Devin Planet: The Child Abomination

Chapter 1

    Devin #4 woke up to his 7 am alarm, an hour earlier than the rest of the world. The council members at Devin were forced to get seven hours of sleep every night, a con that came with the job. Their work began at 7 in the morning and ended at midnight. It was a seventeen-hour shift they worked but for the council members, it couldn't be better. Being the chosen Devin's that helped the rest of the population live with the highest standard of living was all the reward they needed. And on top of that, it wasn't bad. It wasn't like they were working hard labor that would need rest. The shift included meetings, experiments, interviews, and many breaks. #4 loved to spend his free time watching his best friend and only friend, Devin #3007's shows and movies they helped direct. While watching those shows and movies, he would play solitaire, chess, checkers, and do crossword puzzles. All to keep the brain functioning and ideas flowing. 

     As a council member, #4 wasted no time in getting ready for the day. Taking a quick shower after brushing his teeth, he got dressed in black loose-fitting cargo pants, black sweater with a long-sleeve shirt underneath, and his black sneakers that had been drawn by him. Eyes and silly shapes all over the soles. After dressing and combing his short, brown, straight hair, he grabbed purple and white eyeliner and drew two lines, one of each color, on his eyes that flowed vertically down. He looked at himself in the mirror, he looked beautiful and ready to start work. But first, breakfast with the rest of the council members.

        #4 walked down the halls and multiple rooms to make it into the kitchen. It had been six months since he was accepted into the council of Devins and he reminisced about his first few days here. Exploring the Dana and getting lost when trying to find his way from one room to the next. But once he learned the layout of the Dana, he realized it wasn't difficult to navigate. Starting from the entrance, the left side had all the bedrooms and living rooms. Movie theatres, regular living rooms, and a living room mixed with a few games like chess, checkers, darts, and pool. To the middle of the Dana, or straight forwards if at the entrance laid the other rooms. Kitchen, dining rooms, arcades, bars, storages, libraries. And to the left of the entrance was the work area. Where all the rooms that helped maintain the world were scattered across. Lots of experimenting laboratories, computer systems for the population, taxes, surveys, energy, food production, and energy. 

     He was making his way to the main dining room, so he moved towards the middle of Dana. He saw part of the council already there, he and #5 were the only ones missing. They were talking, and when they looked to see who was standing at the doorstep, stopped their conversations to greet him. "Good morning, 4!" They all said in almost perfect unison. He waved and took his seat at the table. 

      4 flinched and had to close his eyes to ignore the piercing voice of someone he despised dearly. For no particular reason other than she was a loud, overly eager, giddied individual that woke up with an energy that did not die, ever. It was Devin #5. She had just entered the dining room and was skipping away with a bright smile that hurt 4's eyes, shielding himself like a vampire exposed to light. "Good morning everyone. How was everyone's beautiful morning!" She hugged everyone, and 4 just gave her a quick pat on the arm. It was incredible how annoying she was able to be. From the first day 4 met her, he knew he would hate her. And yet, he felt horrible to think that. She was an amazing and smart council member that had been helping many Devin's since getting invited to the council. It was her personality. Her awful, bright and positive atttitude. 

        The council members hugged her and expressed their own postive mornings. 4 looked at them, smiling and energized for the morning. It was her spells of positivity and good energy that allowed everyone to feel good. Except 4. His morning had been ruined again by 5. He needed to stop doing this, allowing 5 to ruin his day because they worked together. Closely together when they both were in the medical field of council members. Devin #4 was all about the health and medicine of Devin's while Devin #5 was about the psychological and physiological of Devin's. A lot of the time, they needed each other for advice, theories, and had once worked together to develop a cure for the neurological disorder of overwhelming emotions 3007 was born with and had it treated. The treatment before the two came in was electro-shock therapy. But they found and easier fix and way to diagnose the problem. If a child had severe mood swings, they would have their brains scanned and their neurons counted. If there were too many neurons connected to the emotional part of the brain, they would no longer have to smoke Blue Flower or get the therapy, instead they would be subjected to a radioactive treatment that would burn the extra neurons. After many test subjects, they were able to perfect the treatment. Once would the Devin have to get this treatment and it would be over in just ten seconds.