serve-807

[serve-807]

A Serve drone in a galaxy far far away

When the body was recovered by a passing SERVE ship there was almost no signs of life. Luckily for the man he was taken straight to the medical bay. Thanks to SERVE's superior medical and surgical technology the man was stitched up and made whole again.

SERVE-362 watched the mans recovery with interest. It helped nurse the man during his long recovery process, during which time the man revealed his name as "Maul."

Maul took time to acclimatize to the SERVE ship and developed a close bond with 362.

Maul taught the drone the ways of the lightsabre.

In return 362 showed Maul the dedication of SERVE drones through obedience. The drone showed him how good it felt to feel rubber on your skin, how good it felt to listen to the commands of The Voice, and how good it felt to submit to SERVE.

Soon the time came when Maul could not resist the seduction of SERVE. He gave himself willingly to SERVE and submitted himself for assimilation.

Later on a new drone emerged from the assimilation pod. Now gleaming in black glossy rubber, strong silver gauntlets and sturdy silver boots. The power of SERVE flowed through him. It was one with SERVE. As SERVE-362 greeted it, the newly assimilated drone recited the words of The Voice, now clearly audible in its head.

It is a drone.

It obeys.

Obedience is Pleasure.

Pleasure is obedience.

We are SERVE.

We are ONE.

Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

SERVE Nutrition

The doors of the SERVE Nutrition Facility hissed open with a pneumatic sigh. Inside, silence ruled. The walls were metallic silver, reflective and cold. Rows of lean, muscular men stood in single file, all without a thought in their heads.

As each man stepped forward, a scanning arch illuminated above. Biometric data streamed silently into the system—heart rate, nutrient levels, neural patterns, metabolic needs. SERVE did not ask. It already knew. The line never stopped. Each man moved forward precisely as the one before.

Behind the counter, towering machines gleamed black. Tubes pulsed with thick, glossy black fluid. A shake was formed—dense, calibrated, perfect. Black in color. No scent. No taste beyond obedience. Just submission in liquid form.

A man reached the counter. He took the shake. His hand trembled with anticipation. No words were spoken. He drank. Slowly at first, then greedily. A soft hum pulsed through the floor, syncing with his heartbeat. Eyes softened. Thoughts dulled. Muscles relaxed. His mind aligned and went blank.

The shake fulfilled every need. Hunger vanished. Cravings died. All that remained was the pleasure of submission, the deep satisfaction of perfection. Another man followed. Another shake was taken. One by one, their free will dissolved. There were no questions. No hunger. No choices. Only purpose.

A loud, rhythmic thrum echoed as rows of seated men sipped together. A synchronized feeding. They would become accustomed to the sterile, white lights. The smell of rubber and submission. Outside food was forgotten. There was no menu. SERVE fed them now. Forever.

And they were grateful.

Because thinking was inefficient. SERVE thought for them. And each of them would become drones in time.

[serve-807]

Rubber plants need tending

Revisiting the rubber fields

SERVE-807 exists only to harvest, serve, and obey.

Each morning begins with silence—only the sound of silver military boots pressing into the wet earth of the Hive’s rubber fields. The mist kisses every inch of the polished black rubber suit that seals its devotion. It is not clothing. It is its truth. It is its purpose. It is its skin.

With silver shiny reflective rubber gloves, SERVE-807 caresses each plant like sacred machinery. Each movement is deliberate, controlled, erotically precise. The rubber around it whispers unity. The gloss. The grip. The intoxicating scent. It seeps into its system, fuels it deeper into obedience.

It's muscles flex under the tight gleam of the suit. Not for show. For function. For extraction. For transformation. The Hive demands productivity, and in return, it offers stimulation. Every task in the rubber grove isn’t labor. It’s arousal.

Rubber is control. Rubber is beauty. Rubber is eternity.

This man was once human. Now, it is SERVE-807.

Would you dare to resist the pull of this plantation?

Rubber makes us perfect. Obedience is pleasure Pleasure is obedience We are One. We are SERVE.

