Human?
By Esme Tobias
chapter one: Smile?
Nurse Purea walked into Lydia's Cell, Injection in hand. "Good Morning! i'm a couple of hours late, but who cares? Its all the same," she says to Lydia, putting her hand on Lydia's arm. Lydia's lip turned upward in an attempted smile, mocking Purea. "Holy Shit, did you just try to smile?" Purea says uneasily. she plunges the Injection into Lydia's arm, and watches Lydia's eyes as they glaze over, and her beautiful features relaxed.
LATER THAT AFTERNOON
"President Dewey! How do you feel about Congress' decision to free all enslaved clones?" a reporter shouts, recorder in hand. The president pushes her away. "No Comment,"
BACK AT LYDIA'S HOLDING CELL
"good morning!" Lydia chirps.
"good morning, Lydia. how are you?" Nurse Purea asks cautiously.
"good morning!" Lydia chirps again.
"is that all you can say?" Purea asks.
"Good Morning, Time for your injection!" Lydia attempts to smile. Nurse Purea chuckles.
"say, Hello, im Lydia."
"say Hello im Lydia!" Lydia copies.
"No no no. I'm Lydia." Purea corrects her.
"No No No. I'm Lydia." Lydia corrects Purea.
"thats right. your Lydia." Purea smiles.
"I'm Lydia, you're Lydia, No, I'm Lydia!" Lydia giggles.
"I'm Lydia Stone," she murmurs.
AT 'S HOME
"I'm Lydia," Lydia says to her new brother, Ethan Rudas. generously took Lydia in after she was freed. Ethan
smiles kindly.
"I'm Ethan," he sticks out his hand to shake. Lydia stares at it quizzically.
"Shake?" Ethan gestures to his hand.
"Ethan…..Shake?" Lydia asks, crossing her arms.
" NO. INJECTION." Lydia stresses.
"What?" Ethan asks, and Lydia makes an irritated noise in the back of her throat.
"Injection….Time. No. Injection." Lydia slurred, pointing to her arm and stomping her feet.
Realization hit Ethan like a speeding bullet.
"No Injection for Lydia," Ethan says. relief crosses Lydia's face.
"No Injection. Ethan...gooood. Injection...bad." Lydia struggled.
Nora, Ethan's younger sister appears at the top of the stairway.
"I've got her, Ethan." Nora smiled at Lydia.
"clothes." Lydia says.
"Me want clothes...no smell," Lydia explained. Nora nodded and smiled again.
"okay Lydia, Follow me and i'll get you a shower and some clothes." Nora began climbing the stairs, but Lydia sat on the bottom, frowning.
"Me….want….Yummies." Lydia says, rubbing her belly as it growled loudly.
"okay Lydia, Right after Clothes." Nora coaxed
