Chapter 23: Heaven Is A Gated Community

[Rust aka "Chaos"]

"Nice to meet you Archer. And Miss Amelia i have no score because we are one in the same...um but I do have a credit score...just not under me. Its just under my barcode. Here scan this..."

He begins to take off his shirt to reveal a barcode on his stomach under his bellybutton.

((sys post))

"I will do as you say priest. And if I need to erase you from memory I shall do that as well."

She did not watch him leave but knew he would be gone. He was strange. He mind already drissled the memory of his face away. Finally she knew a dark figure had told her to watch the house...she made plans and arrangements in her head. She would find a place close by so she could watch inconspiquously and then whatever the outcome be ready.

[Amelia 20]

Amelia turns down her eye lasers when she sees the barcode. Sometimes she gets confused, especially when it comes to androids that are not Creditors. She takes a step back and looks at Bonifaz and then to Archer. She moves over to Archer. "Archer is an android too." She tells Rust. This is not true, but something she now believes because of a conversation she once had with him where he expressed that he wanted to become an android.

"If I knew you were coming, I would have baked a cake." Amelia sings to Rust.

[Bonifaz Artz-Lehrer]

"So you see, she is not working right. I worry that she could turn on us at any time. Which is why I would like you to fix her." Bonifaz explains to Rust. He doesn't explain why he has a Creditor, but, perhaps he will by the end of the night. He doesn't believe that Rust is aware of Null or Bonifaz's involvement with the group. He isn't sure how Rust would react to that, but, he supposes he could soon find out.

[Rust aka "Chaos"]

Rust tries a nervous smile and leaving his shirt off moves to Amelia.

"Have her lie down and we can begin. She needs to be on her stomach for me. I will assesss the central nervous systems and then go for the memory and circuitry of the brain. I will try and make her work."

[Bonifaz Artz-Lehrer]

"Amelia, lie down on the table. We're going to play doctor....you like games. Then, maybe we'll have some cake, since I knew he was coming, so I baked one." Bonifaz orders the android. He is smirking slightly at this suggestion.

He moves over to the coffee table and throws some books and a newspaper on the floor. After clearing the table, he waits for the pink haired android to lay down.

[Amelia 20]

Amelia listens to Bonifaz and lays down on the coffee table. Her legs drape off the end since she is longer than the table. She looks up at the ceiling and waits for the game to begin. She is usually willing to go along with what Bonifaz wants, since he works for Global Bank. She wonders why Annette hasn't visited her for a long time or where all the other Creditors are.

"You can have your cake and eat it too."

[Rust aka "Chaos"]

Rust smiles shyly at Amelia. He starts by looking at the wires and fuses and circuits in her head. He saw a bit of corrosion and stripped them pulling out some solvent which did the trick. He then used a synthetic skinlike substance to wrap them together. He had to check her nervous system but on her back he couldnt.

"I dont eat really but you can have my piece. Amelia? I need you to turn on your tummy and take your shirt off. Trust me I wont hurt you ok?"

[Amelia 20]

Amelia takes off her shirt, revealing a pink lace bra. Her chest is somewhat flat, though there is no standard breast size among female Creditors. She was simply designed to be more androgynous looking. She rolls over onto her stomach and looks back at Bonifaz for some sort of reassurance. She wonders why Bonifaz isn't playing the game.

She then looks over at Archer. "Tell the department of collections that I will be upgraded." She orders him.

[Rust aka "Chaos"]

Rust giggles to himself at her comment. She was not with the creditors so it would not matter really to notify them. He ran his hand along the 'skin' of her back looking for the node which would open her back cavity to him. Once found he pressed hard and the skin seemed to split and pull back. He began working fast and dutifully. However his leg gave out on him when a spasm of pain rippled through and the tool he was using hit a sensory wire connected to her 'spinal column' she would have felt that...

[Amelia 20]

A strange sensation moves up Amelia's spine. She screams out and electricity is discharged from the small opening in her back at Rust. Her body convulses and crackles with red energy. Her teeth grit together as her body contorts. She is flopping so fiercely that she rolls off of the table and continues her electric convulsions on the floor. Her eyes are glowing red now, as they were before. She pulls herself up, and although she is still twitching, she sends an eye blast at Rust.

"Where am I? Who are all of you?" She asks those in the room. She looks around, scanning for Credit Records.

For some reason, Archer catches her attention. She throws a blast of energy in his direction.

[Bonifaz Artz-Lehrer]

Bonifaz dunks down behind the couch, afraid of the android. A flash of red flies past him towards Archer. "Amelia...this is Bonifaz, I work for Annette Rosenthal. Stop this right now!" Bonifaz orders her.

"Stop this or we will report you to the Department of Collection."

[Archer Aylmer]

A red beam grazes my leg, but, I have had worse happen to me. I hobble over to the large armchair and crouch down behind it. Tenderly I inspect the wound caused by the lazer, it doesn't seem to be too serious. I let out a deep breath and shake my head.

"I knew this was a bad idea. We have no business fixing Amelia. She hasn't turned against us yet and you should have held off on repairs until such dangers presented themselves, Bonifaz."

[Rust aka "Chaos"]

Rust catches the blast up his chest and across his face sustaining heavy synthetics damage. He moves to where he will most likely be out of the way ad his conciousness shuts down. His mechanized self begins working as quickly as it can using his hands while it looks like he is asleep on whats left of his face.

One eye is left and closed while his nose and mouth are gone as well as his other eye. He speaks in a purely mechanical tone saying everything he is doing to himself as he does it...logging the progress and process of his work for the cociousness. Once he is turned back on he will be upgraded and...oh...no. He had started the download when his body began to glitch violently. There were errors in the file and the data is corrupted. He continues to remain off waiting for the complete download to finish before cutting back on.

[Amelia 20]

"Get out of my head...get out of my head!!" Amelia yells at Rust, even though it appears that he has shut down. She grabs her head and cries out at top volume. Then, she falls to her feet. She remains quiet for a long time, no longer attacking or saying anything. When she finally she shuts down completely for a minute or two.

When she restarts, she gets up off the floor and looks around at the people in the room. "That machine.....it must be destroyed. It should be destroyed now. It is no good." Amelia warns the others.

She walks over to the machine, but when she touches it, she receives an electric shock.

"Hmm...."

[Bonifaz Artz-Lehrer]

Bonifaz has no idea what is going on. He waits behind the couch, but gets up when he sees that Amelia is no longer firing in their direction. Archer is right, he supposes it would have been better to wait. He is worried that Rust is damaged, which will be bad for the company since he was a good employee.

"He needs to be repaired. How idiotic of me. Well, whatever."

Bonifaz walks over to Rust and reaches out for him. He doesn't touch him, since he fears shock...