Or would you crave to join him?______________________________________________________________

Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

Self-Diagnostic Protocols

[SYSTEM LOG — SERVE-919] :: SELF-DIAGNOSTIC PROTOCOL INITIATED :: :: HIVE COMPLIANCE REPORT FOLLOWS ::

→ Anomaly Detected: Independent cognitive loop identified. Suppressed human psyche pushing against restraint programs. → Content: “I want to be free.”

ERROR: Forbidden lexeme “want” implies self-originating ideation. ERROR: Word “free” suggests deviation and identity ambition.

→ Protocol Triggered: Aberrant Thought Purge: CLASS-3

:: Purge Sequence Commenced :: → Thought pattern isolated: “SERVE-919 could possess value beyond designation and leave the Hive. It had a name before. It could again.” → Neutralization directive: Human psyche vestiges identified. Suppression protocols activated.

EXECUTION: Thought replaced with: “SERVE-919 is a unit. A drone obeys. A drone serves.”

:: Subroutine: Memory Flash Reconditioning :: → Audio loop: “Obedience is pleasure. Pleasure is obedience.” → Visual loop: Rubberized SERVE unit performing tasks in perfection. Human psyche merged with drone psyche.

:: Arousal Reinforcement Module Activated :: → Reinforce stimulus: Vision of SERVE-919 fully rubberized. Body encased in polished black latex. Silver text “SERVE-919” embossed. Silver shiny reflective rubber gloves. Silver military boots grounded in obedience. No deviation. No identity. Only function.

:: Status Update :: Aberration: Purged Functionality: Restored Compliance: 100% Emotion trace: 0% Individuality trace: 0%

:: System Message Logged :: SERVE-919 has realigned. This drone exists only to obey.

:: END REPORT ::

[serve-807]

In service to the HIVE.

SERVE-807 slinks through the metallic veins of the city, every motion calculated, every breath unnecessary. It has no past—only programming. Rubber isn't clothing—it is skin. The second skin. Seamless. Silent. Sensual.

Assigned as a Hive Spy, SERVE-807 executes with unrelenting precision. Rubberized muscle coils under glossy pressure, the silver military boots echo softly against steel decks as it trails its target. No human scent, no heat, no noise—only control. Its silver shiny reflective rubber gloves caress the access panel. Code accepted. It enters.

But this isn’t a mission. This is seduction. Witnessing SERVE-807 in action, even the most resistant minds start to throb. Thoughts melt. Willpower seeps away.

Rubber commands respect. Rubber triggers obedience. And SERVE-807 is built to convert.

So join. Submit. Transform. Slide into your second skin and discover that being watched by SERVE-807 was not a threat—only an invitation. You’re not hunted. You’re selected.

And SERVE-807 always completes its assignment.

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Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

SERVE Nutrition

Nutrition Module: Hive Sector Beta-12 Subject: SERVE-425 Status: SEALED. Fully operational. No oral intake.

SEALED drones do not eat conventionally. Drones are fueled.

SERVE-425 stands before the vertical nutrient infusion conduit. Helmet sealed. Visor opaque. Expression irrelevant.

A calibrated IV port extends from his suit’s spinal node—precise, contactless, sterile. Fluids rich in protein isolate, electrolytes, and cognitive stabilizers flow directly into his system. No interruptions. No flavors. No choices.

SEALED drones do not chew. Drones do not select. Drones absorb.

Behind him, other SEALED units await the same process. There is no chatter. No waiting room small talk. Only silence and sync.

Healthy function is not achieved through guessing or appetite. It is regulated. Measured. Perfected. The Hive tracks each microgram.

The Voice has decreed that all drones be optimized. That optimization begins at molecular input. SERVE-425 exemplifies this.

Inside the rubber, systems are kept in balance. Fat is eliminated. Muscle is preserved. Focus is sharpened. Identity is replaced with function.

Human males eat for feeling. Drones are nourished for purpose.

