Orin felt a sudden pain explode from his ankle as he sat up suddenly. He looked down at his ankle and saw a small robot holding an extended metal bar. The robot started to extend the bar toward his ankle again and he pulled he pulled his foot away from him. He didn’t realize till it was too late that he was laying on a bed and felt him self lose balance and topple backward off the bed on to a cold floor.

            He felt his head throb as he tried to clear his thoughts. He did so just in time to see the little robot come around the end of the bed and touch the metal rod to his right arm. An electrical shock erupted through his arm and he found him self moving backward on his hands and feet till he found him self hitting the wall.

            “Stay away from me you little freak.” Orin stuttered still trying to get over the shock.

            The robot slowly started to move forward toward him and Orin scrambled to his feet and moved away from it. The robot followed his movements, but was slow and steady. Orin raced around the bed and circled behind it. He tore open a small panel on its back as the robot turned toward him. He darted away from the robot just in time to miss the shock bar circling around. He backed up and again went around the bed, but this time was able to get a good look at its back panel and just as the robot was circling around. He was able to pull out a pair of circuits.

            The robot stopped instantly and Orin wrenched the shock bar from its grip and put it on the bed. He then sat down behind the robot and opened up another panel that led to the robots command circuits. He smiled as pulled out the main computer unit from the robot and took it over to the medical computer. He pulled out the monitor and hooked it up to the computer unit and watched as the monitor came alive and he could see the infrastructure of the unit.

            “Ok let’s see why you wanted to turn me in to an electrode.” Orin said as he rubbed his soar shoulder. “I think I will tweak your personality too.”

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“We separated all five of them and are waiting for them to wake from there sleep.” A young female voice said. “I have transferred Riva’s report on there identities to your monitor, and the physical data will be sent after they have awoken.”

            “When they awake notify me.” Gorlan said dryly. “They will most likely be confused why they are not at there desired destination. I think it will be best that I speak to them personally.”

            “Understood.” The female voice responded.

            “Larana one more thing.” Gorlan spoke quietly. “Please monitor the command crew. I sense some emotional strain since we discovered these stowaways”

            “Understood!” Larana said with a hint of worry. “I will start monitoring process immediately.”

Gorlan opened the security file that Riva had put together, and smiled he read his notes. Riva was often suspicious and untrusting a person, but he did his job well. He was able to get detailed information from the belongings of the stowaways and also from the information network that he had gathered. They were still close enough where he could access the imperial data banks, and he was able to get pretty detailed information on the stowaways.

            He focused his attention on the one Riva highlighted as a risk. The name of the stowaway was Orin Caspar. He was an orphan that got a scholarship to go to school and never received anything but average grades. The strange thing about it was that he received the same grade in every class he took. His grades never varied, but stayed the same through out his four years at the university.

            “Larana.” Gorlan said questioningly.

            “Is there something you need?” Larana’s voice echoed over the intercom.

            “What is the status on the stowaway named Orin Caspar?” Gorlan said inquisitively.

            “I am checking now.” Larana responded hesitantly. “We have a problem. The person named Orin Caspar is no longer in the medical lab. The robot that was with him has been deactivated.”

            “Send out droids to find him.” Gorlan sighed. “He probably will get lost pretty quick so he shouldn’t be too hard to find. When you do contact me and I will go and get him. I think it is better if we handle this with out Riva.”

            “Understood!” Larana said. “I will send out the droids right away.”

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