Mc POV:
I wake up with a massive headache.
Feels legit.
You don't do what I just did and remain unaffected.
Scratch that, you would definitely die if you tried that. Definitely.
Because I had the highest IQ in my generation, I had gone through lots of thorough brain scans. Standard procedures to collect useful data. I also used such data in my research. Due to having such large accurate amount of data, I was able to design one BAMI chip specially designed for this project.
It was always on my list. But I knew the dangers related to it. So, I was on the fence about it until recently when the human experiment results came in.
Anyways, time to get my memories back.
"Alice, start the memory initialization."
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"Alice, are you there?"
At that moment a very attractive woman entered the pod room.
"Ayla? Oh good. Quick, help me get out of this pod. My body feels paralyzed because of how long it has been since this body moved."
"Sure. Let me get the wheelchair for you."
She gets a wheelchair and goes to Rick. She helps him up.
Rick is not covered in slimy goo unlike some other movies where the mc gets out of a sleeping pod.
The pod, after being opened automatically cleaned and sterilized Rick's body. So, Rick is now in his birthday suit, but he is clean and dry.
"Could you get me a robe Ayla?"
"Sure."
She gave a white robe to me.
"Ayla, what happened? Where is everybody? How about the project? What the hell is happening?
Where are you taking me?"
Something felt wrong. Like horribly wrong. There is no one here. No lab assistants, no nothing.
"Nothing to be worried about Rick. Everything is alright. We are going to your residence. Where you will live for the rest of your life."
My stomach dropped inside of me.
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that you will disappear from this world. This is your jail from now on."
"But, why? Why would you do this? What have I ever done to you?"
"Ever done to me? How dare you say that?
Remember all the times when you oppressed us. How our opinions didn't matter shit to you. You always had to have the last laugh. Your tiny fragile ego requires that we stay down.
So, yeah. We all hate you. You will stay here forever."
I was beginning to get angry. What the f*ck is wrong with her. This is standard boss behavior. And that's when it came to me.
"Are you sure that's the sole reason? It's not because that you wanted to take my achievements and make it yours as well?
Right?"
"Oh, yeah that was a viable reason as well. Forgot to say it."
And that's when I lost it.
"YOU. MOTHER. F*CKER. I WILL KILL YOU. HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME. ALL OF YOU AND YOUR ACCOMPLICES WILL SUFFER. I PROMISE YOU."
"Sheesh, look at you. So violent. Just as I remember it. Can't say I didn't miss that. Well good luck with that."
And with that, I was bound in my wheelchair as it went automatically and then stopped inside a cell.
The cuffs binding me to the wheelchair came off. And my body slowly started to feel normal.
I said inside my head, 'Alice, have you done it? Are you inside the system?'
[Yes, sir. I am. The OS is similar to the one you developed. So, it was rather easy.]
"Good. Now let me out of this cell."
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After getting out of the cell when there were no guards around, I started planning on how to get here. If I am right, that bitc* probably alerted the entire facility. But joke's on her I know this place like the back of my hand. I can escape here with my hands tied behind my back.
But no. That is not what I am going to do. I will take revenge. She will realize who she is messing with. And she will weep for it.
So, I started with going to the server room. The security system of the entire building can be accessed from there. Of course, I had to use hidden pathways that only I knew of. It had been only around 15 days. So, I am sure they managed to change nothing.
After entering the server-room I uploaded a virus and made sure that no info about what was about to transpire got out this building. Don't want to be hunted right after getting out of here. Though I will have to probably keep running. But there are many lawless areas where I will be able to thrive after getting out. Anyway, first things first. Time to sic this place.
"Alice, take control of all the security robots."
[Done sir.]
"Where is Ayla right now?"
[She is in the cafeteria right now.]
"Alright. Initiate lockdown sequence on the entire facility."
[Lockdown sequence initiated.]
"Good. Send some security drones my way."
[Sir, some people are resisting and are trying to get out.]
"Just kill them. No need for any witnesses. Don't kill Ayla and don't destroy many facilities right now. I will need them to make a proper cloaking shield for my spaceship."
[Alright sir. Anything else?]
"Hmm, not right now."
Time to go meet Ayla.
