Dr. Vanessa Lopez
I didn't know why he made me so angry. I knew that it did not feel good to be used. I think that was what was getting to me the most. It was because I thought he had sex with me because he desired me and wanted me. Not because he needed to do it in order to survive. Could I trust him? Was it true that he really didn't know that having sex with me would save him? I wanted to believe it. But my cynical side would not allow me to. It was as if I could hear Dr. Douglas’s words in my head.
I was so deep in thought that I didn't even hear the noise above me. I was looking around for the tent that I needed to set up. I took off my backpack and sat down my toolbox. I should have had Karik come with me just to set this up and then get rid of him. But I wasn't thinking at the time. I was only angry at him for using me, and I did not want to see his beautiful face. If I spent any time with him, I would forgive him eventually. It was easier to stay mad at him. Anger was a defense against having to come to terms with my feelings. It was better that way.
Suddenly I was lifted off the ground. I thought it was Karik. I looked up and let out a terrifying scream. It was not Karik at all. It was a drone. I had only seen one in a long time ago when there was an attack on the military base. There weren't very many of them in the cyborg army. I had heard that each army only had one of them. For some reason, the technology was hard for them, and humans easily shot them down. But we did not have very many weapons, and I knew that the arsenal was only being emptied right now. I doubted that there were many set up on the perimeter. But even so, they could not shoot it with me in its grasp. I would fall to my death. I screamed louder and louder, hoping to get anyone's attention. The drone was flying me toward the wall. It went higher and higher and soon I was going over it. I could not see any lights because the village was dark. I was terrified that it was going to drop me in the electrical fences. Why had it picked me up?
“Let me go!” I shouted. But it was no use. You couldn't talk to a drone. You couldn't negotiate with it. I was so high that if it did drop me, I would die. I had no choice but to let it take me wherever it was taking me.
“Karik! Karik!” I shouted knowing that he was the only one that could rescue me. I didn't know where in the village he was other than on the fence somewhere. But would he be able to hear me anyway? Maybe he had some sort of super hearing. He could fly. That meant he could save me. But I screamed over and over again as the drone took me farther into the darkness of the night. I noticed there were no flashing lights on the drone; it was staying secret. It had managed to sneak into the village. It had managed to abduct me. I couldn't believe it.
“Where are you taking me?” I said knowing that there was no point in asking but it was just making myself feel better to keep talking. I screamed over and over again, hoping that anyone would hear me, but I was so far from the village. Maybe this army that Karik spoke of was real and was on its way. Maybe it would hear me and rescue me.
Suddenly I was high over the mountain range. Shit. I knew where it was taking me. It was taking me to the cyborg camp that the scout said was camping on the other side of the mountain. But why? I had not heard of Clenok cyborgs abducting humans. This was a new trick. My scientist side was very fascinated to know why. But the human in me was terrified. The Clenok cyborgs wanted nothing more than to get rid of all humans. They wanted to drive us to extinction. So whatever it was they wanted me for wouldn't be for long. They were going to kill me. That was going to be my fate no matter what. I wished that I had brought the drive with me with the virus on it. Since I was going into the camp anyway, this could be my shot. At least my life would not have been wasted for nothing.
I looked down, and suddenly we were over the cyborg camp. I couldn't believe it. There were Clenok cyborgs as far as I could see. It seemed like at least five hundred of them or more. I was trembling. Then I saw something that I had never seen before: the keddle. reminded me of a very large silver Airstream trailer. It was moving about. I grew more frightened as the drone flew me directly toward the keddle. I didn't bother screaming anymore. I knew my fate. All I could do was look around and absorb everything that I could. I was somewhere that no human had ever been before: a cyborg camp.
The drone set me down on my feet next to the keddle. Two Clenok cyborgs came toward me. Their eyes were glowing red. Their silver machine bodies walked toward me. The sound of metal and electrical circuits as they walked toward me was frightening.
The heads of the Clenok cyborgs were slick silver metal. They almost looked like human weredragons with eyes, nose, and mouth. It was very strange to look at this close. The torso of the cyborg was full of different lights, flashing. There were lots of wires exposed. The legs were skinny metal, almost like human bones. There were all kinds of guns draped all over it.
One cyborg grabbed my arm and pulled me back toward the keddle. I just obeyed. I didn't bother to fight; they would just kill me. I faced the keddle as I was pulled toward it. Suddenly it opened up. I was shocked. Inside there were lots of computer components. It would have been fascinating, if I wasn't about to die.
Then there was a box. The cyborg pushed me onto it until I was sitting down. I looked around, trying to absorb all the information that I could. I did not know what was happening. Was this normal? Were they going to absorb my human energy or something?
Then out of nowhere, I felt a sharp pain. A large needle was stuck into my arm that was attached to a cord. I screamed in pain. Then the pain was gone. The screen to the side of me began to run code. I knew it well from coming up with my own virus on the laptop. The computer was reading me. It was intense. I couldn't believe it. They hooked me up to a computer in order to absorb information from me. I wondered exactly what they were trying to get out of me. I wondered how long this was going to take. As I sat there, I looked around at all the wiring and surroundings. I saw many ports. These were ports that you could attach wires to or even a jump drive. Dammit, I wished I had that virus. Why didn't I put it in my pocket instead of hiding it safely? That would've changed everything.
Then something happened that shocked me. I felt like I could understand the keddle. It was coming to me in waves. It's not like it was speaking English, but I was getting some sort of information directed at me.
It was then that I realized I was there because they were running tests. I thought it was ironic. This was what I did daily. Now I was being the one being tested on. They were testing me to find out more information about humans. They were trying to find out what our vulnerabilities were. Wait a minute? Were they trying to understand human anatomy so that they could create a virus or plague to wipe us out? Of course; it made sense. It was what we had thought of doing to them, so naturally, they would want to do the same thing back to us. It would be easier than fighting battles.
A cyborg walked over to me and pulled the wire out of a port and then pushed it into another one. Then it turned and looked at me. I looked into its red glowing eyes. It was weird. It was it was looking at me as though to say something. But that was not possible. Then it walked away and turned to face me again. It was keeping guard, or keeping watch on the equipment. I hoped that this would take hours. The longer it took, the more I could figure out how to get out of there.