Cyrus Noble Chapter 10

Cyrus? I groaned at the voice in my head. I'm sorry you're hurt, but you need to wake up. Now! I bolted upright, awake and alert. I quickly realized that the others were sitting around me. They had metal collars around there necks. The only one that was awake was Sara. She was harboring a black eye. Now I was pissed. "Sara. Are you OK?" She nodded. I could tell she had been crying. Her cheeks were still wet. I felt my neck and saw that I had one of those metal collars too. It was when the tiny space we were in bumped up a little, that I realized that we were in a van. I looked at the driver's seat. The driver stared at the road ahead. The passenger's seat held a full grown bald man, who had a piece of metal exposed on his head. I said, "Yo! Ugly!" The metal man turned in his seat to reveal that he had full robotic arms, a red robotic eye, and most of his torso. His legs were probably robotic too. He said, "You will be silent or die." I glared at him. "What? No food? No entertainment? No destination given? I want to speak with your manager, sir!" He pressed a button on his arm and I felt a million volts of electricity go through my body. I fell face first on the floor. After a few minutes, it stopped abruptly. The robot man droned, "Consider that a warning. Its designed to get worse with each shock. If one of you dies, then you all die. Your choice." I looked around and saw that the shock effected everyone, waking them. Sara was slowly getting up. I can't risk doing anything. I might survive the shocks, but they wouldn't. I said, "OK. You win, Mr. uhhhhh, what's your name?" He turned back to face forward in his seat. Then he droned on, "I am a prototype for Project: Annihalator. Manufaction Number: 1397. So far the first success of the Annihalator series." The others were waking up. I looked at Sara. Can you do any damage? She shook her head, then mouthed 'Too much computer' and tapped her temple. I growled to myself. I thought When did you guys get caught? She shivered. A little while after you guys left. I read a thought from that guy. Only a little word or two. Before I could say anything he knocked us out with those darts, and that's the last thing I remember. I sighed. I sat there in silence, while Sara mentally filled in the others on what happened. I felt hopeless, helpless, and just plain stupid.