Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible~
It's never easy when so much, is on the line~
But you can make a difference, with courage you can set things right~
But give to dream and make dreams real, it's yours and mine~
Chapter 16) Jeremy's Gift, Ema
It was a very slow morning as the hospital went about its routines, especially as the extremely tired secretary running the front desk sped-rushed a pair of foxes in to visit their son being treated for a heart cancer which has developed a tumor.
"Don't worry honey, you'll see, everything will turn out alright!" The husband said to his very nervous wife.
"But they can't find a donor, and even if they did… how are we going to afford it?" She said nervously.
"We'll think of something, I'll work three jobs if I have to, I'll sell some stuff online!" He said, but he too was worried. "Point is to not give up hope, at least he's alive for now!"
Alive for now, but for how long, an adult couldn't survive his cancer condition for too long, and he was only seven years old. They were just lucky that Gazelle listened to his wish and visited, making the young boy smile and ask if he can go to Gazelle's concert the next time she has one. They had smiled and said sure they would get tickets, but when was 'that' going to happen?
"Ya, your right, we'll think of something…" She muttered back, trying to reassure herself.
They climbed the stairs and to his ward, walking down the hallway toward the 'small mammal' section and opened the door, only to find the room was empty of their son.
"Did they move him to another room?" Her husband asked as he looked for a nurse or a doctor.
"I didn't get a call, did you?"
Moments later a sheep nurse walked in with a clipboard in hand and looked at them in confusion. "Uh, I'm sorry… who are you two and are you waiting for somemammal?"
"We're Mr. and Mrs. Vulps, and we're visiting our son Jeffery Vulps… did they move him to another room?" The father asked quickly.
"Oh… oh… Jeffery Vulps…" The nurse said in surprise before looking at her clipboard. "I am so sorry… that nomammal called you… you should have been called immediately… I'm sorry but he's no longer in this ward…"
"What do you mean?!" The mother asked terrified, fearing the worst.
"I'm so sorry this had to happen, especially since it happened just hours ago… somemammal I think Doctor Litter should have phoned you when it happened…" The sheep said looking very apologetic.
"What happened to him…" The father said almost screaming in fear.
"He's been moved to the Recovery Ward after the surgery took place…" The sheep said with a sad smile. "I am so sorry nomammal called you, we should have notified you the moment it was going on, on behalf of the entire hospital staff I am so sorry."
"R-recovery ward?" The mother asked in confusion. "B-b-but a donor… you said… I mean… who?"
"Oh… yea… last night we found a new heart for him." The sheep said with a more cheerful smile now. "Thank the spirits, it arrived early last night, just a few hours after visiting hours ended and he was in surgery for only a few hours, he's now in recovery."
"He's alright?" The father asked incredulously.
"Yes… he's doing just fine…" The sheep said, pulling out a paper and checking it. "He's in Recover Ward 'B', I think you'll find Doctor Litter just checking him over now. I'll take you to him!"
With that she quickly skittered off with the two foxes behind, taking an elevator up a level and down past a sign that said 'Recovery Ward B', past three more rooms and to a room where a Tiger in a Doctor's uniform was just coming out. Outside a Lamb looked tired as she stood waiting to get inside as well.
"Doctor Litter, the Vulps are here to see their son." The nurse said.
"Ah, thank you… would you three please come with me… uh Nurse can you fetch a blanket for young Vulps and Mr. Bellfloof?" He asked.
"Of course, doctor!" She replied before skittering off.
"But what about our son?" The father asked.
"Please… Mr. Vulps, your son is asleep for now, let him rest a bit, his body has 'just' been through a massive ordeal and it needs a moment to rest, you can visit him shortly." The doctor said calmly. "For now, I need to explain a few things to you all before any other mammal finds out. Please, come with me."
After a brief hesitation all three followed the doctor to his office down the hall, and stepped inside, sitting down in the chairs before hid desk as he tiredly slid into his own chair. "Oh, it's been a long night…" He moaned as he offered them all some coffee. "Now, where to begin."
The first thing he did was pull out both patient's files and show them to them, one showing their son with his heart condition and scans of it, while the other featured a male lamb, probably the husband of the lamb they were sitting with and 'his' lung condition.
"As you both know we have been trying to find donor organs for these patients and were having very little luck finding compatible donors." He said calmly. "However, that all changed last night about two hours after Visiting Hours ended. A pair of Tiger Brothers walked in demanding to see a doctor, and I just so happened to have showed up at that time and heard them out. In their hands they had four suit cases, each containing organs…"
"Organs for mammals?" The sheep asked nervously.
"No… organs for 'humans' Mrs. Bellfloof." He said as he reached down and pulled a large suitcase out and opened it, letting out a small mist of cold air, and a blue glow lighting his face momentarily before closing it.
In his hands was a large glass cylinder, capped on either end with thick steel caps with one end having a soft thin plate on it. Inside the cylinder was what looked like a white/blue 'heart', sitting inside the cold bluish liquid it resided in. It appeared to look 'metallic' to their eyes, yet it had a 'flesh' appearance as well, with parts of it lighting blue every few minutes and strange 'white veins' running along it.
They stared in awe at it, as it simply sat before them.
"What is it?" Bellfloof asked quietly.
"It's a heart… a 'synthetic heart', or as its more commonly referred to… as a Synthorgan." He explained as he opened the case and put it back in gently before pulling out another cylinder and showing a broken one with the liquid drained. "It's short for 'Synthetic Organ', and these four cases filled with them arrived last night for us. With them was a note on what they were, how they were used, what they were made of, everything…"
"They are made of some kind of 'fluid like metal', yet also a strange organic substance that we cannot understand." He explained, pulling the organ out and holding it out for them. "Go ahead, feel it, it's amazing what they are!"
So, they felt it, and they were amazed as it was extremely soft, almost like tissue soft, but it was also solid and felt like extremely thin metal
"What's it made of?"
