Preprogrammed

Malfunctioned

POWERING UP...
POWER UP SUCCESSFUL.

Ugh...... This feels terrible. I feel like something was injected into my brain. Was something injected into my brain? I hope not. What if it's an explosive? Nooooooo!!!!!!!!
"Good morning dear!" someone says.
I whip my head around, startled at the sound of the voice, and looked at the sitting woman. Her voice is familiar. She must be Donna.
"I understand this is a very big transition. You probably have no idea what's going on, right?"
I try to speak, but I can't.
VOCAL CORDS DISABLED.
ENABLE USE OF VOCAL CORDS?
>YES >NO
Yes, I would like to enable my vocal cords please.
VOCAL CORDS ENABLED.
That's kinda dumb. Who would automatically disable a person's vocal cords?
"Ahem."
I forgot that Donna was there.
"Hello," I said, noticing how unnatural and robotic my voice sounds. I should probably be used to that. It still surprised me, though.
"My name is Jenn. What is yours?"
"My name doesn't matter dear. I am just her to help soothe you into this transition. Do you have any questions?"
"Can I change my voice?"
Donna laughed, "Of course, you can sweetie. Just go to your system memory and then go to voices and select your old, natural voice. It's that simple."
I search through my memory, having a display over my eyes. I go to the rendering folder and see a small file named "voice." I select it.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THIS AS YOUR DEFAULT VOICE?
Yes, please.
   "Go on. Test your voice out," she says.
   "Hello."
   Wow. I have a pretty voice. I think. It's prettier than Donna's. Don't be mean.
   Something buzzes.
   "Oh! Looks like your graft is ready," Donna exclaims.
   "What's a graft? What are you going to do with me? How is this going to be done?"
   "Relax sweetheart! We are just going to have you go to sleep, and then we will put on some skin and hair to make you look more realistic. Don't worry though. The skin and hair are synthetic, and you won't feel a thing! It may take a while though. Attaching the nerves to the skin and all that. But afterwards, you will look at exactly how you did before!"
What? My head to buzzing with all this new information. Synthetic, what I looked like before, skin, and hair. Gosh, talk a bit slower please. My eye display says that all the memory has been stored in "general information."
   "Go to sleep whenever your ready and we will do the rest."
Activate sleep mode, umm, please? Do I even have to say please to myself? Man, I am writing all this stuff in the command box. How do I stop?
COMMAND NOT RECOGNIZED. PLEASE TRY AGAIN.
   Ugh.
Activate power down.
POWER DOWN ACTIVATED.

   "Wake up, darling! Look at your new you!"
POWERING UP...
POWER UP SUCCESSFUL.
   My eyes flutter open. I instantly notice the eyelashes on my eyes. I sit up. I have tan skin and dark brown, wavy hair. I am in hospital clothes.
   "Thank you."
   "It's our pleasure, dear. Now it's time for us to get you back to your family! Wouldn't want to keep them waiting now?"
   "I have a family?" I muttered.
   "Pardon?"
   "I have a family?"
   "Of course you do. Do.... do you not remember them?"
   "I don't remember anything of a past life."
   "What did you first read when you started to wake up?" she said with such ferocity that it startled me.
I replied, "System starting... System start successful... Memory Transfer in progress... Memory transfer 25%... Memory transfer failed. Why does it matter?"
   Her voice become harsh and menacing. "Damn it. We already created four more. It should have been monitored. What are we going to tell their families? That we failed? No..."
  She walked toward the door, and said in a low voice, "Destroy them."