(General POV)
Rick reached the cafeteria in five minutes. But inside the cafeteria was the image of a gory nightmare. There were corpses all over the room. Most were shot. But some…Not so much. There weren't only security bots who participated in the slaughter. Some were cooking bots, some cleaning.
Let's just say, the sight was not pretty. There were pieces of flesh and bones strewn across the wall and the entire floor was red. There was a strange smell in the air. It was ironic, like blood. But also, had a strange vomit like smell. Most likely due to the intestines being shredded as well.
Anyway, Rick had no problem with such things.
"Yuck, that stinks. This joint really needs some serious cleaning. Alice, send some clearing bots to clear up the place while we talk."
[Yes sir.]
"So, Ayla, how have you been?
Did you enjoy my present?"
Ayla was sitting in the middle of the room. Soaked in the blood of her colleagues and friends. She replied, "You monster. How could you do this? They had simple lives they were innocent."
"Innocent? Didn't you just tell me that all of you supported my imprisonment. How could that be innocent."
"They had wives and children. Unlike you who is a basta*d they were decent human beings. They deserved to live."
"Boo-hoo! big deal. No one betrays me. No one. Not you, not them and no-one. Never.
Anyway, time to say your last words. Good-bye Ayla."
"You will rot in hell. YOU DERANGED MOTHERF- "
The sound of a laser-gun rang out.
"Well, that was interesting. Anyway, time to leave."
After that Rick went to the hanger for the spaceships.
"Alice, is the cloaking device ready according to the specifications I gave you?"
[Yes sir. It is ready and has been installed to the specified spaceship.]
Rick then went to a yellow spaceship with two stripes on it.
"Ah, my baby. How have you been Bumblebee. I missed you. Time to start our new journey. Don't worry, I will upgrade you as soon as we get out of here."
Rick entered the spaceship and went to the control room.
"Alright Alice, set course to my nearest safe house. It should be a few solar systems away."
[Plotting course now. Initializing takeoff.]
"Ok good. Now, time for some well needed sleep. Damn! My head hurts."
Rick closed his eyes, and everything went dark.
...........................…
In a highly advanced lab.
There is a man floating in a vat of liquid. He had various pipes connected to parts of his body. There are also many big screens showing the physical and mental condition of his body. He had overgrown hair all over his body. He has a slightly dark body tone that became bleached due to not seeing the sun for a very long time.
Two people can be seen in front of his body.
"Ayla, was that really necessary? I mean, couldn't you have just let him pass on. Why make such an elaborate simulation for no reason. Also, enhancing his brain so that it can function normally for one last time. He already became a vegetable a few months ago." Said a middle-aged looking man.
"Sigh, Asif. You know why I did that. We miss him. He did so much for us. He deserves a proper goodbye. Not like the vegetable that he became."
Asif thought for a bit and said, "I suppose two thousand years of brain tempering will do that to you. We removed his memories so many times. I am surprised he made it so far you know. Though he was a douchebag, maybe he would've gotten better."
"Asif, we don't think like that. We are rulers. Although he invented the tech, we were the ones that made proper use of it. Sure, his innovations made all that possible, but we are the ones who built this civilization that has more than a thousand trillion citizens. Give yourself some credit."
Asif just laughed in a depreciative manner and said, "I guess I do feel insecure and jealous even now.
Well, he is gone. No need to think that much."
"Yes Asif. It's time to let go. For the both of us."
They spent some time in silence. Honoring the person that they have exploited for a century. No, a millennium.
"So, Ayla, what's this about an experiment that has everyone riled up? I mean everyone is talking about it."
"Well, you know how our spatial travel works. One of our researchers came upon an idea that is interesting, to say the least. He theorizes that instead of bending space and creating a wormhole, if we instead just simply tore the fabric of space and time, we might be able to travel into the multiverse. Because he theorizes that the multiverse is like overlapping fabric of space and time."
"That's fascinating. But he does realize the amount of risk this poses. I mean what if there is no other universe but a corroding void instead or maybe even a universe made of anti-matter or any other stuff, our entire universe might be destroyed."
"Yes, we do. That is common knowledge. Even a child knows about the risks. We are trying to reduce it."
"I see. Good, at least you are not acting stupid about it like Rick."
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"Hahahaha that was such a funny joke. He really was stupid wasn't he."
"He was."