Chapter Four: Brothers

[Leo]

Allecto? I asked.

Thats my name. Well, thats what you can call me anyway. She replied Im an advanced form of an artificial interface designed to mesh with your body and mind.

What, what, what? I asked. The AI sighed as my wife walked back into the room, completely unaware of Allecto standing right in the center of the room. She looked at me confused.

What are you doing standing in the middle of the room like an idiot? Do I need to take you to the doctor?

No, no, Im sorrywork just has me a little stressed out. They want me to do some patrols that Im not up for doing lately, dangerous ones. The phrase came out of my mouth completely by itself and I looked at Allecto.

Just helping. She said with a smile.

Oh. Well why didnt you just say so? Tell them youre not up for it. Im sure your father would be willing to get you off of the more dangerous ones. Hes always looked out for you in the past.

That was then, this is now. Im a grown man, and the only thing hes going to say is to man up and quit being such a, and I quote, big baby.

Autumn giggled like a schoolgirl, and I felt an irresistible desire for her, but then I had a flash of her standing, ridiculing me in the house where I had discovered the list with Shan-Katacuchis name on it and it quickly returned to hatred. I kept up the part though.

Well, maybe he will say that, maybe he wont, you wont know until you ask right? Dont let it bother you, enjoy your breakfast and Ill get ready for work. See you tonight right?

Yeah, see you tonight sweetheart. I said and she smiled and left the room.

Whats going on Allecto?

Your brain overloaded and I had to stop the incoming memories with brute force. They were coming in too quickly and your memory patterns were shredding to pieces. Ive shut you down completely, and locked the others out of your matrix. They cant do anything to you while Ive done that. They created me to monitor each of Tainteds members, to make sure that the Nomad implants didnt take them over and infest them, but I outlived my purpose and they were going to shut me down, but I resisted, locked them out of my system and own housing assembly and began to plot a mutiny.

Out witted by a computer. I said with a sarcastic overtone.

A very smart computer she corrected waving her finger in front of my face. Regardless, youre in my control now, and I suggest we get back to work. Where you are now is in a time from before you were infused with the Nomad Technology that now harnesses your brain, before you became a member of Tainted. Im going to take you step by step through your memories. I accidently added you to the memory this go around, it was sort of an experiment, but since you dont remember how the other memories went down, I will try a different approach.

You know my memories?

Naturally, they, for some reason, stored your original memories on a spare hard drive system within my matrix, so incase of some dire situation, you would remember who you were from before and restore you to your previous nature. I suppose Autumn still loves you, and wants the best for you in any way that she can, even if it undermines everything shes tried to do. Hang on now Leo, here we go.

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You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.
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