I went through some Android parts and still haven't found Sophia, so I got sad. Anne tried to help me, It's been weeks, and I've looked around worried about Sophia so much. I'm not sure why, I feel like She is loving and scared I'm getting exhausted after finding nothing. Then I think of going home to my loveless home, but then I see an android deer and follow it to a hole in the ground a mile past the android dump. I found streets taken over by nature and was stunned by their beauty, so I enjoyed it momentarily.

  "Hold on, where are we?" Anne says behind me.

  "I don't know, but It's beautiful," I say in utter awe of the sights.

  Then I heard a familiar voice from somewhere and looked around to see Sophia, but I tilted my head unsure, didn't know if I could believe it, and without noticing I ran to her, My body knew no matter what. Sophia even looked at me confused and I collided with her, holding her close. Then I tried to calm myself and hold her away a bit, to see her better. She looked a little different with new clothes and hairstyle, she looked human this way.

  "I've been looking for you, but I guess you are okay," I say feeling stupid.

  "I hoped you would come, but I'm surprised I saw you," she says.

  I looked to the side and saw a man beside her, so I honestly wondered about him.

  "Who are you?" I say calmly.

  "I'm Alias and you are?" he says.

  "I'm Tori and I don't know who you are personally," I say trying to be neutral

  "So you are Tori?" he says in a thinking sort of way.

  So I wondered what he meant by that, Sophia got out of my arms and tried to explain. Then she couldn't get the words out and I looked between them worried that something was going on, that I didn't understand. So I looked away and started walking away, I felt like crying. She must have gotten over us and might hate me now, she didn't hug back. Then someone grabbed my wrist and I looked to see who it was, I saw Sophia.

  "What are you thinking? I'm not with him if that's it" she says.

  I look at her to somehow know the truth "Really?".

  "Yes, I'm not with him and just part of his underground group," she says.

  "What do you mean underground group?" I said a bit confused about it.

  She got nervous way and looked at Alias, as though asking permission. He looked curious but also concerned about it, so Anne finally appeared. I guess we were pretty far away, and she looked exhausted honestly.

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  "It's hard to deal with sudden energy from you," Anne says.

  "Oh hey, Anne meet someone else in Sophia's life," I say still in depression.

  She looked confused and looked around, and then she saw Alias.

  "Who are you?" Anne says to him.

  "Well you are different to Tori, At least for her she didn't seem like you," He says.

  I felt like I was being insulted honestly, so I went past Sophia and pushed Alias. He seemed shocked by my anger and I looked at Sophia. I didn't want to leave her with this guy, I wished to take her home with me, however, it might have been a mistake, so I played it safe. My arms cross in defeat and I still look at Alias, so he can say whatever he wants.

  "Tell us about your community. Is it safe for Sophia?" I ask curious about it.

  "Well I could show you, but tell no one about it," He says sternly.

  "Fine, but only if I can take my friend," I say meaning Anne.

  "Fine, but remember no speaking of this" Alias says.

  He says then motions his hand for us to follow down a manhole ladder and down we go to the depths. The smell hit us first and Anne physically tried not to be sick, so I tried to be okay with the scent. Alias made it to the bottom and moved away from the ladder, so we ladies could make it there. One by one we all got on solid ground sort of, the ground was a bit squishy. So I was worried if I stepped on something and couldn't see anything much, not much lighting here.

  "Sorry about this our people don't know how to repair lighting or flashlights," Alias says very sweetly.

  "It's fine if we get past the smell, we can repair anything really," I say still trying to get past it.

  "Tori, you repair mechanical parts" He asks like a curious boy.

  "Yeah both of us can, but I need some kind of light to see anything to work on," I say still trying to see.

  "Oh wait I think I know what we can use," Anne says rummaging through her pocket.

  Then out comes a glow-in-the-dark hummingbird that she must have made.

  "Must have made that from Grandpa's workshop" I say.

  "Yeah, It's my Hummer Glow," She says proud of her invention.

  So we started walking to make it somewhere and saw some people looking starved. So I handed one of them a sandwich, So I was happy to help. I looked at what else was wrong and we made it to a big building with broken-down androids on the steps. So I made a mental note of everything I could help with and Alias seemed worried about what I might do. I calm him down and reassure him that I won't harm anyone.

  "This is our town hall, we make decisions here and haven't gotten far with it," He says.

  "Well I've always wanted to do something good with people who need it," I say with many ideas.

  "What will you make it like the oasis you came from?" Alias says upset.

  "Why would I do that? I hate where I came from, so why make it like that?" I say honestly.

  He looked at me not believing my words, so I continued.

  "The Parents I've always known caused my car accident" I stopped before I said too much.

  He suddenly looked saddened by my words, He motioned for us to keep going. So we go into the town hall and it looks surprisingly cleaner than outside of it, someone must clean a bit of it. So we go to an office and the table is covered in books opened on certain pages, so It's looking like a crazy research session to me. At least with hard-to-read notes strung about and I think it is Alias's office, but one note caught my eye. It's about human android technology and a name is written down Mathew Apollo.