The second targeted location was a desert. It had something very special in it, a meteor landed there years before the disaster bringing along a very strange power source from outer space.
Anything within a certain radius started growing blue rocks. They were very powerful energy generators, the problem was that their production rate was low.
The strangest thing about the meteor was that it had, with all languages known to man, the warning 'do not attack' written all over it.
"The second sister is Close, I know it.."Sara said scanning the area,"did the scouts find anything?" She asked.
"No robot was in sight." Tom said.
"Then we will continue our se-"Suddenly Sara stopped and walked to a rock hitting her head against it,"everything went crazy.." Sara said and looked at the details of the area,"is this the effect of the alien energy source?" She looked at the crystals growing between the sand.
"Are you sure? It never did anything like this before."Tom said, some machines had that special power source but showed nothing strange.
"Only my human abilities were not affected.." Sara said then turned off everything else,"do the same Tom,this might be hard,but we are close to the second cube.."Sara said and continued her investigation.
And it was one of the most boring things, no life, no sound, nothing at all. Even the blue stones which once gave a beautiful glow seemed dull. Sara continued walking until she saw the cube, it was stuck onto a high point in a tall rock.
"Where is..the second sister?"Sara said, and for the first time she felt something,she felt sad, she climbed up the rock and then tried to pull the cube out, she tried multiple times but failed,"ugh..What..is this?" She felt frustration but the main emotion was confusion. She pushed her emotions aside then she took out a small cutting machine from her bag and cut the cube out of the rock.
The moment the cube was in her backpack everything wen crazy, powerful energy waves were emitted from the rocks and from the meteor. Sara ran away in panic, she opened her map to see any close shelter, she had information about them all, even top secret ones. But something was off...All shelters were destroyed except for one.
She ran fast with Tom by her side, it was for her luck that the last remaining shelter was not far away, she rushed in the underground shelter without thinking twice, she closed the door behind her quickly and then she sat down.
Sara walked forward unlocking the tens of doors in front of her,"who is this shelter for?" She opened the last door getting her answer.
Alfred Diameez, he earned himself the title of the richest man in the world. His children were taking care of his fortune and having their own businesses, while he was retired. Sara stayed silent while doing her research. He was now eighty years old, and this shelter was made for the purpose of keeping his sick body alive and supplying everything he might need.
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"Hello sir.."Sara said walking inside the room slowly, the old man sat silently on his chair, he looked left and right looking for the human, his happiness made him forget he's blind.
"It has been a long time since I met a human...How did you? You know...It does not matter, come sit next to me young one." Alfred said, he was sitting on a huge chair with many other smaller chairs around him. He was bald with only some white hair on his head, he was huge, but at the same time frail due to old age, he shivered a little while holding his black coat close to himself.
"What happened to everyone?" Sara asked in hopes she will get the answer to her mission, Tom on the other hand went to a corner and stayed silent. He did not do anything since he was not ordered to.
"I do not know, everyone stopped telling me things after I was put her. They said that bad news are bad for my health." Alfred said and sighed.
"I..I see..."Sara nodded slowly,"is there anything I can help you with?" She asked.
"My one request is to talk..." Alfred coughed and moved his head in her direction.
"Talk?" Sara tilted her head in confusion.
"It has been a while since I talked from my heart to someone..."Alfred said.
"How do you talk from your heart?" Sara asked.
"See what I mean? People are like robots..Emotionless, I was once like that too. But once I reached the top..That was when I noticed it.." Alfred said shedding some tears,"do you realize how long it has been Since I talked to my children last time?" He said crying more and leaning towards Sara.
Sara grabbed him not wanting him to fall, the way she grabbed him felt to him like something he haven't had in a long time. A hug, he eagerly hugged back and cried onto her shoulder. Sara just froze in place analyzing her emotions, she felt sorry for him, she felt..The need to comfort him.
And so, Sara talked to him mimicking a human as best as she could, in fact, she was too good at it. She lied making up her story, yet when she talked, the dreams, the moments she 'lived', even though it was all made up it moved her.
They talked for hours until Sara heard a beep,"what was that?"She asked.
"Do not worry about it Sara.."Alfred laughed it off, but soon his laughs turned to rough coughs.
"You turned off your life support system?!"Sara said shocked and tried to turn it back on.
"Do not...I am..Happy at how this is.."Alfred gave her a weak smile.
"But you will die!" Sara objected and tried again.
"I never felt more alive..."Alfred pulled her close and then he hugged her,"you said you want to know how earth was destroyed...You will leave...And then I will be all alone again...I would rather die than keep living like this..." He said not wanting to keep Sara a prisoner, he wanted to leave with her from all his heart, but he could not.
"Please..Let me save you..I will do anything..." Sara said trying not to cry.
"I want to...Talk." Alfred said,"I want to die..With someone by my side."Alfred requested, he did not want anything else.
Sara nodded slowly, she took a deep breath, she didn't need it as a robot, but she needed it for her emotions.
And then they talked...Until he died.
After everything calmed down Sara walked out holding Alfred's cold body, she buried him, nothing was on him,even the richest man on earth...Took nothing to the grave.
The burial was done, but Sara reached the limit of her endurance, she cried,and cried,and cried,"why would an investigation robot need emotions?! Why why why why?! Was it to show off they could?! Or was it..Because they felt it emotions unimportant..?".