Androids: Memory Deleted

CHAPTER 6

Zai woke up in his room.

"Where.... Am I?"

"Why does my head.... Feel so empty?"

He looked around the room.

"Why can't I remember anything?"

I opened the door and I was surprised to see him up and awake.

"Who.... are you?"

That's right. ALL his memories were erased.
He doesn't remember me anymore.

He doesn't remember anything anymore.

What was my name again?
Hmm... I can't seem to remember it anymore.

"I am Subject 04."

"What a weird name." Zai laughed

"Anyway, can I get out of this room? I can't seem to remember anything, so I'd like to find anything that can help me find my memories."

"....No."

"But why?"

"Because I said so."

"I'm still going either way."

He still has his stubborn personality I see.

"Fine, but I'm coming with you."

I followed him around the lab, looking at all the pictures and notes about Zai.

"You know.... calling you Subject 04 is a bit unnatural for me."

"So, I think I'll call you Fae."

"....Why Fae?"

"Because you look like that fairy in Tinker Bell with all the dwarfs and- Ow."

"Watch where you're walking."

He blushed from embarrassment.

"S-Sorry."

Going through the whole lab was time consuming, but we were close to finding Zai's memories once again.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Of course! I want to know what happened... Please Fae."

I took a deep breath before pressing the screen.

"... The data will start processing any moment now. The sudden influx of data may be a shock to your system."

"... Thank you Fae."

AUTHORISATION PROCESS COMPLETE.
ACCESS GRANTED.
TRANSFERRING DATA....

"How is Subject 01's status?"

"He seems to be doing well. Though, Director... Is his appearance... intentional?"

"Hm? Not at all, I simply moulded out what came to mind."

"Ah, I see. That would be something that-"

"...Hello?"

"Ah, he's awake! Hmm... maybe I should call him something."

"Director, that isn't at all necessary."

"Hmm... Zai! That's your name, Zai."

".... Zai? ... My name is... Zai."

"Mother! Here's your birthday present!"

"Ah, you remembered my birthday, Zai? Thank you! Let's see here... Oh my, how beautiful! Did you draw this Zai?"

"Yes, Mother! I thought that you would like a picture of yourself and me, because you said you wanted a camera... But I can't go outside so I drew it out. ...Is it okay?"

"O-of course, Zai. This is amazing! Now just you wait over there, I'll go get a frame to frame it up, alright?"

"Yes, Mother!"

"Oh, and Zai. Could I ask you that next time that you show me what you draw? I'd like to see how I can help you improve."

"R-really? I would love to, Mother!"

"Ah... I left my drawings in Mother's room. She doesn't like me to go in her room when she's not around but..."

"...What's this?"

"...People... don't like mother? They want to dispose of her? But what did Mother do? I don't understand... Why didn't mother tell me this?"

"Zai? Where are you? I need your help with something in the archives for a little bit."

"I'll be right there Mother!"

"...I'm sure Mother's not telling me about it because she's sure that she's perfectly safe. I'm sure... I'm sure that it's nothing to worry about at all. I must be getting paranoid."

"...? How odd, the kitchen door was left open..."

"Ahh... it's pitch black, I should turn on my lighter. It's weird that the kitchen doesn't have-"

"....Mother?"

"...Mother wake up. Please, wake up. What's wrong? W-why... why aren't you saying anything?! Why are you covered... covered in blood? P-please say something Mother..."

"Is the body still in there?"

"Yes, it's like a ghost town in here anyways. We'll clean it up later, let's see what we can find in this dump first."

"..........."

"...They killed Mother... didn't they?"

"Haa... I-I did it. It's their fault... they're the ones that killed her... So I punished them!"

"M-mother... are you proud of me? You can rest in peace now... I made sure that they'll never be able to h-hurt you..."

"I did it... for you. They killed you, so I had to.. return the favor, r-right? I..."

"....W-what have I done?"

"No. I... I didn't mean to..."

"But I... I did this. T-This... is..."

"...Ah........ah....."

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH-"

"Zai?! What-"

"NO, STAY AWAY FROM ME! I'M A MONSTER! A MONSTER..."

MONSTER

MY FAULT

"S-STOP!!"

Zai covered his ears in fear.

"..N...No more...."

"...Mother.. is gone...? I... I killed those people.."

"...If my memories were this bad..."

"If might've been better not to remember them at all."

My face was distraught as I pushed 'yes' for deletion.

"...I'm sorry, Zai."

Back in his room, Zai woke up.

"...Where.. am I?"