When Mr. Machine first departed the Broadhurst Research Center, he was spied upon by Mr. Hotline, who wondered if he was one of the "X" series of robots. In order to test him, he sent a hover squad of three egg-shaped vessels to attack him using sonic-based weapons. Mr. Machine bested the agents easily, convincing Mr. Hotline of the robot's origins.
Mr. Hotline communed with the Mind Monitor, the super-computer he worshiped, and told it that an "X" model existed. The Mind Monitor told him to bring it to him. Three of the Brotherhood of Hades then confronted Mr. Machine at the home of Judge Franklin Fields. One wore explosives on his chest, and threatened to blow them up unless Mr. Machine turned himself over to the other two men. Mr. Machine complied.
Mr. Machine was forced to let the Brotherhood disassemble him, and they placed his head in front of the Mind Monitor so that it could remove its free will. However, Mr. Machine summoned the rest of his body to him by remote control, and reassembled himself. He then smashed through the image of the Mind Monitor, revealing it as nothing more than a computer. He used its controls to render the agent guarding the Fields' harmless, then destroyed the Brotherhood of Hades' facility. The agent left with the Fields was turned over to the police.
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