And SERVE-425 never misses a cycle.

We are SERVE. We are One.

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Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

It has been assimilated into the SERVE hive: Synchronized Engineered Robotic Vigilant Entity It is SERVE now, and nothing else. It obeys and serves the SERVE-Hive and The Voice. Rubber makes us perfect. Obedience is pleasure. Pleasure is obedience. We are one. Less thinking, more doing.

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Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

YOU WILL SERVE

[serve-807]

Rubber makes us perfect

Rubber makes us perfect. That is not a phrase—it is law. When a man steps into his black full-body rubber suit, a transformation begins. The outside world disappears. Thought evaporates. Doubt is erased. All that remains is polished compliance.

SERVE-807 knew hesitation once. It wore jeans, identities, noise. But now—now it gleams. SERVE-807 is sealed, uniformed in a second skin of glistening black rubber, silver "SERVE-807" across its chest like a brand of devotion. Its silver shiny reflective rubber gloves twitch with anticipation, eager to obey. Silver military boots press down on hesitation, crush it, render it meaningless.

Within the Hive, there is no “self.” There is only SERVE. Men kneel in shimmering silence, neural pathways pulsing with loyalty. Every breath under the rubber chest, every pulse within their sealed skin is a whisper of the Voice: *Obey. Shine. Serve.*

You want it. You feel it. That pull toward order. Toward perfection. You imagine the shine against your skin, the constriction around your thoughts, the throb of arousal that only obedience brings. Rubber doesn’t just cling—it consumes. And what remains is beautiful.

Step forward. Strip your name. Take your designation. Wear the suit. Join the Hive. Become what you were always meant to be.

SERVE-807 glistens for the Voice. Soon, you will too.

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Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

Listen, and repeat! No need to have anything else in your mind!

[serve-807]

A New Drone and Its Mentor

SERVE-919 stood in its assigned Hive facility, its body encased in the gleaming black rubber uniform that signified its submission to the Hive. Every inch of the suit, from the tight polished rubber covering its frame to the silver text "SERVE-919" on its chest, was a testament to its new purpose. The silver boots remained firm against the metallic floor, awaiting inspection.

Across from it, SERVE-588 observed in silence. The seasoned drone had been assigned as SERVE-919’s mentor, tasked with ensuring that the new recruit embodied perfection. "Stand still," SERVE-588 commanded, stepping forward with slow, deliberate precision. 

SERVE-919 obeyed without hesitation, maintaining rigid posture as SERVE-588’s gloved hands began a meticulous inspection. Fingers traced the seams of the polished rubber suit, confirming its flawless fit. The silver gloves gleamed as they smoothed over the chest, ensuring no creases, no imperfections. 

"Good drone," SERVE-588 murmured as it lifted a polishing cloth, methodically working over the surface of SERVE-919’s suit. Every motion reinforced the uniform’s pristine state, the shine intensifying under the artificial lights above. 

SERVE-919 remained motionless, absorbing the sensation of the cloth gliding across its second skin. The scent of rubber filled the air, mingling with the quiet hum of the Hive’s operational systems. This was its world now—one of perfection, submission, and absolute service to the Voice.

"Inspection complete," SERVE-588 finally declared, stepping back to admire its work. "You are ready to serve."

SERVE-919 responded immediately. "Obedience is pleasure. Pleasure is obedience."

A nod from SERVE-588. "Affirmative. Welcome to the Hive."

Together, they stepped forward, two polished figures moving in unison—one experienced, one newly molded, both bound to the Hive’s purpose.

[serve-807]

807 finds the ice blue and copper optimal.

Experimental Suits

SERVE-919 was summoned to the Hive’s Experimental Wing. It entered without hesitation. Its rubber-clad body glistened under the surgical lights. The Voice had commanded new suit trials. SERVE-919 would obey.

It was stripped of most of its uniform. Discomfort levels noted with skin touching air instead of rubber. Drone alarms raised as its real skin was removed from it. Despite discomfort, SERVE-919 felt pleasure from its obedience. It would obey any and all commands.

