Chapter 7

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Hello, this is Gabriella I'm the writer of this story. I'm letting you know in advance the story will change prospectives mid-chapter.  Please don't be alarmed. I will let you know when this happens. 

A lot of people sit outside. Kids in their colors of pink and cyan. "Hey Veronica, if you win this war what will you do?" I asked. I wanted to know what each of their plans was. "You know I've been working for a while, I think I should settle down," Veronica said. Did she mean to retire? "You want to retire?" I asked. "Noa much better thing than retirement I'm going to have a baby I always wanted to be a mother but with the resistborg out there I was worried for the offspring's safety," Veronica said "If we win I'm going to raise a child just like I always wanted to do," Veronica said. Did she have a boyfriend I didn't know about? I'd read about boyfriends and girlfriends. "Do you have a boyfriend?" I asked her "No I don't Marcus I'll have to use a sample I've known every person here ever 175 adults here and none of them is my type," she said. "You have high standards, Veronica," Aiden said "I know but lately I've been confused about my feelings. I know I shouldn't feel this way." Veronica went from what I learned you feel the way you want to feel there shouldn't be a problem with it. "Veronica your feelings are valid whatever your feelings you're supposed to feel," I said then Veronica kissed me. I feel it's wet and gross her lips are gritty and dry. I pulled her off. " You see the thing is you just test me and I like that and you make me rethink the way I see the world" I start gagging. Veronica tears up.

Aiden laughs. I keep gagging "well say something," Veronica said as she slaps me. I shake my head. I didn't really like being kissed. "WHAT I DON'T LIKE BEING KISSED," I said. Aiden keeps laughing hysterically. "I kissed an Asexual" Veronica said defeated. "An A what," I asked "It means you don't like sex dude," Aiden said suddenly a cluster of light falls from the sky. Veronica yanks my arm "Hey it's starting" she said everyone looks in awe as we watch the shooting stars. It gets late Veronica fell asleep on the ground. "Hey, Aiden helped me lift her," I asked him and he nodded. We lift Veronica to be. "Fucking she's heavy," Aiden said "No shit sherlock what do you think she weighs 140; 145 tops" I guessed. We throw her on the bed and it makes a thud. She moans. "The hell doesn't wake her," I said as she rolled over. "See cozy" Aiden said "Welp I'm going to prepare to die," Aiden said walking off I look at Veronica and tuck her in. "Thanks for everything Veronica ... goodnight to the rest of your life," I said I turned off the light and tucked myself in. I wake up the next morning and walk myself to the computer room "There is a chance this can't work but if it doesn't you're not to blame" Donny said "I know" I replied he goes to my eye and begins to download the information.

(Change in perspective.)

Veronica

I was in charge of leading the guard from what I heard we had more than our arm of 25 we had about 86. We knew we were outnumbered, so we relied on Donny to plant the virus into the system in time. Our battlefront stood there, some had no weapons as we were not used to such a large army. Some were without shields, some were without armor. My only plan was to wait for them to attack. As defense was our best offense. If we had to stand off then so be it. "Alright everyone, I know some of you don't know anything about war so we're going to get down to detail," I said as I began to explain the plan. Some begin to look concerned as I give them the numbers. If all the lives are fought which they probably won't we're looking at close to 2,000 soldiers. Not only that they are weaponized from their enhancements.

We begin to cluster outside and stand in a line hand in hand. Waiting silently after an hour in the warm sun we hear the march or metal come by. They all stood in perfect formation, some still had blood on them from where they had been freshly turned. Suddenly the leader stands there and makes a menacing grind "Your move" she said I hold back the person nearest to me, a person in green. "HOLD YOUR GROUND" I yelled. We begin our standoff. BANG. I didn't see where the shots were fired but I saw Joshua falls and everyone screamed. "KEEP HOLDING," I said as a frenzy of faces looked panicked. Suddenly a lot of cyborgs pull out their guns. They fire many falls to the thousands of oncoming bullets now few remain. They aim. Again. "You're making this too easy for me," the master said. They all aim their guns but then suddenly right away they are about to squeeze the trigger. They all shut down and drop their arms. I ran over and hugged the nearest person, tears running down my cheek "WE WON WE DID IT WE DID IT" I screamed off the top of my lungs. Donny walks out and smiles "Today a victory for us all let's collect these body's and scrap them," he said "Wait for Donny," I asked him "Why not instead of scrapping them we do something else with them," I asked I had a plan but it'd take Donny's mind to give me what I wanted. 6 months later. Donny hasn't quite given me what I asked but he is working on it today. I go to the sperm bank to select a sample and I finally feel ready to have a child now that other communities have figured out how to stop their cyborg community. They feel safe enough to have a life in which the world is safe.