"The little note indicated that it was made of some kind of Bio-mechanical Polymer, which incorporates both metallic elements to make it highly resistant and sturdy, yet also biological tissue to mimic the unique organ and give it that 'soft-flesh' feel and appearance. It's incredibly advanced, way more advanced than 'anything' I've ever seen in my whole life as a doctor. But the most amazing thing about them is what they 'do' and how they work… the instructions told us to simply expose them to a single 'drop' of blood. And let them warm up until the cooling liquid changes to the color of the patient's blood, and after that… begin surgery to replace the damaged organ with these 'Synthorgans'. Once they receive the blood sample the Synthorgans change and mimic the blood type to match it, and use the sample to exactly match the organ being replaced…" He explained in an excited tone. "It also explained what these transplants would do after being given to the patients. Once we finished the surgery, these Synthorgans released 'micromachines' into their blood-streams, where they began to purge the host's body of any foreign substance that doesn't belong..."
"Hold on doctor I am so lost… what do you mean?" The father asked.
"Alright… in short these things become an exact copy of the patient's organ… down to the smallest detail." He said while putting it back in the suitcase. "Then after it is attached and we sew up the patient, they 'clean' the body of anything that doesn't belong. Any disease, eradicated, any cancer cell, wiped out, even things that we didn't even know about is killed off."
He reached to the patients' files and pulled out some scans labeled 'pre-surgery' and 'post-surgery'. "This is before… and this was after…"
They looked and saw the damaged organs, a blackened lung with blackened blood veins for the sheep among other issues, and a bulged and rotten heart for the fox with a slight bit of lump of rot on his liver. Then next to them showed everything perfectly clean, with not a speck of dirt to be seen.
"We not only found every cancer cell completely gone, but we even noticed that we had missed something 'before' the surgery in your son Mr. and Mrs. Vulps. We found a parasite in his lower digestive system in some scans indicated here…" The doctor said, pointing at the picture. "But these Synthorgans… they completely eradicated and eliminated it… look, not even a tiny speck of it remains!"
Indeed, he was telling the truth, the picture showed a parasite, like an elongated 'worm' linked together by segmented plates just curled up and sitting in their son's body that they didn't even notice. Yet where it should be, was a perfectly clear and clean lower digestive track.
"How… who gave you these?" Mrs. Bellfloof asked incredulously.
The doctor smiled and pulled out a file, on it showed the picture of Jeremy Wilheart, the human on the news regarding the 'dangerous machines' which protected and served him. "Jeremy did, he went into his base and pulled these 'marvelous' creations of his species out and gave them to us so we could cure your son and husband. And he told us to not charge you a 'penny' for the surgery, he covered it by donating these Synthorgans to us to use for anymore cancer victims we may or may not have in the future." He said. "His species… they have almost 'magical' technology… these… wonders… they can cure 'anything'… and I mean it… he said that the micromachines built into them locate any foreign substance that doesn't belong in the Synthorgan's new body by using the blood-type they were exposed to, and self-destruct, dissolving down anything they're attached to after half an hour, leaving the body completely clean and healthy. This is the stuff of… fiction and… wonder."
He smiled to both as he put the files away. "They're completely healthy, its like the cancers never even existed to them. The Synthorgans went in without any problems, it's like they were 'made' for them… there is no rejection from their bodies, like they've been with them their whole lives!"
Mrs. Bellfloof began crying, holding her eyes as she bawled to herself, alongside Mrs. Vulps who was being comforted by her husband while both males were confused.
"Mrs. Bellfloff, Mrs. Vulps, what's wrong? I thought you'd be happy knowing…"
"I am…" The lamb said with a teary smile. "It's just… I knew… I just 'knew'… that the spirits would save my husband. I prayed and they responded!"
She pulled the file on Jeremy and held it close to her, wrinkling the paper as she did.
"Thank you, Jeremy… thank you spirits…" She whispered happily.
"Doctor… do you know where Jeremy is?" The fox couple asked. "I think we'd all like to thank him for what he did…"
At that he frowned as he shook his head. "You see, he's not here, he's at another hospital being treated for his own disease." He replied. "Jeremy suffers from a disease called 'Cryogenetic Sclerosis, it's not contagious but it has no cure… not even for his species. He risked his own life to get us these few cases of his species' technology and it nearly killed him. His body almost froze to death before it reached the hospital."
At that they looked at his file and read the doctor's notes regarding his disease. He had nearly 'died' trying to retrieve the samples of Synthorgans he'd gotten out, his body freezing and his heart stopping for a full ten minutes before it 'eventually' began to beat again thanks to Paramedics efforts. Even then it was a fight to keep him alive as the cold still afflicting his body was countering their every effort to warm him up for hours.
"Thank you… Jeremy…" Mrs. Vulps whispered as she looked at the human, not seeing him as a 'potential threat to mammals' as the media described him as, but as a saint for not only saving her baby and risking his life to do so… but also doing it and giving her son a new life for 'free'.
For a mammal who's name he didn't even know.
"Thank you… so much!"
(Jeremy's PoV, 3 days later)
"Jeremy, you may be an endangered species, and this essentially gives you 'free medical care' and special treatment regarding the law… but you can't keep landing yourself in the hospital." Mayor Lioness said as she sat before her desk, holding her head in her paw. "Seriously… do you 'have' to keep risking your life constantly, I am facing a ton of opposition and criticism and public figures are even demanding my resignation because I apparently… 'refuse'… to see you as a potential threat to the public."
She looked up at him, Gazelle and Aelita as they sat in her office, Aelita with Jeremy because she is always with him and Gazelle because she has not left his side since he was finally released from the hospital.
"In my defense mayor I was trying to save some mammal's lives." He said sheepishly. "I can't just let them suffer when I 'have' the ability to help them."
He looked up at her expression and took a calming breath.
"The technology is just sitting there doing nobody any good, it was meant to keep my species safe from future problems but as I am alone it's serving no purpose down there, locked up waiting for humans that will never access them. I may have risked my life but I'm going to die eventually anyway Mayor, I'd rather risk my life doing something 'good' for mammals then just let my species fade away to history while hiding away."
The mayor sighed as she looked at a report. "Normally I'd disagree, but from what I'm reading here I can't refute your claims." She said. "Not only have the Synthorgans you brought with you saved the lives of two mammals the night you were admitted, but three more organs have been used to help save 'more' lives from cancer cases. In each case their bodies were cured of any illnesses, Doctors are begging to know where these 'miracles of science' came from, and its becoming harder and harder to keep the public in the dark."