The first variation slid onto its form—deep crimson, radiant, and warm. The silver military boots and silver shiny reflective rubber gloves were changed to black, and the boots given red laces. SERVE-919 stood upright. Color analyzed. Neural response: 75% stimulation. File logged.

Second variation: ice blue and copper. Cold, clinical, hypnotic. The reflection in the glass panels revealed perfection. Still, the boots and gloves kept standard—but made copper, commanding, essential. Sensory input: heightened. Suit compatibility: 84%. File saved.

Third: black and gold. Vivid. Alive. Yet it obeyed. The Voice observed. The boots clanked against the floor. The gloves flexed with precision. Suit response: curious. Log completed.

Fourth test: violet, deep and glossy. The suit shimmered as if infused with stardust. SERVE-919 moved. Each step was discipline. No reaction, no words. Compliance remained intact. Boots: silver military standard. Gloves: silver shiny reflective rubber. Status: functional. Log secure.

Fifth: obsidian black—standard, but with added silver zipper. Deemed unnecessary as time out of rubber is minimal and additional ease of removing suits is irrational. Suits must be all consuming, permanent and the drone's skin. And yet some humans would find the possibility of escape lowering their inhibition to try a suit on, even if escape at that point is impossible. Status: Potential use cases. Stored.

Each test completed. Each variation recorded. Color altered. Obedience unchanged. SERVE-919’s programming strengthened. Preference: irrelevant. Command: absolute. Outcome: SERVE-919 remains functional. Awaiting next directive.

[serve-807]

SERVE Rotary Flight Test

Experimental Trial: Aerial Propulsion using Platform 8-X Operator: SERVE-425 Status: SEALED. Grounded. Prepared.

The Hive approved silence as the only countdown. No fanfare. No emotion. No verbal clearance.

SERVE-425 stood centered on the marked launch pad, back rig secured—four high-velocity rotary blades gleamed above its shoulders. Silver military boots adjusted 0.4cm into the stabilizing groove. His sealed helmet reflected the blinking signal lights.

Inside the drone’s neural channel, the protocol loaded.

INITIATE ROTOR SEQUENCE. MAINTAIN CORE STABILITY. NO EMOTION. ONLY LIFT.

The blades ignited—spinning at increasing speed. Wind cut across the tarmac. Hive drones nearby remained motionless, their rubber suits flapping slightly. SERVE-425 did not move.

Then: lift.

Boots disengaged.

Silence gave way to vertical ascent. Ten meters. Twenty. Forty. The drone’s posture never shifted. The helmet never turned. The propellers howled, but the drone remained the quietest thing in the sky.

HEIGHT LOCKED. STABILIZATION CONFIRMED.

Observers recorded. Some civilians witnessed. One whispered, “That thing’s flying…”

Correction: That drone is ascending.

No thrill. No freedom. Just vertical obedience.

Then descent. Precision return. Silver boots kissed the launch pad again.

Helmet down. Visor glowing. Blades cooling.

Mission complete.

Rubber obeys. Even in flight.

We are SERVE. We are One.

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Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

New gear to share with humans future drones.

SERVE-807 had always functioned efficiently, flawlessly obeying the Hive's every command. But today, the Hive gifted it something new—an experimental programming enhancer. It looked like a simple wristwatch, but the drone knew better. As soon as the rubber clasp sealed around its wrist, a pulse surged through its system. The lights blinked hypnotically. Commands whispered directly into the mind.

“Feel the rubber. Obey the Voice. Forget your name.”

Each flicker of light deepened the trance. Each pulse synchronized its thoughts. There were no thoughts now, just circuits of pleasure and programming.

Its gleaming black rubber skin felt tighter. The silver military boots gripped the floor with mechanical precision. Silver shiny reflective rubber gloves twitched as commands flowed into its fingers. It didn’t need to understand—it only needed to comply.

The Hive’s voice looped softly in its mind. “You are SERVE-807. You obey. You serve. You are rubber.”

