Genetic Perfection
Chapter 1
Elena Gilbert woke up that morning only having one thought process. Today would be different from all the other days. She wasn't sure how with the system that was in place, but she knew never to question what she was feeling. Even if it was frowned upon, she knew that she had chose to keep them there for a reason.
Sighing, she crawled out of her bed and looked through the curtains at the sunrise that was now coming out. It was moments like this that truly made her happy. She had forgotten what that emotion had felt like. Most days it was a miracle if she had felt anything at all. But she couldn't let thoughts like that cloud her judgment. She had a job to get through and kids to teach for a reason.
Leaving the mysterious feeling behind, Elena went downstairs and made herself a pot of coffee. It was hard for her to think logically when she hadn't had caffeine or breakfast yet. After all it did promote healthy brain function and energy for the rest of the day. And as a teacher she couldn't let her mojo slip.
As she waited for the coffee to finish,m she opened the fridge to see that the contents of it were nearly empty it looked as if she would have to go to the store sometime today. Damn. She always hated going through those busy lines.
After finally finding something suitable, Elena made her breakfast and sat down to enjoy it. She wished that she had someone to enjoy it with, but that wouldn't happen until the program said she was good to go, which should be any down now, but Elena didn't want to jink anything.
The phone rang making her jump slightly and she went to go answer it. Maybe it was the life changing news that had made her wake up today. She grabbed the phone excited to see who it was.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Is this Elena Gilbert?"
"This is her."
"Hello Elena, I'm calling to tell you that we finally have a perfect match for you. What time works for you to meet him?"
Elena checked the calender that hung on her fridge and smiled.
"Tonight is actually a very good night for me."
"Thant's great. He'll meet you at our facility function tonight. You'll get the number when you get there."
"Yes sir."
"I hope you have a nice day Elena."
"You too sir."
Elena hung up the phone trying to contain herself from doing a tiny happy dance around her kitchen. She had to maintain a professional persona at all times or else she didn't know what would happen.
After finishing up her breakfast and getting g dressed, Elena made her way to the favorite part of her day, seeing all the kids that she got to help learn always put a smile on her face and today they were studying her favorite subject of all time. How this new system came to be.
She smiled to herself as she opened her car door and made her way to her classroom. Thankfully her students were all well mannered and maintained individuals. She had gotten lucky when they had chose this class for her. They were always eager to learn new and exciting things just like she was when she was their age.
"Good morning class. Turn your book to page 368, Today we will be discussing life before the endorphin process."
The class turned their pages as Elena took a deep breath. She knew this part by heart. She had studied it with fascination for years now it was time to educate her students about it.
"Fifty years ago, the earth was different. More brutal and destructive. Finally one individual said enough was enough. He thought that if we eliminated emotions and based breeding off genetic bonding that the world would be a better place, so he tested it.
Ten years later, Alaric Saltzman found the cure and than it took him five years to convince everyone to take him seriously. After that everyone was better and there was no more war. Ever since than we have been in peace, but of course peace comes at a cost.
In exchange for this miracle cure, Alaric told everyone that love was a dangerous thing as well that if we eliminated love from the process that we can have peace. So we did. Later on we found out that love was a destructive thing that caused a lot of problems, so we made a procedure and a process to eliminate it.
Now the program chooses who you're with because we still need to procreate, but now they chose the person whose genetics match with yours so you can make genetically perfect children and that class is how the system works."
After answering a few more questions, The bell rang signaling the end of class.
Elena took a deep breath as she examined herself in the mirror. She wanted to look perfect for her date tonight. She knew it was a girly thing to do, but she had always thought that this was a magical process and she wanted to make a great first impression on her breeder. After all she didn't get this chance everyday. It was more once in a lifetime thing.
She examined her outfit once more and smiled to herself. It was the outfit she had picked out with her mother before she died a year ago. She still remembered the day as if it were yesterday.
"What are we doing here mom?" she said dragging her feet around.
Normally girls loved shopping, but Elena wasn't one of those girls. It was usually torture when anyone wanted to do anything with her outside of work and home, but her mom how somehow gotten it into her mind that Elena would meet her genetic soulmate soon so she needed an outfit for the occasion.
After the tenth store they had gone to Elena was about to give up when she suddenly found the perfect one. It was like anything she had ever seen and she couldn't help but smile.
