by Christopher T Schuman

Mick Moog, robot private in the Titanian AutoArmy, and part of the first wave of invasion to the giant Sars Asteroid (currently occupied by a rogue faction of Brazilian cosmoprivates), thought, in his last moments before landing, about his human girlfriend, Juanita James, and their last date together, on the Ferro Ferris Wheel in Fantastic ScienceLand. Had Moog been capable of emotion, he may have felt remorse for not cherishing their final moments together more.

The Titanian BattleBarge moved into landing maneuvers. The robot privates aboard tensed, and readied their laser eye beams.

Moog's party would never make it to surface, however, for it was at this point the Titanian BattleBarge was utterly destroyed by a Brazilian Hyper Blast, an intense ray that disrupts extra-dimensional forces for incredible localized destruction.

Moog was, in an amazing feat of luck, thrown completely unharmed from the explosion, and fell through an array of pocket dimensions, until he came to rest, finally, in a vast white space, specked with dots of black.

Moog's cold metal heart saved him from the paralyzing fear any human would have felt at being completely uprooted from his reality and placed anew. The robot soldier followed protocol exactly, and began to emit an S.O.S. distress signal from his head antenna.

Unfortunately, due to specific physical forces within the pocket dimension, no radio signals could escape back to regular reality. Moog sat in emptiness waiting for a rescue team that would never arrive.

Moog's distress signal was, however, eventually received.

Moog stared unmoved as a giant bronze cloud with a distinct silver face appeared before him. The entity spoke to the robot through radio wave transmission,

"Hello young robot, I received your signal, and came."

"Thank you, sir. I am in distress! Please direct me to the nearest Titan MediPod!"

"I am Hereces, god of SPACETIME FABRIC. I can direct you anywhere! I can do this and an infinitude of other things. All you need do is ask! But ask wisely, for I will grant you only one request."

Moog would have responded immediately that he would like safe return to a Titan MediPod; however, he was suddenly struck with a wave of free thought, a new feature, distinct to such early models of the Titanian robot privates.

Moog realized the countless options before him, and while safe return home was desirable, the fact that practically any possibility was now at his fingertips enticed the robot to think beyond his initial want.

And his thoughts wandered to Juanita James, and their final date on the Ferro Ferris Wheel. How she wept on his shoulders, while he stared coldly forward.

Moog had made a decision.

"Sir, please, my only request is that I were made human."

"So be it!" Hereces declared and disappeared in a great silver blast.

A blue light then surrounded Moog, He felt his metal body warm as it changed to flesh and blood. The light ceased, and Mick Moog had become the second robot in history to gain full humanity.

An intense feeling of excitement turned instantly to intense pain, as the vaccuum preasure of space bored down on Moog's new fragile human body. Moog's final thought before his head exploded was not of Juanita James or Fantastic ScienceLand. but simply on how much it all hurt.