EXPERIMENT 101

CHAPTER 9: FAMILIAR

The conversation finishes as Asharika is still under Timeus observation with her face filled in annoyance, she follows them as they go toward the transporter.

The transporter she is seeing right now is new to her eyes because the original transporter is not like what she sees. The original transporter looks like an elongated medicine capsule shape that can only enter by one person at a time. You also need to wear gear that looks like an astronaut attire from the circular white helmet, thick white gloves, a thick long sleeve, thick white pants, and boots so that the radiation won't harm the body. As you enter you also need to stand up and cross your arm on your chest to embrace yourself. But this one is very different.

It was a sphere smooth shape that can be open on the side. Its color is white metal and the opening was automatic. The inside had 4 chairs which are diagonal and parallel to each other forming a diamond shape. The chair is black with a long and comfortable backrest, which is 1 foot higher than her head. Her height is quite small, around 5 feet and 2 inches. And her seat is too big for her, which makes her look like a kid compare to Rajveer and Timeus whose height is just exact to the chair, which really annoyed her. The chair is unlike any other chair that is floating because this one is connected to the white tile floor. 

The surrounding is made of transparent glass. She never thought it was like that because on the outside it is sphere white and the glass is not obvious but on the inside, it is really a transparent glass, where she can see the people outside, who are fixing the sphere transporter, well she doesn't know what this called, so going to call it sphere transporter. At the front is some kind of many buttons and a screen she doesn't understand what for, and a guy who looks around in his '50s or '60s, who she doesn't know, sits on the very front. On her left front is Rajveer while on the other is that hateful guy.

The smell inside was like a fresh pine tree that makes her relax her nerve. She never thought that transporter can be as relaxing as this.

Her seat is further back. When she go and sit on it, an automatic seatbelt pops out and goes across her body, and even the helmet pops out from the top of her head which when it is on, will take shape of her head making it seems like weren't wearing any, even the helmet that on her face she can't feel it either. 

"Initializing... In 10 seconds we will go to Del Roca residence." Says a robotic voice.

"10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1..." 

After the countdown of the mechanical voice the transporter move, she thought it will be painful and body shredding feeling, plus dizziness because that's how the transporter is, but it is not just that. The travel is very smooth, which makes her feel sleepy because it seems like she is being lullabied by the sailing of the transporter.

She wakes up being carries by Rajveer in his arms. Asharika instantly put her arms around his neck. As she stares at his handsome face. Those blue eyes, kissable lips.

"You're awake." Smile Rajveer that makes her heart skip a beat and heat rushes toward her face. "This will be your room." He says as he brings her down on her feet, and shows her the big plain room, with a big comfortable white bed, a simple wooden cabinet, and a wooden side table. There is no window but in the ceiling, you can change the view with the remote control on the side table. The floor is made of marble with a red carpet at the front of the bed, where the feet of the person sleeping is facing.

But what really caught her eyes is the wooden cabinet and side table, because the wood is not normal to be seen during this time, especially since wood is hard to find, and difficult to grow. Only a few people have it, and they are rich people, if there are woods, it can only be found in the jungle that no one dares to enter, because of the continual attack of the humex these past 5 years. The forest and ocean are not being touched. There was one time that they tried to, but no one came back, they've been doing so in these past 5 years, even you put poison in the sea, it will clean up on its own making the poison nullified, or burn the trees, the fire will be extinguished, and the one who tried to do so, A.I. or human, either die or be destroyed. That's the reason why the wood that is used now is synthetic, but the wood used for the furniture in this room is a real one.

The room felt a bit empty. When she opens the wardrobe and there are no clothes. 

Asharika looks at Rajveer. "What am I supposed to wear? Don't tell me, that only these clothes I am wearing." 

Rajveer's face still looks in trouble when he looks at her. "Oh, you can ask Timeus in the wristwatch you are wearing." 

That was the only time she notices herself wearing a plain black thin of 1 cm wristwatch which has 3 buttons on it.

"What's this?" Asharika asks.

"That in the middle, you can use to contact him," explains Rajveer.

"So he will not be by my side?" She feels relieved when she heard those. Or else she really gonna have high blood at a young age.

"Don't worry, he had an A.I. who will look after you. It was no. 608 if I was not wrong. It is also the latest one." Then human-like old man come. He looks, 100% human. 

"No.608 at your service." He speaks in a normal voice making him seem a normal being.

"His name was no.608, wait, you were the guy with us in the transporter, you are actually an A.I. but shouldn't he have a proper name. Why name him in number?" asks Asharika as she sits on the bed. "Ahh... This feels like heaven. So soft, it made me sleepy." 

"Ms. Gonzaga, You can ask everything to no.608. For food, beverage, and clothes, as we investigate your home." Says Rajveer not answering her first question.

"Hmm," answers Asharika who has fallen asleep.

On the other side. Timeus is looking at the screen where Asharika is.

He is having this feeling that he had met her a long time ago, he just doesn't know when. That's why when he hears her saying hateful words toward him, he speaks more than normally he does. 

The familiarity and comfortable feeling is something he never expects, that's why he feels really hurt when she disagrees with him and made him feels unwanted because a part of him wants her to believe and support him. He also got hurt when she looked at him in hatred, making him say irrational words, he knew he shouldn't say those, but he just can't take that look in her eyes that looking at him.

He doesn’t know where it came but that feeling was so real that it hurts so much.