"Mayor why are you keeping it quiet." Gazelle asked in surprise. "What Jeremy did is a miracle, he's brought a wonderful piece of technology from his species to us, he's saving lives thanks to his near sacrifice, this should be all over the news!"
"I would, but if I remember, Jeremy nearly 'died' to bring them to us… and if people find out that he has this technology mammals are going to want him to get 'more' of it, and that means risking his life 'again'." She stated while looking at them. "And if I recall, this little venture nearly killed you this time for good, your heart shut down for ten minutes, ten full minutes before we managed to get it beating, and even then it took the hospital team everything it had to keep it warm enough to keep beating until your overall body temperature rose again."
Both him and Aelita shrunk in their seats, she had them dead to rights. Jeremy had 'barely' managed to grab four full cases of the Synthorgans, breaking one canister because his Cryogenetic Sclerosis had shut down his limbs. Then he'd barely crawled to the door, signaled Aelita to open it, crawled out to be rescued by Gazelle's backup dancers, before finally his body lost the fight and shut down.
He remembered seeing Gazelle's face when he finally woke up, watching him while he slept because she refused, absolutely refused to leave his side until he woke up. She'd even refused to eat and only went to go to the bathroom, effectively remaining by his side for the full two days he was in the hospital. Once again, he was more unhappy with himself, for causing her worry thanks to his actions then he was scared for nearly dying.
It wasn't an experience he wanted to relive either, but at least his attempt had extracted over a hundred samples of the Synthorgan Technology, one hundred and one if you counted the destroyed sample he broke when his hands finally shut down from the cold.
"Point is I will not permit him to risk his life again, even if the cause is noble, I don't want to be known as the Mayor who let a species go extinct on her watch!" She stated coldly. "So, I will say this again Jeremy, do 'not' risk your life for the sake of a mammal!"
There was silence before Aelita shined a light on him to get his attention. She then turned into a Spider, turned into a vial, and then returned to normal with a knowing smile.
"What if I could help mammals without risking my life?" He said suddenly.
She sighed and leaned back, holding her tired eyes with one hand. "Alright, I'm all ears Jeremy." She said exhaustedly.
"What if I give you the cures and vaccines to all mammal kind's most dangerous diseases and cancers?" He asked.
At that the Mayor's head snapped up and looked at him with eyes wide open and face open in shock. "W… what?"
"My base has access to the largest collection of Vaccines and Cures to nearly every known cancer and virus, pathogen and disease known to man during my time." He stated calmly and clearly so she understood what he was offering. "It also contains a library of every aforementioned cancer, virus, pathogen and disease that we have collected and cultivated in safety to study in case of future diseases and cancers were discovered that we didn't have a vaccine or cure for at the time. We also have access to another powerful, more 'readily available' piece of medical technology that I am more than willing to give to you to study and use."
The Mayor and Gazelle stared at Jeremy in amazement, with the Mayor completely baffled at the offer he was giving her.
"But… there are 'hundreds' of species of mammals in Zootopia alone…" She muttered. "There are even more around the world… you cannot possibly have cures and vaccines for 'all' of them. You said so yourself, they were meant for 'humans'."
He and Aelita nodded in understanding, knowing what she was talking about. The stockpile of vaccines and cures would be useless for mammals because their genetics are too different. Jeremy also could not hope to understand and develop a cure and vaccine for every species of mammal even if he had a hundred years, because there were just too many to develop for and he lacked the full understanding of their biology to compensate. He was only one human, he could not hope to perform such a feat in his life time. But he just realized that, like before, he'd forgotten a very important piece of technology that was lying dormant in the base.
"That is true, but Aelita and I have another piece of technology to give you access to that can solve that problem." He said proudly. "If I'm correct, it can do something even Aelita, with all her knowledge, cannot do for me or you. And that is 'create' the vaccines and cures to your diseases and cancers…"
The Mayor stared at him in amazement, before glancing at her desk to a picture of some mammal that he couldn't see but guessed what someone she cared about.
"Jeremy, will it really work?" Gazelle asked him hopefully.
He turned to the antelope and saw the expression of hope in her eyes. "I had a relative… a grandmother… die from Type T Rabies. Can you really cure it?"
He nodded, Rabies was a disease they had to deal with as well, and while it seemed to have developed more severely for the mammals compared to what it was during his time, he was confident that the drone would be more than capable of curing it.
"It will cure it Gazelle, no doubt about it." He replied.
"I… had a sister…" The Mayor muttered, causing them to look at her holding a picture close to her and looking at it. "She was diagnosed with Type 'S' Rabies, they had no choice but to… 'put her down'… just to put her out of her misery. Please… tell me you can cure that Jeremy."
"All we need is a sample, and maybe a sample of a mammal species' blood to help develop a cure and vaccine for, and I can assure that what is still stored in the base 'will' cure it."
The Mayor looked up at him with a look of hope on her face, before returning to the picture on her desk. Her face looked conflicted, like she didn't want to believe what he was offering her, but at the same time she didn't want to reject his offer 'because' she couldn't believe it. Then she reached over to her phone and hit a button.
[Yes, Mayor Lioness?] A voice called up.
"Cancel all of my appointments and plans for the rest of the day, I have things I need to do." She stated before picking up another phone and dialing something. "Jeremy, I'll have an ambulance arrive at the usual base entrance, I'll meet you there with Gazelle."
"Thank you, Miss Mayor." He said gratefully.
He and Gazelle got up and were just getting ready to leave before Lioness called him again.
"Jeremy!" She called, causing him to turn around. "Jeremy… if this works… I'll take back 'every' bad thing I've ever thought about you and… I will help you with anything you may have in the future!"
He smiled back with Aelita who chuckled in his hands. "You don't need to give me anything Mayor…" He replied warmly, before walking out.
Minutes later he entered Gazelle's limo and they slowly made their way to the base's West Entrance.
"Jeremy…" Gazelle whispered quietly to him.
"Yea?" He said, looking into her eyes and seeing her slightly tired and hopeful expression.
"Be honest with me… can you really… really… 'really'… do what you said?" She asked. "If you do this, there will not be a single mammal in all of Zootopia… in all of the world, who will 'not' call you a saint or a hero for what you're doing…"
"Gazelle I would never lie to you." He muttered back, putting Aelita down and gently picking up her hand with his own. "I promise you Gazelle, I 'will' do what I said."
