EXPERIMENT 101

Chapter 30: Slasher

The new humex who was wearing a hood looked upfront. It was quite confusing how he was still not found when he was only a few meters away from the control room.

The humex with metal knife-like fingers glared at the control room. A little bit more and he would be able to save the ghost-type humex. He observed his surroundings and was about to enter the control room when the earpiece connected to his ear sounded.

“Hey, Slasher. All good now. Prioritize saving the little weirdo Asharika first.” spoke on the other side of the earpiece. 

The humex called slasher, grit his zigzag teeth. Those teeth that seemed the same as the alien Asharika saw in Jenievib's memory.  

The monster had a pair of gray pupils, with a white sclera, a high nose, and a well-defined jaw. He had a handsome face if not for the color and the type of skin he had, it was a metal that was like aluminum in color, he would look like a handsome young man. And what made those things conspicuous was the fact that those metals didn’t seem to have any screw nor lining that connected them, but were just simply like a normal face. If not for its texture and the fact that it had no lips, then you would believe that this man is not a humex but a human.

Slasher's hand turned into a normal shape of a human, and he wore skin that looks so real, so does his face, which has some freckles and a big nose, making him appear more human than a monster.

He pushed the button on his body, changing the clothes he was wearing, like normal personnel of the building.

He walked out from what he was hiding to, “Just remember no.7, after saving Asharika, I will save No.74, no matter what.” Slasher proclaimed

The man called No.7 became silent and sighed after. “If No.92 found you, it would be dangerous, especially if that man was near Timeus.”

“Timeus huh. That man was a stupid, bastard brat.”

“No.4, you-” His voice wanted to continue the word but held back and exhale and reminded him “just be careful”

“I won’t die easily…” he replied on the other side while continuing with this thought, ‘Not until I find my Diane.’

Slasher (No.4), walked with confidence, he was even whistling, as nothing happened. He knocked on the monitoring room door, and a man wearing a military uniform opened it from inside.

“Who the f.ck are you?”

Slasher stared in the eyes of the soldier as if he got scared from the sudden shout. “I-I found some people die in the corner with c-cut bodies” Slasher spoke shivering.

“Cut off body?” 

Slasher let go of the bug that the agency gave and it went toward the nearest computer. It viewed the lady on the other side of the mirror. 

“Bingo,” No.7 exclaimed. “But each lock was in a different compartment. The computers were not interconnected. Tsk tsk tsk, they really were careful.”

Slasher frown, hearing that. If that was true then it would be hard to save Asharika.

“The thing was that robot was with that i***t, I mean No.608, and her whole body was bound with metal.” continued no.7

“Hey little guy, cat got your tongue?” The soldier who spoken to Slasher spoke up, reminding him of its existence.

Slasher shook his head. “N-No, Those bodies were, were in the 3rd aisle from here. There, There was also a red alert.”

“Pft. hahahaha, we got a coward here. Hahaha” said the soldier. 

“That kid looks like a bean sprout. Hahaha” replied the second one who glimpsed at them.

“Sigh, you guys, don’t make fun of the child too much, he was scared shitless.” said the last one who was still observing Asharika. “Hey Kid, You are new, aren’t ya?”

Slasher nodded his head, his body was even shivering. 

“You could stay here, for now, we could do some play and talk with that humex girl. What’s her name again?” The last man who spoke asked.

“Asharka or something.” said the second.

“Oh, I see. Hahahaha. Asharka, we could talk with her while waiting for the instruction.`` Then he looked at Slasher, who almost let go of his real shape after seeing the man's face. “Was it true that there were dead bodies there?”

Slasher nodded his head obediently. After that, he wrote on his hand the number 77.

No.7 who got the message asked “which one?”

“How many dead bodies were there?” Asked again the third one of the soldiers.

“I-I-I don’t know, all I know is that their bodies were destroyed grueling.” Slasher even held his head, shivering in fear.”

“Got it, to think that No.77 is here. Body copy. Well, we could only lay low. The team will try to input the bug toward Asharika, and give her a command.”

Slasher tried to calm himself after hearing what no.7 said. 

“Give me a few seconds, I will reach Asharika.” said No.7 “Wait for the command before you move. I promise to also find info for No.74”  

Hearing this, Slasher relaxed a bit.

“We will- Sir!”

They all stood up seeing the 2-d projectile of Timeus, including Slasher.

Timeus nodded on the other side, then his eyes lingered on Slasher’s body who was looking at him as if he was a savior and hero. “Who was that guy?”

“S-sir--”

“He came to report to us, sir!” report the first one who talked to him.

“Report?” Timeus' eyes waited for them to speak.

“Come on lad. Speak with Sir Timeus.” The first one who Slasher saw, pushed him forward.

“Sir, Sir- ahm. The, the dead bodies saw me, sir. They came from aisle third!”

The three hearing it almost laughed out loud, but they all held it in, but the man behind Timeus didn’t hold back. Hearing his laughter up to where Slasher was.

Slasher really wanted to beat someone, especially the people who were listening to his conversation.

“s**t bro. Dead bodies saw you? Hahaha, what are those zombies, hahaha” No.7 chortle not caring what the consequence after.

Slasher just continued with his act, looking around him feeling confused.

Timeus glared at everyone, making them all stiff. “What is your name?”

Slasher stood like a soldier. “Demetri, sir. Demetri Ludwig. I am part of the newcomers who were having an OJT here, sir!”

Timeus looked at him approvingly then glanced at the soldier in front of him. “Lead out Asharika Gonzaga. Bring her here, alive. Do you understand?”

“Sir, yes sir!’

Timeus nodded at them then his eyes linger to slasher "Bring that child along, too" after that the connection was cut-off, not seeing that Demetri smirked, having a plan in his heart.