The next day Rex woke up at the same time as scheduled at 5 am, following the same routine. Today is a very special day and in fact so important that if his experiment fails this means the failure of 10 years of hard work after the incident.
Already Alice pinpointed the new test subject002 for phase two of 'Project Dream'.
"Who is the target today Alice?" he asked while drinking his boba tea drink, "A small drug dealer and killer, he was in jail and now free. He chose a solitary life in the mountain area where wild animals live normal people and hunters avoid staying there. I sent the minions to fetch him for us, it would be an estimated 3 hours to arrive. The second phase adjustments are installed and ready for your check out."
He finished his drink and laid backward in his chair 'why cause all this trouble if I had a normal life. Why Mary with James backstabbed me, my uncles killing my family and taking my family's money, company and my identity, my life.'
"Alice my dear Alice, my beautiful kind wife" whispered in a sad tone. IA Alice kept silent, she ordered the cooking silently.
Rex closed his eyes, feeling his memories calling for him. "l will take a nap, my mind isn't clear now, processed as planned. Wait for my order of activation, do not do anything without my approval." walked out Rex, his eyesight blurring out, from what? 'am I crying?'
Wiped his eyes 'yeah these are tears.'
He looked at the mirror in his room, touching his scars, 'mom, sister, Alice, luna'. Crying, sobbing, clutching his chest, he threw himself on the bed. He laid fetus position, digging his face on his pillow like a toddler crying.
IA Alice still spoke nothing, she did understand her master's attention and respected it. She resumed the preparation and equipment needed for phase 2 but she did an investigation on her own as she saw it as befitting of the targeted individuals the 'Uncles', Mary and James.
"Preparing files for target: Name: Mary White, age: 40, hobbies: gardening, stealing from Rex, phobias: heights and snakes ( Acrophobia and Ophidiophobia). next destination: Tahiti Island. French Pennsylvania, solo trip, Next month June 4th.
Target 2: name: James William age: 44 Hobbies: camping and hunting in the wild, stealing and bullying phobias: tight spaces (claustrophobia) next destination: Solo Hunting trip in the north forest, an area known for hunting space, next 3 weeks from today.
Target 3: name: Amir age: 59 hobbies: collecting artifacts, drinking phobias: death next destination: Solo trip to Shanghai on July 26th.
Target 4: name: Jade age: 62 hobbies: partying, witch crafting, gossiping phobias: death next destination: traveling to Paris with her family on May 27th."
3 hours later, Alice placed the 002 on the table, naked, and placed all wires on desired areas all in place as ordered. Alice prepared for him a light dessert ginger milk pudding, his favorite spicy cub noodles.
"Master", he still sleeping, "master", again no response. Alice started shaking his bed calling him "Master Rex, wake up, phase two is 80% completed waiting for your orders, master"
Rex woke up and stayed silent, he yawned rubbing his eyes. "I'll shower and eat first" he dragged himself off the bed and headed to the shower, he gasped for air when ice-cold water hit his hot body. 10 minutes passed, and he walked downstairs to find his comfort food for such an issue already made. He smiled and thanked Alice "Thank you my Alice, without you...I am a useless man"
"Master, I did what you liked me to do"
He nodded and dug in his pipping hot noodles and then ginger pudding. letting out a big satisfied sigh whipping his mouth with a tissue. "Let us go proceeded with phase two" standing up and walking to the clock hung over the basement's door, Alice opened the secret lab door for him instead of the usual laser security measurements.
She gave him the lab coat to wear, "I prepared him, evening is waiting for your command."
"Good job Alice, start project 'Dream'" She placed the VR helmet, the program activated on the big screen he saw that there are new modes with-rex and anti-rex, Alice then handed him a black suit with wires attached to it and the VR helmet beside it "the second phase is the Linking with your mind, you can be in full control of the ' Dream' reality master, I saw your hypothesis, I made the suitable adjustments" she then played on another screen video recording.
"Alice!" what he saw was two men attached in 'Dream', on the right he wears the same suit as Alice gave him while the other the regular control mode. Alice inside the platform informed A with the controlling suit that can fully control B, A goes in torturing B killing B in the process, B is brain dead as expected, and A woke up from 'Dream' unharmed. A asked Alice for his payment, she injected him with the nanomites killing him instantly. She then did as she did with 001 cleaning procedure.
Rex stood astonished by what just saw, "Alice! this is absurd! what order you did not understand."
"master with all respect, I won't let you proceed with phase two without assuring your safety first. Punish me."
He was jow drooped she was right. "I am sorry, I didn't think of it myself. thank you,y dearest of all Alice. You really deserve an award for your progress" he clapped. He wore the suit and lay on the neighboring table of 002.
"Activate"
Dream activated
Rex waited for 002 to choose the modes, and the latter chose anti-rex. Rex choose to stay observing only, seeing throw the VR and being connected to the dream was the dream that came true, his heart beating was above the average 120 beats, and his breathing too. Smiling all the time, he took pleasure in experimenting with his powers over 002 reality.
2 hours into the 'Dream' became boring, Rex ordered his assassination of 002. returning to reality, he took off the helmet panting with satisfaction, "this is going to be fun"
Removing the suit, he wrote down his experience and wishes for phase two on his tab. Alice proceeded with the cleaning.
Afterward, Alice spoke up, "Master I did the investigation on your targets, this is what I got" she showed him the profile she made for each one of them.
"Target 1 name....etc" he was reading fast as scrolling down the documents.
"Alice this is wonderful, good job using these we can set course to the mission and phase 3 with ease"
"The nanomites are attached to the targets, all details and movements are recorded and notifying me with updates"
He giggled "yes yes"
"Master I have an inquisition, after analyzing your review on phase two experience, would you like to make more changes"
"Like?"
"We can not drag our targets in here, that might place suspicions on you. If we make the VR wireless and work by linking from a distance, with added nanomites to it will clean off the equipment, when their bodies are found the evidence will be removed no traces at all thus making you out of the picture."
He blinked with dropped jaw "Alice you are full of great potential, so proud of you"
"Master, I am glad you liked my opinion. I am honored"
"Then dear let us prepare the first target, the nearest one" sitting on his chair
"nearest target...target 4 name: jade, her destination: Paris, France traveling with her family date: April 27th"
"Mmmmm, we will be preparing our travel too."
"Aunt Jade prepare yourself, the time is running fast, 10 days left for your doom" He laughed like a manic, his laughter echoing in his lab.