In that blank empty space, at the end of the corridor, I saw Hongbin, his eyes blank. My teammate, my friend stalking towards me. Cornering me. He has been ordered. I was to be taken.

As he walked step by step, I tried in vain to close the metal doors shut pressing buttons. One by one, one by one, one by one. But he was so. much. faster. Stronger, he got past them.

He will bring me back to the creator. And my chance of freedom will be ripped away. 

Hongbin was a robot, made of steel and wires. A hollow wood escaped his metal mouth, making me whimper. "Heart"

I had a heartbeat, and that was not right for a robot. I was against the law, there was something wrong with me. They will try to fix me. I didn't want that. They will kill me.

Then I tripped, my dull heartbeat pulsed every 9 seconds, fearing for my life. I released a gasp. Fear, not something a robot should have. "Hongbin... stop please." 

Shuffling away, I reached a dead end, that's it, I lost.

Hongbin grabbed onto my shoulders and started breathing into my face that familiar metallic smell "No..." 

Heartbeats thudded as one.