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Suddenly he stopped moving. At the same time his flashlight came on the lights in the room came on, and he was in the grip of a machine. His mind lit up the moment the word machine hit him, but it just as quickly was extinguished when he recalled an officer mentioning something about a "paper shredder", which Kerry now realized was most likely what he was starring at.

Suddenly a second tentacle extended to him, wrapped around his neck, and began lifting him off the ground.

Thinking fast, he yanked a stale doughnut from his emergency supply and tossed it at the thing. It caught it with yet another of its tentacles, which then tossed it into a nearby trash bin.

He tossed a paper clip at it, hoping for a different result. It caught the paper clip with unnatural speed and accuracy, and placed it back in his pocket.

"No littering" came a deep voice, evidently emanating from the machine.

"Right...sorry about...erk...that." Kerry replied. He realized it could talk and tried to see if he could get it to release him.

"Could you let me go now? You know, before I [erk]...choke to death?"

"Unit must identify itself."

"Deveron Kerry, Officer of the...[cough]...LPI..."

The machine loosened its grip so he could breath again.

"This space is unauthorized." Suddenly Kerry found himself flying out the door and hitting the floor...hard.

He got to his feet. "What makes me unauthorized?"

"Is the bio-unit damaged?"

"Uhhhh...Perhaps...I'm feeling a bit hurt that Lindberg...or Joe...or whoever did it...took my tazer." He ran his hands back down to his belt and began re-checking, but it was still not there.

"Is the unit here for recycling?"

"Depends. What do you recycle?"

"Bio-units."

Kerry's heart seemed to stop pounding suddenly. What exactly did that mean? Remembering the paper shredder phrase, his thoughts raced to a gruesome conclusion of what it probably meant.

"Hmmmm...does this, uh...unit make exceptions?"

"You are damaged, and you come here. Your purpose must be recycling. Please step forward."

Kerry reluctantly stepped forward, seeing little alternative...but every molecule in his body told him to do exactly the opposite...

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