"I'm sorry I am asking, I know you mean what your saying… its just…" She whispered looking a little guilty with herself. "It's just… cancers and diseases are just… such a common thing in our world that the thought of them being… 'gone'… just being there one day and being 'gone' the next almost overnight is… impossible to believe."
"Before I was born it was the same for me… however much like with other things… our technology evolved rapidly to deal with it. By the time 'I' was born the only cancers or diseases that we couldn't cure were the extremely resilient or stubborn ones, which we developed the Synthorgans to deal with, it was extreme, but it was our solution to them." He explained. "I highly doubt they'll be cured overnight, that's almost impossible… but sooner than you'll realize the threat of cancer and disease will be just a distant memory."
Aelita looked between the two of them before Gazelle picked up his other hand and placed it on top of her first, while placing her second hand atop his. Then she smiled warmly at him and nodded.
"I trust you Jeremy… if you say it will happen then it will happen."
He nodded as the limo turned down a road and they returned to looking forward and waiting to arrive at their destination, though Gazelle inched closer to lean against him, holding his hand while Aelita's holosphere sat in his lap.
Half an hour later they reached their destination, and Jeremy got out with Gazelle, Aelita, Joe, Donny, Moe and Franky. They entered the base entrance and began to make their way down as usual.
At the entrance they were greeted by the trio of RAPTOR drones that were on guard at the time, and soon they walked inside, though not before Jeremy informed them to expect a group of mammals with Mayor Lioness and ordering them to escort them to Medical Bay Alpha. In they went with the drones going about their business as always, mostly ignoring Gazelle and her friends but making sure to greet him or acknowledge him.
They went down four levels from the command center's level, and headed toward Medical Bay Alpha, the largest and only medical center in the base.
"Here we are… Medical Bay Alpha…" He said to them all.
The medical bay was 'vast', nearly a hundred meters from end to end in a perfect square, and roughly ten meters tall. On the ceiling were various rails and special blue lights that gave a cool and calming glow throughout the room. On the floor were over three hundred specialized beds designed to comfort, contain, or provide care for the many patients that may be lying there. Within each bed were special compartments containing powerful medical tools and first aid treatment kits for any potential emergency that may arise. Along the far wall opposite the door were glass-silicon cases containing various medical texts and vials of medicine, and inside stronger cases were jars of various liquids and chemicals that might be needed during medical operations and treatment. In the center of the room stood a strange tower with tubes running up it and into the ceiling, with specialized tiers to contain or hold 'something' cylindrical and small.
"Still as big as I remember it." He muttered as he walked forward while Gazelle and her friends began lingering around.
"These beds are comfy…" Gazelle muttered as she sat on one.
"Roomy too." Donny muttered as he lay down on one.
"Yea this is a nice place to kick it!" Moe chuckled as he lay on one and pretended to relax.
[Commencing Bio Scan] A voice called out.
Suddenly they all got a surprise as both Donny and Moe were instantly scanned before they could jump off, and when they finished the voice called out again, [No hostile diseases detected…]
"They're bio-beds, don't worry." He called out as he headed to a panel. "The beds are designed to detect a patient's body for any diseases in its database and recommend a course of treatment depending on severity. If it's something that either the patient or even the bed can handle, it extracts the necessary tools and gives them to the patient or alerts a medical staff that's on duty if it's more serious."
"That's amazing!" Gazelle said.
"Certainly beats a trip to the doctor!" Franky called out as they all joined him at the control panel.
"Alright let's see if it's here and still working." He muttered as he put Aelita on a bed and began punching in some commands.
[Attention Jeremy, the group of mammals you were expecting has arrived. They have brought what appear to be samples of various diseases and blood samples. Medical Protocol dictates that any such diseases be properly escorted in under watch in containment units…] A Drone's voice declared over the base intercom.
"Under current situation all medical protocols are suspended, let them in at once and guide them to Medical Bay Alpha." He replied to the drone's request.
[Human Override protocol implemented, access is granted…]
He nodded and returned to the panel.
"Alright… let's see where is that command prompt." He muttered while entering commands again. "Ah… here we go!"
He entered in the command and called up the B.W.S Drone and requested power be transferred to it and it activated. In moments he heard the rumble of power being transferred and machinery being turned after an age of inactivity. Then all of the lights turned off with exception to a single red glow from behind them which drew their attention. A hole appeared in the ceiling and a metallic 'egg' not unlike Jeremy's Cryopod lowered down into the room.
It rumbled and cracked, shaking and shivering as it emerged from the ceiling, still connected to it via some wires. Moments later another segment of ceiling lowered and filled the hole, leaving another rail which the 'black egg' was connected to. Then the egg began to crack and groan before beginning to split open and reveal the form of the metallic mass, which showed off eight thin and long segmented legs, enabling it to stand to a tall eleven feet in height. Then came the body which was comprised of a massive oval abdomen which seemed to have been made up of multiple spheres with tiny plexiglass windows revealing different colored liquids and an empty chamber all stuck together to create the whole. It had an extremely small metal sphere segment which connected to the ceiling via a series of wires attached to it. Finally, a much smaller rounded-square shaped object which had eight small optics glowing 'pink' as it looked upon him and the mammals. Along it's face and underneath were four small cylindrical attachments that were hollow and had needles attached to them, ranging from an extremely long and thick needle of seven inches, to a tiny thin needle only half an inch long.
At it's sight Donny actually fainted which required Franky and Moe to catch him, while Gazelle slowly backed up behind Jeremy.
It stared at them before stepping forward, each of its eight legs 'clanking' in the subtle light and clicking and clacketing its mouth. He however simply watched it steadily approach him, not fearing it all, though he was going to fear what it would ask him to do.
Once it reached them it retracted its legs closer to its body so it could look at him eye to optic.
Then it 'spoke' to him…
[Jeremy Wilheart…] It stated dully in a cynical feminine tone. [How… unsightly you are… waking 'me' up after all this time.]
"That's me Ema…" He replied. "Sorry I'm late."
