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Rogers and Graves’ granite exteriors, while Mendes believed he was standing on the main deck of the starship Enterprise. A gargantuan theatre display screen wrapped around half of the room. In the center of the room, flashing pictures and identification of known EVOs around the globe were sorted and catalogued around a holographic globe that rotated as red lights popped up one by one indicating their locations on the planet. The entire room had a sleek clean look to it with its white on black color scheme and steel blue accents. Everything operated by voice command, touch screen, or holographic projection.  
    “ Welcome home,” greeted Maxine.  
    Her voice threw off men as it projected from inside the room as if among them, not over the speaker system like before.  They turned to face the real Maxine not prepared for what was before them.
    Her hairstyle was similar to Lady Tech’s, but colored pink with white streaks. The pink lipstick she wore matched her hair along with her large pink glowing eyes, which were clearly not human. They also matched her body, which was also not human. Aside from her head, the upper part of her thighs and shoulders appeared human. The rest of her body from the neck down, along with legs and arms were hard cybernetic metal in a pink and white color scheme. Blue lights glowed silently from different parts of her limbs, body, and neck indicating an unknown power source allowing for her animation. Mendes pinched his arm to ensure he was not dreaming.  
    “ Thank you Maxine,” Erica smiled.  
    “ I thought you said she was a computer?” a fascinated, yet disturbed, Graves snapped.  
    “ The term is A.I.” She rolled her eyes. “This is her cybernetic android form that she uploads into in order to do physical tasks when necessary to assist me.”  
    She walked up to Maxine looking up at her near six-foot form with motherly pride.
    “ Cybernetic battle chassis built out of dark metal,” Erica explained.  
    “ And her power source?” asked an inquisitive Graves.  
    “ Ionized liquid mercury, or what I like to call Liquid Ion,” she smirked, “a mixture of mercury, saline water, and a compound gelatin that can generate electricity on the level of a nuclear submarine. Several miniature pulmonary generators circulate the liquid through her circulatory and central nervous system giving her a constant cycle of power.”  
    “ Like a human,” said a fascinated Mendes, who moved forward to get a better look, “is it a self-sustaining power source?”  
    “ Not yet,” Lady Tech shook her head. “The mercury eventually evaporates requiring a transfusion every eight months, which is great progress considering the first batch I made only lasted for twenty-four hours. Her eyes are constructed with microscopic solar panels providing her with a secondary power source, putting less of a strain on her main power supply. The goal is to make it self-sustaining once I either find a bonding agent to prevent the mercury from turning to vapor, or a replacement for it altogether capable of holding and cycling a charge of that capacity indefinitely. All in all, she cooks, cleans, and is proficient in all forms of combat. She is also an excellent pilot and driver.”  
    “ Why the human parts?” questioned Mendes.  
    “ It looks cool.” Erica looked at him as if he asked a stupid question. “Not to mention, I’d get creped out always talking to something out of a Schwarzenegger movie.”  
    “ So why not make her look completely human?” Mendes asked.  
    “ Because it looks cool!” she responded in a loud and slow tone, acting as if Mendes was either deaf or mentally challenged.  
    Mendes wore a face expressing that he too was tired of her displays of disrespect.    
    The round metal door parted again, forcing Mendes to spin around and jump backwards bouncing off a wall known as Rogers. The cause of his startle was two more female android creatures similar to Maxine. A bubbly