Please Don't Die on Me.
"Ro? Ro! Hold on we're gonna get you to a hospital." The teenage girl moan in pain. Her rather noble deed that might in deed get herself killed but I suppose she knew that when she joined up with the Project code named Zeta.
I had finally met up again with my magnificent creation today. He didn't want to destroy anymore. It seemed like a fair request but the NSA, which I left since I found out the real intention for everything they had me created. He wanted to be peaceful and not a single soul believes he could even be peaceful. Well, perhaps a few souls.
We got her to a hospital finding her very ill. She wasn't going to make it. It was practically certain. I was going to tell Zeta that she had very little chance to make it. This was going to crush him emotionally. I went looking for him in the hospital. I found him in the young lady's hospital room.
"Zeta?" He sadly turned to me.
"Yes Dr. Selig?"
"What's her name?"
"Rosalie Rowen but I call her Ro."
"Hmm, she a good friend?"
"Yes, she's my only friend."
"Doesn't she have a family that worries about her Zeta?"
"She lives on the streets I met what she called a foster family."
"Oh, are they nice?"
"They seem to have some bitterness between them. Ro seemed sad whenever she was reminded of family. She wants to find her parents and her older brother."
"Oh I see."
"Is she going to make it?"
"I can't lie she probably won't make it Zeta. I'm sorry she meant a lot to you didn't she?"
"Yes." I left Zeta after he banged his fist on the table a couple of times. It looked like he wanted to cry. It seemed sad that he had to keep in all this sadness and wasn't able to let it out. I would come back later to check up on him but I think he wanted to be left alone for now.
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She's not going to make it. After all of this we finally met our goal and she isn't going to make it. I felt the anger rise up. I had never felt anything like this before. I slammed my fists on the table and on Ro's bed away from her body. It's not fair that my only friend has to leave me after we have come so far.
"Rosalie Rowen I love you please don't leave me." I loved her. I didn't know it but I cared for this smug teenage girl who's showed me so much and has had so little of her life lived. Her greatest dreams never reached. She never made it to where she was running to. She never found her family or place in life. I never got to tell her how much she meant to me.
I had hoped that I would take care of her for the rest of her life and protect her from anything that came her way. I wanted to do that now. Protect her from the dangers of the world. I had learned there are so many more than I would of expected. I remember the proud smile she wore when we did something to make a difference in someone's life.
She never wore a more proud smile than when we went to that Science Museum. She reassured Korikay's mom that I was going to save her. She wore a proud smile because I made in a huge difference to both of their lives if one lost the other then they would be forever sad.
Now I'm sure that I would be sadden for the rest of my life. She had once called me her guardian angel now I doubted that I could be even close to that title. I think she's more my guardian angel than I am her's. I was going to lose my angel too. I had learned from Ro that the world is an unfair and cruel place now I knew that if I lose her I would finally understand what she meant by those bitter words. I just stared blankly at her for the rest of the night. I think what you can call the state I was in was shock.
The morning came quickly. I was so shocked that I could think or see clearly even through my computers or nurowaffers.
"Zee? Where am I?" Was I hearing things? Ro couldn't be up she was practically dead. I bet she is dead. Ro's dead and there was nothing I could do to save her.
"Zee? Zeta answer me!"
"Ro? Ro! Your alive, Your really alive!"
"Yeah I'm just fine Zee. What happened to you?"
"The doctors said you probably wouldn't make it."
"Probably? So there was still a chance for me to live Zee."
"Yeah but I saw your monitors last night Ro. Your heart was barely beating." I hugged onto her tightly. She seemed unsure of what to do.
"Zee let go of me or your going to send me into shock. I'm fine see I'm right here. It's only me."
"I know Ro but."
"Zee calm down it's going to take a little more than that to get rid of me."
"I'm sorry Ro." The doctors came in and checked on her. They said she was stable but she should stay a couple of days. Ro was getting better and better. Dr. Selig asked if he could talk to me alone. I nodded, as Ro looked fine enough while she was sleeping.
"Zeta, I'm happy to see your friend doing well."
"So am I."
"Zeta I think that you should settle somewhere with the girl. I think she should get back into school and take a rest from living on the streets."
"Hmm, I'll ask Ro see how she feels about it."
"Zeta I was wondering if you were interested in a complete upgrade on your system."
"What is it?"
"You would be able to live without the hologram because you would have a solid human form, no more having to worry about electromagnets messing with your holograficmorphers. (Is that one word???)"
"Would I be able to feel?"
"Like a sense of touch." I nodded. "Yes, you would have your sense of smell and the rest of them in the right place as well."
"Why is my sense of smell on top of my head?"
"I really don't know I suppose it was a mistake."
"Oh, well I guess so but I'll have to think more about it."
"Alright I'll be making the upgrade for you if you ever want it but remember this. You can't change back to the way you were."
"I will thank you Dr. Selig."
~*~
Many months have passed since I last saw my greatest work the Zeta Project. Last time I heard he was living in an apartment with that Rosalie Rowen. I have been working on the upgrade for Zeta. I have to make sure though it works so Zeta is in no harm. I look through the emails I received one name ZETA. I open it. I find very disturbing news.
Rosalie Rowen Zeta's friend has a rare case of cancer the type is leukemia but it has never been identified before. The poor girl, she's just hasn't had the best of luck so far in her life. I hope she makes it through when it becomes better.