The next day at school was...how do I say...Yeetastic for everyone but me.
"Now, does anyone know the thing that makes up our body". Mrs. Parker asked.
"Curves!" Called out a female voice. The class laughed.
"No, the answer is cells, I'm sure all you have heard the term, clone".Everyone started murmuring about clones.
"Well, clones are real, half the cows we had were clones- The class moaned for being reminded about cow's extinction.
"Alright, keep it together class", Mrs. Parker says"a clone can be copied, and brought to life because we can split cells and eggs then mutate them by letting the same species give birth to the clone". "However, we can't do that with extinct animals because they don't have a female if their species to give birth to the clone". " Its been seriously hard to find a way but we finally did".
"And that was done last night in Jacksonville Florida genetic facility". Mrs. Parker turned on the SmartBoard.
The screen switched to Jacksonville Florida Genetic Facility. A man with a glasses and a lab coat on stood in front of the building. I've been there once on a field trip.
"It hit us all very hard when beef went extinct". He said to the camera."I, a beef lover myself, didn't want to believe that beef was gone so I took matters in my own hands!"
The screen switched scenes to a ice room. Thick metal doors opened as steam spewed out of loose metal pipes. The scientist walked to a big machine that looked like a giant microwave with a computer on top, wires and tubes on the side.
"This is the Genetic 2000". He said while cold air blew out his mouth. "It copies cells and scans DNA and genetically makes...clones".
He took out two tubes with liquid in it. One with blood, the other with a yellow fluid looking thing.
"This", he said showing us the blood"is cow blood". "Blood holds DNA that-blah-blah-blah science crap.
I lost interest when he started explaining the chemical structures in blood. I focused on passing notes to Yael.
This is sooooooo boring. I passed it to Yael. Yael wrote back.
Yea, 2 u, ya vegetarian, I'm actually interested. I stuck my tongue at him. Yael did it back.
Tyreese moaned. I turned my attention back at the video.
"Mix these two fluids, enter the formula, and press enter". The scientist said pressing the big red button.
Tyreese tapped me on the shoulder. I turned to him. He was about to say something but the sounds coming from the screen were more interesting.
"ERROR, ERROR, ERROR!" Repeated the computer. The scientist kicked it in till it stopped.
"Sorry, that was a glitch that happens in the computer every now and then, only a minor problem, nothing serious". He tried to play it off cool.
Lights flashed, sparks flew and the machine shook. Finally it stopped. The scientist opened the giant door and inside was a...cow!
The class ooed and awed at this miracle.
The cow was plump, big and juicy looking. Another cow came out but it was a male, in other words a bull. The cows mooed and acted as real cows. I couldn't believe my eyes!
"Some of you are thinking, isn't this playing God?" "Well...not necessarily". "Are these cows real?" "Yes, made with everything cows are made with, only with an extra gene called "Jeretic". "Jeretic is a gene that give the cow extra meat, extra milk, and less of the unhealthy stuff original cows had like carbs and fat etc.
"Thanks to this invention, cows will repopulate and once again we can eat beef!" The class cheered. "By tomorrow night, packages of fresh beef will be in every store around the world!" The scientist held a package of beef in his hand and showed it to the camera.
The camera switched to a news reporter.
"And you heard it folks, beef is back and bad-
Mrs. Parker turned off the screen. She explained once again on how all this was possible and gave us a worksheet about it.
I thought of the "new meat" made me shutter. I didn't like it at all. Cloning? Its not natural. It'll probably give everyone diarrhea or something. What got me the most was how he ignored that ERROR, ERROR thing. I would've been atleast worried. I'm not getting anywhere near this "new meat".
When I got home, for the first time there was no arguing. Nobody was in the living room or kitchen. I left my stuff on the floor and went upstairs in my room. Ozzie was right where I looked, under her bed with a book.
"Where is everyone?" I asked.
"Dad went to work, uncle and mom are here". She answered not looking up from her thick book. I nodded and left her alone.
I went to go see mom and remind her that we needed to go dress shopping. Her door was locked again. I got nosey and pressed my ear up against the door.
There was defiantly a sound. I couldn't make it up at first but it sounded a little like -My phone rang. It was Yael.
I turned away from the door and answered.
"I can't believe beef is back!" He cheered. "This is awesome!"
"Meh, it's alright".
" Buzz kill, come with me to the market and lets make and eat our first package of the new meat!"
"Y-
"Oh that's right, your a vegetarian, well you can cook it and I can eat it!"
"Yael!" I shouted trying to keep up with his fast talking. "I don't want to do any of those things!" " I don't even want you to do all those things, something about this "new meat" is not right".
Yael groaned. "Whyyyyyyyyyyy?"
"Just trust me". I said firmly. "Don't eat it".
"Is this because your conspiracy of processed meat?"
"That's besides the point, I'm serious, please don't eat it". Yael let out a loud powerful groan.
"Fine". He hung up. Even though I'm sure I just killed his vibe, I'm sure I made the right decision.
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Leola and Ozzie vs. The World
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