COUNTERFEIT

Chapter 2 - The Homecoming

May 25th, 2131. Andromeda Resorts, Dehradun.

"The police force states that the claims of a  homicide involving a synthezoid which is suspected of a murder involving a team of scientists in Cybermax Inc. are in fact false and that the investigation is still on going. They allegedly have neutralized the synthezoid by destroying its core.

These creatures mimic humans in every possible way you can think. It's almost like we can create a new human. They absorb the memories of the person it was programmed for and gives the person a new body to live in. As no A.I. invasions hasn't happened in the past century, scientists guarantee that these synthezoids are no threat to humanity.

Are these Synthezoids really a path to afterlife ? How are entirely new humans are made out of scratch? Are these synthezoids really going to takeover humanity? Stay tuned." Says a news reporter in the projection of Natasha's phone. Natasha turns off her holo-phone and stops at the resort.

Natasha is on her way to the high school reunion. It was the first time she saw these guys in years. She is kind of bummed out about being late and the party getting started without her.

A Robot Butler greets her at the entrance and ushers her into the party room. The Splendid party vibes was a big relief from her stressful job.

As Natasha looked around, she saw everyone gathering around and screaming" Chug, Chug, Chug ". It's almost like a party scene from a teen movie. As she walked towards the gathering she got more and more excited. She started to get into the party mood. She didn't feel this alive for a very long time. 

"What do you call when Napoleon is caught in a fire ?" A voice appears from behind. A man appears in front of Natasha.

"French Fries. Still Remember that joke, Raj" said Natasha laughing.

Natasha met so many of her old friends while walking through the crowd that gathered around a guy who she couldn't quite seem to recall. There, in the middle of the chanting crowd stood the man with his bulging biceps doing a handstand with a beer pipe in his mouth. He was drinking like a fish and finished the whole keg. It's almost as if he was the soul of the party. The Crowd cheered for him as he stood up proudly on his feet as if he had won a war.

The Drunken man seemed familiar to Natasha. She was just beginning to recall his name as the guy walked towards her and said with a deep voice -
" Hey Nat! How are you doing?"

"OH MY GOD! VICKY!!!! Hi how you've been ? You had a big glow up." Natasha replied.

"Well...." Before Vikram could finish his sentence, he started to throw up in front of Natasha.
Thanks to Cleaner Robots, the floor was wiped out clean almost immediately.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." Vikram said

"It's ok. It's not worse than the pumpkin incident."

"Well, looks like someone's been remembering me."

"It was inevitable as you were quite an unforgettable person. Look at you, Have you been on fit pills ?"

"I know that these pills give you an athlete's body using muscle memory, but a true person gets fit and healthy through old school workouts."

"That is so hard. I could never do that."

"That's what she said."

"Does SHE refer to the robot maid that cleans your toilet seat ?"

"Good one, Nat. So what do you do besides taking my breath away ?"

Natasha blushed. For the first time in months, she felt valuable. The back and forth flirting went on for hours. Natasha felt almost as if Vikram was a different person. He was very confident and charming unlike 10 years ago.

They knew this was it. They started falling head over heels for each other. Natasha and Vikram eventually dated and got married after 2 years.

It looked like the right time to start having kids until the unforeseen incident hit them.