What is a Friend? 9:43pm.

I have been hooked up to the computer directly into my brain and for a long time nothing happened.

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Information was flying into Zoro's mind fast and then a tad faster as his brain was absorbing it with ease. All kinds of information on many topics were being uploaded as video and audio inside his head at a comfortable speed. Starting from historical books to modern manuscripts, millions of blueprints, pictures, videos, training and learning programs for all languages and cultures. Everything that humanity has done and learned through the sentries of time was crammed into Zero.

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"Wait!... wait!!!!!" I screamed, as my head began to overheat as pain slammed in all at once. But no one heard like usual as information began to be pushed faster than my brain was able to comprehend.

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Then my head began to heat up and my body started shaking.

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But instead of allowing me to absorb all that information in controlled bursts, the staff added more drills with more computer wires to my head.

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My mind was dying from an overload of information but it was healing automatically. As I felt my brain become a melted liquid that was still trying to regrow and melt again from the heat of electricity.

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The pain that I have suffered up to now didn't even come close to the current one. My whole body flailed like a fish even though it was tied down. Electricity filled the cells of my mind and its liquids began to create a stream instead of sweat.

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Bloody steam began to evaporate from every inch of Zero's body. As his enteral tempreture began to rise beyond human norms.

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My own blood was trying to escape my body due to the amount of stress and heat it was put into.

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"Stop!!!!" I gurgled haplessly, unsure of how I was still able to speak or understand the situation.

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"Please....." I pleaded, even knowing that no one would ever blink to try to help me.

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My tears began to turn into blood. And my body started to cook from the head down. As I lost my vision first.

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But no one cared to check my current physical tension. Their only concern was a bunch of fast-changing numbers on the screen that were showing good progress.

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Instead, they looked pleased. Anxiety and glee radiated on every face.

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Their excitement was beginning to get contagious, as progressing numbers showed them that this test was working better than expected.

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They desired to see good results and, so far, the more they melted my brain the more they could fit into it.

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"Dr, you were right!... just look at these numbers!" other doctors and nurses were running around with huge smiles on their faces, showing papers into each others arms.

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Like a bunch of crazy chickens without their heads on. The staff were bumping into each other and shouting unheard of praise to Dr Frost.

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Happily patting each other on the back in celebrating the fact that they have turned into something not human.

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They choose to lose the heart to care about someone who is dying right in front of them.

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They were celebrating his death as if he was the worst, most disgusting person in the world!

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"Just look at him go!", excited voices of the nurses kept telling each other, and brought another drill with a third computer attachment, in hopes of getting even better results.

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As soon as this one was added, Zero actually became unconscious for the first time during the testing process. Finally, unable to feel any more pain.

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Suddenly, into this bloody fog, a girl wearing an extremely revealing black dress walked into the room.

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"Why did Mary come hear?" the head doctor asked impatiently of the confused nurses.

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"Don't worry, she is here just in case we need a little muscle to control Zero, explained Ms Frost.

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"We don't know the effect this test will cause to his mind and he may need to be controlled. We need to stop him from escaping if he changes again." blurred out a fat blob.

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Mary just stood there like a statue as she had no control over her body . Her body was not her own... No matter how many times she tried to move her own body, it didn't listen to her, and it only did as was ordered...

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Her mind understood that what she was witnessing now was inhumane, but she was not able to change it or stop it.

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No matter what happened, or how hard she tried to fight her orders, nothing worked. Her own mind tried harder, as her soul was in pain, crying out for freedom, and also the sight of a cute boy being tortured right in front of her eyes was too much too handle.

She was kind of brainwashed to only do as ordered, and could only do as ordered like a robot.

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She had no desire to do that, but she had no choice in the matter.

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Mary had to move when she was told to, and to kill when she was told to.

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The first order, Dr. Frost was not to speak unless ordered to do so by her and her alone. Mary had not spoken a word to any other person in the entire facility since that order was given.

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How did Mary get there?

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Mary was ordered into the mirror room just a few minutes ago today.

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An order from her owner arrived and her chip moved her body.

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(What is wrong with a building that requires a person like me?) She was worried but could not voice it out as she was not told to ask.

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(Is there a chemical spill?) .... She thought, knowing that no normal human being could withstand some of the chemicals that were used and sometimes created in this facility.

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No. They never used me for that because it would definitely hurt me and eventually kill me, because I can't heal myself. Just like an ordinary person, I'm soft on the inside! Her heart reassured her steps as her mind struggled to try to resist one last time.

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As Mary came into the room, a stench of burning flesh made her feel like throwing up, but since she was not ordered to do so, she couldn't do it.

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Her eyes fell on the handsome man who screamed like an animal as an electric current shot through him, lighting up every cell including his bones. His body shook and twisted with every bolt.

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His skin was pealing off from the burns and reappearing new baby soft layers only to be destroyed again and soft baby layers didn't have enough time to fully regrow as they started bleeding out sweat that began to stream and bleed, finally boiling the blood and melting from the heat. Then the slime-like skin dried out and started bubbling up with huge swells that burst and the cooked skin finally fell to the floor.

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How can anyone not care about another human so much as not to care about putting them thru this disgusting torture? But she saw these people right in front of her and began to hate this chip that stopped her from moving.

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Zero's pain continued for the longest time.

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(I hope that he can die in peace.) Mary dared to dream, unable to keep her eyes off the horrific scene. Because to her his death was much better than this torture.

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(This is just wrong on all levels!) Her brain was screaming. A strong, unyielding thought drove right into her heart, creating something new inside the chip programing.

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"I want to help him"... It was the only thought that almost pushed out her order that the chip was sending out of her head, but her mind kept bombarding a recorded worming to only obey hit her deep into her soul. And Mary's body shook slightly as an electric shock hit her lungs to remind her who was boss.

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No matter the suffering inside, her heart began to feel something unusual as she liked the look of his naked body for some reason...

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(wait! what is this? he is naked!!!and i like it) her eyes are just happy to see this for some reason as Mary's face got hot.