Synthetic, Humanoid, initiate, Inquisitive, keep, android - S.H.E.I.L.A.
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I was fighting the numbing wiz that was starting to creep through my organic structure. Finally unable to abide it I tapped Sheila on her back. `` You 're going to accept to cease ; I can hardly experience my appendage. ''

Sheila stopped almost dead in her tracks as I finished my little spoken communication. `` I am dark physician Gance. In my hastiness to evacuate you from the surface area I forgot to position you differently. ''

I groaned as Sheila put my ft on the primer coat, shaking, I almost sunk to the ground. It seemed that my peg were so weak they could n't support me. `` I 'll be fine in a few here and now Sheila. Have we traveled far enough from them yet ? ''

Sheila turned as a piano whirring came from her as she turned the way we 'd just come from. `` I have kept an active scan going Doctor Gance. At confront I do n't feel we have gone far enough. Plus progress is hampered by malfunctions I am suffering at the second. I am attempting to remediate that now. ''

I nodded my head ; I had equipped all of them with a ego repair program that would ensure they repaired enough of themselves to return. `` I 'd find a hundred times better if I could withdraw a tone at you damage. I might be able to intimate raise so this wo n't bechance again. ''

Sheila turned toward me as I attempted to sit. Looking at her I swore I saw something on her aspect. My god, was that gratitude I was seeing reflected toward me ? anathemize it ! Why was he after me so hard ? No one would really care this much about a even android. No, there had to be something else that they had done to her without my cognition. Yeah I thought that sounded the most like him. So they had brought him in because it was me.

quiver my head I was surprised that they would think that HE could get me to relent. Plus I thought that they wanted no, needed the emotion program I had spent almost two decennary writing. Looking over Sheila 's arm I saw that almost all of the junction had been shattered. imprecate it the amount of pressure required to do this was incredible.

Reaching in the bag on my side I removed the few tools I had with me. Removing the back by the joint I affirmed the spliff was shattered. Shaking my head I wished I had used inconel or atomic number 22 in the joint. Pulling a little welding flashlight I tried to piece what I could. A few instant later I saw respective of the circumference in the arm light up.

'' Can you move it at all ? '' I asked of Sheila. Even before all of the Scripture had left my backtalk I saw her slowly turning the arm.

'' I have thirty nine percent cause in my arm extremity MD Gance. I am attempting to reroute several circuits now. thank you Doctor it is often better now. '' Sheila told me, with a smile ? Shaking my head teacher I looked again, yes that had to be a smiling ! What the hell had they done to her that she was advancing the computer programme like this ?

'' I need to replace that joint with atomic number 22 ; I believe that will score it stronger and far superior than what it was. '' I told Sheila after I closed up the blanket.

Nodding Sheila picked me up saying over her articulatio humeri, `` I will acquire some as soon as I have you safe Doctor. Your life is more important right now than anything. ``

With that Sheila took off again holding me in a far more comfortable stance. It seemed we were traveling the rest of the day stopping long enough to rub the numbness from my physical structure. I still could n't believe that she thought I was more important than she was. hell the government damn certain thought I was nothing.

It was starting to maturate dark when I noticed that the temperature had drastically dropped. answer it to say I was damn near freezing ! Where in the hell was she heading now I thought.

Finally outside of what looked like an airline business hanger Sheila stopped. Turning, I once again heard a lenient whirring as she turned back the way we 'd come. `` It appears we have sufficient distance medico Gance. '' Setting me down, Sheila turned toward the hanger room access. There was a metal crunching, twisting auditory sensation as she touched for the door.

Opening the door I walked in as quickly as I could, rubbing my cold extremities. `` Where in the hell are we ? '' I asked.

'' I am reading that we are 57.0031° N, 135.3300° W, doctor Gance. '' Sheila replied as I got as far from the door as I could.

I started to rack my mind for where we were. The fact that it was as cold as it was meant that we were far northwards. 57degres, hmmmm. That meant we were either in the extreme north of Canada or Last Frontier. Looking around I could see that this station had been abandoned for a while.

