A/N: This is a story some of you may have already read, if you're familiar with Adimra's site from WAY back in the day. I have done extensive editing and re-tooling, in order to make it more polished and (hopefully) better executed as a work of worth. It was written for a contest for her site themed on Mythology. I pulled my ideas from the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex. It's a loose representation for sure, but the darker themes are still present. Some content may be disturbing to readers, even though I have toned it back some from it's original posting. Consider yourselves warned.

Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction, meaning I'm just a fan. A devoted, perhaps obsessed, and more then likely twisted fan… but just a fan, none the less. You all know what I mean.

The Way I Feel For You

by Bulmaveg Otaku

Prologue

My Sweet Boy,

Oh, my son, I am so sorry that the wretched path of our lives have brought us to this place. I'd give anything for things to be different. In fact, I have given everything, working towards that very end. By the time you read this I should be gone. My life forfeit in order to give you this chance. This world is too cruel, too wasted and tragic. I think of all the good that was obliterated as if it were nothing, all the beautiful potential of so many lives snuffed out by the unfeeling monsters that have devastated our world and your future.

Every living thing has been destroyed, except for you and a few other survivors. I don't expect they will last much longer. You know of the androids and the effect their destructive reign has had on our planet. It's not enough that they burn our homes and raze our cities, they have to slowly poison us with radiation as well! I try to take some comfort in the fact that they will no longer have any one to play with, once all living beings are dead. I'm sure that it won't be long until even their superior bodies succumb to the toxic air. This world is dead; nothing remains to even be saved… except for you.

I have devoted my life to leaving you a saving legacy. While you have been confined to this safe vault to read your books and watch your holo-videos I have been creating my masterpiece, my magnum opus. The last twenty years of my life have been spent trying to find a way to right the terrible wrongs that have occurred to this world. I have, at last, succeeded, but I'm afraid that the completion of my work has come too late to be of any help to this world. It can, however, save you, and offer you a real life.

How I wish that I could have been there for you, with you like a real mother should be. I couldn't risk the radiation contaminating your safe place, and, as you very well know, I could never fit through the detox-hatch. This letter and my gift to you could. I only hope that, in another time, it is not too late for you to have a real life and be a normal boy. My last request is that you assure the safety of your new home by destroying the threat before it overwhelms that world as well. You know where. I have already made sure that you will be delivered to the correct when. Everything you need can be found in the capsule you are now holding in the palm of your hand. Now it is up to you. Just push the button and complete your task, and your life should be relatively easy.

In my last days I have spent much time remembering life when it was better, when the world was untainted. There are so many wonderful and exciting things for you to discover in the world I remember. I know you will be happier there, my only wish is that I could be there to show you everything...

Just try and forget about this nightmare.

My best wishes and love go with you.

Love,

Your Mother