Cooper stood up, hugging her parents one last time before walking up. Vanna removed the daisy from her own hair and tucked it behind Cooper's ear, as if for good luck. The girl started toward the stage, smiling at her friends as she passed them, momentarily forgetting the rules that forbade such joviality at graduation. She climbed up to the stage and put on the helmet, ignoring the scornful looks from the teachers and officials lined up around the machine and platform.
The machine whirred and dinged, until finally a word appeared on the screen.
[b]METALHEART[/b]