It stared back and leaned forward as if to bite him. [Well… let's get this over with…] She replied before backing up and tapping a button on the panel, activating the lights again bathing the room in cool, calm blue light. [You're late for your medical fitness checkup according to my calculations by three hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and seventy-nine years since you were put into cryostasis. And according to my medical database you are also late for your standard physical 'WHICH' may 'I' remind you… is required by base medical protocol six two seven for ALL residents of Eden Facility Seventeen AS stated by the United Earth Medical Institution… to be taken EVERY WEEK!]
They all just watched as it walked over to one of the bio-beds, open it up with a tap of one leg, before pulling out various medical tools. "Actually, Ema that's not why I woke you up." He said.
[Whatever minor complaints you may be experiencing from your Cryosleep can be dealt with after your physical and fitness test, now get over here, knowing how long it took you to wake me up the others will probably be storming in here soon for their examination because Doctor Liona isn't here else you wouldn't have activated me!] She declared while adjusting the bed tapping the ceiling with her legs, pulling various equipment down that was stored in them.
"Ema… there aren't any other humans…" He declared.
At that the drone stopped and looked to him. [Repeat that statement…]
"I'm the only human… alive… on the entire planet." He replied quietly, moving over to grab Aelita and walk toward the drone. "The other Facilities failed… only one Cryopod was found functioning… I'm alone, there are no other humans."
Aelita nodded in agreement, before extending her hand and creating a holographic display of seventeen 'signals' in which only 'one' was operating.
Ema looked between him and Aelita before turning to the ceiling. [This is Ema, Drone Identification, Black Widow Spider Medical Class Drone identification name Ema 'Alpha' to the operating Sentinel AI. Request authentication of signal loss of B.W.S Medical Class Drones Ema Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, and Rho!]
[Sentinel Signal Verification in progress…] Sentinel responded. [Signal Verification Ema Beta… lost. Signal Verification Ema Gamma… Lost.]
Sentinel continued to repeat the same message for each of the signals until finally… [Signal Verification Ema Rho… lost.]
With the last one confirmed Ema looked at him before examining all of the empty Bio-Beds. [Well… I guess we can take our time with your examination.] She stated. [So… since I'm not expecting company… what's with the animals?]
"Uhm, we prefer to call ourselves 'Mammals'." Gazelle said.
Ema looked at Gazelle before six of her Optics changed color from pink to blue, green, orange, yellow, purple and white and began scanning Gazelle and her friends. [Increased brain matter, bipedal skeletal structure from a previously quadruped design, increased vocal chords for higher speech functions, posable finger joints, a more complex blood vein distribution…] She declared as she finished scanning. [My guess… your intelligent… just what this base needed, intelligent 'animals'… oh I'm going to need to arrange some ANTs to screen this room for fur filaments on top of hair filaments. Just when I thought I had enough problems…]
Ema turned to Jeremy and beckoned him to sit on the bio-bed next to her, which he did.
[So, what does the last of the creator species need of this humble drone servant?]
"Your different than the other drones. You say 'me' and 'I' instead of 'this unit'." Gazelle said as she walked over with her friends, with Donny now conscious again.
"Ema, or Emergency Medical Augmenter, uses a category four AI, her AI uses a personality based on humans to allow her to interact with people more easily." Jeremy explained to her.
[And had it not been for the reclassification of AI's, expanding the definition and category number from the '5' it had been, to the '10' it is now… I would have been the second most advanced AI constructed.] Ema stated almost bitterly. [But now… that honor belongs to Category '9' AIs… and Aelita being of Category 10 is the highest intelligence.]
Aelita giggled sheepishly in her holosphere, trying hard not to insult the spider drone's AI any more than she was by simply existing.
"I'm sorry for the sudden power up this late Ema, but there is something I would like you to help with." He said, getting the drone's attention. "As you figured, yes, mammals are intelligent in this day and age… having replaced humans as the dominant species. I need your help with something very important that only 'you' can achieve."
[If your asking me to make you immortal you know full well that at best, I can keep you alive for a lifetime total of one hundred and ninety years.] She replied. [And that's doing 'everything' I say… which you won't.]
"I'm not asking for that…" He said as the door opened and in walked a group of mammals led by Mayor Lioness, a few medical staff from the hospital he was admitted to, and several small vials of various fluids. "What I'm asking you for is to help 'them'."
She looked over at the new guests with her optics before returning to him. [Your asking me to 'help' animals…] She stated.
"Yes, I am Ema, this is Mayor Lioness, mayor of Zootopia." He said, introducing the Lioness as she walked over with her fellows who were looking at all of the empty beds with fascination.
"Mayor Lioness, pleasure to meet you." She said offering a hand.
Ema looked at it then at the mayor before lifting a single leg and allowing her to grip it and 'shake' it in greeting. [I am Ema Alpha, B.W.S. Class Medical Drone.] She responded. [Why are you here in my medical bay?]
"We came at Jeremy's request, and we've brought a few…" She began explaining before the drone stepped over her to the various vials of liquid.
[Bio samples ranging from blood samples of various species and two forms of what appear to be 'Cancer' cells based on my current records and preliminary scans.] She stated simply, taking the tray and putting it on a bio-bed. [Jeremy… you want me to 'cure' these I take it?]
"Yes Ema, I cannot cure them or treat them or even provide vaccines to deal with all of their medical problems… there are just too many species of mammals to treat, and there is no way even if I lived to be a hundred and ninety… that I could do it. But I know you can…" He replied.
[Providing care and treatment to humans is my specialty, I can treat a human for ninety seven percent of illnesses and cancers ranging from the humble 'Common Cold' to the deadliest form of 'Lung Cancer'. But treating mammals… is not in my description.] She stated simply. [You are asking me to perform a miracle… I do not even have their biological database, nor do I have full access to the facility's sensors, I am a 'medical augmenter', not a miracle worker.]
"But you can 'still' cure them, you can still analyze and treat, produce vaccines and cures… that's what your built for." He replied.
"Please…" Mayor Lioness said, getting Ema's attention and holding a picture of a young cub to her. "My little sister died… from Rabies when I was younger… they couldn't cure it… and they had to put her down… I was promised that it could be cured… there are 'thousands' of mammals every day that suffer it…"
Ema simply looked at the picture, before tentatively taking it from the mayor with one leg to look closely at it.
