia - upload went wrong
1 pt writing - medical tablet
1 pt orange - mechanical eye
1 pt - unlikely sidekick - Carl
1 pt - makeshift comb - processor hair comb
2 pts - rage - scientist at last upload
5 pts - scientist's internal rant
1 pt - tally box
10 pts - seedling challengeThe dribble grew into a drabble, then grew again into this microfiction in response to Bradan Writes Stories’s Seedling Challenge.
This has also been written for Monday Mash-Up #23!
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