INT. TEMPORARY SCIENCE STATION – POST-OP ROOM – NIGHT
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVBcjbKAgJ
The patrol unit, still steaming from the coolant flush, is herded into a long, cold corridor segmented by metal sliding doors and the stale smell of antiseptic.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC67HbbUCm
COMMANDER NINE-2 (via intercom)
“All patrol units, report to decontamination and diagnostics. Unauthorized materials were detected on exterior surfaces. Full sampling and sanitation protocols initiated.”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbz6W9XwLEi
The patrol groans in a perfectly robotic chorus.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ445ShvAdbC
INT. DIAGNOSTIC ROOM – LATER
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGit6zRpUdT
A series of partitioned chambers buzz with electric hums. Inside one, JASON stands completely armorless, crossing his arms over his bare framework. His jacket, shirt, and pants are folded and stacked in a sad corner.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalYK0r1J6n
JASON
(grumbling)
“This is a war crime. This is a certified pervert robot operation. We go toe-to-toe with a flesh tower and this is how they thank us?”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcx5qOkyvi
He winces as a sampling drone scrapes a tiny disc off one of his arm plates with a surgical blade.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoap88c9Yk7
JASON
(raising voice)
“You guys enjoy peeling battle-worn armor off exhausted soldiers? Freak behavior. Just say it’s a kink station next time.”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeQDyYIQD0
In the next cubicle, SECURITY BOT 07 tries not to laugh as a scanner zaps across their back.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp1YiSDw9f
SECURITY BOT 07
“C’mon Gearman, they’re just checking contamination—”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLIIfKzvCD
JASON
“Oh, are they? Is that what the full body strip and ass-cheek swabbing’s for? ‘Contamination?’ Or are they collecting limited edition Jason flakes for the lab’s trophy shelf?”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCawFwIItWF
Another robot winces as a sample probe scrapes something from beneath their shoulder plating with a metallic skrrtch.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DR7VwO8ln
DRONE VOICE
“Please remain still. Biological residue detected. Commencing analysis.”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5apHwmclPi
Jason deadpans to the ceiling.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YJTAtvI2d
JASON
“I’ve seen cleaner hands on a vending machine in a bathroom.”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyWlSraAXT
INT. SANITATION CHAMBER – SHORTLY AFTER
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugblzjKpNR
A room-sized shower of cleaning nozzles sprays down high-pressure sterilization mist. The bots stand in an awkward line, systems ticking and twitching.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrD01PJP3x
JASON
(muttering)
“Three things I never expected in one night: a parasitic eye tower, mandatory robot nudity, and being spritzed like a salad.”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyXNmzaiIF
SECURITY BOT 11
“Do you ever stop talking?”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HtN5QUL4U
JASON
“Only when my dignity flatlines. Which is, funny enough, right now.”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTi2dvNIDND
The mist fades, the lights shift to green, and a calm voice chimes from above.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETIijI7GlO
SYSTEM VOICE
“Decontamination complete. Retrieve personal items and report to staging.”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL42f80YFwh
Jason, dripping with sterilized mist, steps out, shaking his head.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjBM9WVAWo
JASON
“Next time someone offers me a ‘loyalty reinforcement seminar,’ remind me to shove my whole foot down their speaker port.”
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbbiGUYVtP
He grabs his jacket and shirt off the bench and trudges out—clean, slightly traumatized, and still roasting everything in sight.
68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsP1GStUdpl
FADE OUT.
ns216.73.216.154da2
