Orion barely glances up when I make my entrance, and then does a double-take when he registers that it's me... and me.

"Not that I doubted you or anything." Orion pushes himself to his feet. "But how did you get here so fast?"

"You know the protocol," I say, using the keycard I took off the officer's unconscious body to deactivate the laser wall between Orion and me.

Orion sighs. "Ask you no questions and you'll tell me no lies." He shakes his head. "Why did I overwrite your programming?"

"So, I could spring you more efficiently, sir."

"Oh, yes, that's right."

"And I would recommend that we exit this planet as quickly as possible."

Orion strides past me. "That's a good idea, but don't let it get to your head. I'm the one who programmed you, after all."

"Of course, sir." I move to follow him, hologram and body both. "But don't let that get to your head."

Then he and my body walk off into the sunset, while my hologram goes to check on everyone else.

-Space Banner by @cannibalisticnecro

-Signature by -krystallite

-Updated Cover by avadel