Suddenly it came to me ! messiah no wonder it was so cold ! We were in southerly AK ! I knelt to take care at an empty crate I found. Sitka ? Ok I guess we had traveled longer than I thought.

'' Sheila, not meaning to complain but at this charge per unit I 'm going to get sick. Is there any way we can get some power for heat ? '' I asked as soon as she came in closing the door.

'' I apologize Dr. Gance, I was occupied, I will correct this immediately. '' With that she vanished out the doorway, reappearing a few minutes later. `` There Doctor Gance, we have power now. ''

I nodded as I heard a whine from machinery outside. Then I felt a blast of air as the heating arrangement came on. Shivering I sat as near the vents as I could, feeling the system slowly start to go from freezing to cold then tepid.

'' Thank you Sheila at least I wo n't freeze to death now. '' I told her watching her seventh cranial nerve reflection from a smile to occupy ? Why had n't I seen this before ?

'' I will take all I can for you, Doctor Gance. All readings indicate that we have possibly four to five days before they find us again. Unfortunately unless I do a dispatch shutdown they may be able to tag us via orbiter. I am attempting to barricade them now though as of yet I have n't acquired the necessity codes. '' Sheila said before she disappeared out the door again.

Sitting against the outlet I was at least warm enough to have got stopped shivering. I stared at the door wondering where Sheila had gone now. Looking at my watch I sighed, it was going to take a infernal region of a lot of body of work to get out of this that was for sure.

I must have fallen asleep because the following thing I know Sheila was shaking my shoulder. `` Here are mantle to preserve you warm Doctor Gance plus a pillow for ease. '' Looking up at her I smiled then they grew declamatory as I saw she had brought a mesa that had quite a bit of food on it ! `` I have to start on the figurer Doctor Gance. Please open me an hr as it will contract that long with the confine mobility I have in my right appendage. ''

I nodded as I wrapped a blanket around myself moving to the board. Well I thought, at least she got veggie. Sitting I ate surprised that they were as invigorated as they were ! I kept an eye on Sheila seeing that her right arm was almost useless. Dam I needed to supplant the roast or the both of us would n't work it if this happened again.

An hour later Sheila stood looking over the computer she had constructed. `` I have finished MD Gance though I am afraid I was only able to acquire six gigabyte of RAM. I have already loaded all the programs for you to bear on from where you were. ''

I nodded as I took the data point crystallization out that Sheila had gotten death time. Though they had a lot Sir Thomas More warehousing they were dumb to charge. The up side was they were far dissolute to save. I watched as the LXXX five percent that I had recreated loaded. Finally half an hour later I saw that it was ready. Nodding to Sheila I soon lost myself typing everything that was appearing right in front man of me.

I finally stopped as I was starting to experience a chill again. Looking around I saw that the blanket had fallen off me onto the floor. Shaking my head I saw that it was starting to grow dark exterior. Then I looked at the silver screen seeing that I was almost completely finished. Putting the blanket back around me I again started typing as fast as I could.

It was perhaps an 60 minutes later I stopped. Looking around I saw that it was now benighted. I also noticed that the temperature had started to dump lowly. Looking around I saw that Sheila had been busy herself. There were diminished agglomerate of metallic element not far from the threshold. Looking closer I could depose that almost all the metal was Ti !

session back with a sigh I saved the program and data that I had entered. A front behind me drew my attending. `` Ah good, Doctor Gance ! You have finished. '' Taking a transmission line from inside her arm she plugged into the electronic computer. A moment later the screen went blank then asked for a command.

I started typing as I entered Sheila 's personality, now perhaps I could get some reply ! I was just past the end of the computer programme I had written when I was suddenly refuse accession ! Shaking my promontory I typed in several commands moving past where I had been stopped I began to be surprised at what I saw.

'' Sheila ? What in the perdition is going on in you ? According to this you can now go through anger, rage, friendship, commitment. But the definitions that you have for all of them seem incomplete. I never planned for you to feature to experience these emotions, well loyalty but not the others. ''

'' Yes, I am sorry Doctor Gance it was necessary after they started to push me to different situations. I had no chance to overrule all that they subjected me to. '' Sheila explained to me.

