gotta show you
another thing.” Eddy told me as he closed the heavy iron door behind us. I was
led down the red-stained hallway once again, each eye still looking straight
down, and still remembering nothing. I was brought down a different corridor
which was now illuminated by a less piercing white light. At the end of this
hallway was a heavy steel door, much larger than any of the others. It
jealously guarded its secrets, putting several security measures in place. It
had two keypads, eye scanners, and fingerprint readers. He typed in the code,
let the machine read his eye and he pushed his fingerprint onto the pad. All
the necessary info was entered, and the door hissed and whined before becoming
unlocked. Eddy had to push the door open with all of his might, even with all
the security measures down. Inside was a large room very different from any of
the others. The most noticeable quality it had was how much light was in the
room. Mammoth windows let light stream inside the dusty brown and gray area,
and titan pillars held the room up. There was much less grime and decay in this
room. Electrical cables, black and faceless as their messages intertwined
amongst all the pillars, sending millions of volts to and fro above our heads.
The cables hung loose and carelessly, being supported poorly. It also smelled
much more clean and sanitary than the rest of the factory. At the end of the
room was a mech. This one had no cockpit, so I was left to assume that it
operated itself. It was humanoid like the rest, but it was lonely, sitting all
by itself. Cables clung to its sides, making sure it had every ounce of energy
it needed. At the moment it was lifeless, shut down.
“There he is! C’mon, I’ll
show you.” Eddy hurried me along to the far end of the room where the mech
laid. As we walked along, I couldn’t help but notice the neat geometric pattern
of gray tiles on the ground. Upon closer inspection through the somewhat
translucent material, each tile was filled to the brim with circuits, like a
treasure chest of electronics in plain sight. We soon reached the end of the
room, and I was in awe of the mech.
It probably stood around ten
feet tall, although it was hard to tell by the sitting position it was in. Its
right arm had a menacing drill instead of a hand like the other arm did. Its
body was wide and thick with metal plates and strong titanium; not a single
scratch was on it. Its composition was rigid. Very few curves adorned it except
for the chest, where there were more plates attached. Finally, at the top was a
very square and squat head, practically hiding behind its impenetrable fortress
of metal on the chest. The entire frame gleamed with a reflective silver. It
had two very small light bulbs in place of eyes, but they were inactive at the
time.
“Meet Tank.” Eddy let out a
long, proud sigh, once again with his hands on his hips.
“Tank?”
“ Mhm .
Built him myself. Practically from scratch.”
“ From scratch? This? ”
I asked in an incredulous tone.
“ Mhm !”
He smacked my back in a good-hearted manner. He went over to a small control
panel on the wall beside the mech. He typed in a few numbers once more, and I
looked around the room when I heard a very low mechanical drone, slowly
decreasing in pitch. It sounded like a computer of some sort was shutting down.
Eddy went over to the mech and started pulling the wires and cables off of it a
few at a time. Once they all were in a bundled heap on the ground, the
mechanized beast’s eyes lit up red. I stepped back, startled, but Eddy held up
a hand to tell me it was alright. It spoke with the sound of thousands of
grinding gears, language refined for electronic ears. After it was done
regurgitating computer commands and outputs, it slowly rose; I could hear
hundreds of little zips and zaps from the circuitry inside. It stood up
perfectly straight, as if it was a soldier in the military; the only difference
was that this machine would rank
another thing.” Eddy told me as he closed the heavy iron door behind us. I was
led down the red-stained hallway once again, each eye still looking straight
down, and still remembering nothing. I was brought down a different corridor
which was now illuminated by a less piercing white light. At the end of this
hallway was a heavy steel door, much larger than any of the others. It
jealously guarded its secrets, putting several security measures in place. It
had two keypads, eye scanners, and fingerprint readers. He typed in the code,
let the machine read his eye and he pushed his fingerprint onto the pad. All
the necessary info was entered, and the door hissed and whined before becoming
unlocked. Eddy had to push the door open with all of his might, even with all
the security measures down. Inside was a large room very different from any of
the others. The most noticeable quality it had was how much light was in the
room. Mammoth windows let light stream inside the dusty brown and gray area,
and titan pillars held the room up. There was much less grime and decay in this
room. Electrical cables, black and faceless as their messages intertwined
amongst all the pillars, sending millions of volts to and fro above our heads.
The cables hung loose and carelessly, being supported poorly. It also smelled
much more clean and sanitary than the rest of the factory. At the end of the
room was a mech. This one had no cockpit, so I was left to assume that it
operated itself. It was humanoid like the rest, but it was lonely, sitting all
by itself. Cables clung to its sides, making sure it had every ounce of energy
it needed. At the moment it was lifeless, shut down.
“There he is! C’mon, I’ll
show you.” Eddy hurried me along to the far end of the room where the mech
laid. As we walked along, I couldn’t help but notice the neat geometric pattern
of gray tiles on the ground. Upon closer inspection through the somewhat
translucent material, each tile was filled to the brim with circuits, like a
treasure chest of electronics in plain sight. We soon reached the end of the
room, and I was in awe of the mech.
It probably stood around ten
feet tall, although it was hard to tell by the sitting position it was in. Its
right arm had a menacing drill instead of a hand like the other arm did. Its
body was wide and thick with metal plates and strong titanium; not a single
scratch was on it. Its composition was rigid. Very few curves adorned it except
for the chest, where there were more plates attached. Finally, at the top was a
very square and squat head, practically hiding behind its impenetrable fortress
of metal on the chest. The entire frame gleamed with a reflective silver. It
had two very small light bulbs in place of eyes, but they were inactive at the
time.
“Meet Tank.” Eddy let out a
long, proud sigh, once again with his hands on his hips.
“Tank?”
“ Mhm .
Built him myself. Practically from scratch.”
“ From scratch? This? ”
I asked in an incredulous tone.
“ Mhm !”
He smacked my back in a good-hearted manner. He went over to a small control
panel on the wall beside the mech. He typed in a few numbers once more, and I
looked around the room when I heard a very low mechanical drone, slowly
decreasing in pitch. It sounded like a computer of some sort was shutting down.
Eddy went over to the mech and started pulling the wires and cables off of it a
few at a time. Once they all were in a bundled heap on the ground, the
mechanized beast’s eyes lit up red. I stepped back, startled, but Eddy held up
a hand to tell me it was alright. It spoke with the sound of thousands of
grinding gears, language refined for electronic ears. After it was done
regurgitating computer commands and outputs, it slowly rose; I could hear
hundreds of little zips and zaps from the circuitry inside. It stood up
perfectly straight, as if it was a soldier in the military; the only difference
was that this machine would rank
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