ALTERNATE REALITY – FORESEABLE FUTURE
The Earth's history was always one of conflict. It began when the planet came into being; the addition of life forms only increased the number and frequency. While the advancements in science, though performed to enhance the lives of those living on this small, blue planet sometimes had the opposite effect. This would lead ultimately to all out war.
The Earth was a planet dominated by Alphas, Betas and Omegas. On the whole the system worked very well and everyone lived in relative harmony.
The dominant Alphas who were predominantly male had their pick of the submissive, predominantly female Omegas. While the Betas in equally male and female preferred finding a mate within their own kind.
But when population growth in the Alpha and Omega population suddenly spiked, the Earth's leaders turned to its scientists to find a solution.
These scientists developed an oral suppressant for the Alphas to rein in their dominant need to inseminate Omegas.
But because not enough time was given to test the drug, with pressure being applied to get it into the Alpha population as quickly as possible, complications only became apparent once it had been administered.
The drug almost wiped out the Alpha population, reducing it to one in ten to the Omega population.
Ten percent of the Alpha population the suppressant had no effect on. Twenty percent became sterile. And to be an Alpha and not being able to reproduce caused insanity, many choosing to commit suicide. Seventy percent died, due to breathing difficulties or multiple organ failure.
Emotions ran high. The scientists tried everything they could to reverse what they had done, but nothing worked. Tensions grew.
In this time of despair came a dark knight, in the form of The Moriarty Moran Corporation.
James Moriarty and Sebastian Moran were both Alphas, but neither was ruled by his libido. They were ruled by a more materialistic need, to make money. Lots of money.
They had made their fortune by creating Cyborgs. The First Generation Cyborgs were completely mechanical but made in human form. Though they possessed a human shape they had no skin, hair or teeth. They were a metal skeleton that could communicate with an electronic voice. But they could only speak when spoken to. They were built to perform hard labour, and to work in areas deemed too dangerous for humans.
The Moriarty Moran Corporation seized on the opportunity that presented itself to them.
They proposed to start work on a Second Generation Cyborg, one that was a mix of human and machine. Their purpose to 'service' the overwhelming Omega population.
At first the population as a whole was rightly horrified by such a proposition.
But Moriarty and Moran gradually won over the population when they promised that the Cyborgs would be unable to impregnate the Omegas, or bond with them.
It wasn't the best of solutions, but it was the only one being offered.
The Second Generation Cyborgs certainly looked human. They were big and strong, like body builders. The difference between them and humans however was very evident. Their skin was grey, their eyes were red and all were bald with their designation number, as opposed to a name, tattooed on their heads.
Initially the plan worked well. But as time went by certain character traits became more and more prevalent in the second generation.
They were incredibly strong, as you would expect in a being that is part machine and part man. But they quickly became arrogant, territorial and fiercely jealous of any Alpha who dared to even glance at an Omega.
Add to this as time went on and their intelligence grew, a seething frustration and sense of unjust treatment and betrayal swept through them once they realised that although they could service Omegas like Alphas, they were sterile.
This realisation flipped a switch in their mechanical brains that saw them become increasingly aggressive and violent towards the Omegas.
The reduced Alpha population, with the aid of the Beta's went into battle to defend the defenceless Omega population.
But they were too few, and the Cyborgs too strong.
It was a bloodbath. There was no other way to describe it.
Casualties were many, though it could have been far worse. The Cyborgs allowed the surviving Alphas and Betas to live, on condition the remaining Alphas relinquish their rights to the Omega population. This they readily agreed to.
Among the list of the missing, presumed dead were three prominent Alphas Charles Augustus Magnussen, Mycroft Holmes and his young brother, Sherlock.
It is at this point that out story begins…