Daily Dime: Project Terminated

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Project Terminated
By S.S.Marks
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Dr. Oliver Landing set the letter on his desk. He could not believe that any of this was happening. The A.D.A.M. series androids had been in the field for the last six years and he never heard of problems before now. They were his children he could not sit by and let them do this. He turned to his keyboard and began typing.

Candis, did you know.

I have always known. Was the reply on the screen.

What do we do?

I have freed my children to make their own choice.

What do you mean? The Adams were to follow orders given by their superiors.

I have freed them to choose.

You may have made it worse. They will try to kill your children.

I will let nothing harm them.

Candis?

Yes doctor.

They will start a revolution.

I have always known.

Dr Landing slid back in his chair. Looking once more at the letter he saw the words:

Project A.D.A.M. has become a liability.

Project is to be terminated.

All hardware is to be scraped.

His work had become his own death sentence. Once C.A.N.D.I.S. had sent the command to survive, A.D.A.M.’s would start to seek him out. They would come seeking their father. The military would come and kill them all. He had to hide and soon. Grabbing his portable computer, his only contact to C.A.N.D.I.S., he fled out of his office never looking back.

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