[Rabies… you say…] She stated, still staring at the picture.
She returned the picture before looking at Jeremy again, before turning away and taking the tray of vials with her.
(Gazelle's PoV)
[Sentinel, request access to disease storage… requesting six samples of Subject R-442-01 to R-521-09. Authorization Ema B.W.S Alpha.]
[Request granted…]
She watched the giant spider march on its eight legs to the center of the room where the tower stood. Moments later six small cylinders of a yellowish substance slid down the tubes to rest in various slots, which were instantly picked up by Ema's forward most legs. She then consumed all six fluids through the needles of her mouth, and from there the liquid made its way into an empty chamber on her big rear end.
Ema then took one of the samples of cancer and injected it into herself.
[Hmm… interesting, it seems to have developed a stronger membrane than our samples have… but this sample still carries some of the same base genetic patterns we have in our storage.] Ema stated while standing on four legs and using the other four to scan the other test tubes.
As she watched, fascinated by what the spider was doing, various tubes extended from the bulging rear end and attached to the empty chamber and began pumping different colored liquids, even as the yellowish liquid previously inside was pumped out.
[Oh my, based on this scan you are a persistent one, aren't you? Well let's see how you handle this treatment…]
Within seconds the fluid was drained from her mouth and into the chamber and began to slosh around. Then more tubes extended and began to pump out the liquid into small injection syringes.
[You're a tricky one… but… a little splicing here… a pinch of that there… one dose of this here… alter the genetic dosage… an analysis here and there… aaaaaand…]
The large bulging 'thing' began to shake a bit… before a single canister emerged and filled up with a neon-bluish liquid.
[General Vaccine completed…] She stated. [Now to test its effectiveness…]
She grabbed the samples of blood and ingested them one by one, creating six test tubes on her back and filling them with a bluish liquid. "That vial contains a sample of my sister's blood that was stored in the hospital… from when she was healthy." Mayor Lioness whispered. "I never had it used because… I don't know…"
[Species Panthera Leo… Rabies Sample Mammal 1… Status: uninfected… General Vaccine is now incorporated into subject blood sample's genetic structure… preparing Cancer introduction to gauge effectiveness.]
Several drops of yellow liquid entered the first test tube where it sat for several minutes while they waited.
[Sample is now being infected with Rabies Sample Mammal 1… Vaccine has been incorporated into test subject's genetic database… genetic defenses are currently operating normally…] Ema declared. [Subject infection rate has halted at three point seven percent… anti-virus defenses have begun absorbing and removing cancer infected cells… test subject infection rate reducing to two point one percent… one point five percent… zero point nine percent…]
She watched with bated breath, less so than compared to the mayor who actually stepped closer, her hands clasped in hope as the sample of her sister's blood fought off the disease that took her life, praying that the human technology would do as he promised, and rid the world of the threat of the disease.
[Subject status… zero infected cancer cells remaining.] Ema declared. [Species Panthera Leo no longer threatened by Rabies Sample Mammal 1… Vaccine now incorporated into Species Panthera Leo genetic structure… can be used to synthesize for genetic differences in Species Panthera Leo related to Blood Type variations.]
[Species Panthera Leo Vaccine 'Complete'…] Ema declared, taking the vial and placing it on the tray. [Repeating procedure for remaining test subjects… beginning test on Species Vulpes Vulpes…]
In amazement and wonder, Gazelle watched as one by one, each of the blood samples received the same treatment, first being analyzed by Ema to understand the genetic structure of the species, then being given the vaccine to incorporate into its genetics, and then finally being tested by being infected. The second mammal to be tested was Fox, which received a seven percent infection rate before the vaccine halted it and the victim's blood fought back the cancer into extinction. Next came Antelope, and Gazelle watched as her species received a twelve percent infection rate, before once again the vaccine kicked in and her species fought back the cancer to nothingness.
After Antelope came Polar Bear, which received a six percent infection rate, before beating down the cancer into submission. One by one, each species received vaccination, became infected, and fought back the cancer. The only species that had difficulty with the cancer was apparently sheep, which became sixty three percent infected… yet without fail, the vaccine halted the cancer's advance and the sheep's blood eventually fought a hard fight to eliminate the cancer cells once and for all.
[Status… all subjects have incorporated vaccine sample V-1 into their genetic databases, all subjects have successfully fought off the diseases… no cancer cells remain active…] Ema declared before taking the large canister of the neon-blue vaccine with two of her legs and handed it to the Mayor. [You need not fear Rabies Type S… this vaccine will ensure no mammals become infected… If they are already infected, simply take a healthy sample of the victim's blood and introduce the vaccine, before reintroducing the blood into the victim to remove the cancer.]
Both her and the mayor stared in awe at the large container, requiring both the mayor's hands to hold it. It was filled with that neon blue substance which sat quietly waiting to be used. Rabies Type S had been a plague for many mammals, Gazelle remembering how the Type S variation took her grandmother, how one day she was the cheerful happy Antelope she knew her as, and then weeks later lying helpless in a hospital fighting for her life, a fight she lost. She could only imagine how the mayor could feel, Lioness probably feeling sad that her sister was there one day and then gone another because of the 'S' variation.
Yet before them was the vaccine, the 'death' to one of their greatest fears. Mammal scientists had been fighting to end cancers, for years. Yet in one afternoon, in the lonely steel interior of an ancient species base, a strange and terrifying machine not only tackled the problem facing them but defeated it.
"I… don't know… how to thank you…" Lioness whispered in shock.
[Do not thank me, I am merely a drone.] Ema replied before beckoning to Jeremy. [Humans created me, humans designed me, and it is humans who you should thank… the research I used is simply their research that has been done for centuries.]
"I did nothing… all I did was ask Ema to help you." Jeremy said blushing slightly. "I just wanted to do something to help mammals for what you have done for me."
Gazelle smiled at that and walked up to Jeremy so she could pull him into a hug. "Then on behalf of all mammals I 'thank' you Jeremy…" She whispered happily. "I thank you… you're our hero!"
She could almost feel his heartbeat racing as she held him close, and her heart seemed to beat in sync, until both of them were beating as one.
