I woke up. I quickly sat up straight. I squint then I looked around me to see if there was some distinctive difference from before slept. My eyes swept across the room and I saw that there was nothing different then I fell back on the bed.
I tried to keep my eyes shut and go back to sleep but they won't keep shut. I turn to the side and I stared off to the small broken windows on the wall. The light from the outside makes it look like five or six in the morning, but in fact, It's almost eight. I pull my blanket and fully covered myself in it like a caterpillar in a cocoon.
It has been snowing hard since last night, but at least it's not as cold anymore. The warmth of the blanket makes me feel safe and secure despite everything that's been happening. The deaths, the suicides, the rebellion. I want to stop it myself, but I can't, I feel so helpless. But I shouldn't, because I know that the other androids and people out there are in a far more worse situation than I am, they're helpless.
There are other people out there who can't even feel the security I have; There are people out there who can't feel the warmth of the blanket I have right now outside in the harsh and cold weather. Those thoughts bug me. I know how lucky I am right now, but I just can't help feeling helpless. It's annoying my other half, who is actually selfless and actually thinks about the others
I shook my head off. I stood up and went down from the bunk. I knelt and reached my bag that Neil gave to me under the Bed. I opened it and looked for a Jacket. I found it, I put it on myself, I closed the bag then I stood up.
I walked to the end of the room to the exit. Almost everybody is already awake, there are only some people still sleeping. I assume that those people are the ones that guard at night. I exit the room and I walked to the Dining Hall.
Everybody already had a seat and they were already eating breakfast. I went in front to get my food and tray. After I took my food, I face everyone else. Everyone was quiet and was looking at me as I am the only one that is still standing
I quickly look for a table, but It seems that every table in the front part is already taken, so I just ran to the back as I know that there are rarely people sitting in those parts. I am right, there was no one there. After I ran towards the back, they continued talking to each other, like nothing happened.
I sat down on the large table all alone. I tried to look where Hazel and the others sat down to eat, but I couldn't see them, even just a glimpse because there are so many people blocking my view. Not their Hair, Face or even just their Clothes.
I ate there, all alone. Every bite was filled with some kind of negative emotion that I can't identify, but it makes the food hard to swallow. I can't believe I'm actually going through this again. I stopped eating then I repeatedly smacked my fist to my head.
I know myself that the situation is getting more and more dire but that hardly affects me in any way. But I started this, I'm the cause of this. Just the thought of those people who died, blaming me for their deaths just make me pity myself. Which is a pretty ridiculous reason to be like this.
I shook off all the thoughts and I just continued eating. I ate my breakfast as fast as I could, so that I could do other stuff to fill my empty mind. I finished eating just in time, I finished at the same time as the other Androids.
I left my plate and tray in the kitchen. I went on to find anyone I know and talk to them. It could be anyone, Hazel, Clark or even Nathan, I just really want someone to talk to about what I'm currently feeling. As I walk through the surge of people walking to the kitchen to leave their dishes, I eventually see Nathan.
"Nathan!" I shouted to attract his attention
"Oh hey Shawn! What is it?" He said then he came closer to me
"I just wanna talk you know?" I said hesitantly, thinking that he would just laugh at what I would say
"You know, I want to tell you something too" He said
"So which of us will say it first?" I said
"I'll say it first since it's urgent" He said quickly
"Sure, go ahead" I said impatiently
"Can you go get the water filter that we ordered from the shop?" He said in a surprisingly enthusiastic way
"Isn't Neil just going to pick it up before he comes back?" I ask
"But we need it now, we're running out of filtered and clean water" He replied
"Oh, is that so?" I said with a little bit of disappointment
"Yes. Can you do it? Pretty please?" Nathan pleaded
"Sure" I said then I faked a smile
"Great! Here's the Address of the store" He said then he pulled out a piece of paper then he gave it to me
"But how am I going to get there? also, without being seen?" I asked him
"Oh yes. Hmm... Neil brought his car" He said then he thought of things for quite a while. "You can use the bike from the storage room!" He said then he started walking to the storage room
We went to the storage room. He pushed some boxes in the edge of the room then he pulled out a bicycle. It was an average sized bicycle with a small box in it's back. It seems like it is still in good condition but there are just some dust and rust, especially in the chains of the bike.
"But people from the outside can identify me. How can I stay hidden or at least, just unidentified?" I asked him as I held the bike
"Wait here" He said then he hurriedly left the room
I waited there in the room for quite awhile, about fifteen minutes I guess. Eventually Nathan came back, he was carrying a black piece of cloth then He handed it over to me. I unfolded the cloth and It reveals to be the Black sweatshirt that Neil left behind
"What should I do when I get there?" I said while inspecting the sweatshirt
"Just tell her that you're Neil's assistant and she'll give you the filter" He said then he pulled a wallet from his pocked then gave me some money. "Also, give this to her" He said
I took off my jacket and my t-shirt in the storage room. Which was a bad idea since the cold wind just blows through the small holes on the woods of the walls. It was freezing cold. I wore the sweatshirt that Nathan gave me. It still had that distinctive smell of Neil's perfume despite he only used this for awhile yesterday.
I opened the storage room door then pull the bike out of the storage room to the outside of the warehouse. I put the money my pocket, then I opened the gates of the warehouse. After opening the gate, I sat on the bike's seat. I rubbed my hands, preparing myself to face the cold. I put on the hood, I put my hands on the handles then I started cycling and I left.
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Sorry if that was a kinda boring chapter, this serves as the precursor to the crazy stuff that will be coming soon, because if I didn't do this chapter, you guys will probably be confused about what's going on in the upcoming chapters. Anyways, that's all for now. You could vote this chapter if you liked it, comment down on the comment section what ever is on your mind about this chapter or maybe the whole story in general or just do nothing at all, your read it self means a lot to me, so thank you! I'll see again in the next chapter!
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