Time ticks away with the world running as it should, nothing seem to be out of the ordinary
Nothing at all except the site a powerful explosion had occurred in a few days back, an explosion the result shocked everyone that had about it
The site is still as deserted as it was after the soldiers left, no one had venture into this area too
Especially now the battle between the human a and android has skyrocketed, becoming very intense
That battle is going on in different area of the slums everyday, countless dying to the force of Gaia all In the name of saving humanity and eradicating threat
The humid breeze filled with pollution cuss the surface of the huge crater the explosion cause
Everything is just ordinary with this site except you look closely, looking at the site with a microscopic view
Microscopic sparks as molecular level is constantly running amok on the surface of the crater
The dust that remains after the explosion slowly begins to vibrate and shift, with tiny molecules starting to form bonds with each other.
This process is guided by a subtle force, like an invisible hand guiding the molecules into place.
As the bonds form, the molecules take on a recognizable shape, forming the cells and structures of a human body.
The energy that guides this process is almost undetectable, invisible to the naked eyes
As the molecular bonds continue to form, the cells and structures of the body take on a more defined shape.
Organs begin to form, with blood vessels and nerves branching out, connecting everything together.
The skeleton solidifies, and muscles and skin wrap around it, creating a more solid form.
This process continues until the body is complete, and a pulse can be felt, as the heart starts to beat, and the lungs start to breathe.
Its like a scene coming straight from one of those old sci-fic and fantasy movies, it just feel so unreal that one would think its a Dream or illusion
Or better still a simulated projection set by modern day technology, but the obvious is hard to refute
There is no technology here, not a single one for miles around, also the way the body formed out of thin air is too ridiculous to pass as simulation because it just too real
Finally, the eyes of the figure formed out of the dust opened, his youthful feature and vibrant demeanor fully in display as he spoke, asking "Where am I?"
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Somewhere many light years away from earth, in a very huge advanced and futuristic mother ship
Hovering quietly outside space without a single sign of live, all engines seems to be dead as the ship is using the antigravity of outer space to stay afloat
Something happened, immediately the young man formed out of the dust opened his eyes and spoke
A beeping sound came alive in the ship, and in few seconds, the ship began coming alive, engines coming on
And running, all other featureof the mother ship activated and the next minute, the huge ship looks like a living and moving sea of stars
The silent whinny of engine came to live as all thrusters were set for sail, the ship slowly rotate
Taking a swift turn to a certain direction, activating full speed thruster, the set off for this unknown direction
Disappearing into warps bridge, their destination unknown, but one thing is certain, they are heading for a call
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The young man that had form out of the dust is none other than Victor, the supposed dead victor
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But for some reason he seem to have been resurrected from the dead, his eyes dead pin with a Stoic expression
He couldn't Tell how he survived at the moment, but he could recall the scenes before his sudden death
Grabbing hold of that golden box, he felt a sharp stinging current travel through his hands into his body and bloodstream
Once inside his body, it begin to replicate and spread throughout entire body, bonding with his cells.
enhancing and reconstructing them. This process breaking down and reconstructing is the reason he is alive right now
Before that explosion took place, his body had already been broken down to molecular level, allowing the reconstruction and changes to start from scratch
If not for that simple reason and how fast his entire body broke Into fine powered dust before that explosion took place
He would sure have been dead like the others, the last thing he recall is that mysterious figure screaming at him to stop
Victor scan his body thoroughly, he didn't understand any of this science crap, been born in the slum and still be alive till now is a miracle
Talk more of achieving education, everything those in the slum know are the basic need to survived thought by android or pass down by those that survived the great war
Speaking about education, the world now doesn't bother with the basis for teaching
As long as you are an enhanced human, you SON had access to the confederation internet archive
You can get any information you need there as long as you have the clearance to access it
Academy now is only for practical application of knowledge, military training and a show off of those rich folks and their toys
None of this things concerns victor at the moment aside the fact he is alive, that been said on its own
What next, he survived miraculously from the brink of death, he lost the box and can't tell if the others survived too
From the look of the aftermath, its obvious that would be a pipe dream, for other to survive this kind of blast would take an even bigger miracle
Where do he go from here, no mother or sister anymore, most of the settlement he knew most have been destroyed all the while he was in comma or what ever that is that happened to him
Bumping up on other settlement would cause suspicion also, what would his story be regarding his survival
*sigh*
Victor sigh contemplating all this details in his head, he felt helpless at the moment
What he didn't realizes is his fine computating ability, analyzing everything to a common detail
His usual self would go with the flow, following his impulse, after all he had always been a man of dreams
As if it was a shattered glass, that computating attitude disappeared, one couldn't tell if its because he is too tired to deduced more solution or he is just been himself once again
But he just decided to follow he flow, a naked 16-17 year old walking around without any destination in mind
Roaming around for a good while with no apparent direction to follow, he saw something that caught his attention
He had just walked out off the premise of the explosion, when he saw cyia body lying at the side of a destroyed building
From the look of it, she most have been flang here by the explosion, obviously she is dead
How ironic? Ai dying, that would sound absurd to hear bit not anymore, once an Ai gain sentient
And is uploaded to a body, be it synthetic body or a robotic body of what ever version
They can die just like humans can, they lost the ability to transfer their consciousness to another device
So once an Ai gain sentient, they are extra careful the body they choose to upload their consciousness
If its an Ai in a robot or any android device, they had the ability to transfer their consciousness just once
After that is final, you could ask why not transfer the mainframe of the android to another device if the first one is destroyed
Well scientists tried that option, but it didn't succeed, they were able to reawakened the mainframe but the consciousness inside is gone
It became like a newly made Ai that had to learn things from scratch, unknown if it would ever gain sentient in the nearest future
Still with all this in place, any awaken Ai Eagers and long to have a body of their own, why no body can tell
Humans are looking for a way to escape their shell and extend their lives by the use of machines, Ai are looking for a way to become more human
I mean who would give up a perpetual immortality for mortality, a life constantly afraid of death
Always on the look out for danger that could takeones life, it's just too crazy to think about it.
Having recognized cyia from a distance, he head towards the broke building, her state is terrible
Being a synthetic human android, her body is subjected to the changes and law of nature
Its been a few days now and her body is subjected to decay, accompanied by the harsh polluted air
decay took a faster effect on her body, if not for the clothes and accessories he used in recognizing her
He would have failed to tell it was cyia, squatting beside her, Victor's heart felt heavy
This is the lady that helped him out and they came out together, now she is gone and he is still alive
Sadness overwhelmed Victor as scene of his mother and sister death resurfaced in his mind
Not wanting those feeling to overwhelm him any further, he pushed them aside as he attempt to carry cyia decaying body to bury
Ignoring the stench and buzzing flies surrounding her corpse, the moment his hands touched cyia body
His eyes shot wide open for a few seconds and then he past out completely, there and then.