Truth 1

Dorian was tired and hungry after the tour and had no where to go, so he went through the beautiful lawn and into to the cafeteria. The sun was blazing furiously over the clear sky. It was a beautiful afternoon. He entered the cafeteria and sat at a corner near the glass wall. He looked outside, enjoying the view of nature, he had just noticed that the M.R.I headquarters was surrounded by tall trees like it was built in a forest. The front of the cafeteria was beautified with a set of pink flowers. "I was so hungry I didn't notice all these when I first came by," he soliloquized, "and I'm still hungry," he looked around him and there was nobody to get him anything to eat, he sighed deeply and continued gazing at the beautiful birds and the trees when a tiny voice in his head said to him, 'why don't you pay Chloe back for her rudeness. She bought you food by just saying you came with her. So just walk up to the counter and order whatever you want in her name.' an evil grin was pasted over his face. He stood up, walked up to the counter, and said, "get me everything spicy. Chloe said I could order anything in her name," he smiled, "are you sure she'll be okay with this?" Riley asked him, his smile became broader, "'course she will," "okay," she said and gave him every single thing he ordered.

It was now evening and he doesn't know where to sleep. He left the cafeteria and went back into the main building.

'INCOMING CALL FROM CHLOE'

"Hey, what's up?" Dorian picked up, meet me at my room's door," Chloe replied and hung up. It took Dorian about five minutes to get to her room and he saw her waiting in front of it. "Follow me," she said sluggishly. She was wearing a black night dress and no shoes, her choker was still on. They walked all the way to the far end of the corridor and stopped. Chloe opened the door to her right and checked if anyone was in it and no one was, "okay, it's this one," she soliloquized, "what did you say?" Dorian asked, "wasn't talking to you," she replied, "seems like you'll need a psychiatrist because talking to one's self isn't the sign of being mentally okay," Dorian said, feeling excited for the pay back, "continue talking and your gums won't have any teeth to be proud of," Chloe replied, as Dorian laughed and walked into the room. The room was just like Chloe's but had no furniture except for two beds with one bedside table each and a lamp. Dorian removed his sneakers and hood and fell on one of the beds. It was comfortable and warm and he fell asleep immediately.

Dorian was holding his xenon phone, he saw his mum enter a grocery store and a man walking out of it. Suddenly, his phone started ringing and there was a loud exploding sound. Dorian's eyes opened wide from a dream, with the cold sweat running down his back, chest and forehead, it was visible that he had been having a bad dream. "Phew. It was just a dream," he wiped the sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand. The dream felt so real. He stood up, went into the shower and had a bath. When he was done having his bath, he checked the time on the holographic wall clock and saw that the time was 5:45AM.

'GOOD MORNING DORIAN, HOW MAY WE HELP YOU TODAY?'

'Hey nanobots,' Dorian smiled to himself, he went to the sink mirror in the bathroom and styled his hair. He was getting tired of using plural forms when he wanted to communicate with the nanobots, so he thought of something, 'can I refer to you all as one? It's getting uncomfortable referring to you all as a multitude.'

'ALTHOUGH WE ARE ACTUALLY MUCH, WE ARE ONE WITH YOUR BODY, SO IT IS OKAY.'

'Alright, how about a name? Let's say noid? Sounds cool to me,'

'NOID SOUNDS OKAY'

'Cool, so I hereby name you no…'

'INCOMING CALL FROM MR. PATTON'

"Dorian, I know this is quite early, but meet me in my office," "okay sir," Dorian said and went to change in the dressing room.

'knock, knock,' Dorian knocked on Mr. Patton's door. He has changed into a red hood and black trouser with a red sneaker, his hair was looking good too. Mr. Patton was wearing a midnight blue sleeping gown, he was seated on his chair in his office, "I noticed you were awake," Mr. Patton said pointing at the hologram before him. It had the names of people in the entire building, Dorian noticed that his name, Chloe's and another guy named Thomas were glowing so he figured out that, that meant they were awake.

