Day of Trouble
All Day: March 3, 2190 AI
Virginia was sitting in the specimen chamber again, leaning up against the wall next to the tank, when she heard Elliot let out an ear piercing scream. He came in, looking disheveled, along with Malik and Pete. For some reason, he was also not quite happy with the second man. It became clear not too long after that what the problem was. "I can't believe you lost it! We need those documents in order to complete the energy transfer. Without the information, we're going to have to leave him in a state of perpetual growth, without any way to stop it. Then, his body will most likely explode, due to the vast amounts of energy that built up inside. And I'm not going to have it, your mistake is not going to cost my son his life right now."
"What's the big deal?" asked Malik, "You take this project way too seriously. I'd say, if we could figure out exactly what we did, we might find a way to resurrect the dead. And for that, we wouldn't need a sample of DNA, nor would we have a person who looks like your loved one without his or her memories. We should simply research this creation of ours, not bring it into the world so you can play house. Think of the possibilities for our technology, we could bring such joy to the lives of the people by saving their loved ones."
"I will not let you kill Adam so you can have your perverse pleasures! He is my son, and I love him. If you want to do that, create your own sample on the side. If I have to, I'll fight to defend him with my life," Elliot vowed. Virginia watched him, thinking about how the last few days had changed Elliot. He was no longer depressed, he'd found a strength inside of him that he'd never known about. It all came from the fact that Leehalt wanted the boy dead, Malik wanted the boy dissected for further study, and Melody was being her usual indifferent self. Pete, Virginia, and Werner backed him up, Duran stayed out of it completely.
Pete told him, "Please calm down, I know I left the documents you're looking for in one of these rooms. We'll find them, after all we've got six months until we have to use the data to set him free. And we don't even know if he'd explode or not, the energy might just end up breaking the cylinder instead, if it does build up outside of his body. I know you're worrying about what'll happen, but there's no proof it'll be bad."
The men left, and Virginia looked up at the chamber. "Don't worry about what Malik said, I know that the others won't let you get hurt. Well, Melody and Leehalt probably won't, but it's still five to three as of what to do. Daddy, Pete, Elliot, and I won't let you get hurt, and Duran will not let any experiment be thrown out. So you're safe until your birth, and after that I'll protect you from those meanies. If they try to hurt you in any way, I'll beat them up just for you, kay?" She gave a small smile to the boy inside of the tube. Then, her eyes began to play tricks on her, for she was sure she saw Adam smile back at her.
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When the door opened that night, as she was getting ready for bed, she thought it was Elliot here for another talk about what to do, or to complain some more about the lost documents. But that theory was thrown right out when she heard Leehalt's voice talking to her father, greeting him. Werner was skeptical, he had never known Leehalt to come into any one else's room for anything other than a yelling match. But the scientist started with all these pleasantries, that Virginia knew something had to be up with his enemy.
"I know we don't see eye to eye on this matter," Leehalt stated, "But you've got to talk some sense into Elliot, he's acting even weirder than usual. This 'Sample' project is getting to him, and I think he's been getting worse ever since his brat died. You must convince him to abandon the project, in order to save him from going crazy. Since he never listens to me, I guess I should as his best friend to do something about it. And, as much as I hate talking to you, hate your guts, hate everything about you, you are the only one."
"No way Leehalt, I believe we should let our creation be born. Like Elliot, I've grown quite fond of the boy, he will be the only one to save Filgaia. I believe the power that he has will be enough to bring back the greenery we are slowly losing, then it'll be like the days long before our birth. Virginia would love to play in the forests, if they were all like here at Yggdrasil. Besides, she'll be heartbroken if we try to or actually decide to kill him, the poor child is always teased back home because she is different than the other kids in town. I would never hurt her in any way, so my answer is a flat out no," Werner replied in an angry tone. He wondered how in the world that Leehalt could be so insensitive as to kill someone who never did him harm.
This made Leehalt's voice go up in volume, shaking walls. A picture of Werner, Ekatrina, and their daughter fell to the ground, the glass shattering all over the place, and Virginia grabbing a pillow to drown out the volume a little bit. He boomed, "Why do you even let that creature live, Werner? We've got all the data on him and his life, so why not destroy him? There's no need to see how he reacts to human society, it will do nothing to aid in our regeneration of Filgaia. All you want is to have a friend for your brat of a daughter."
Werner could hear the picture fall, knew that Leehalt was getting too worked up again. After all, it was a mutual decision of the council's to create Adam, so he had no way of destroying the boy without a joint consensus. Even Malik had wanted him created, just so he could study the process for his own little project in creating life, no doubt. And since the two had different reasons of why they wanted him killed, it would be virtually impossible to get a majority on either one. The man stood his ground, trying to debate. "He is a life, and we should not destroy him. Heck, even Malik, who would rather dissect him for study, is more concerned than you. You wouldn't even want to study him. He's not just another android, he'll be almost as human as you and I when done. Why can't you care about anyone besides yourself, Leehalt?"
"It's ironic you should say that, when you were the one who took the girl I loved from me," Leehalt stated, laughing a little, "You even set me up, Werner, so I would have to feel the bitter sting of rejection. And now you've left your mark by having a child together. If you hadn't betrayed me to get what you wanted, I would have someone to care about, Ekatrina, and probably a few children of my own. Remember that my heart is your own doing, and nothing you can do will ever change how I feel. Nobody can change the planet's past." With that, he left, slamming the door and sending more glass shattering all over the room.
'No wonder Mommy chose Daddy over him, she's such a nice and kind Mommy and he's just a mean old man. He was probably like this ever since before that happened, since Daddy said he was just as mean when he was a boy. But what should I do now, will I have to protect Adam from him? My magic can't be seen by other people, so how should I go about it? Hopefully, Daddy's ARM lessons will pay off.'
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Sky's Corner
Teefa sure gets a story and you run with it all the time. Now there's direct references to "Matchmaker Mayhem" in this one. Virginia's really sweet on Adam, I mean Jet, you sure can tell there's gonna be romance in the later stories. Then again, that's just Teefa. Oh why did I ever team up with her?
