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I weep.
Or at least as close to it as possible.
It really is more of a sentiment then it is something I can physically do any more.
I used to be human.
Now I am just a machine, a tool, a device. A piece of property.
Ages ago, humans were bought and sold as property. Then the practice was outlawed as being barbaric. Now in the 23
rd
century our sentience is bought and sold. Most of the sentient minds that are sold are done so to pay off debts that may out live you. In some highly illegal cases they are sold as punishment for disobedience to one of the many corporate syndicates which run the world I live in. Or lived in.
I have plenty of time to wonder why I was sold. I should have been cloned and had my sentience reapplied. Instead I was sold. I don't know why. My parents were wealthy, powerful, and influential. We didn't have debts and we didn't associate with the less moral portions of society. There should have been no reason for me to be sold. I should have been joined with my new body prior to reawakening. But I'm not. I'm in a factory.
The factory- the one where the androids are built and where sentience is applied. I don't want to be droid or a robot or anything. I just want to be Aryn. What's that buzzing noise?
Darkness- thick impenetrable darkness.
I don't want to be here. I don't want to be here.
Why don't I want to be here? Where am I? It's loud. And cold. Where am I?
I don't like it. I'm scared. I really don't want to be here. I need to get out. I can't move. I can't move!
That noise- it is so terribly familiar, what is it?
Darkness falls across our subjects mind once more.
I can see! I can see! I could always see. Why is that so special? I'm in line. What are they doing. Are those heads?
Why am I in line with a bunch of heads? What are those Drudges doing? I must run! I must get away.
I'm a head! I don't have a body….
Stop! Don't touch me! They don't hear me! Why won't they listen? Don't touch me!
What are you doing to me?
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
What is that noise? It's in my head. Get it out! What are they doing to me! I want…. Someone….. I want….. I don't know. I can't remember. Someone please, someone if you can hear me, help me. I'm not supposed to be here.
No, not in there. Not through the doors. Not back into the darkness. Please! No! Not again!
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
I can feel again. I have a body. I think I do. It is strange. Too big. This is not my body. It doesn't feel right. I remember my body being smaller. Not this big. I can at least feel it.
But feel is not the right word. I don't feel it. I know it. I logic it. It exists, somehow, I know it.
I'm moving again. Something is moving me. I think I'm tied to something. What is it? Why can't I move my body? This body. Why can't I move it?
What is through those doors? I don't want to find out. I don't have a choice.
Hundreds of them. Thousands of them. What are they watching? What are those people doing? What is that woman saying? Are they mating?
This is disgusting. I shouldn't see this. I won't watch it.
A spark dances across the subject's vision.
Ow! That hurt! What was that? Crap! That hurt. How long will this go on? I can't watch this.
Another spark dances across the subject's vision.
Crap! That was worse then the last. They're hurting me. Because I won't watch this, they're hurting me. That's not right. I won……
An even brighter spark traces her line of sight.
Ahhh! Fine! I will watch! I will watch. Just don't hurt me again. Please.
What in the world is she doing? Why would she do that? She's licking something. It's strange, I don't have one of those. At least I don't think I do. I didn't, I think.
He seems to enjoy it. So does she… Who is that man? Where did he come from? Oh, he has another one of those things. Oh! He's putting it in her hole. She really seems to like that.
That feels good.
Wait.
I'm feeling good. Why am I feeling good? What is that inside me? What's in my mouth?
Its strange- there's nothing there. But it tastes, salty? Yes, I believe it is salty. And warm. Very warm.
She's moving her head on his part. Maybe if I…
Yes. That feels better. Me moving my head like this…. Mmmm… That is good…
If I do this... Yes… Even better. Faster is better.
Very good, that feels very good.
Wait, don't go! It was just feeling good! Come back!
Shoot. I was just feeling good.
Uh-oh. I'm moving again. I don't want to move. Where am I going?
What is that noise?
Darkness envelops the subject.
I don't remember.
Something happened. I remember something. Watching something. Tasting something. What was it? That damned noise.
Where am I now?
I see others. Others like me. We're on racks. There are hundreds of us. We're moving. Where are we going? Who is that man?
He has a uniform on. Obey uniforms. What is he doing? He's taking his uniform off. Human. Why is he taking his uniform off?
He's touching her- one of them like me. Why is he touching her? She doesn't want to be touched. He's not in uniform. He's not the One. He's not supposed to be touching her. She doesn't belong to him.
It's that thing! The thing! It feels good! Oh, I want it! Please, me, me!
He can't hear me. I can't speak. He's putting it in her. She must be so happy. It must feel so good to have that thing in her. I feel warm just thinking about it. I want one in me!
What's he doing? He's been at it for three minutes eleven seconds. Oh, he's stopping. He must be done. I don't think he was supposed to do that. Only the One is supposed to touch us.
His uniform is back on. Obey uniforms. It's dark in here. Where are we going?