Into the Light [Completed]

Chapter 4

Harper walked down the long hallways as she made her way to Otto's room. She had decided to take Mevia's advice and talk to Otto about how he feels. She's been feeling a bit bad lately for being so pushy with Otto. Harper sighed and continued to walk through the hallways.

A few minutes later, Harper finally arrived at Otto's room. She took a deep breath before she knocked on the door.

"Otto, it's me Harper," Harper called out.

There was no response.

"Otto," Harper said knocking again.

Still no response.

Harper sighed in frustration and opened the door. She walked into the room. She looked at the bed, but Otto wasn't there. Harper looked around in confusion.

'Where is he?' Harper asked herself in her head.

Harper walked out of the room, shutting the door behind her. Mevia just happened to be walking by. Harper went up to her and asked,

"Hey Mevy, do you have any idea where Otto could be right now?"

"I think he went to his office," Mevia answered.

"Thank you," Harper said before she briskly walked off in the direction of Otto's office.

She managed to find Otto's office. She stood in front of the door and sighed before lightly knocking on the door.

"Otto, can we talk?" Harper asked through the door.

"Sure, come in," Otto answered.

Harper walked into the room nervously. She shut the door behind her before walking towards Otto, who was sitting at his desk. Otto looked up from the papers he was working on.

"What did you need?" Otto asked.

Harper sighed, "I wanna apologize about earlier. I was just frustrated and stressed. You were right, this training is pushing us both a bit too hard."

"I'm glad you finally realized that," Otto mumbled.

Harper pulled up another chair and sat herself next to Otto. She put a hand on his shoulder before sighing.

"Look, Mevia talked to me earlier and told me a few things that didn't realize before," Harper said.

"And that was?" Otto asked.

"I didn't realize how much pain you were in emotionally. Mevia explained to me what happened to you, and well, it reminded me of something that has happened to me," Harper explained.

Otto sighed, "She told you about how I got chipped, didn't she?"

Harper nodded, "Mhm, and you're not the only one that's been chipped before."

Otto looked at her in confusion. He never remembered Harper saying anything about being chipped before.

"What do you mean? How do you know what it feels like?" Otto asked.

Harper sighed before giving Otto a sad look.

"It's about time I told you what really happened after I left with the Redstone Heart," Harper answered.

Otto turned to face her. He motioned for her to keep talking. Harper took a few deep breaths before continuing.

"After I left with the Heart, I found this place called Crown Mesa. It was finally a place I could call home. I used the Redstone Heart to make my first invention. I called it Prototype: Autonomous Management Agent, or PAMA for short. I built PAMA so that it could help control mobs to help the villagers farm and fight. But then, something changed in PAMA, and it started to chip the people of Crown Mesa. I had to continually sneak into the town just to get supplies. Eventually, PAMA got too strong, so I had to break the portal," Harper started.