Day three. Axle was too weak to move. His dehydration was to thank for that. He started to go delusional the previous night.

This was this third day being locked up. He gave up in punching the door and went to kicking it instead. He had bags under his eyes.

He's been going at this, non stop, refusing sleep. He truly was a stubborn fool.

He felt his pride slip through his fingers. He was starving. He was thirsty. He patiently sat there and waited for his food to arrive. He finally have up the hunger strike.

As always, a glass of water with a plate full of food came through the space at the bottom of his door. He violently grabbed the glass and drank all the contents of it.

He looked at the plate and it was full of meat. It smelt a bit foul. With hunger already consuming him, the gamer paid no attention to it, despite the fact that the meat tasted off. All he had to focus on now was gaining his strength so he could break out faster. Even if that meant that that he'd have to eat and drink the food and water his captors provided him with.
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"Wow, those three are disgusting. Eating daddy like that." The scientist said as he was laughing hysterically. "They have no idea that we killed Nick Ryder... and that we're feeding his remains to them!!" He burst out laughing even more than he was before.

"You're sick." Carly said in a low growl as she watched the sadist laugh at the Ryder family's unknown cannibalistic acts. "You won't get away with this." The android snarled this time as she grew more angry at him and Grey for what they have done. This was just crossing the line.

"I already am. Besides, you've had a long enough break as it is." He said before grabbing a bull whip. "Prepare to scream robo-bitch!!" He yelled before whipping her all over her body.

She let out a small whimper, trying to stay strong but who knew how long that would last. The burning sensation from all those large wounds the bull whip made was just too much to handle. How long was it going to be before she broke?

The torture was different. Not only was Carly's body mutilated over and over again, she was also forced to watch the deteriorating situation of the Ryder family all while the scientist laughed his ass of. This man was more than just a sadist, he was a psychopath.

She watched as Laura start to go insane. She watched Melanie cry and cry with no stop. She also watched an injured Axle going at the door like a mad man. She'd watch him cry. It was painful. In all her time of knowing Axle, he never cried. Something told Carly that Axle was broken. It was as if he lost all hope. Maybe Axle was seeing the pointlessness of trying to escape. Maybe Axle was feeling guilty for being too weak. Carly would never know the reason behind his tears.

"What's the use?" She heard Axle's voice. "I can't bust out of here. I can't rescue Carly. I'm too weak... Forgive me Carly... I broke my promise to you." Those were the words that Carly heard Axle say.

It was a painful sight for the artificial human to see. This was the thing that brought her to tears.

Axle had lost all hope. He gave up after all his attempts to break free. She watched him curl into a ball and sob. This in turn killed Carly's hope and spirit completely because her reason for staying strong had broken down and given up hope of saving her.

"Send in Laura and Melanie Ryder... I'm close to breaking this human persona that Eight Thirty One created." The sadistic psychopath of a scientist said while speaking into the communication device on the console.

They waited for ten minutes before two guards walked in with the mother and daughter. "Now then, if you're human, this will be a tough choice... which Ryder are you going to save? Laura..." one guard pointed a gun to her head, "or Melanie?" The other guard pointed a gun to Melanie's head.

"Carly, save my mom, kill me!!" Laura cried out as she lost all hope to live already. "No, I've lived my life... kill me!!" Melanie told Carly. Carly wanted to save both but she was forced to pick one. She didn't want to choose in the case that the one she saved would hate her for not saving the other.

"Time's running out." He laughed maniacally. "Save Laura, save Laura!!" Melanie cried out. "Make your choice, if you can!!"

Carly didn't like this. She didn't want to choose. Even if she saved one, she was practically killing the other. "Time's up!!" He yelled while motioning for the guards to kill them.

They fired, killing both Laura and Melanie. Carly simply watched. She wanted both of them to live, but she couldn't make the choice to save one. Guilt filled her conscience. She looked at Axle now realising that he was now an orphan. He had nobody left. It was her fault. Laura and Melanie... they were both killed. She was responsible for both their deaths, all because she didn't want any one of them to die.

"A human can choose... I didn't... am I human?" Carly asked herself quietly, questioning herself. She instantly started doubting all the things she experienced, all the things Axle told her. "I can't be... I didn't choose, and now they're both dead. I didn't choose and Axle is an orphan now. I'm not a human."

She cried. She was broken. "I'm not human... just a stupid robot, nothing more." Whatever strength she had to help her through this has shriveled up and died. Carly was no more... All that remained was a lifeless shell.

"Now then, what's your name?"

"I am CyberHuman Eight Thirty One, special project to assist the military. What are your orders?" Carly said. Her expression was blank. She was no longer human, just a machine.