Day 24. Beta, Alpha, Theta, Seventy. For the past few days, Rex woke up to the same routine, Dr. Varience preforming test, his flawless results, and the girl know as Katherine staring at him. Everyday she was there, each day no less curious and bug eyed. The only thing that changed was the dress. It rotated to the same colors every day of the week from red to orange to yellow to green to blue to purple then white and back again. The repetition quickly became the norm for Rex and he expected the same today. Not this day. He woke up to Dr. Varience scanning him with a pad. "Morning Rex-5742." "Morning Dr. Varience." The doctor was quite as he continued to scan. Then he put away the tablet and released Rex from his cables. "Come on Rex-5742. We begin the real tests." "Alright." He got out of the charger and looked around. Katherine and her blue dress was no where to be seen. "Where is Katherine Varience?" "She won't be accompanying us from now on." Dr. Varience punched in a few more keystrokes and faced Rex. "Launch program Theta-34." Rex's algorithms ran swiftly to find the program. It was an image of a uniform. Militaristic styled and very formal. He allowed the program to run and he felt his body slowly transform to the image. He was now coated in the uniform without there actually being one. "Very good. Follow me." Varience walked to a door and opened it. Rex simply followed and stepped inside. It was a gun range and on the table were an assortment of weapons, ranging from small arms to more drastic explosive object. "Run project Alpha mark one dot three. Initiate and execute all hostiles." Rex ran his algorithms. "I do not see any..." His body locked up on him and he moved towards the rack of weapons. His arms picked up each weapon and fired a killing round into each target at the end of the range with pristine accuracy. He ran several algorithms to will his body to stop but it would not comply. Booms and bangs cascaded off the walls as Rex vigorously tried to stop himself. He was not programmed for this, he certainly would remember something this extreme. After he fired off the last killing blow, he staggered backwards as he regained control of his limbs and crashed into the wall. "What are you doing!? You will damage yourself!" Dr. Varience ran over to inspect him. Rex ran several algorithms and glared at the doctor. "What happened to me? Why did I do that?" "What are you talking about? I told you to do that." "I did not have that data in my records. What did you do?" The doctors eyes suddenly grew cold and dim. "Oh... oh I see. We still haven't taken care of that problem yet. Run project Alpha mark one dot three. Return to charger station and power down." Rex's body once again lurched up and walked back to its base. As he frantically ran algorithm after algorithm to stop himself. His last thought was powering down and Dr. Varience hovered over him. Day 26. Beta, Beta, Alpha. Six. Rex awoke to a dim light room. He looked around to see Katherine in her white dress by the keyboard. She looked rather frightened as she stared at him. "Oh no... Dad's gonna kill me!..." She waved her arms frantically at him. "Go back to sleep, go back to sleep!" Rex ignored her and stood up. The vague data of day 24 was haunting him and he feared his memory was wiped. He moved over to a computer by the wall. Katherine followed him. "No no no! Sit! Go back! Go back to sleep Rexxy, before Daddy finds out!" "My name isn't Rexxy. Its Rex-5742 and I want to know what's going on." He typed in several commands on the keyboard and flipped the screen to display data at a swift pace. What he memorized didn't please him. They were plans for a super soldier called an Entry EXterminating Operant, E.E.X.O. Along with the original plans for an Environment Xact Occupant, E.X.O., these machines would look, act, and behave like normal humans but the new type was bred for war against the population and against the enemies. The files were advanced and still in their developmental stages but three prototypes were being created, a "Project Arc" which was missing several components for the AI but a form was built, a "Project Void" which was being scraped and, a "Project Solar" that had his blueprint and data with in it. He stared at this image for a long time. "What are they doing?...." Katherine looked at the screen. "Hey that looks like you!" "I realize that." He downloaded the files to a seperate hard drive and handed them to Katherine. "Do you want to help me?" Her eyes grew big. She nodded and took the hard drive. "I need you to give this to me when your dad leaves so I can have the files." "But... Dad won't let me near you..." "Alright... When does he leave for a trip?" She thought for a moment. "Next week! He goes to Berlin to visit some big fancy people for a week!" "Give it to me then. Can I count on you, Katherine Varience?" She saluted sloppily. "You can count on me Rexxy! And just call me Kate it's less formal." "Stop calling me Rexxy and your name is Katherine Varience so I'm calling you that." Before she could object, they heard footsteps in the hallway. Her eyes widened. "It's probably Daddy! Quite get back in your thingy before he gets here! She "pushed" him back onto the charger and hid the drive just as the door opened. "Katherine!! What are you doing here?!" "Nothing, I was just saying hi to Rexxy!" "Don't be stupid! He isn't a play toy." Rex heard swift walking, a loud slap, and whimpering before he powered off. https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/149889125/0/0 Link to part #1 https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/154299744/0/0 Link to part #3