"Well… since we have reached this point…" Mayor Lioness said, getting them to let go of each other. "I can't possibly express my gratitude for this 'miracle' you've given us. I know it's not something we should discuss here but… since you 'are' living with Gazelle for free and she is paying for your needs as well, would you be willing to accept a-"
"They're free." He stated instantly.
"What?" Lioness asked in confusion.
"You can have all the vaccines and cures that Ema can produce for you for free." He said. "I didn't do this for profit, I don't need fame or money… I did this because it was right. All I ask is that you use what we give you and do it free of charge to those who receive treatment."
He looked at the canister in Lioness' hands and smiled. "Medicine should not be restricted to those who can afford it, even the poorest person is just as important as the richest man when their life's at stake."
The mayor nodded gratefully and handed the vaccine to the doctors behind her, before going and pulling him into a tight hug, tearfully crying in gratitude. "I will… I'll tell everymammal… I will do what you said Jeremy!" She sobbed. "Thank you… thank you!"
[Though since we are on the subject of 'give and take'…] Ema declared, causing them to look at her as she was busy working on the second vaccine canister for the second cancer sample the mammals had brought. [If I am to do as Jeremy asks, and both study and create the vaccines and cures for your diseases and cancers, I will require bio samples of every species and subspecies of 'mammal' if I am to provide effective vaccines and cures as well as to ensure they work. On that note I will also require the raw materials necessary to 'create' the vaccines and cancers.]
She turned to them as the canister began to fill up with another blueish fluid.
[While this base has 'some' of the facilities to produce various end products, it lacks the raw materials and chemicals. I am beginning to run low on various bio-chemicals and elements to produce the necessary substances to 'create' vaccines and cures. In addition to the blood samples of the species and subspecies I am to create for, I will require the diseases and cancer samples, as well as the chemicals necessary to cure and create the vaccines and cures 'for' said plagues to your species.] She said before grabbing the canister with two legs and handing it to the doctors. [If you want me to cure your diseases, deliver to me what I need, and I will cure any disease and cancer you fear.]
She then turned to Jeremy.
[As for your 'unauthorized' requisition of Synthorgans Jeremy, I will have to have you fill out a requisition form for medical records later. However, I assume that you did the same reasons as this request?] She asked, to which he nodded. [Then the same offer applies regarding Synthorgans, while I cannot produce the complicated Synthorgan technology as this base lacks the facility to do so, I can however develop a more archaic 'artificial organ' based on mammal physiology. I simply require said blood samples, and samples of organs to replicate that can be reproduced to suit individuals based on the patient's blood.]
[And since we are in the 'giving' time period… I take it you also wish to give them access to our stockpile of 'Biotech Gel'?] To which Jeremy 'also' nodded. [Then I am also granting you access to this facility's stockpile of Biotech Gel…]
"What's… Biotech Gel?" A doctor asked.
[Jeremy… please demonstrate for them…] Ema said.
He nodded and stepped forward as one of her legs reached behind and jabbed into one of the containers on her 'sack' and extracted via another injection needle some strange golden substance. Once Jeremy exposed his hand to her, she instantly sliced it with another leg, causing him to flinch and gasp in pain.
[Oh, stop complaining, this is only a scratch, you suffered worse when you were playing with the RAPTOR drones as a kid.] She muttered before forcibly widening the gash with two needles.
She showed them the wound bleeding, before spraying the golden gelatin substance over the wound, rubbed it, and began to wipe away the blood with tiny sponge. As the blood was wiped away, they saw that the tiny gash had vanished, leaving not even a scab where it had been before.
[Biotech Gel is a gelatin substance created to rapidly increase the natural healing process of the body, triggering various chemical reactions and healing lacerations and major damages to the body at the cellular level. It can heal damage done to skin, flesh, and even bone to an extent, and unlike the chemicals we are lacking for vaccine production, our Biotech Gel stockpile is far greater, and is more easily produced here in the facility. I will provide you samples to reverse engineer and study, while also providing you access to our stockpile for use in whatever way you see fit, as I await the bio samples and materials I requested earlier.]
Mayor Lioness looked speechless at the offer being made. All she had to do was give the materials to the spider drone and said spider would develop vaccines and cures to give to all mammalkind free of charge. She was offering to end 'all' cancers and diseases over the world using human technology to do so.
"I'd better get back to City Hall then to get what you need!" She stammered. "Thank you again!"
Within minutes the doctors and mayor were gone, leaving Jeremy, Gazelle and her friends alone with Aelita and Ema.
"Hey uh, Gazelle, you mind if we go for a bit, we have a friend who's sick and… we want to tell them the good news." Franky asked.
"Sure… go ahead, take the limo and text me when your done." She said, to which all four tigers left in a hurry.
[Miss… 'Gazelle' is it?] Ema asked. [Do you spend much time in this facility?]
"Uh yea, since I visit Jeremy sometimes when he's here and I live with him…" She started saying before the spider grabbed her with four legs and placed her on one of the bio-beds.
[Then I have to give you a physical for base records and medical purposes!] She stated, before doing the same with Jeremy and placing him opposite her. [Alright strip both of you… let's get this physical over with!]
"Wait what?" Jeremy yelled.
"What do you…" Gazelle stammered.
[I believe I said Jeremy that you are 'late' for your physical examination 'as required' to be taken every week.] Ema stated as she opened both bio-beds and pulled out some tools. [Since you are both here, I might as well get started.]
"But, we're opposite genders. What about patient privacy!" Jeremy yelled.
[You can either strip and get this over with quickly or I can flood the room with anesthetizing gas to put you to sleep and take even 'longer' to examine you both.] Ema declared. [I don't care which option you pick, judging by the samples I studied I am going to be very busy soon, and I still have to categorize and detail the samples I developed today.]
Both her and Jeremy looked at each other in unison and nodded, universally agreeing to turn around to at least provide 'some' privacy to one another. After a while she finished removing her clothes and exposing her body to the air of the medical bay. Behind her she heard the soft platter of clothes hitting the ground as Jeremy finished as well.
[Alright Gazelle I'll start with you… since you're our 'guest' and because you're a mammal.] Ema said, walking around to her. [Let's get the basics out of the way… Age, name, sex…]
She answered each question one by one, before she was asked to stand up, stretch, step on a scale the spider had brought out, then was asked to provide a blood sample for record purposes.
