Chapter 6 part 2 WARNING: THIS CHAPTER MAY CONTAIN ELEMENTS OF HORROR TYPICALLY SEEN IN SCI-FI HORROR. PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. That ‘way out’ in the last chapter was more metaphorical than it seemed. You see, I kept feeding her fake info, delaying my death and helping my escape. I told her things like: “Hammie is secretly working for the committee, so don’t kill him. Remember, they could shut you down.” “Trinity knows nothing about what the others know. They think she’s too forgetful.” “Buttercream has a hamster named Hammond who lives in a robot hamster ball.” That one was a joke, but she gave me a dining room just for that because she had never actually laughed out of humor in a long time. I was actually helping them. I started to develop a friendship with her. Log 5 Betty is really nice to me lately. I’m starting to feel sorry for her. I can- END OF LOG I picked up the paper and threw it in the trash bin. I knew what was happening. She knew exactly what I was doing. I can’t even remember how I got here. The lights went off as they went on. “Loraine. You’re our new recruit. You’re doing well, so we’ll introduce you to our prototype helper. This is Dottie.” He handed me a glass case, more like a sphere with a wood bottom. A black gooey substance was floating in it. It formed itself into two words. Hello Loraine “Aww... isn’t that cute! It’s learning words now! Dottie will help you with control of the expanse. There are six right now. You are truly blessed to have one of your own.” TWO WEEKS LATER The lights flashed on and off. A mixture of black goo and blood filled the halls in many ways. The scientists were either flinging corpses in zero gravity, or crawling where the gravity didn’t seep into the offices. “Dottie... Please... Self...” The scientist could have finished his sentence if a black spike didn’t impale him on the roof. I woke up from my sleep to this. I ran when gravity turned up and as soon as I got up it went down. “You can’t escape us” I couldn’t. This isn’t the Betty or Loraine origin story that you wanted, probably, but it is the truth. And it can explain the next chapter very much.