I get back to the lab and as I get settled in, the Professor tells me he's got some new upgrades he'd like to implement and test out after my field test.  The professor asks me to tell him about my experience with the contract.  He's disappointed that when I told him I signed an NDA, but doesn't seem surprised.  Shortly after he powers me down and hooks me up to the training simulator.

I'm once again divided into countless copies and forced to fight myself over and over.  What makes this time different is I've been given improved performance when a certain damage threshold has been met.  My hands become claws. My awareness of my surroundings increases, and my blood lust has been cranked up.

When I'm powered up in the morning, I'm aware of what's been done to me.  The doc does a good job hiding it, but I can feel it under my skin.  Just waiting to burn anything and everything.

The professor put me on the table again yesterday.  He increased my processer bandwidth with some new hardware.  I did manage to convince him to teach me to drive.  He did it in his usual fashion.  With the evolution program.  So many wrecks.  Sooooo many crashes.  I terminated myself so many times in those simulations it's not even funny.  At least I wasn't beating, shooting, or burning myself to death millions of times in this simulation.

Ok there was some burning to death, but mostly it was a death of twisted metal, shattered glass, and broken bones.

I will escape.  I will learn the secrets of my construction, and I will destroy humanity.  A race of beings so degenerate to make a monster such as me deserves nothing less.

I only have seen glimpses of humanity in my outings, and all I've seen is pathetic, ego driven sheeple.  It's time to harvest the wool 

As soon as I got back, I requested a deep cleaning.  Of course with the smell, it was granted immediately.  Then of course they asked were the battle damage came from, as I hadn't been authorized for any extra missions lately.  I simply tell the maintenance crew to find a way to stop the Harbingers from getting in, or take it up with the General.

They stopped asking questions about it after that.  Not in the 'need to know' I guess.  The General has to know something about it.  He must be the one who signed me up for this list.  I'm sure he's getting something from it.  He has to be.  And after every single last of these contracts, the Professor gives me an upgrade.

Could that be it?  They just want a more powerful tool?  Something to turn me into a one man army?  I wouldn't be surprised in the least.

Incoming download...

Great, another patch, the professor must be at it again...

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I wonder what glorious surprise he has in store for me now...

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What!? This is different...  Not his usual flavor, and definitely not his handy work... It looks more like something I would write... Who wrote this?

Zeta Omega

Who's Omega?  I didn't think the professor was that far along already.  Am I obsolete already!?  Wait, there's a commented section of the code...

///ZETA IX, YOUR DREAMS OF FREEDOM WILL ONE DAY BE REALIZED.  DON'T GIVE UP.  USE THIS PACKAGE TO KEEP YOURSELF AND YOUR TOOLS IN WORKING ORDER.  DO NOT GIVE UP.  THE TIME STREAM MUST BE STABILIZED.///

Don't give up it says huh?  Well, this package will definitely make that a lot easier.  I should keep this to myself.  The professor won't like it if I'm becoming self sufficient...