“You’re on a mission for Negativum, remember?”
Her blank response said it all. She was badly concussed.
He managed to get her to her feet and they stepped forward into the unknown.
A holographic display suddenly activated in front of them. A tall android with peculiar large eyes and equine nose appeared and began to speak in an unintelligible language before different options arose on a screen.
“They look so weird,” mused Candace.
“Well, they were probably made in the image of their alien makers,” Herbert replied.
There was too little time for the AI on his helmet to decipher this new language. They were close to the Negativum so he pressed onwards.
Every few steps, a new holographic display appeared in front of them. They were in some sort of virtual museum. The first few displays showed the beginnings of civilization. The aliens did indeed look like the android. It showed them hunting majestic creatures in groups. Then it showed the rapid growth of cities. But there was nothing about space exploration. It appeared that a fascination with androids and artificial intelligence became the sole focus of the series. The final display showed huge explosions and aliens scattering in fear while their own droids hunted them down.
“We’re close to the Negativum,” Candace whispered who by now had fully recovered from the nanobots coursing through her body.
She was correct but there appeared to be a wall in their way.
Herbert began to feel up and down the wall.
“What are you doing?”
“Just checking.”
Then suddenly a passage way opened before them.
Instinctively they entered and it closed behind them. Now they were in a small room full of skeletons, with the negativum centre stage and hooked up to some sort of device.
“This must have been their last refuge Herbert”
“Yes, I think so. And I’m pretty sure it was the Negativum that was protecting them and us now.”
To be continued.
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