//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: A Robotic Problem // by The Lutece twins //------------------------------// Pain, That's all Dan can feel. He tried to remember what happen before this pain. He remembered rushing towards the machine to try and fix the coolant pipes or even the power lines before it went into a meltdown, but he remembered tripping over a robotic arm and falling into the machine, just as it meltdowned. 'Am I...dead? No...I feel pain...If i was dead...I wouldn't be feeling pain...Unless I'm in hell or something..' He thought to himself as he tried to move, but couldn't as he felt very heavy materiel on top of him 'I guess..heavy machinery is on...top of me..' he though to himself again. Dan also noticed his body felt...different. "The destroyed machine is over here." A voice from far away said, catching Dan's attention. 'Guess I am still alive than...' He thought as he opened his eyes, only to see darkness and broken and burnt metal on top of him. "Alright everyone, salvage as much as the broken frames and metal as you can and maybe even find the body of Dan. Cause no one could survive a meltdown of that magnitude." A gruff male voice said as Dan could hear machinery lifting and moving the parts all over as he than blinked at what the person said about trying to find his body. As Dan's mind became clearer, he noticed that his sight was like that of the robots as his eyes widen at that. 'D-Did my mind get transferred into one of of the good remaining robots that somehow survived the blast?' He thought to himself as he has been in the frames before as a test. As he brought up the schematics of the robot he was in, his mind came to a sudden stop as he looked at the frame he was in in his eyes. The frame he was in was that of a anthropomorphic equine with both wings and a horn, with hooves instead of feet, and is of a female build. 'W-What?! H-How can this be? The government would never build equine like frames before.' He thought as he began to feel the metal around his new hooves began to be removed. "Hey chief, I found something here!" a voice yelled, causing Dan to blink as he felt something touch his new mechanical hooves. Dan blinks as he felt something pull on his legs, causing him wince as he felt the blasting light of the sun penetrate his eyes, causing him to close them as he stood still, pretending to be deactivated. "Um...sir...why is there a robotic equine frame here?" one of the workers asked as he looked at Dan as his fram was pulled from the rubble. A man wearing a business suit walked up and looked a the equine frame up and down. noticing the frame to be feminine in shape as he could see four wings floating behind its back, a long sharp and spiraled horn on its forehead, eyes too large to be that of an equine, large hooves where the feet should be, a very large fiber mane and tail that shine and glow in the sunlight, two indentations of the sun on both its flank and a larger, chest area that seemed to be bigger than its head as a single purple gem layed between them, causing him to raise an eyebrow at that area, as to why that area needs to be so...large. (Like this but anthropomorphic) "Well, whatever it is, scrap it and melt it down for parts." he said, causing Dan's eyes to widen. "No wait!" He, or now She yelled, causing everyone to yelp in surprise, even the driver behind the claw that was holding him jumped in surprise, causing him to hit the release controls, dropping Dan on her head, causing a loud bang as she crash to the ground, causing everyone to wince. "Ow..." She grunted as she had a mouth full of dirt. She sat up and spat the dirt out as she noticed guards surrounding her with stun batons at the ready as she held her hands up. "Um...I mean no harm?" She said as she winced at her new female voice. There was some shouts as Dan noticed Nicole shove her way through the crown and get blocked by the guards. "Back off, i know how to help."She said as she looked and Dan, than blinked. "D-Dan?" she asked as the other people looked around and at her as if she was crazy. "Um, excuse me? But how can that thing be Dan when Dan didn't come out while the reactor was going awol?" One man, one wearing a lab coat like Nicole's asked as he stood forward, causing her to glare at him. "Cause he stayed behind to try and fix it!" She yelled at him. Dan sighed as she stood up. "Well, tried too, but i think i know what caused the reactor to meltdown. One of the Californian 'God' Cultists," She said as she saw everyone's eyes widen as she said that. "Got into the machines room, and from what I saw, planted a shit load of explosives in the coolant pipes area, cause when I came back from my restroom break, I heard a beep, and than a explosion. Did any people running past the machine noticed the smell of gunpowder and all that?" She asked, causing a great deal of nods and agreements. "Now that you mention it, something or should i say, someone loosened one of the vent covers near my station." Dan heard a voice as she looked and saw Jason, the front area security guard. "I past it off as faulty screws, cause would anyone dare report some rusted screws to the head?" He asked, causing people to shake their heads. "I though so. So what i think is that the cultist some how snuck into the vents and made their way to the machine." He said. Suddenly a chubby man in a business suit, smooth graying hair, and a cane walked over to the group. "Well than, whats this I hear about cultists?" His voice rang out, causing everyone to gasp and stood at attention. "I-its the head boss." "Its the man, man." "It the big cheese." Countless voices said as Dan stood at attention as she didn't want to even move. "N-No..p-please not him.." She gulped as Nicole gasped as she looked at him. "D-Dad!?" She yelled.