• Dr. Doc's Journal Entry #5
    February 27, 2010


    tab For awhile, life kind of went on like that. The same constant pattern; a "discussion" with Lucy to entertain Mr. Powers, an actual discussion with Steven, usually involving him complaining about Mr. Powers. For the rest of the day, I'd usually laze about, and nothing especially interesting would happen.
    tab Until February 27, when everything changed.
    tab Lucy and I were already in the Discussion room, but Mr. Powers, oddly enough, was no where in sight. I wondered where he was, because normally, he waited for us, and not the other way around.
    tab An uncanny silence swept across the room, as Lucy and I just sat there quietly for a couple minutes. Then suddenly Lucy spoke up.
    tab "There's something I need to tell you." It got my attention quick, and I looked up at her.
    tab "What's that?" She stayed silent for a second, as if she was still deciding on whether she wanted to tell me or not.
    tab "You should probably save it for the conversation," I suggested. "After all, we are..."
    tab "No, we can't do that," she interrupted sharply. "It's about...It's about Mr. Powers...He's..." It was at that moment when the door behind threw open.
    tab "That's enough, Jenna." Jenna?
    tab "Who's that, Mr. Pow--Master?" He didn't answer me. He just violently grabbed her arm, and proceeded to walk towards the door. As she was dragged across the floor, struggling to get out of his grasp, but not succeeding. I wondered why. Why, in the first place, she was resisting Mr. Powers, and why she couldn't just over power him.
    tab "Don't trust Mr. Powers, Doc!" she shouted. "He's...he's an evil, evil..." I watched, horrified, as Mr. Powers threw her to the ground, and kicked her side.
    tab "I said, that's enough, Jenna!" Lucy recoiled in pain. Or...Jenna. Was that her name? Did Mr. Powers name her, and not me?
    tab And that pain I saw in her face...Was it possible for robots to "feel" pain?
    tab "What is going on?" I demanded, standing up. "Why did you call her Jenna? Why did you--"
    tab "Sit yourself back down, #1!" I did, but hesitantly.
    tab "Now!" he shouted, staring hard down at Jenna, I suppose was her name. "Are you going to do something like that again?" She didn't answer, except with soft pouting that sounded so real...I wondered for a second if it actually was. But I quickly dismissed the thought. Nothing she does or says is real, I reminded myself. Nothing. Mr. Powers kicked her again.
    tab "Are you?!" More crying. More whimpering. More heavy breathing. Not real...Not real...
    tab Not... Something jolted in my body. I'm not sure what, but suddenly, I felt myself leap at Mr. Powers. Mr. Powers...was shocked.
    tab "What are you..." It didn't matter, now, that he had created me. It didn't matter that without him, I wouldn't even exist. When I saw Lucy, or Jenna, or #2, or whatever her name was, in pain, whether that was real or not, I couldn't just sit there, and watch. I had to take action.
    tab Toppling him over was surprisingly easy, and I heard him scream as we both hit the ground, my knee dug into his back. But whether I was winning or not, it didn't matter. He had the advantage.
    tab I saw him feel inside his pockets for something, and then, I felt myself begin to fade away. The world began to blacken...The image of Jenna and Mr. Powers was beginning to blur...
    tab And all the while, I had to ask myself: What the hell just happened?