"Alright… how have you been feeling? Any black outs or bug you have noticed in the nanobots?" Mr. Patton asked, "no, not really, I haven't logged out since yesterday," Dorian told him, "okay nice… do you think you'll be okay going to school? You've been absent for three days now" Mr. Patton told him, "um… yes, I think I should," Dorian replied, "great. And I think you should log out when you're in class unless, you enjoy cheating," Mr. Patton said, "there's a bag pack section in the dressing room, your books will be moved there too. Ciao," he greeted, "hmm," Dorian said and went to manufacture his own school bag after which he left for school.

KLINT HILL HIGHSCHOOL

7:58AM THURSDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2043.

The air was knocked out of Dorian's lungs in a tight hug. 'who could this be?' He thought but that hair and height couldn't be mistaken. "Amanda?" Dorian asked smiling. She let go of him and examined him, "where have you been? What happened to you? Well whatever it was it certainly made you look better," she added. Everyone stared at Dorian in the hallway as they passed and went to their classes, he was known to be the geeky type who only reads, party and plays video games. 'Gring!' The bell rang for their first class and all heads were still turning as Dorian passed.

During the whole lesson, Dorian and Amanda only paid attention to the teacher's greeting before starting a discussion. "I've searched everywhere but you were no where to be found. Your mum wasn't around as well so I got really worried. By the way, she didn't drop you off today. Is everything okay?" Amanda said in a long whisper, "my mum wasn't at home?!" Dorian asked looking slightly confused, "shh… you don't know? Your neighbors said the last time your door was opened was last Friday." Amanda said also looking confused. Dorian saw flashes in his mind. He saw his phone buzzing with an incoming call from Amanda and a loud bang which caused a strong pain in his head. He grabbed his head and shut his eyes, "did you call me last Friday?" He asked her, "yes, I did, but you weren't responding. Are you alright?" She asked when she saw him grabbing his head, "y-yeah I'm fine," he lied, "let's pay attention before Mr. Ming notice us," he added, Amanda knew something was wrong but she didn't push further.

For the rest of the day at school, Dorian wasn't himself. He decided to go home before heading towards headquarters. Thanks to T, Chloe's robot, he was able to find his way out of the jungle the M.R.I headquarters was built in.

Dorian knocked on the door several times but didn't get any response. He was not with his phone and couldn't make any call. Slowly, he felt like a movie was being played in his mind but in pieces. Then, suddenly, he remembered something he doesn't understand how or why he forgot. Tears rolled down his cheek, he was in a state of total shock, he sat on the floor by the door and cried his eyes out now that he knew or rather remembered that his mum was dead.

"Why didn't you tell me what happened to my mum?!" Dorian was back in M.R.I Headquarters, in Mr. Patton's office to be precise, holding Mr. Patton by the collar of his sky blue shirt, all his sadness has been converted into rage. "You let me live in a lie, why didn't you just let me die with my mum? Why didn't you? You could have saved her," Dorian busted out, "not exactly, she was blown into bits, and as for you, your heart only stopped," Mr. Patton tried to explain in a calm tone. "Shut your crap, just shut it," tears were starting to pour down his face again, "I only did this for your own good and safety. The man who killed your parents won't stop until he is done with you. So I had to equip you just like I did with your father when he got the chip, the video of your mum you saw was the one she made before your dad went for his last mission, a little bit of AI editing and it was made to look like what it was," Mr. Patton said removing his glasses and placing it on his table, "chip? What chip?" Dorian asked, "I'm sorry boy, but that's classified top secret, only those in the squad can have information about it, Mr. Patton said now pacing, "like I care," Dorian said turning to leave, "you are leaving? Well I won't stop you. Just know I'll always help and protect you because that's my last promise to your father," Mr. Patton said. Dorian waited for a split second, but still walked away.