Time starts slow, really slow. It ticks, it moves, it flows faster and faster. C-137.2 his radar sees the sun moving away and closer to the nightgalles. The sun never reaches them. Dust blows high as a sandstorm comes closing in on the dark side of the moon. But when it reaches the ghalles it lays low and gets squeezed between the towers at decaying speed. The last grain comes at a stop at the cyborg’s face.

*SYSTEM: Cyborg C-137.2 up for promotion*

*Deciding final name:

              C-137.2-> Guerir-> Geary-> Gears->”Gerry”

*TITLE: The healed knowledge seeker

||REBOOTING GERRY||

He slowly opens his eyes. The sun reflects on the atmosphere and he sees the new sundown. It hurts, his eyes are too sensitive.

“Wha…what..?”

He looks around and realizes were he is. The hole in the wall has not been fixed yet. He must have been down for 8 days judging from the angle of the sun.

“System, report. What is this feeling?”

*SYSTEM: You see, you have been promoted. Give it some time to adjust to your new body. I think there is some interesting stuff you would like to look at behind your back. I disabled the prism prison and used the ghalle and Zeno as materials for the upgrades.

Welcome to Desert Moon Centurion 7. Enjoy the Game.

“Enjoy the game? What in the…?”

He looks at his hands which appear to be totally human as well as his body but he can clearly feel they have been created  with advanced mechanical biology. He can switch between different kinds of vision as well as heavy weight performance. It’s all human yet totally different. He even feels pain when he pinches his arm. “Humans haven’t been on this planet for more than 3000 years” “What is the meaning of this? Why does the SYSTEM speak with composed sentences? What did this water do?”

*SYSTEM: Hey listen here smug. If you don’t complete the tutorial I’m going to send the repair bots after you. Bwahahahahha. Open the damn containers behind you.

“Wait, are you Zeno?”

*SYSTEM: Nope, I used Zeno’s memories and speech with the upgrade. It’s to late now. Just go with the flow, man. HahahahahahhaOpen, THE, containers, BEHIND, you!”

He looks behind him. Two black cubes are lit up as he steps closer.

A hologram shows their contents.

1.Station Core:

Is to be placed at a space clear from buildings in a 1000km radius.

Will build a city designed for the owner’s desires.

OWNER: GERRY, THE HEALED KNOWLEDGE SEEKER

2.Small station worker

Works at station core. Gathers materials.

Is capable of handling itself. Follows orders of owner.

OWNER: GERRY, THE HEALED KNOWLEDGE SEEKER

“System, what do I do with these?”

SYSTEM: “Don’t you think it’s fun to know what they will build?

You can’t hide your excitement from me. Hehehehehe

Take them with you. Only you can move them.”

He lifts up the cubes. He is surprised by their weight. Each weigh over 500kg yet have a volume of30cm3.

Yet he picks them up with no problem. He clicks them on his back.

He is ready to move out. This new found sense of excitement for adventure makes him smile.

For a cyborg an error. But for him it was a benefit.

He looks outside. He is getting ready to leave the ghalles.

“System what are my specs?”

SYSTEM: “You can outmaneuver the ghalles till the 565 defense line.”

A loud explosion is followed as Gerry jumps over all the ghalles back towards the were the sun shines.

“This will be handled later, first the guild.”