A world is full of emotions and freedom, a perfect world, a perfectly imperfect world. A girl in green smiles as she holds a sample in her hand "you want an anonymous sample are you sure" she asked "I want to love my child for who they are and not who their father is'' I said, "well the father said to tell them who I am when they are born he sadly is dead now he died in the war" she said I look down in sadness "He must have fought hard in the battlefront" I said the girl in green nods. "Do you know his alliance?" I asked "Donny left it blank he wanted that anonymous whoever you're getting to be picked based on personality not on who he was all it says won't shut up, likes to ask questions" I knew a few people like that. I remember I didn't like people who asked questions but since Marcus things changed. "At first I believed blindly following orders was the right thing to do but I learned asking questions was something you should do more often. I want a kid who won't blindly follow orders yeah I think that's the right one" I said. I delivered in bed and 9 months later I sat at the bed holding a boy.

"Anthony, I think I'll name him Anthony," I said, playing with his red lock. "Are you ready to know the father?" The doctor asked. I smiled. I thought I had an idea there was nobody here with the redhead gene that I knew but one boy. "It's Marcus," she said, "but I think you knew that by the hair" she joked I laughed "I thought he rejected me" I commented. Aiden walks in with some flowers "HEY THE GODFATHER JUST ARRIVED" he said Donny walks in "un excuse me I'm Italian I'm the godfather" he impersonated. "Just because you are Italian dude," Aiden said "You both are the godfathers," I said "Even if you 1/16 Koren or half Italian say where is your girlfriend Donny," I asked Donny while lifting his glasses "where do you think" he sighs. I figured she'd work over my birth. I chuckle warmly. "Oh hey Veronica, does this look nice?" He asked, opening a small box with a gold ring with 3 small diamonds surrounding it. "It's beautiful, did Aiden help pick it out for you?" I asked. Aiden smiles "Sure did sister I inspired him to get married to his longtime girlfriend the ring was used but refurbished but the thought counts," he said. "She's not into big diamonds anyway so something simple like this will work," Donny said "Why are you guys talking about it?" His girlfriend said walking up behind him "NOTHING" Donny panicked"just tell her," I told him.

Donny gets down on one knee and shows the ring. She tears up "Will you marry me" she squeals "YES YES YES" "it took you long enough" she said "wow this is pretty" she said. Everything couldn't be going perfectly except for one thing. 3 years pass one day Donny walks up to me as I send my boy to preschool. I push him along the door. "Come on now I've finished the project," He said. I looked surprised as I walked down the corridors. There we're a lot more paintings in the past few years and a lot more crayons marker sketches. I smiled. I look in the room and see Marcus was mostly cyborg. It scared me at first. "To keep him from decomposing I had to use the metal from the other cyborgs I deactivated to make him live he still has emotions but he will remain a cyborg," he said, "Veronica this has a very slim chance of working he may have been gone too long but if it does he might not be the same the world we live in now might shock him and I might need to take him out again out of mercy." I looked up at him and I held his hand "I believe he is still in there he's my friend" I said "Turn it on" I insisted. He turns him on and I sit for a while. Finally a flicker. "Veronica, am I dead." He asked if his voice was that of a cyborg. "No Marcus we brought you back to life Marcus the wars over we won you did it," I said. "We did it," he said, his eyes making teardrop emojis. "What was that?" Marcus asked "did I just" Donny smiled "I installed a feature in your eyes so that you may cry if you like." Marcus begins to cry tears of joy as she holds our hands dancing around laughing and we blissfully keep dancing in his embrace.

Finally, life can be perfectly imperfect. The resistance is over. 

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