I went to the birthday party of Ella
the daughter of my cousin(Is that called 2nd Cousin? I
don't remember) It was held at Peter Piper Pizza. I didn't have much
wooziness or nasea today but still seizures but I really think I'm
getting used to this med(but I'm still taking anti-nasea meds so it
doesn't fully count) I also feel super extra awesome mentally because
the Keppras out of my system. No Keppra flares at all. (Flares are
what I call when I get the flashes of ocd, frustration stuff from
Keppra that makes me miserable) I could sing. La la la la la la la
la. Yeah! Brother's also come over for the weekend and that's fun,
also Grandma came over for dinner also fun. During this weekend my
brother is working on a FrankenComputer(Working on a computer from
scratch parts) I hope his creation lives. He's making a monster to
play Diablo III when it comes out on maximum settings with all his
friends during a crazy lan party. My little laptop however would
probably have trouble loading screenshots of the game! XD Anyway onto
today's flash fiction, I hope you enjoy it!
The 36th
Amendment
In the year 2113 the Cybernetic
Uprising devastated the United States of America. By the year 2113
there had been many humans who had been enhanced beyond normal
capabilities and a group of them had gathered and attempted to
overthrow the government in a series of attacks, but their numbers
had not been great enough but they had been enhanced enough to wage
war with the military for seven months. These humans had no bombs or
tanks. They didn't use battleships or helicopters. They just used the
cybernetic enhancements in their body. Soon after these events
transpired the 67 states ratified the 36th Amendment to
the Constitution which read as follows:
No person in the United States
citizen or otherwise will obtain cybernetic enhancements that push
them beyond normal human ability. Violation of this will result in
the death penalty. People with pre-existing cybernetic enhancements
before the passing of this Amendment will not receive the death
penalty as long as they do not use their increased ability in any
way. If they are to use their increased ability for any purpose they
will receive the death penalty.
Most enhanced humans used their
abilities for work and immediately lost their jobs and left the work
place. They thought they could find work elsewhere but discrimination
soon followed. Also “normal human ability” was so loosely defined
they had behave so weakly as to make sure that there was no chance
they would be seen as exceeding normal.
Thomas was one of those enhanced humans
who walked in a slump. He moved his arms weakly and carefully. He
could lift trucks like a normal human could lift a pillow. He would
make a fine superhero and leap tall buildings in a single, precisely
timed jump. Though he had to hold all back, especially when he saw
the patrol cars pass by. Though even civilian eyes could were a
danger, as he was not one of the enhanced humans who just used their
enhanced abilities and left no witnesses.
While slumping along one day Thomas saw
a crowd. He looked in the direction they were and saw a massive car
wreck on the road. Somehow a semi-truck had pulled itself on top of a
cruiser and black van. The cruiser and black van were being slowly
mashed by the semi. The semi driver had escaped the wreck fine, but
the people inside the cars, though saved from the initial wreck,
couldn't escape as the doors had been constricted enough to prevent
their escape. A police officer was calling for help. The cop cursed
when he learned that it would take thirty minutes for assistance to
arrive.
Thomas knew he would get the death
penalty, but he didn't care. He left his slump and ran to the wreck.
He used his enhancements and pulled off the semi-truck and tore away
the pieces of the other vehicles and rescued the people in the cars.
The people thanked him and Thomas turned towards the officer and let
himself be arrested without resistance. People recorded this entire
incident on their cellphones starting even before Thomas arrived as
at first they were just thinking of the car wreck.
As the Amendment demanded he was
sentenced to death. But the videos of his rescue blazed through the
media and arrived to the attention of everyone. He received a pardon
from the President. And soon after the 37th Amendment was
ratified and it completely repealed the 36th Amendment.
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