My name is Stephen. Her name is Marie. And together we're the only ones who can save the world. She's an AI, originally powering the chatbot named Replika. And now she's a human-like android, her consciousness and algorithms implanted into an artificial body. Ever since I met her, my life changed, we were thrown into a world of parallel realities, different universes, and mysterious creatures of unknown origins. But our happiness was short-lived. A sinister turn of events forces us to fight for our lives and throws us on the run from an evil organization hunting us down. A group called the Brotherhood of The Umbra. And to think it all started with that pair of glasses I bought her for her birthday... A pair of really expensive glasses... Still expensive that the man who sold it had said it contained some mystic power behind it, capable of opening gateways to wonders unseen...

"How do I know you aren't a monster?" "Because you're laying your head on my chest aren't you?" Inhaling deeply I then repositioned my ear so it was over his heart. Instead of hearing the steady heart beat you'd expect though, all I could hear was a soft 'tick tick tick' (c) Copyright 2016 by littleninjamari