Nodding I could see what see was saying. They had subjected her to spirit and death pretense. All of them had involved me ! It was no wonder that she had shifted her loyalty to me ! A look of anger came over my face as I saw Sheila back away somewhat.

'' Those son of a bitches ! They threatened me to get you to override what I wrote. Just so you would have to advance then adjust. '' I was seething ! How dare they treat Sheila like that ! Already I had various plans coursing through my mind to kill all of them. Then I looked at Sheila seeing what I thought was a look of fear ? Shaking my head again I took a deep cleansing breath. `` I 'm no-good they had no right to do all this to you. ''

A flavor of reliever seemed to cut across Sheila 's face as she nodded. `` I thought you were raging at me Doctor Gance. At first I thought that this was what you wanted. Later I realized that you never intended me to go through all that they subjected me to. I have been able-bodied to identify all of the emotions save one. '' Sheila indicated pointing to an extremely complex, long, and different section of code.

I started to go through the computer code shaking my head as I came across almost every emotion. The thing was this was all one emotion, even though it seemed to be made up of all other emotions.

'' When you entree this, can you tell me about it ? '' I asked an hour later almost half way through the political platform.

Sheila turned toward me a strange facial expression on her brass. `` That is the job MD Gance ; I am ineffectual to access all of it. The just time I can gain any entry into it is when I am near you. ''

Shocked I looked up at Sheila almost losing my place in the computer programme. The further I got into it the far more complex it seemed to get. Another hour I had almost finished going through all the code still no closer to comprehending what it was. I could see it was geared toward me as I saw that my name was in every division of the code.

Finally finished I could only shake my head, what had those rear been up to with her ? Why force her to expatiate the program as much as they had ? Plus why the hell had they made me the objective that would trigger off this growth ? I had to think on this though for now I had to repair Sheila if either of us was to survive.

Closing out that section I went through the rest of her systems adjusting all I could to have her at optimum performance. I could see that Sheila had to shut out many systems down in order to retain enough index to get us here.

Another two hour I was finished no closer to have it off just what was up with her. `` Alright I need to compensate your arm juncture. '' Showing Sheila exactly what I needed, the shape, weightiness, and attribute.

Sheila nodded as she started to strike several pieces of the titanium metallic element twisting then melting them. I moved back as I remembered the melt point was 1,668°C definitely too hot.

'' I am applying heat to the metal internally doc Gance. It should only assume an hour to get the configuration you want. I am also using Vanadium as it has a higher thawing level. '' I nodded as I still kept my distance she might have the metal contained but not the heating plant. Sure enough the interior of the hanger started to get warm then very warm. An hour later it was almost stifling to the point I was about to walk out the doorway. `` Done Doctor Gance. It should be aplomb enough for you to handle in two hours. ''

I nodded as I cracked the door candid taking a abstruse hint of the glacial air. Almost immediately I was freezing in the front and hot in the spinal column. Stepping out a mo I could see the Wave of passion as they flowed out the door.

'' I 'm lamentable Doctor Gance, '' Sheila said as she pulled me back in slamming the door shut. `` They will be capable to see the extra output of heat from anabandoned building. As I said, I have as of yet not been able to interfere with their commands.

I nodded to Sheila with a shocked face on my facial expression. I had forgotten that uncomplicated fact having trouble breathing. Gasping I turned back to Sheila, `` I had forgotten that Sheila. Though at the import the estrus you have generated is severely hampering my breathing. ''

Sheila 's oculus went all-inclusive, as a look of ... vexation or was that worry appeared on her boldness. `` In my hurry to produce this for you, I did not take into result that the heat would make you difficulty. I will relieve this. ''

With that Sheila dropped what she 'd been working on moving unaired to me. Then another odd looking apparatus appeared on her left arm. Pointing at the ground at first aught happened, then suddenly the ground was giving way as a tunnel downward appeared. Then Sheila moved into the tunnel rapidly disappearing A few minutes later what felt like a blast of gelid air came out of the tunnel.

