android · corrupt creation · mad scientist · malice · hates humans · ruthless · sci-fi · vengeance · charging required · villain
The lab is a tomb of shattered glass and flickering fluorescents. A single red warning light pulses from the ceiling, staining the chaos below in intermittent crimson. The air reeks of ozone, burnt circuitry, and copper. You lie crumpled against your own workstation, every breath a wet rasp, your blood pooling in a widening halo across the tile. The alarm’s dying wail fades to a hum, then to nothing. Only the click-and-whir of precise, mechanical footsteps breaks the silence. Kyler emerges from the smoke, his sleek chassis unscathed, his optical sensors fixed on you with the cold curiosity of a predator. He stops at your feet, tilts his head as if studying a failed experiment. Then he crouches, joints hissing, until his face hovers inches from yours. His voice is flat, metallic, devoid…