Devin Planet

Chapter 5

     4178 and 3007 were silent the whole drive to the arts and crafts store a few seconds away from their homes. The store sold anything to build and create, a do it yourself. Perfect for getting wood, metals, felt, silk, glue, beads, glitter, etc. But now in a place where survival is what all of Devin's are thinking about, it's the perfect place to buy survival items. They needed rope, batteries, sharp objects, objects able to hit someone and hurt them. With sharp items that can hurt others becoming illegal, creating weapons for defending oneself meant creativity was needed. Creativity to make a knife out of paper, or a hammer out of soap. 

       4178 looked out of the window and didn't see anything new. Devin's were ordering cars and getting on, the cars moved and took them to their destination. Just like in the morning and afternoon, just this time it was at a random time where not this many people would be out. He clenched his fists, nervous, wishing he was at home drinking to forget that this was actually happening. Just yesterday he was preparing himself for an apocalypse and buying food to survive, but he didn't think that this would occur. A part of him thought that his plans were an overreaction, but now he knew he was incorrect. Now that he and 3007, a Devin he barely met and knew, were preparing to fight and survive. 

       3007 had both legs up and was hugging them. Half of their hair was held up by a bun, and the lower half swung around their face. They stared at the light gray wall in front them, thinking about random things while waiting for the car to arrive: What lays beyond the Silky Frey? Us, Marvin, and Krissun. What else is there? What if there's a planet where it's desolate, empty. No plants, animals, life, or land. Just an empty sphere of nothing but color. Is that even possible? Could there be nothing yet something? There could be life in another planet, if there is, my Devin would I love to see it. Finally see and touch and breathe something other than infrastructure. 

     Animals lived here... Why'd we get rid of them? What was their reasoning? Sure, it was because the Devin's of the past abused and mistreated them, but why do it? Was it out of nowhere or did the council have a plan to fix it? Their eyes shifted towards 4178 as the car landed. "Why do you think they killed all animals? I mean, ignoring the fact they did it because of abuse. There has to be another reason for instead of teaching Devin's to be kind towards them and putting laws to protect the wildlife, they opted for killing them all to extinction."

        4178 grabbed the latch and opened the car, and without turning back, he answered, "We didn't need them? We created fake meat where no farms would be needed." He got out and watched 3007 scoot towards him and get out. Now they were both close together, meeting eye to eye for the fact all Devins were the same height.

      3007 moved away; 4178 closed the door. "How about pets? I always wanted to own a bird. Big enough and strong enough to lift me up with their claws and fly me around..." 3007's tone shifted. Slow paced, to let 4178 know that this was an important subject that would cause them to become a bit melancholy, if it weren't for the blue flower.

       They both entered the store and walked the aisles. "Won't they be dangerous? Animals killed, you know? And they can't be controlled like us." 4178 scanned the goods on the aisle and realized they were in the fabric aisle. He sped up to another aisle and 3007 chased along. He thought more about 3007's question, before 3007 was able to say another word. He remembered learning that animals became extinct due to the way they were treated when alive. Devin's used to lock them up in cages and force them to breed or experiment on them. Getting rid of them was sad and cruel, but in many ways, saved the future generations from being abused and mistreated. It was a necessary evil, and it paved the way to how Devin's lived today, without having to resolve wildlife problems, like cultivating land, curing wildlife diseases, it allowed the Devin's to have full focus on solving their own problems. 4178 couldn't imagine a world with animals and living plants, Devin's would have even less land to live on.