CYBORGS AND HUMANS
I could feel the breath of wind on my face.It was so rare. This type which doesn't make you want to go inside your house.The type which makes you want to enjoy the nature.I nearly snorted.What nature? When you live in a metropolitan city which has more humanoids and cyborgs than humans. I used to grow up hearing stories about society where people socialised with each other. My grandmother was the only who actually talked with me.But she died when I was nine years old.
My father was one who never really talked .It was just the occasionally passing Hi's and Byes.Nine years has passed since my grandma's death.The government will be re established. There is going to be one government for the whole world and it is not even going to be led by humans .It will be led by cyborgs. My father worked as the main scientist who developed the cyborg that will be the ultimate one.The one that will have the same thinking power as humans.Today he is going to activate it .
I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't see a guy about my age standing across me frantically searching for something.
"Hello",I said.
He finally looked up to me .His eyes widened on seeing me.He ran towards me.
"Are you Melissa.The daughter of Scientist R.Stephens",he asked breathless.
I nodded slightly suspicious about why he was asking me this.
He finally calmed down.
"What is today's date?",he asked.
I raised my eyebrows.
"25 th September",I replied.
"No I meant the year",he said.
"He must be a mad man",I thought.
"It's 2098",I finally replied after staring at him for a moment.
He nodded as if he expected this and asked,"So this is the day that the ultimate cyborg is going to be launched ,right?"
I was in shock .This was known only to a select few.I took the gun which was hidden inside my jacket and pointed it at him.
"Who are you?Are you a spy",I asked him.I was ready to shoot him if it was necessary.
"No look I am not a spy.You have to trust me in this.I come from the future.Where the government is being led by the humanoids.There are only a few humans left.And the ones which are left are treated as if they were animals.",he said.
I lowered the gun in my hands a little.
"Look I will take you to the mental institution as soon as you tell me from where you know about the information",I said to him.
He looked as if I was the one who went mad.
Seeing his look,I said finally,"Okay,if what you are saying is true .Then why do you need me?"
He looked so relieved that I was letting him speak.
"You have to hear me out completely.If the ultimate cyborg is launched it will lead to the destruction of the world. I come from the year 2171.As they have their own thinking capacity they will develop themselves furthur. And the government which will be led by them is not going to be successful.Humans will be under the control of them.So we have to stop the launch,before it gets out of our hands.",he completed.
I looked at him completely bewildered.
"Prove it.",I said.
"Prove what?",he asked.
"Prove that you are from the future",I said.
He looked frustrated.
And said finally,"You miss your grandmother"
I looked at him my expression unreadable.
"With just that,I can't trust you",I said to him my tone slightly hostile.
He just looked more frustrated.He then took a small circular device from his pockets and gave it me.I took it and examined it closely for a moment and then raised my eyebrows.
He seeing my expression said,"This is a device which will allow you to go through my memories.You have to hold my hand with this device in your other hand."
I nodded. Slightly hesitant,I took his hand and then all at once I saw.
Earth.But not the one I grew up in.But the one which was completely different.Complete cruelty.
The cries of children.The pain of the old people.And much more destruction
Robots,Cyborgs and complete mayhem.
"Who are you?What are you to me?",I asked him, coming out of my reverie.
"My name is Jonathan and that's only what I can tell you",he said looking at me gravely.
"I hope that I don't regret helping you Jonathan",I said looking at him my voice unnaturally soft.
He nodded and I spotted the slightest hint of a smile in his face.
"We need to break into your father's office .And destroy the computer that is inside the cyborg.We need to stop it before you father activates it.".he said.
I nodded and just as he was about to start walking.
I asked him,"He could just simply redesign the whole thing right?"
He stilled.
"We have to destroy the formula ?Shouldn't we?",I asked him.
He nodded.
"He could just create the formula again right?",I asked him.
He looked at me .And then slowly took a bottle which was filled with some yellow liquid.
"What is that?",I asked him.
"This is called a memory serum.You can give it to him .And he will be going to a dazed state.At that time I will hypnotise him to forget what you want him to",he said handing me the serum.
I nodded and took the serum from his hand .
I prayed to God that he would me forgive me for what I am about to do.
For betraying my father.
For destroying his twenty years of hard work.
I prayed that I wouldn't regret what I am about to do.
I closed my eyes and prayed for one last minute and followed Jonathan who was already near my father's research area.
We stood near the door.Jonathan signaled me to tell him the code.
"0678354Dfr",I told him.
He nodded, and typed it.The door opened.
I looked inside the room .No one was there except my father who was working so hard.The finishing touches of the cyborg.The robot which will cause all this destruction.
There I could see it.The cyborg.I signaled Jonathan to remain there.He nodded.
I went near it.And it in its robotic voice said,"Hello.I am Robert.Cyborg number 001"
This is it .
If my father activates the chip which was inside the cyborg.It will become human like.I cannot let that happen.Especially if it leads to the destruction of humans.
"Melissa what are you doing here?I thought you were visiting the park?",my father asked me surprised.
"Change of plans.Since it is such a big day for you.I brought you some juice so that it might refresh you.",I said.
My father nodded gratefully and took the serum from my hands.
He just looked at for one minute and took a large gulp of it while I was praying that nothing bad would happen to him.
After a few seconds I could note the changes in him.His eyes became unfocused and he started falling.I caught him before he fell.And made him sit on the couch near by.
Jonathan came inside and stared at my father's eyes.He started speaking,"You are going to forget about your research.You spent the last 20 years living with your daughter in the countryside.You have never even thought about the advancing technologies in robots.You are going to forget it all."
With that Jonathan lightly touched my fathers face.My father then fell into a deep sleep.
I suddenly started panicking."What did you do to him.If something happens to him I will hunt you down and kill you."
Jonathan shook his head and said,"No he just fell into a deep sleep.When he wakes up,he will believe what I made him think."
He went near the cyborg and looked it with such hatred that I stilled.He took the screwdriver and started to levigate the cyborg.He then started slowly taking the chip from its brain.
He then took hammer and started smashing the chip.Till it became no bigger than small fragments.
He then finally looked at me.There was something familiar about him which I couldn't identify.
"It's time for me to go,old friend",he said.
My eyes widened in shock.Then he took a remote like thing from his pocket and pressed a button.Then suddenly a very large black hole appeared in the air sucking him inside.
I stared at the place where he stood just moments before wondering whether all this was real.
And then from behind me I heard a groan.My father was waking up.I went to sit beside him.I lightly touched his shoulders.
"Melissa,what is going on?What is this place?",he asked so confused that my heart broke.
"It's nothing father;Now lets get you home",I said to him.
I stood up and extended my hands to him.He took it and we left that place.
55 years later[YEAR 2153]
"Mother you don't have to wash the utensils.You could have called me",I heard my grand daughter say.
"You know very well that I wouldn't have let you,with your new born baby and all.......",I said to her.
She came near me holding her son in her hand.
"Well,aren't you a cutie",I said to him playing with his tiny hands.
"I have decided to name him Jonathan.",I heard my grand daughter say.
I looked at her shocked.
So this Jonathan was my great grandchild who came to me when I was a girl when he was in trouble.
Realization dawned on me.
I looked at him in a different light.
Jonathan.The emissary of humans.