The Phantom of the Factory (End)

[RancidInsanity]

The next morning at the factory a man wearing a pin-stripe suit and slicked back white hair entered the building. Christine saw the human who owned and maintained the factory rush over to great him. She them talk and then the owner of the factory looked and pointed at her. The white haired man looked and saw Christine and smiled. He walked over to talk to her.

“Greetings, Christine. I’m Raul, the owner of this factory and I have just made a deal. In a few short days you’ll belong to me. Hope to see you around.” Raul said and exited the building just as quick as he had entered.

Christine’s sensors where in shock and she absentmindedly opened her stomach panel underneath her sleeveless shirt. She lifted up her shirt and stared at the wiring and circuitry inside her.

“Is it really possible that I…I, a mere robot can love?” She thought as she shut her stomach panel.

“What I’m going to do with Eric? I don’t want to go with Raul.” She thought again.

Later that night Eric found Christine again, and was feeling pretty up-beat until Christine told him the news about her new future owner, Raul.

“You can’t leave me! I love you!” Eric proclaimed to the heavens.

Christine was silent for a moment as she thought to herself and then said, “I’m sorry Eric! I have some feelings too, but I must do as I am ordered to do….i’m sorry”

“Oh yeah? As you’re ordered to do? Well don’t worry you’ll get to do plenty of that.” Eric said angrily and vanished into the vent shaft.

A few days later Raul came to claim Christine but Eric, who was hiding in the vent shaft, had other plans. Eric had found and stolen Christine’s remote control after spending sleepless night scouring through the factories library of remotes. He turned it on just as she was about to leave the building.

Christine froze in place her grew a little wider and she had a blank stare. She turned on the spot and walked the opposite directions, towards Eric.

“What? Christine, what are you doing? Come back.” Raul said irritated and confused

Christine walked stiffly as she traveled towards the ventilation shaft in her dark purple short-shorts and matching sports bra that Raul had picked out for her. The color of the clothing contrasted with her almost milky white creamy skin.

Eric jumped down to ground level and grabbed the now emotionless Christine and laughed as he rose back up into the vents and eventually on to the roof and the five-story factory.

Raul reached the roof just as Eric and Christine were in the middle of kissing frantically. Somewhat outraged, Raul charged at them, but Eric simply stepped out of the way and Raul kept running and flipped over the wall where he fell to his death.

At first Eric laughed, but then he realized he didn’t have the remote anymore. He figured out that when Raul charged at him he must have been able to grab the remote before he fell. The remote was broken.
Sorrow dawned on Eric. He had read that Christine’s model type had one fatal flaw and that was why they were only sold to private buyers, like Raul. The tragic flaw was that if the robot of that particular model number was being controlled by the remote while the remote was destroyed, it would render the robot completely useless.

Eric heard a loud thud and turned to see Christine slumped on the floor in a big pile.

Now drenched in sadness, Eric ripped off his mask and screamed the screams of insanity.

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