Hugo First Part 3 of 3

Who: Hugo and security
Where: An x-press lift elevator, three months after the launch of
JMC Blue Dwarf
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Following the conclusion that the device was insane, Hugo went to
exit the room but he unfortunately slipped. He twisted his ankle and
knocked the valve off a nearby gas tank destroying the scanning
device in the process.
Sparks were flying, for a small machine it was fiery and had an
explosive personality, but at least it went out with a big hit.
After collecting his thoughts Hugo started to smell the gas and
staggered to his feet, he knew what was going to happen; when the
gas reaches the sparks, BOOM! So he looked at the door, with a limp,
and ran.
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------ An hour later ------
The elevator was slower than a wet weekend, grey and with a slight
stale taste of coconut in the air. The dark shadow that hindered his
mind knowing well that a few years of his life were going to be
taken away from him made even the brightest room seem gloom and doom
for Hugo, and this elevator was lit up like a Christmas tree.
Looking left-to-right Hugo wanted to take his mind off his destiny
but he came to no avail. Where he was placed, besides in between two
security officers, all he could see was the big metal door of an
elevator and the level indicator that was counting down. After the
confirmation of how many levels he had to go he remembered an old
saying "Time flies, and if fruit could it'd look like a banana".
Looking to the guard to is left, Hugo tried to break a smile "Almost
there" reassured the officer, as he winked back at Hugo. They looked
at Hugo like he was a mad man, clinically insane, but they had good
reason. He pleaded space crazy, Hugo would rather frozen in time
than be placed in the brig, and the only way was to play the
insanity card; Didn't take much convincing, this plea came from the
guy who claimed a six foot kangaroo stole his tooth brush and
dressed him in a tutu and lipstick last Thursday. So it was
official, as of an hour ago, Hugo killed an orange. The feat alone
cost the lives of several hundred crates and four thousand
calculators, not to mention defenceless cuddly toys that lingered
between robot heads and the odd fruit blender, but the playing
insane was only half the reason. The main sentence was due to the
elephant he snuck onboard and kept in the back of an unused cargo
bay, found just half hour ago when a repairman found his room mate
giving free rides to his sister.
After a sudden jolt and the slight nauseous feeling of his brain
hitting the top of his head as the lift came to a sudden halt, Hugo
painstakingly watched the elevator doors slide open. A sudden
realisation that the next few years would seem a second to him
forced Hugo to let out a depressing sigh. Looking at the ground as
he was escorted down the corridor for about fifty feet where he was
taken into a room to his left, he couldn't help but notice the
cleanliness of the floor and the words 'Hope you turned your cooker
off' inscribed by his feet where the officers had stopped him. Hugo
looked up. The opened door of his new home stared him in the face.
This was his future and he embraced what was to be as he slowly
backed into the stasis pod and watched helplessly on as the two
officers activated the pod.