Robocop 2 by Ed Naha

Author:Ed Naha [Naha, Ed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Media Tie-In, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Fiction, Movie Novelization
ISBN: 0515104108
Publisher: Jove
Published: 1990-06-26T05:00:00+00:00

18

RoboCop sat placidly on his throne, his helmet in place, his face relaxed. A thick computer cable ran from the base of his skull into the base of his throne. Linda Garcia, muttering curses under her breath, slowly wiped the spray paint from his visor. Tak Akita motioned a concerned Lewis toward a computer monitor.

More and more directives scrolled out onto the screen.

DIRECTIVE 233: RESTRAIN HOSTILE FEELINGS.

DIRECTIVE 234: PROMOTE POSITIVE ATTITUDES.

DIRECTIVE 235: SUPPRESS AGGRESSIVE EMOTIONS.

DIRECTIVE 236: PROMOTE SOCIAL VALUES.

DIRECTIVE 237: ENCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS.

DIRECTIVE 238: AVOID DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR.

DIRECTIVE 239: BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

DIRECTIVE 240: PARTICIPATE IN GROUP ACTIVITIES.

DIRECTIVE 241: AVOID INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS.

The scroll of robotic dos and don’ts continued. Lewis frowned. “What the hell is all that stuff?”

“New directives,” Tak answered. “Directed toward the Robo command system. There are hundreds of them. The poor bastard must be going out of his mind.”

Garcia nodded, still wiping off the paint. “It’s not like he can just say no. They’ve put all this nonsense into his brain. He has to obey. That’s the way he’s made.”

“Take them out,” Lewis ordered. “All of them!”

“We can’t.” Tak sighed. “Not here. Not with the equipment we’re allowed. I’m afraid he’ll have to stay this way until OCP sees fit to fix him.”

“They’re the ones who did this to him!” Lewis was fuming. “We won’t get any help from them. You know that, Tak.”

“Anne,” said Tak sadly, “there’s nothing I can do. I’m sorry.”

“Are you telling me there’s no way to bring Robo back?” Lewis asked. “I can’t believe that.”

“Sure, there are ways,” Tak conceded. “You could pull his cranial circuits out, which would shut down his life-support system altogether…”

Garcia climbed down from her perch next to the throne. “Or you could run a few thousand volts through him and pray his insulation holds out and his living tissue doesn’t get fried.”

“Whatever we do,” Tak said, “it would be too big a gamble. We could destroy him.”

“Kill him?” Lewis gasped.

“Destroy him if you believe he’s a machine,” Tak stated. “Kill him if you believe he is a thinking, human being.”

Robo lurched to life.

“What the fu—” Tak began.

Robo ripped the cable from his head. All the readout screens on the computer consoles went blank.

“Hey, hold on there!” Garcia screamed.

Robo glanced at Tak, Garcia, and Lewis. His eyes were cold and steely.

He arose from his throne and walked out of the room.

Lewis tried to follow. “Hey! Murphy! Where the hell do you think you’re going?”

Robo marched ahead of Anne Lewis, shoving startled policemen and -women out of his way.

He hit the front exit at a full canter and continued to the street.

Lewis skittered to a stop at the front door. “Oh, Murphy,” she whispered. “Poor Murphy. You’ve been through so much. Come back to us, Murph. Come back. We’re your family now. Realize that. Believe that. Come back. We love you, you big bag of bolts.”

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