Overcharged - Chapter Three, Dark Hearts [FROZEN UNTIL REQUESTED]

[PandarenBa]

Dr. Carter sighed.

"We equipped you with the best repair software and gear available, so you've probably busted it up so badly that it's not even worth to look at."

She turned around and leaned on the console. Taking a sip out of her coffee, she looked 3W up and down.

"I didn't want for you to be deployed on the field this early. Your programming and AI is unfinished and rough... 2W would probably been better for this mission."

She sighed again.

"Give me a fast status report on your systems, get yourself patched up and I'll input new orders. Hurry up."

...

Fox wiped off the blood under her nose and took the Desert Eagle. She stood up, clicking her radio two times.

"That is classified information, citizen. And as far as I can tell you, hell has been let loose. We came here to take care of this situation."

She forced a smile on her face and clicked the Desert Eagle back to her belt.

...

Wolf cursed under his breath. His prey had escaped... and it was his fault. He had missed that second shot. Maybe I've been far too overconfident. Wolf was startled by the clicking noise of his radio. He quickly turned to face the street and crouched, aiming at the man standing in front of Fox. Tranquilizer Dart..., he thought, swapping the magazine of the rifle and aimed the weapon at the man's forehead.

He pulled the trigger, smirking.

 

[ThreeWords]

"I'm sorry, Doctor" said ThreeWords, detaching a chip from a socket. "Here is my status report, in PDA format. I will go and get my repairs while you read it."

He moved through the camp till he found an autodoc, a machine designed to repair anything, organic or technological. As he fastened himself in, he tapped into its operating core, making a few small adjustments. Now, it could not 'repair' the improvements he had made to his own brain.

...

"Doctor?" he called as he re-entered the tent, "Have you finished the report? I have been repaired, and am ready for new orders"

 

[terribleyetfun]

mister terrible and his followers quietly moved through the alleyways knocking out guards when the need be he eventually came upon the military camp he sauntered up to the gate but was immediately greeted by several assault rifles to the face.
"name and purpose of visit citizen" one of the guards said rifles still pointed at mister terrible.
"name`s mister terrible and my purpose is to have a simple discussion with whoever seems to be running this operation" mister terrible calmly said his hand behind his head.
"no deal now piss off before we blast you into next week" another guard said.
"hmmmm I`d really like to get in is there any way we can arrange that" mister terrible asked the guards trying his best to look nice.
"aint gonna happen now piss off" a guard yelled.
"well can`t say I did`nt try" mister terrible then jumped off the ground and sent a wave of lightning at one of the guards with a kick knocking him out before the other guard could react,he then did the same to the other guard knocking him out as well mister terrible then pointed both of his hands at the guard towers sending waves of electricity through them knocking out the guards inside,mister terrible stared at the gate for about a second the turned his head to the left.
"hey Harold could you open the gate please" mister terrible asked his followers who were hiding in the nearby bushes.
"uhh sure" Harold jumped out of the bush walked up to the gate he then slammed his hand against the gate using telekinetic force sending the gate flying into the camp alerting the guards.
"okay that got their attention I say we move" mister terrible then walked into the base his followers behind him.

 

[revolverwolf]

She'd been knocked through a wall by one of Mister Terrible's useless pion. And she wasn't pleased about it. She was STILL being used as everyone's ragdoll, even with powers at her disposal. But the base had been emptied of people. They'd all run off. "Ah..." She raised herself from the ground using a piece of steel as a crutch. Wonder what the hell made them run off so fast... She limped outside. "3W and David would have been useful for a moment. So they run off and dump me in a room with a freaking psycho!"

She reached the front door of the station, looking out to find SWAT teams, armed gunmen, army emplacements. And she saw 3W, just as he had entered a tent. She went after him, as quickly as she could.

 

[PandarenBa]

"3W, I am disabling you and pulling you out of this mission. I've seen..."

Dr. Carter shook her head.

"...the modifications you've made to your own programming. You are too unstable to continue on this mission and we are withdrawing you to be sent to the lab for re-programming. 2W will take your place."

Dr. Carter leaned right to see who had entered the tent and as soon as she saw Catherine, she clicked her fingers. Several dozens of security robots appeared and aimed their tazers at Catherine.

"Who are you?", she asked, putting the coffee cup away.

...

Commander Johnsson staggered back as he saw the front gate explode out of it's place. Both of the guard towers were destroyed too and he was frantically shouting orders. Soldiers formed up and circulated the intruders, pointing their guns at them.

"You've got to have a goddamn good reason for killing my guards and destroying my outposts, freaks!", he shouted, drawing his revolver.

 

[revolverwolf]

Frick! She stopped, then looked at the robots. Probably programmed for this type of shit... She raised her arms, to signify that she wasn't hostile. "...Catherine." She stuttered briefly. "I'm friendly."

 

[ThreeWords]

"You are too unstable to continue on this mission and we are withdrawing you to be sent to the lab for re-programming. 2W will take your place."

At these words, ThreeWords' eyes glazed over. His mind writhed as the modified Third Law struggled to contend with the Second Law, which pushed him to obey Carter and deactivate. He twitched as the two programs fought

He was only vaguely aware of events outside his head, but when he heard Catherine speak he looked up.

He assessed the situation, searching for the evidence he needed to act. He took in Catherine, surrounded by robots. He observed Carters body language, and inferred her intentions toward Catherine. All this took 0.025 of a second

First Law came into action, urging him to protect Catherine, and with the Third Law, it swept over Carter's decommission order.

He leapt into action. He began with few bars of 'Slam', which blasted Carter into the tent wall. She staggered and fell, wrapped in fabric. The robots ran to her aid, compelled by first law, and ThreeWords launched into 'crushcrushrcrush', smashing the robots to the floor. Before they could rise, he and Catherine ran for the door. Once outside, ThreeWords offered Catherine his arm.

