Episode Thirteen: Magnus started off our last episode with a gun pointed in his face and ended off in the same way. Only difference was the person holding the gun. As our detective unravels the mysteries behind the Radlem sisters, he is now pinned between a robot posing as a human, and a woman stuck as an organ donor robot. When he turns to the police for help he finds that there is more than meets the eye to the current acting commissioner, as episode thirteen seemed unlucky for our robot protagonist, will episode fourteen be any better? Please enjoy today’s episode (or head back to Episode One or Episode Thirteen)!
The sound of metal tearing apart shattered all that was silent. I froze, as if to fall over dead once again. Suddenly I realized I was still standing. “Hey, stupid robot, we’ve got to move!” The voice was sweet but the message wasn’t as I turned to see Veronica standing behind me. Shock turned to surprise as I turned to see the commissioner had been “deactivated”. I spun back to her and headed for the door. This was my worst case in years. Note to self: Never take a high profile case ever again. I’d rather find Miss “TooManyCats” lost kitten. As I rushed past Veronica I realized someone must have heard the shot. Strangely, it seemed no one was paying attention. I turned to see Veronica putting something in her bag. “What are you doing?” She looked up at me. “It’s a silencer, disables all robot hearing for the moment the shot goes off.” I nod. That is actually not a bad idea, however I heard the shot. As we close the door behind us, we make our ever so slight escape.
As we arrive at the front door Veronica turns to me with a concerned look on her face. “Oh you dropped this by the way.” She hands me my gun and I look down at it. Strange, I don’t remember it falling. When I look up Veronica is talking to a police officer a few paces away, and he raises his gun at me. “Halt! You are under arrest for the murder of the Commissioner!” As I stand there shocked, the gun literally slides from my hands. I stare at Veronica as she runs down the steps. She is insane. It wasn’t until that moment I notice her exceptionally sexy human legs. Damn it all to hell, I just got played. As the metallic officer scans me for anything else I watch her jump into my car and drive off. Son of a bitch, I’m going to get my car back when this blows over.
As the officer places me into custody and throws me in a cell, I take a look around. Delinquent robot holding cell, very nice. One of the robots in the cell looks extremely familiar, so I decide to seat myself beside it. “What did you do to get thrown in here?” I ask politely, hoping I wasn’t responsible for putting the robot in here. As he looks up at me, he sits up straight. “Magnus? Why the hell are you in here? I thought you were solving the problems, not creating more?” It was Farley, a cabbie I had met a few days back, after I got shot at the beginning of this investigation. “Yeah, well you can’t bake a cake without cracking a few eggs. Or in this case, opening some tin cans.” We shared a laugh and then he looked back to me. “I was hoping you could solve my case as purely self defence. Some crazy robot tried to harvest my parts while I was using them! I took one swing and it must not have had a great connection, because its head fell right off.” I grinned. “Wow, that sounds nuts. I heard robot on robot crime was on the rise, but that’s ridiculous.” As we both stared straight forward, Farley had to ask. “So why are you in here detective?” I share a laugh with no one but myself. “I killed the Acting Commissioner. Or so it may seem.”
Farley sat as still as a statue. I couldn’t tell if he was out of juice, or just that shocked. “Well I don’t think you’d do that.” I nodded and then looked away in thought. “Actually I would have. I think the Commissioner wasn’t the Commissioner at all. Much like some robot wanted your parts, robots have been hijacking robots and now it seems people as well.” Farley leaned back against the wall, shaking his head in disbelief. “What the hell is going on out there?” I pat him on the shoulder. “I don’t know, I’d love to find out though.” Suddenly a robot bursts into the room and looks into the cell. “Magnus, you are coming with me.” The cell door opens and two officers are standing on either side. “Good luck out there Farley.” He nods to me. “Same to you buddy, seems the world is going crazy.”
As the three of us march down the hallway, I am lead to a small room with only a desk and a chair. The officer droids force me into my seat and then they leave. Another robot enters the room and he has an oh so familiar limp. As he sits down in front of me, I can’t help but think I have some new problems. He stares me right in the eyes. “So. You may have been saved last time, but Magnus, you know too much. I am sorry but I will have to disable you.” I decide enough is enough. “Well, if you must, first tell me who you are.” The robot laughs. “Or not.” He raises a pistol to my face and pulls the trigger, lucky for me I have my speedy moments. Today, I dodged a bullet. Marking that on the calendar. As our hands both wrestle for control of the gun, I pray that no one else can see the struggle going on in this room.
Will Magnus prevail? Or will he fall victim to yet another bullet? And who is this mysterious robot with a limp? Only Episode Fifteen can tell you! Thanks for reading!