The massive hammer punch the hot metal into the mold, and a newly made engine piece is ready. A young man stand on the control chamber of the machine, waiting for the next piece to come in. He is tired of the job for 13 years, but he never gets to change it. He have no way to change it but can only accepting the reality.

He wants to cry, but the written in the company law, it says: “Crying or expressing negative emotion in the workspace will result in lowering 1/2 food for a week.“ He wants to talk to other people in the place, but the written in the company law, it says: “Workers should work alone and cannot get out of the working chamber, one who communicate with anyone else during work time will lowers 1/2 electricity for a week.”

“Accept the fate, Flake. Accept it and live. One day you will be free, just like how your parents used to do.“ The voice echo in his mind. “Escape it, escape it! Cry like a kid! Eat like a feast! Drink like a pump and sleep with whatever you dreamed!“

Compressed gas pumped out of the door’s lock. It opens just as usual. Flake looked at the door, waiting and whishing the next hot metal falls into the mold faster.

But he did not see anything going through just like usual. Several seconds later, he saw a big and irregular dark bule thing coming through the door. Is it walking? The thing shines a strong reflection light, Flake notice it is a metal piece so the program instantly make his finger pressed the button. Massive and heavy hammer falls down, but not the same this time. The metal thing opens it’s arm and punch toward the hammer. With a short metal touching sound, the hammer flied toward the exact same way that it is falling from and break a big hole when it is penetrating the ceiling. It looks at the contron chamber, and human readable knowlegdes came out: “Nice try.“

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Flake is stunned, but soon realized what he does. He runs out of the control room in a way that is violating the company law.

The hallway is empty and quiet. Unlike what the law described, there is no killer drone or any company execution force guarding the hallway. Quiet, but threathening. Maybe the machine will come out somewhere? Perhaps the thing that he just intimitate will come earilier?

Run!

But his un excercised body does not allow him to run too far. In the entrance he falls down and he feel like his leg gone. He cannot move. Drones appears from the entrance, the once familiared drone had trun the eye into red and walking toward him with lasers charging.

“I am not ready to die!“ He cried.

The drones fired their ammo, Flake closed his eye by instinct and wait.

1, 2 ,3. Nothing happens.

He looked up, the dark blue metal mecha is standing between him and the drones. Three lines extended from it’s fingers and connect into the drones. And he saw the most stunning scene ever in his life: the drones explodes like crackened oxidized metals and fall onto the ground. Fire blows away everything, everthing besides him, and everthing behind the mecha. A young face just like him is showned from the once mirrored window. “Kiddo, do you want to break free?“

By instinct, Flake shouted: “Yes, I want to break free!“