The dance is over. The world has gone gray. Literally! As Erik stands immobile in a crate with excelsior spilling out of it and over his shoulders, he can see but he sees only in black and white. Tiny green letters in the corner of his field of vision indicate: HIBERNATION MODE ENGAGED.
Opposite Erik are three other androids in crates including the blond. A red light flickers in the left corner of his field of vision. INTRUDER ALERT. But still Erik is immobile. A couple of young men in black plants and shirts drop through a transom window that they forced from the outside.
"Cool androids!" Steve says, as he begins to run his hands over Erik's hard physique. His hand strays at the waistband, and he says, "Gotta see what's causing this bulge!"
His mouth gapes. "Kevin, you gotta see this android's anatomically correct!"
"A sexbot cool. Think they got female ones?"
"Does it matter, machines don't have any sex, they're machines aren't they? And I bet these are worth some money."
"Maybe, but they're too heavy for us to carry," Kevin says putting his hands around Erik's waist and lifting him out of the crate.
"Maybe they can be turned on, and told to follow us?"
"Yeah, more likely, turning them on will trigger a silent alarm!" says Kevin, "Dang my watch is caught, uh-ah!" He pulls his hand free--