***WARNING: Contains Scenes of Gore, Murder, and Child Death.***
The pigmentation of the experiment's skin fades, looking more ghostly. Her tears slip out, but her eyes no longer express any emotion; accepting her fate.I extract the silent infant out from inside of her. The small human's head hung back unnaturally in my palms, it's little eyes closed and mouth gaping. Somewhat like a rag doll. "The injection failed, Doctor," My assistant, Charlotte, alerts me. It's always the drugs that cause the effects to malfunction. We come so close, yet results for the experiments cease. We only have a month before demands increase. Even if some of the consumers preferred my system, there would be no doubt that raising the prices of shipment for the products will decrease our financial income. I place the fragile corpse on one of the examination tables, "Take her to the grinder, I'll take care of this one," I instruct. Charlotte walks towards the experiment, "Let me see my baby. Give me my baby," the woman croaks, her throat sore from her previous screaming.
She still doesn't know it's dead. I'll make sure she gets the message. "Leave him...alone," the woman continues, as I reach for the knife, "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I scoop up the lifeless body with one hand and take him to his mother's arms. The experiment freezes once she realizes he isn't breathing, "Don't worry, Love," I soothe, lifting the knife to her neck, "You'll see him soon." Slicing in one swift motion takes the burden off Charlotte's shoulders. I pick up the baby and place it back on the table, "I appreciate the assistance, Doctor," She thanks me before removing the body from the room. I grasp the hammer nearby, the blood stains still present from its previous usage. I raise the hammer in the air, and with no hesitation, bust open it's newborn skull.
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The XY Project
Science FictionIn the year 2104, humans that have been genetically altered while in the womb, to their parent's specifications, are identified as Progressives, while the ones with no alterations are known as Normals. This future society creates a world of discrimi...
