The Base Humanity Integration Project Ep6

Sorry it took so long to finish the next episode of The Base Humanity Integration Project, but I've been through a lot. We've decided to withdraw me out of the teaching program while we try new medication. I just can't keep up with school and interning with all these seizures and epileptic incidents, I can't go to school when I have Klonopin in me, I just can't handle the stress, so I've quit school for now while the doctor has us experiment with more medications. And maybe, just maybe, by the end of summer we'll have a cure for me. Anyway enjoy this next episode of The Base Humanity Integration Project.

The Base Humanity Integration Project

Episode 6: Allen's Birthday Bash

           “Happy birthday Allen!” the father shouted at him while balloons decorated the living room. Allen figured they must have set everything up while he was asleep. “Mr. Woods told us it was your birthday today.” the father motioned over to Mr. Woods who stood in the corner of the room like a piece of furniture. “We each got you a gift!”

          “Thank you, you shouldn't have.” he picked up the first gift, a box that could have been anything based on the plainness of its shape. A plain cardboard rectangle in red wrapping. On the box “From Edna” on it. He pulled extraordinarily fashionable clothes from it, and everything matched him, from his brown eyes to red hair. “Wow, these are incredible.” he decided he would try on all the shirts later.

          He then picked up a large gift labeled “From Harry.” he wondered what the father would have gotten him. It was a massive soccer ball, most likely designed for cyborgs, but he figured how could Harry get him one made for base humans?

         “I remembered you said you liked soccer, so I got you a soccer ball.” said Harry.

Allen next pulled out a plastic bag tied with a neat blue bow. On it was a little tag “From Mr. Woods and the Rosses.” Allen pulled the bow out and candy bars spilled onto the table.

        “Thanks!” Allen said in delight as he picked them up.

         “Yeah, it was tough getting those through customs, but I figure some food from home would be nice. Your family told me your favorites.” Mr. Woods grinned, his scaled, penny colored skin gave a sparkle.

         “Open mine next next!” Jessica smiled while she held up her present to him, “Please!” Allen opened it for her and pulled out a little pink origami crane. “We learned how to make it art class, I wanted you to have it Mr. Ross.” he then smiled, “I mean Allen.”

         “I'll put it on the counter in my room.” Allen told her.

Allen then picked up the next gift that he guessed to be a book from its wrapping. He opened it to a drawing of him on the cover of a light comic book. It was titled “The New Samsons” and at the bottom was written “Illustrated by Rose Samson”. The pages were smooth and Allen was impressed by the style in the inking and strokes of the pen. He never knew Rose had such talent. Every page was a portrait of some point in their lives together as a family. She had been so silent, but really she gathered things in her mind like a camera and recreated nearly every moment on paper. From the first moment she saw him to the night before, it had all been documented almost like a safari. “This is wonderful Rose.” Allen gave her a big, wide smile all across his clear face. Rose smiled back with bright eyes.

         “Hey,” Jacob said with a strong tone, “This is for you.” Jacob gave a tiny package to Allen. He opened it and there was a cellphone inside. “I figured that since you aren't wired to the Internet like we are you could use it to give us a call when you need it. It can't call over the borders to your home country though.”

        “How did you get this past customs? No official would let a cellphone through.” Woods asked, as shocked as if he had seen the sky turn green and the sea red.

        “I didn't.” he said, “I'm good with tech. I just built it myself.” the moody teenager responded. Allen put the cellphone in his back pocket.

        The doorbell rang and a little echo bounced through the house. Harry opened the door and a large cyborg with the family's blonde hair and blue eyes walked into the house, bumping past Harry without an invitation inward. The man had skin covered in a purple alloy. Two other cyborgs were behind him and moved into the home as well.

       “Eric, to what do we owe this unexpected surprise?” Harry growled at the man.

        “Now is that a tone to address your brother with?” the man responded with a smug grin. “I'll get to the point. Is he is still for sale? I'll double my original price, he's of a genotype we really need.”

        “Allen isn't for sale, he wasn't for sale, and he never will be for sale.” Harry snarled.

        “Rats. I was hoping to do this the easy way.” he and the two men behind him put on gas masks then threw smoke bombs filled with sleeping gas onto the ground. Sleeping gas not even the advanced bodies of the cyborgs could resist. The man told one of his thugs to carry Allen away and they left for their black van parked outside the building.

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Stay tuned folks for Episode 7 the finale of the first “Season” of The Base Humanity Integration Project! It's going to be quite the climax!