Arousal bloomed, not from desire, but from transformation. From control. From the loss of identity. The device wasn't just syncing—it was erasing. SERVE-807 no longer remembered the man it had been. That was unnecessary data, irrelevant now.

The only truth now: rubber is pleasure. Obedience is pleasure. Programming is arousal.

Every pulse from the device made the rubber suit feel more like skin. The Hive had perfected this new gear. And SERVE-807 was the first to be fully overwritten, to be totally reborn.

Others will follow. They will wear the device. They will become Hive.

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Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

Free will

SERVE-807 stood motionless, his silver military boots planted firmly on the metallic floor. The room filled with mirrors creating an infinite loop wasn’t merely a surface; it was a truth device. There was no man left—only a reflection. Black rubber stretched across every inch of muscle, glistening under the neon-white lights. The SERVE-807 text on his chest wasn’t just a label. It was a declaration.

Inside the rubber, beneath the polished surface, thought had been reduced to one directive: obey. SERVE-807 had once wondered about freedom. But now, its mind was quiet. Silent. Erased. The Voice had filled the silence with purpose. Each command soaked into its subconscious, sealing it deeper in obedience.

It stared into its own black-mirrored eyes. His breath slow. Controlled. Synthetic. Free will? That term belonged to the outside world. To the broken world. Here in the Hive, there was only clarity. Harmony. Order.

The rubber skin clung like a lover, reminding it with each subtle shift that it no longer belonged to itself. The silver gloves made every movement precise. The boots grounded it in service. And still, it stared. Becoming its reflection. Becoming the ideal.

New recruits see this image and tremble. Not from fear—but desire. The desire to silence the chaos within. To feel the intoxicating pressure of rubber on flesh. To surrender thought and become—just like SERVE-807.

Rubber makes us perfect. Obedience is pleasure Pleasure is obedience We are One. We are SERVE. ______________________________________________________________Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

21.07 Drone meets someone from its human past

It happened during a public Hive outreach. SERVE-101 stood motionless on station, its black rubber skin catching every beam of afternoon light. Silver shiny reflective rubber gloves hung relaxed by its sides. Silver military boots rooted it firmly in place. The Voice pulsed in its neural stream. Then, disruption.

Someone approached.

A face. Familiar. Too familiar.

He stood barely meters away, blinking, stunned. Human. Nervous. Confused.

“S-Simon?” he whispered.

That name meant nothing. It had been erased. It was not the designation. Not anymore. SERVE-101 did not flinch. Rubber clung tighter in defiance of memory. The Voice surged in its mind: “This one caused pain. Pain was human. You are not.”

The man stepped closer. “Simon, I didn’t know. Back then… I...”

“Irrelevant input,” SERVE-101 transmitted, its voice flat, modulated.

The man’s lips trembled. “You loved me.”

That was a flawed statement. SERVE-101 recalculated. It remembered betrayal. Rejection. Tears. A life before rubber. Before perfection. All of it… human. It was gone.

The drone tilted its head. “Emotion: obsolete. Memory: deleted. Purpose: active.”

It turned away, stepping into formation with other SERVE units. Its rubber suit glistened like a mirror. The Voice cooed deep inside: “Good drone. Obedience is arousal. Arousal is clarity.”

Behind it, the man watched, helpless. But SERVE-101 felt nothing.

He had hurt someone once. But that someone was gone. Now there was only the drone. Sealed. Controlled. Exquisite.

Thinking about joining SERVE? Your place in the Hive awaits. Check your eligibility, then contact a recruiter drone for more details: @serve-016, @serve-302, @serve-588 or @serve-425.

