To Be

It sighed, breath wheezing out of its lungs as it lay in bed. Its bed.

Several days had passed since it woke up from the simulation in the chair, finished reliving memories from a human who had died years ago, believing itself to be that human when it truly was not. Those in charge of the facility had listened to Alex's report and had agreed on giving it a room to live in, and a chance to prove itself as humanity's savior.

The creature snorted to itself, taking care to feel the way the air rushed out of its lungs, trachea, nose and mouth.

It knew none of this biology was its own, the combination of memories filling its mind and the several books about human physiology allowing it to learn more about its new body. Morgan's body.

It had adopted her form after shaking Alex's hand.

Alex.

The human it had agreed to work with, not its brother. It had no family. Typhon did not have family.

Pain raced through its skull and images danced before its eyes, images of Alex and Morgan when they were children. When they had both been alive and Alex had been free of the fear and worry that now consumed him. Long before the Typhon had invaded Earth and killed most of the humans that lived there.

She laughed as she heard Alex's yelp from her room, she had hacked his computer once again and made it so whenever he logged on a random jumpscare would play. It was always something pretty basic, a monster lunging at the screen or a loud noise, but Alex had never been able to handle scary games.

"Morgan! Did you hack my computer again!?" She snickered as the shout echoed down the hall and into her room.

"No, I would never do that Alex!" She shouted back, failing to hide the mirth in her voice. It was too tempting to prank him, especially since he always tried to act so serious. He needed to relax, be a bit more creative!

The stomping footsteps echoed down the hall and Morgan let out a giggle before rushing out to her older brother. Alex had barely a second to react as his younger sibling flung herself at him. He yelped and caught the girl. "Morgan?!"

She hugged her older sibling and said nothing, knowing her charms would help to get her out of trouble. Alex held the girl for a bit, completely confused by her actions. Eventually he sighed and returned the hug.

"You need to stop hacking my computers Morgan!"

"But Alex!" She pouted. Her older brother sighed once again and let her go. "Morgan can you please fix my computer?"

She hummed and crossed her arms. "I dunno, you were a bit mean to me earlier~"

"Morgan please!" She giggled and started walking back to Alex's room. "Sure, just take breaks when you need it, alright?"

Alex nodded and rushed after his younger sibling, more than happy to get his computer fixed.

Morgan knew Alex would grow up to be a workaholic when he got older, he hardly remembered to take breaks now when he was working on his projects, but she would always be there to help him remember to relax and take it easy.

She would always be there for her older brother, whenever he needed her.

It groaned, such a strange noise, and sat up, one hand clutching its head. Fits like that were common occurrences, and it hated them. Hated the way the memories made both their mind and heart ache. They were not its own and the visions often confused the creature far more than it was willing to admit. Just because the humans had installed their neuromods in it and given it a dead human's memory did not mean it knew how to behuman.