"WhatamIdoinghere?"SuddenlyIwondered.Iwasterriblyfrightened.Icouldremembernothing,but
hereIwas,workinginanatomicfactoryassemblyline.AllIknewwasthatIwasDennyPhillips.Itwas
asifIhadjustawakenedfromaslumber.Theplacewasguardedandtheguardshadguns.Theylooked
liketheymeantbusiness.Therewereothersworkingandtheylookedlikezombies.Theylookedlike
theywereprisoners.
Butitdidn’tmatter.IhadtofindoutwhoIwas…whatIwaswasdoing.
Ihadtogetaway!
Istartedacrossthefloor.Oneoftheguardsyelled,"Getbackthere!"
Iranacrosstheroom,bowledoveraguardandranoutthedoor.Iheardgunblastsandknewtheywere
shootingatme.Butthedrivingthoughtpersisted:
I’vegottogetaway!
Therewasanothersetofguardsblockingtheotherdoor.ItlookedlikeIwastrapped,untilIsawaboom
swingdown.Igrabbeditandwaspulledoverthreehundredfeettothenextlanding.Butitwasnogood.
Therewasaguardthere.Heshotatme.Ifeltallweakanddizzy...Ifellintoagreatdarkpit...
Oneoftheguardstookoffhishatandscratchedhishead.
"IdunnoJoe,Ijustdunno.Progressisagreatthing…butthatx-238A…DennyPhillips,name...they'
regreatrobots...buttheygohaywire,nowandthen,anditseemsliketheywaslookingforsomething...
almosthuman.Ohwell."
Atruckdroveaway,andthesignonitssidesaid:ACMEROBOTREPAIR".
Twoweekslater,DennyPhillipswasbackonthejob…blanklookinhiseyes.Butsuddenly...
Hiseyesbecomeclear…and,theoverwhelmingthoughtcomes
tohim:I'VEGOTTOGETAWAY!
Haha,