The boy should be out there, drinking water out of plastic cups and too much sugar in one sitting. Running around in a mall with friends, flirting with girls in public and then kissing a boy in a bathroom stall, like the other boys do at fifteen.
Instead, 'subject Daedalus 1G-59' lays still on a surgical table, covered by a white sheet that does a poor job at hiding his childish features.
Prominent cheekbones, bleak vision in his baggy eyes, visible ribs and ruffled up hair made Dr. Walsh want to set fire to his lab and drag the boy's limp body into a hospital.
'Dr. Walsh I suggest you start your inspection soon.' the voice from a microphone said in polite words but a commanding tone. 'The sedatives will wear off in approximately two hours.'
'And I suggest you go shove a wrench up your cooling pipe, Falkon.' he muttered under his breath.
'Apologies, Dr. Walsh I'm afraid I did not catch that. Would you like me to enhance my microphone range?' his trusty AI bot, Falkon replied.
'No thank you, Falkon. ' Dr. Walsh sighed. 'I'd like you to turn the speaker off. I require silence.'
'As you wish, Dr. Walsh.'
The world renowned Robotics Engineer and AI specialist muttered obscenities towards his personal assistant under his breath.
The rusted gibber-machine (a much politer equivalent to what Dr. Walsh had called Falkon) was annoying but right. The sedatives would wear off soon. And as abundant as sedatives were to him, it was hard to watch as a barely fifteen year old body was pumped full of drugs.
'So let's get started, huh? ' he nodded to the unconscious body of subject G-59.
Picking up a pair of surgical scissors, he said, 'I've never been on sedatives, boy. But I hope you're numb as a corpse. Otherwise, this is going to hurt.'
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Coded Malfunction
Science FictionThis is supposed to be a short story if I try to turn it into a novel somebody come and punch me in the throat please💚💚. Also this story is about a scientist and his adopted Biobot. The Biobot turns into the subject of massive uproars of controver...
