The red gemstone was lighter than  he expected as he picked it from the case.  Darren rubbed it with his fingers as Taylor and the other man walked out.  The door slide shut and clicked.  No matter how much 'trust' they expressed, it only went so far.  Darren tossed the gemstone back in the case.  He didn't feel the need to treat it as reverently as Taylor did.  Just the casual contact told him more about its make up than Triangle could have worked out in a year.  Whoever had constructed it had ensured it would survive more than the mechanical bodies that housed it could endure.<br/><br/>Coffee in hand, he spread out the notes.  It all looked very rudimentary, though its design had a bit of elegance to it.  Accessing the gemstone would be easy.  Transferring it into an organic body would be nearly impossible.  Luckily impossible was something he excelled at.<br/><br/><strong>Two Days Later  <br/></strong>The initial designs had proved very helpful if explaining how the human consciousness was originally moved from a human brain to the gemstone.  Wires of every conceivable colour connected the tube holding the naked body of Syn to the computer terminal.  Darren examined them again to make sure nothing was a miss.  It was difficult not to let his eyes wander to the body in the tube.  Her breasts moving with each breath.  "Mechano-lad...."  He said to himself as he turned his attention to the gemstone.  "...will be waking up to quite a shock.  Mechano-lass."  He chuckled to himself.  He was alone but they were always watching.  Watching everything.  Well mostly everything.<br/><br/>The gemstone sat on a stand next to a second computer terminal.  This one had a headset attached to it.  With a click of a button, the gemstone lit up and pulsed.  "Lets see if we have anything inside we can use."  Darren placed the metal headset on his head and closed his eyes.<br/><br/>The room was white and completely empty.  The light came from everywhere so there were no shadows.  He was an idealized version of himself.  Mid 30's, clean shaven, and a few pounds lighter than in the real world.  "Activate link."  He stated.  A black door appeared on the wall opposite him.  After a few seconds it turned the same red as the gemstone and began to open.  "Hello....Mechano-lad?"  Darren said.  He regretted not looking into the files to see if it had the real name of Mechano-lad.  But this was an important first step if he was going to be able to transfer him into Syn's body and escape.<br/>