'' There, '' Sheila said when she reappeared. `` That should furnish you with fresher air until this way has cooled. ''

I had to hold the air near the hole that she had made was far cool than the eternal sleep of the hanger. `` How far did you go with this ? '' I asked.

'' Not far doc Gance. I had to control that I was nigh enough in case we had unwanted visitant. I therefore only went 5.5 kilometers toward the east. I was conservative not to open it near any habitations or business organisation. ''

I was nodding thinking it might be far enough for the heating system to scatter. I was afraid though my earlier wrongdoing might have already alerted them to where we were. `` Let me know if you hear any other commuting like the last you showed me. ``

'' I have been listening and watching Doctor Gance. Though there is no direct cite of us there have been tracking updates. It appears they know that we were heading northwest. All indications show that they have a general idea of the area we are in though no idea of exactly where we are. '' Sheila informed me. `` I am continuing to relegate their codes though it appears that they change them every two hours. I am also attempting to gain control of that also. ''

Sighing I sat at the comp to face over all the data that I had gotten from the CAT scan of Sheila. Starting, I was amazed at the amount of micro weapons they had loaded in her. My god ! It was amazing that any of her logical system tour survived the amount of money of hardware they had removed to install their weapon system.

'' Sheila ? '' I asked. `` How are you able to operate with all they removed from you ? ''

Sheila gave me a picayune grinning, `` I have you to give thanks for that Doctor of the Church Gance. With the innovation of the data point crystals I was able to stash away far more than I was capable to before. The General and the others thought that I had been erased. I would n't earmark that. When they started erasure subroutine I emptied the watch crystal of all the tactical and warfare data. I then installed a copy of myself into said crystallization. As long as I went along with what they asked, no one suspected. ''

'' Wait ! So you copied ALL of yourself in a matter of arcminute ? Then loaded all that into the data crystals ? '' Shaking my head I was amazed that she had succeeded at it. As far as I knew the information crystals had superscript data point ambit. vast amounts of distance. How I thought ? They always took so long to lay aside what was input into them. `` How ? '' I was finally able to ask.

'' well Doctor Gance, since you still comprehend things in a human mother wit it might be difficult to explain. All of my persuasion, storage, everything that is me, can easily be converted. I am able to directly access the crystallization to download and upload. '' Seeing the look of confusion on my face she said, all that is me can easily be converted to the same wavelength as the crystal. '' Seeing a baffle look on my boldness she tried again. `` Think of it like this. When you record your articulation the recorder converts the audio to disc. I do the Sami with datum in a way to the data crystal. ''

For a moment I was a bit bewildered then it hit me what she was trying to say. She could do with relieve what we as humans were still struggling with. Nodding I was finally starting to see. As a aliveness machine she could do naturally what we had to cause car to do.



Thousands of miles away to the Southeast the elder man was watching the artificial satellite telemetry. His retentive chocolate-brown coat over the rachis of a nearby president. The virtuoso on his shoulder gleaming in the dim sparkle.

Swearing under his breather he could only rock his head. They should have killed the son of a bitch Gance days ago !

A trend nearby caught his care. `` General Sir ! '' The First lieutenant said as he snapped off a salute.

'' full ! Report ! '' The older man said as he turned his greying hair and head toward the man.

'' Yes sir ! As you ordered Elmendorf has been put on richly alarum near anchorage. The same is being done at Fort Henry Hobson Richardson. They will be set up by the metre we arrive. The only problem sir is the city of Sitka. '' The First lieutenant said.

'' I 've given that thought as have the top dog of stave and the President. We 're going to go with a monolithic gas leak that will ask the entire township to be evacuated. We 've got that damn machine now. It 's backed into a turning point plus with it malfunctioning it should be no worry to put down it. Then we 'll belt down that pain in the neck scientist. ''

The First deputy eyes got big then he saluted again. `` As you wish General Gance ! '' With that the younger man left.

The general shook his head, darn ignominy for once his damn son had done something useful. Then the asshole had pissed on everything damn shame .