I.A.N Chapter #3 - The Suffering

Chapter 3 - The Suffering

Liam filled Jack in on what had happened, with some help from their new robot friend, but there was one burning question that Jack just could not ignore. "Liam. Why can I smell peanut butter?" He asked sniffing at the air.

"Peanut butter? What are you talking about? There are far more pressing concerns, for example, the fact that you have a robotic head, or the fact that you've just woken up inside this creepy arse basement and the first thing you ask is why everything smells of peanut butter?" Liam felt the anger rising in him "God damn it Jack you DIED!" he yelled. Jack averted his eyes from his friends face.

"I'm sorry dude" he said "I know you must have been worried. But seriously ... this fucking peanut butter smell is making me really hungry." Liam stuttered in anger for a moment and then shook his head in exasperation.

"It doesn't even smell of peanut butter." he growled turning to face the robot "why can he smell peanut butter?" The robot quietly ticked and buzzed in a decidedly quizzical fashion.

"When you were repaired I decided that your hardware was outdated and implemented some updates. The sensory organs of your friend have been improved 10 fold, he is smelling my masters lunch."

"Oh … right … sorry mate" Liam said turning back to Jack "I'm kind of on edge what with this whole robot uprising thing."

"no problem" Jack replied lifting himself up out of the bed "so whats all this bullshit about me having a robot head? And why is my chin so cold?" he paused for a moment and a look of horror filled his eyes. He slowly began to raise his hand towards his chin. Liam lunged forward and grabbed his arm.

"you don't want to do this Jack" he said, staring deep into his friends mildly robotic eyes "when you died and lost your old head … you lost … you lost something else as well." Jacks eyes filled with fear and Liam felt tears welling in his own "it's gone Jack. The beard is gone."

"No. NO WHY WOULD YOU LIE ABOUT THIS?" Jack yelled pushing Liam back and then reaching up to his chin. His hands stroked against the replica flesh and felt nothing, no beard, not even a mild coating of stubble. Jack collapsed to his knees and let out a howl of rage and sorrow he raised his hands towards the ceiling and let the tears flow. Liam, watching all this, collapsed across from him and allowed his own tears to flow

"I swear to you Jack. We will make those robotic sons of bitches pay ... no offence" he aimed this last at the robot standing behind them.

"I do not comprehend offense." the robot replied watching the two men weep.

At that moment the door to the room they were in slammed open and a young woman walked in. "Oh for fucks sake" she said looking at the scene before her "Lionel why are our guest weeping on the floor?" she said looking over at the robot. Liam looked over and felt the tears stop. This woman was beautiful, her brown hair was tied back in a loose pony tail and her piercing blue eyes seemed to glimmer in the electric light, Liam couldn't help but watch as she strode over to Jack and hauled him too his feet before wheeling on him. "Would you two man the fuck up?" she asked, her tone screamed frustration but Liam was sure there was a hint of lust. "You dick holes strode into the middle of this shit storm and caused me a fuck ton of trouble. I was on the verge of a breakthrough but now the legion have fortified there security and robotic scum bags are swarming the rest of the town. I have half a mind to chuck your lazy arses out there and let the Legion finish what they started." Liam just sat there staring at this goddess as she berated them. Jack wiped his eyes and brushed himself off, he had seen the look Liam was giving the woman numerous times before and knew that it would fall to him to take charge of this conversation, he paused for a moment, composed himself and then turned on the woman "apologies" he said, hearing the quiver in his voice and forcing it away through will alone "I can see we've caused you some level of inconvenience but me and my buddy here" he gestured towards the still entranced Liam "have just recovered from being assaulted by an army of robots, I personally have found out that I died, had my head replaced with a robotic one and that my beard, a beard that I have had since I was a mere child, has been removed." Jack felt the rage replace the sorrow he was feeling and let a hint of it creep into his voice.

"Don't forget your shoulder." Lionel said from the corner.

"OH FOR FUCKS SAKE! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FUCKING SHOULDER." He yelled, the rage fully overtaking him.

So yeah thats chapter 3 finished! hope you all enjoyed it because i definitely enjoyed writing it! Anyway heres is Liams starting line for the next post:

"Excuse me" Liam said, rising from off of the floor "but theres something I need to ask you, something of vital importance."

Until next time,
Jack Out.