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Interceptor X Together Again 7 & Blog Update

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Interceptor X: Together Again 7

Shin continued “Let’s skip forward some because you will know about as much as I do here soon.  After I took out One I located the parallel reality transportation device and don’t let me forget this detail.  That red device you are using that is supposed to be mine.  It was developed based on additional outer protective coverings for us Interceptors.  It’s useful for many things like power reserves, accelerated healing, and of most apparent additional protection.  Thing is my recent supporters figured out how to use these sort of devices to boost humans without any operations."

"A few of my friends have a device, newer than the one you have, to make sure things remain peaceful in their green utopia.  I took that old one with me here just in case.  You can use it because even though it is not the latest and the greatest if is compatible for human use.  This device I have of yours is a relic that resembles my world’s first red device; which is confusing.”

“What is confusing?” Joe spoke.  Despite Shin’s initial warning against it he acknowledged the question.

“That guy I had to take out to save you in the alleyway.  He looked like and had the same skill as the One from my world.  Since this is a parallel world then perhaps there are similar things here.  Thing is One or Interceptor 20 was developed years after the red devices had been.  Red device technology resembled my device that you use more than the one I use from your world when Interceptor 20 was created.  This world’s doppelganger One or Interceptor 20 does show that advancements in some areas exist at about the same level of my old world.  Things feel to me behind even though for here it is natural.”  

“By the way since you have stopped staring at me oddly I will answer your earlier question.  That guy we ran from was probably me in this world and quite frankly I’m not sure if I could survive a one on one match with myself.  The option to flee and hide out until more information can be gathered seemed rational.  He might be an enemy or alley.  Time will tell.”

Shin sat quietly and seemed to be reflecting on a few more things.  Joe waited patiently but after five minutes of silence he knew that Shin was done for now.  A knock at the front door of their makeshift home roused both of them from previous thoughts.  

“I’ll answer it” Shin stated. “Stay hidden. Use the device only if necessary.”

Shin crept up quietly to the front door and peaked through the peephole.  A man that somewhat looked familiar stood in the early night air.  He seemed injured or disabled in some way from the way he stood.  Shin knew this wasn’t his doppelganger and despite the gut feeling of seeing this guy before he couldn't place when or where.

Shin turned around walked back to the sitting room to whisper to Joe.  “I’m opening the door. Stand by until I get some details.”

A few moments later Joe heard the door creak open.  He could hear Shin speaking with another man.  Thinking of Shin as still a man seemed slightly funny for a moment to Joe.  He thought about Shin’s story and came to the conclusion that he didn’t see any need to stop identifying Shin as a man and call him just an it or a robot.  Man-made or otherwise this man had kept Joe alive.  Joe heard footsteps and saw that Shin was helping a man that appeared slightly older looking than his late twenties due to some sort of disability.  As the man sat down of the couch and Shin checked his vitals Joe walked closer to see their guest in the candlelight.

As the flames flickered and seemed to light the room a little brighter suddenly the stranger spoke “I have found myself.”  

Joe stepped back and a flash of horror crossed his mind.  All his memories flooded back.  His initial creation; his creator’s original intent; upbringing as someone else; digitally induced suspension; the last download for the sake of preservation of the work; seeing his creator’s body covered in blood; fleeing the lab; watching the man burn alive who tried to use his device; the confrontation in the alleyway; meeting Shin and being given his own name.

The realization set in.  Artificial humanoids didn’t have to be mechanical.  Joe knew that he was a clone whose mind housed the same memories as the man on the couch.  Those memories collided with the fact that he was Joe and he was the man on the couch named Dr. Wu. 

To Be Continued This October...