"Can I give you a lift out of here?" He asked with a grin

 

[PandarenBa]

Dr. Carter stood shakingly up, coughing some blood. She wiped it off, straightened her back, took the PDA and marched out of tent. She looked furiously at 3W, her hair a bit messed up by the blood. Soldiers ran towards the three.

"Oh, you scrapbucket ain't going nowhere. Fail Safe Code, Admin, Carter, Password, SomeThingsJustMustEnd, Excecute!", she barked at 3W.

 

[ThreeWords]

As the words struck, ThreeWords staggered as one leg tried to shut down. However, he remained standing, and dragged his head round, with some effort, to look at Carter

"You. *****." he growled, the words coming out as two separate sentences, deformed into a weird growl as the voicebox tried to deactivate.

"I'm impressed." said Carter, "You really are quite something. You have not defied second law and disobeyed me several times, but you have also broken First Law and meaningfully hurt me.
Either of those things should have irrevocably locked down your positronic brain, but somehow, you remain active. I wonder how you are able. But we shall see.
Robot, I order you, in my capacity as your constructor, owner and senior military authority in the area, to deactivate and remain here.
Failure to comply will result not only in harm to my emotions due to failure and loss of my possessions, but it will also cause me to lose my job, which will cause me further mental and possibly physical damage.
Now, just try and leave"

ThreeWords' mind churned. He could not leave. To do so would violate both First and Second Laws. But neither could he remain, for he would surley be destroyed, and Third LAw could not allow that. Normally, it would have no sway against the other two laws, but in his modified brain, it had new strength and quality.

Modifications...

The thought caused shifts in his mind, stirred previously inactive programs, brought them to full operation...

A new urge filled him, pushing with the Third Law, cutting through First and Second Laws. That force had a voice and it screamed Make the ***** pay!

Anger and rage coursed through his circuits, allowing them to move again. Knowing full well the effects of him doing so, he grabbed Catherine and took to the air, glorying in the hope of hurting Carter.

Then another voice spoke in his mind, saying But that is not enough!

As they began to fly away, he played 'Let the Flames Begin', and as night fell, the camp glowed with the light of hundreds of tiny fires, springing from nowhere

Spoiler: Eep!

I think I'm suffering from wall o' text syndrome!

 

[PandarenBa]

Dr. Carter gasped for air as the launch squeezed the air out of her lungs. She tried frantically to tap the PDA, but her grasp loosened and it fell down, smashing into tiny bits. She screamed for a moment and fainted.

...

Somewhere, two dim lights started shining in an old warehouse.

2W SOFTWARE STARTUP
RECEIVING COMMAND INPUT
.
..
...
COMMAND INPUT INCOMPLETE
SITUATION ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL INITIATED
COMMAND INPUT DECRYPTING
.
..
...
COMMAND INPUT ACCEPTED
WELCOME dr.carter/221
LOCKING NEW WAYPOINT
LAUNCHING...

Spoiler

*cackle* Here comes 2W.

 

[ThreeWords]

Spoiler: Flexes steel knuckles

*whirr of evil electric brain* I can't wait

 

[ThreeWords]

They came to a rest 2 kilometres from the camp, swooping low and crashing through a window, ending up in a room in an abandoned hotel.

"It's getting late. You should get some sleep" said ThreeWords as he released Catherine, "I'll keep guard"

 

[terribleyetfun]

mister terrible simply stared on at the scene between the robot and some other lady he had no chance to act as several assault rifles were aimed at him and his followers.
"you better have a good reason for destroying the guard towers freaks" one of the guards yelled.
"well I needed to get your attention because I want to talk to whoever is running this operation around here" mister terrible said his hands positioned over his head his followers doing the same.

 

[revolverwolf]

"Jesus. What the hell was with her back there?" Catherine swung her arms, trying to get the feeling back into them after being grabbed and flown away by Threewords.

She hadn't noticed how late it was, or her lack hygiene, for a long time. Scorch marks, burnt clothes and singed, darkened hair. In an ideal world, a huge bathtub and a fully furnished wardrobe would have been provided for her. It was a small room however, being stocked with a single bed and an empty set of drawers, with a small water closet as a sideroom. She shook her head, having to make do with the little she had at the moment.

 

[ThreeWords]

"Her name was Dr Carter, and she was my main designer. She saw the modifications to my brain, and felt that I had been made unfit for action. She wanted me decommissioned, perhaps permanently."

He saw her looking around the room "Do you need anything?"

 

[revolverwolf]

"Food and clothes mainly..." She laid down on the bed, trying to get a slight amount of rest for today. She couldn't though. At any moment, Dr Carter could be here with a goon squad. Mr Terrible could be through the door and destroying the room in a matter of seconds.

 

[reyttm4]

Ray felt something hit his forehead, and within seconds everything was blank. Ray woke up "Woah, what's going on?".

 

[ThreeWords]

"I'll go search the rest of the building. Are you coming, or will you stay here?"

 

[revolverwolf]

"Er... I'll stay here. I need some time to think anyway..." She smiled reassuringly. As Threewords turned to leave, she called back to him. "And remember to get food."

 

[ThreeWords]

"I won't" called out ThreeWords as he began to go down the stairs.

On the ground floor, he found a larder, and selected a number of things, based of practicality of preparation and quality of nutrients

On the way back up, he found a room that had presumably been used by someone before the event of the powers, and inside were clothes, along with lots of other things.

ThreeWords did not have a lot of information as to the living requirements of female humans, so he took a sample of everything.

Before he entered the room, he knocked and called out "Catherine?"
He had been taught well enough to know that humans could easily be startled if they were unexpectedly confronted, especially by what appeared to be another human