Remember Humanity

Chapter 10

I saw all my memories. I remembered everything, and I'm scared.

Of course there was the good. I saw my entire relationship with Liam. How we met because my brother Dan was best friends with his brother Adam. Liam came to Dans birthday party when we were just six years old. He took some of my frosting from my slice of cake and I got so mad I slammed the piece of cake in his face.

I remembered the sad things from my life as well. I remembered my mom and how she divorced my dad. She later decided not to stay in contact with me or Dan at all.

I remembered not having any friends because the school classified me as "higher intelligence". I finished school really early, which was why I was able to become a doctor so young.

I remembered how annoying Liam was. He never left me alone and was seemingly a constant head ache when we were younger. I'd need just a moment of silence after a hard class,and Liam would show up with Adam. Liam would follow me around making loud noises just to get on my nerves.

I remembered the pain. Every crush that rejected me, and every bully that was mad about my grades. I didn't see it at the time but looking now Liam had always been there. He'd stay outside my door when I wouldn't let him into my light purple room, or he'd be holding me when I felt numb and didn't have the strength to push him away. Every scratch, bruise, heartache, and bump I remembered it all.

I remembered being tested to see if I could have children. The hope that shined in the doctors' eyes for me since Dan had tested positive. I remembered it was Dr. Griff himself that told me that I had tested positive. I remembered how everything changed while I sat there in the hospital room waiting for Dr. Griff to tell me who my match was. How I suddenly wanted children now that I knew it was a possibility.

I remembered being told Liam was my match and how upset I was. I thought I was going to be forever pestered and annoyed and called the ridiculous nickname Ava-tar. Then the relief I felt when I saw his face in the compound. How glad I was that it was someone I knew and not a total stranger.

I remembered med school. Every terrible test and lesson. I remembered how no one truly knew the reason why most people could no longer have children, and how we were not allowed to look into it. I remembered seeing a blue serum in one of the labs before getting yelled at. I knew that it had to have something to do with it. I remembered researching the serum just to come up empty and the day that I was going to give up my notebook disappeared, never to be found by me again.

The thing that brought fear however was Kyle. I saw how insane he truly was. He was obsessed with me. He was my patient at one time and seemed normal and charming. However Kyle became overly jealous once he met Liam. He became irrational and abusive. Dan had caught him once in the act of slapping my face and went berserk. I quickly broke up with Kyle after that realizing that Kyle was crazy.

Kyle did not like that. He followed me everywhere. I had to get a restraining order. It didn't help very much, but something was better than nothing.

I felt scared because of Kyle. I wasn't done with him yet. I thought I was, but I was wrong. He told me that he'd come after Liam and me, that he'd always find us. He did. He found us. He was at the compound!

I felt like crying as I remembered. My vision was blurring from the anesthesia but there was no denying it. The guard by the door when I was going in to get my memory wipe procedure was Kyle.

He came for me, and I don't know what will happen.