Now looking back at the outfit she knew she made the right choice. She wore a beige tube top with blue jeans and a blue cardigan. It was a good choice and she knew that anyone would be impressed by it.
She looked at the clock cursing silently as she grabbed her stuff and made her way to the restaurant that the program had picked for perfect matches to meet each other. She got her number and sat down waiting for her date to show up, but that's when it happened.
Normally, Elena was in control of her emotions, but this was an emotion that she couldn't seem to control. She didn't know when she started to feel it honestly but as soon as she did she couldn't stop it. It was like an electric current that had flown through her when she locked eyes with another guy. His eyes were a deep blue and his hair was as black as a ravens wing.
In another life, Elena would have probably introduced herself and they would dance and talk and laugh about things that didn't matter to the world right now, but that wasn't the life she was living now. She shook the dirty thoughts from her mind as she heard the scrapping of a chair. Her date had finally arrived.
She had to admit he was a pretty cute with, with sandy brown hair and green eyes, she could see how they would make beautiful children one day.
"Elena Gilbert?"
She nodded extending her hand for him to take it and he happily obliged.
"Hi I'm Stefan Salvatore. It's nice to meet you."
Elena smiled as she contemplated what questions to ask. There was so much that she didn't know about this guy and they wanted her to breed with him. It was hard to contemplate that. Maybe this system was more flawed then she thought but she would never question that.
"So what do you do?" she asked.
She thought it was a simple enough question to start off with. Vague enough, but also descriptive. It fits all the criteria questions she was handed when she got there. They were safe questions. Questions that wouldn't evoke emotion or be intimate enough to warrant a response.
"I'm a doctor. I'm actually on call tonight so if I have to leave I apologize."
"It's alright. I get sacrificing things for your work."
"What do you do?"
"I'm a teacher at the high school here. It's a pretty incredible job."
He shrugged as if not knowing what to say. She felt slightly annoyed but she composed herself enough to ask a few more questions. She asked about his family and friends and life. He made a few jokes, but there was just something about them that didn't click like she saw in the movies that her mother would hide in the lockbox. Movies that the program would frown upon.
After about an hour or so, Stefan's pager went off and he had to leave. He gave Elena a kiss on the cheek than left. Elena didn't really feel like going home just yet so she ate the rest of her food and decided to go for a walk.
It was a nice night out and Elena enjoyed the night just as much as she enjoyed sunsets. Usually they frowned upon walking in the street. There was still people around here that the program called incurable and they would do anything to stop the program including killing the chosen ones.
Elena took a few deep breaths as she continued walking there wasn't any sign of them around, but Elena wouldn't put it past someone to-
Before she could finish her thought rough hands pulled her into the alley way and slammed her against the wall. That's when she laid finally laid eyes on one. An incurable. This one had a crazed look on her face and it looked like she was out for blood. Elena's blood to be exact.
"Who are you?" Elena gasped out in fear.
The girl laughed looking at Elena with hunger in her eyes.
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"What do you want?"
"For you to understand."
"Understand what?"
Before the girl could answer, she looked to the side shoving Elena away and ran away. Before Elena could contemplate why she turned around and was staring into the eyes of the guy who she had seen at the restaurant. His eyes were more blue up close and that electricity came back to her. Who was this guy?
She looked around avoiding the guys eyes.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
She inhaled and looked back at the man who may have possibly saved her life. The last time she checked it wasn't against the programs laws to talk to someone of the opposite sex. Plus all he was doing was asking a simple question. A dangerous one, but at least none of the program workers were around.
"Ugh, yeah thanks. She was just acting weird. She ran off when you came."
"Well you can never be too sure with the incurable."
"True. Ugh i'm Elena." she said trying her best to smile.
She still wasn't sure what was okay and what wasn't
"I'm Damon. I wish we could have met under better circumstances, but things do happen for a reason."
Elena gave him a pointed look. That wasn't a safe thing to say. Why was he being unsafe?
"Yeah. Maybe. I-I better go."
She extended her hand and shook his hand. There it was again. That feeling. She took a deep breath before pulling her hand back and placing the fake smile on her face that she always had when she was uncomfortable.
"nice meeting you." she said.
"I believe that the pleasure is all mine."
Before she could answer he walked away leaving her stunned. What the hell had just happened?
