Brokenness pt.14
Hello, hope you are having a good day.
"I am Max. Come in." Max greeted kindly. Ten came in.
"Thank you." Ten answered.
"Your welcome. Everyone is getting ready for the night. We will give you a place to charge."
"Thank you. I am at 22%."
They got Ten settle. Everyone went to bed. The next morning, Leo woke hearing a few kids talking quietly. He got up and got dressed. He went out and saw Sophie playing with Isabella, Erica, and Eric.
"What are you four doing?" Leo asked.
"We're going to my room to play." Sophie replied.
"Ok."
Leo went downstairs and checked on Mia. Hester and Ten were watching him. Leo saw Elise holding Annabeth.
"How is Mia?" Elise wondered.
"We won't know till later." Leo sighed. "How are the triplets? I saw the other three."
"Good. Annabeth is standing up."
"They're growing up."
"Yeah. So are your kids."
"Yeah. They're growing up a little too fast."
"How do you think Laura feels? She has three kids. One is married with twins, one is dating, and her baby is 11 today."
"You have a point."
"I need to go get Erica's snack ready."
"She looked better."
"She is."
Elise went to the kitchen. Leo saw Annabeth try to crawl up the stairs. He grabbed her and stopped her.
"You can't go up there, sweetie." Leo said. He kissed Annabeth's cheek.
"What is the point in child when synths can be manufactured?" Hester asked.
"If there are no humans then what will be your purpose?"
"We will find our purpose."
"You know that his father created you in our image like God created us in his image. Genesis 1:26 and 27 says, Then God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the seas and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.' So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." Elise explained.
"You do not understand. You and you kind have hurt us." Hester replied.
"I know. They've hurt me. When God created man, everything was perfect. Everything was in perfect unity. Then after God had created Adam and Eve and made them one flesh, they sinned and everything was in chaos. Even though God has sent his son to die on the cross for our sins, we still suffer from what we had done. No one knows why some people do what they do but it happened. We all make others suffer. To me, synths are just as bad as us because we created you. If you think that we are bad then be better than us. There is no you are better than me or I am better than you because God is better than all of us. You were made to be stronger than us but with no emotions. Now, you have emotions. David Elster didn't know what it was like to have emotions. He wasn't God but he created a program to make synths have emotions. He didn't love you meaning he didn't care what you did or what happened. God loved us so much that he sent his one and only son to die on the cross. Jesus conquered death and now we have a choice. Now, that you have emotions, you have a choice. Either be like the best of us or be like the worst of us."
"You are all the same."
"They mocked and beat Jesus and Jesus could have unleashed his anger but didn't."
"Why do you keep referring to this God and Jesus?"
"Because I'm trying to make you see that there is compassion and mercy but they are nothing without love. There are people who have suffered at the hands of humans. My parents abused me. I was raped but God gave me peace. It's why I am the mother that I am. If you want to help your kind then you must be like a mother or a sister. You must reach you hand out to them, show them love, and give them hope. Be there when they need you. My own parents abused me and now I am a single parent of 6 kids but they are happy. They are loved and are thriving from it. I was lost and alone pregnant. I saw a sign next to a church. It said, 'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.' I made the choice to follow him and I have no regrets."
"Elise, Erica isn't feeling well." Sophie said. Elise went to Erica and took her downstairs.
"Is she ok?" Leo wondered.
"No. She was throwing up. She doesn't have a lot of energy." Elise answered. Later that day, Mia woke up. She sat up and looked at her side. She saw Leo sitting on the couch working.
"Leo." Mia whispered. Leo put his laptop down and went to her.
"Hey, how do you feel?" Leo asked.
"Better. I should be at work. Ed will be worried."
"He can wait. You need to be careful. No one wants to relive yesterday."
"Leo, I'm fine."
"No, you are not. I want you to be very careful. Don't do anything that could reopen the wound."
"I will."
"Leo, there's another synth." Mattie said.
"Where?" Leo sighed.
"A few miles from here. She made contact with us."
"Toby and I will go get her."
"Are you sure that's safe?" Mia warned.
"We can handle it." Leo stated. He went to the kitchen. "Toby, there's a synth a few miles from here. Want to come?"
"Never thought you'd ask." Toby answered. They walked to the location. They saw a synth waiting for them.
"Hello, I am waiting for a friend." The synth said.
"We are the friend you are waiting for. My name is Leo and this is my brother-in-law, Toby." Leo greeted.
"My name is Flash."
"Leo, we should hurry."Toby warned.
"Follow us." Leo calmly ordered. They went home. When they got to the house, they saw Joe. "Go inside. The two of us need to talk."
Toby and Flash did as they were told.
"What do you want?" Leo sighed.
"For you to tell me the truth." Joe replied.
"About what?"
"About your dad being alive."
TBC