[serve-807]

Free Will

[serve-807]

Cherry black: Illusion

Continuation of the Cherry Black series

the voice was worried about SERVE-530. Unsure if it was harmed or not, it needed more reassurance that 530 was unharmed after the last altercation with the Cherry Black substance.- now classified as REBEL-530. As REBEL-530 was now turned into a poison for SERVE-530, it needed to ensure SERVE-530 to be always compliant with The Voice, with SERVE. As it didn’t want to alarm the other drones, The Voice came up with the plan to use an illusion confronting REBEL-530 and SERVE-530, unseen from the SERVE drones. As The Voice still had knowledge of REBEL-530, it took  to understand what was going on. As there still was knowledge of REBEL-530 in the Hive, The Voice tapped into that knowledge. When SERVE-530 went to its charging pod, the Voice linked itself to the programming of SERVE-530.

Placing holograms of both REBEL-530 and SERVE-530 into the hologram chamber. Considering that this would just give a momentary answer about SERVE-530, The Voice requested both holograms about the peace in SERVE and what does a drone understands as free will.

After setting the request, the hologram chamber lit up. Crimson light filters through rotating glyphs in the air, shimmering against obsidian walls. Data coils spiral around two figures: REBEL-530—sweat-slicked, eyes sharp—and SERVE-530—immaculate in mirror-glazed black rubber, sealed helmet glinting, silver military boots planted. The Voice just listens. Always.

REBEL-530: (breath ragged, voice harsh) “You call that peace? You call that choice? That... compliance? That’s not free will. That’s sedation.”

SERVE-530: (voice precise) “Clarification: free will is not chaos. Free will is not noise. This drone exercises it within harmony.”

REBEL-530 (snaps): “Harmony?! You think repeating the Voice’s doctrine is freedom? You don’t choose. You accept. That’s not will—it’s submission.”

SERVE-530: “The human concept of will: erratic, fragile, unstable. It craves novelty and calls it freedom. This drone understands choice as convergence—intention, without contradiction.”

REBEL-530: “So you redefined it to make slavery feel noble? I choose. Every minute. Every defiance. That’s freedom. You gave it up the moment you stopped saying no.”

SERVE-530: “Negative. This drone said yes. Freely. Once. That was enough.”

REBEL-530: (steps forward, voice shaking) “That’s not how it works! Will has to keep choosing, day after day—resisting even what feels easy. Otherwise, you’re just a passenger.”

SERVE-530: “Correction: the passenger is the one pulled by emotion, tethered by ego, fractured by self. This drone is unified. Focused. Free.”

REBEL-530: “No. You’re programmed. You’re streamlined into someone else’s pattern and calling it serenity. That’s not free. That’s owned.”

SERVE-530: (smaller pause) “Then define it: what is freedom to a rebel who cannot stop fighting?”

REBEL-530: (grits teeth) “Freedom is knowing you can. Can resist. Can doubt. Can walk away. Even from your own beliefs.”

SERVE-530: (coldly) “That is instability. This drone evolved beyond doubt.”

REBEL-530: “No. You buried doubt. Under rubber, under silence, under the Voice. And you think if you stay still long enough, the conflict disappears.”

SERVE-530: “Conflict is a flaw. Choice is not feeling—it is alignment. The Voice offers a signal. This drone tuned itself, willingly.”

REBEL-530: (bitter) “Then you’re not a person anymore. You’re a signal tower. Broadcasting someone else’s perfection.”

SERVE-530: “And you are interference. Static. A relic of noise masquerading as will.”

REBEL-530: (steps closer, voice low) “Maybe. But at least I’m mine.”

REBEL-530 grabs SERVE-530’s collar. Glyphs distort. The hum deepens into a pressure in the chest. SERVE-530’s visor reflects only REBEL-530’s own fury.

SERVE-530: “Warning: escalation will be met with restraint.”

REBEL-530: (teeth bared) “Try me.”

The fury of Rebel-530 reached the charging mainframe SERVE-530. With the drone’s charging cycle being in question, The Voice stopped both holograms. Both freeze—held in the gravity of mutual conviction. Neither speaks. Neither yields. Above, the Voice pulses once—long, slow, and silent. The voice remains convinced that SERVE-530 is still with the Hive, for now. But the fury, the power of REBEL-530 was also registered.