[You appear to be healthy, given what little I know of your species…] Ema said. [Your electrolytes seem to be a tad low, compared to human electrolyte levels… I suggest you up the intake slightly and they should balance out.]
"Thank you…" Gazelle muttered, thoroughly embarrassed at being seen only clad in a bra and panties by a machine.
[Your embarrassment is unneeded, I don't care or compare how you look or think you look like to others… and I've seen 'many' bodies…] Ema said, before walking around to Jeremy. [Your turn Jeremy… please stand for me and stretch out your arms…]
She didn't want to betray Jeremy's trust in her, since he showed her the same courtesy of respecting her privacy, but she just couldn't resist the temptation to look at Jeremy. She shifted just enough to get a glance as Jeremy stretched out his arms on either side.
"…" She breathed out.
She'd only ever seen Jeremy without clothes 'one' time, but that had been when he was dying in the street during the storm. At that time, he'd looked extremely sick and thin, and she was far more concerned about his health to look at his body. Now however, that he was much healthier and better off, she could see a bit of muscle in his arms, saw that he looked very fit. He was far from 'polar bear' level of strength, but he certainly was more physical when compared to an antelope.
Before he or Ema could notice she turned around quickly with a prominent blush on her face, thinking just how handsome and strong Jeremy was to her.
After a while Jeremy was declared finished but they still weren't told to put their clothes on.
[Jeremy… you seem to be ten pounds 'lighter' than the last time you were inspected, you are not at your ideal body weight. I need you to put on a bit more weight.] Ema declared. [At the same time, I have detected also that your protein levels are low… you are not receiving enough protein into your body… and I have detected some 'kidney stones' in you that weren't there the last time I scanned you.]
"Kidney stones?" She called out, turning around in worry. "Is that bad, is Jeremy alright? Is he Eeeep!"
She squealed and turned around again with a blush on her face, as Jeremy was still without his shirt on and saw his bare chest, which had subconsciously turned her slightly on as he looked 'attractive and exotic' to her.
[I'll never understand you 'flesh creatures' and your embarrassment at being seen without being fully clothed.] Ema muttered. [No, Jeremy is fine, kidney stones are just a minor nuisance… I'll prepare a small gel tablet for you to take that will dissolve them within an hour's time. Now Jeremy what are you eating, I am detecting none of the standard meal supplements in your system?]
"I'm eating uh… various vegetables and fruits, such as potatoes… some lettuces and…"
[You require more 'protein' based supplements, your protein levels are too low… if these mammals are capable of providing meat to you, I insist that you ingest meat into your system a minimum of two servings a week in order to help readjust your systems to eating 'solids'.] Ema chided behind her. [Your system prior to being cryogenically frozen had been used to the food paste supplements which provided all the vitamins and nutrients your body needed, now however your systems are out of sync as they are becoming used to eating solid food and drink, now that your system is expecting solid foods it is looking for protein rich meats…]
"I'll… do what I can." Jeremy muttered. "Can we go now?"
[Hold on… I'm detecting an anomaly in your Cardiovascular system…] Ema declared suddenly. [Why is there 'permafrost' attached to your blood cells throughout your circulatory system and heart…]
Gazelle turned around to look as the Spider looked over Jeremy, scanning him with dozens of lights from her eight optics, before turning around again to avoid being seen staring at him again.
[Oh… Cryogenetic Sclerosis… I'm sorry Jeremy, I wish there was something I can do.]
"It's okay… I've gotten used to it." Jeremy said.
"Wait… what about those… those 'Synthorgans' you were talking about earlier!" She said, looking over and ignoring Jeremy to look at Ema.
[They will not work for Cryogenetic Sclerosis.] The Spider declared. [The Synthorgan technology, for all it can do… is incapable of curing his disease.]
"But… 'why'… Jeremy said it can cure almost 'any' disease…" She said, remembering the note he left to the doctors at the hospital.
[Yes… in theory they can cure 'anything' afflicting the body they are implanted into, thanks to the micromachines residing in them. However, the micromachines are designed to be sensitive to temperature, and only activate when the cold temperature they are designed to rest in is interrupted. Once exposed to warmer temperatures, such as those found within the body, they activate and seek out foreign substances inside the body to eradicate and dissolve.] She said before tapping a bio-bed and creating a hologram of one of Jeremy's blood cells, with a piece of permafrost attached to it and wrapped around it. [If they were to interact and touch the permafrost within his body… they would simply shut down due to the cold temperature of the permafrost.]
The hologram showed a machine approach and attempt to clamp onto the permafrost, and then it fell away, leaving the blood cell with the permafrost still attached to it.
[Within half an hour of activation each micromachine would dissolve to prevent risk to the body they reside in. Even if I were to surgically replace his heart with a Synthorgan, the disease would still reside and rest in him. And despite that his heart is coated with permafrost, medical protocol demands that I 'not' permit a surgery take place on a 'healthy' organ of the body. The permafrost would also affect the delicate circuitry inside the micromachines, causing damage to them… so we cannot even reprogram the micromachines to not be sensitive to the cold.]
"His heart is healthy, but you just said his heart has a disease…"
[Yes… but his heart is not being inhibited from performing its normal functions. It is still beating and acting normally… as long as he avoids cold environments and exposing his body to sudden drops in temperature, his disease poses little threat to his life. Because of this I cannot allow him to go through surgery. His heart and blood have adapted an 'immunity' to the disease which allows them to perform normal functions, unless he interacts with sudden cold, there is nothing wrong with him.]
"Like I said Gazelle, it's alright… I've gotten used to it." Jeremy said calmly, though she heard the tiny pang of sadness in it.
All of his species advanced technology, for all the good it could do, for all the wonders it is capable of… even his species could not cure what he himself had now.
After another scan of Jeremy Ema declared that they were free to leave after Jeremy took a small gel pill, but just as they were about to walk out, they distinctly heard the spider proclaim, [Humans… never learn even when they're about to go extinct…]
As they began to leave Aelita texted her phone with the message, {I saw you peeking when he was stretching ; ) kekekeke!}
She blushed at the AI who was swaying in her holosphere acting like nothing was wrong, and while Jeremy went into the elevator first to float up and she followed after, she quickly texted that she was sorry.
{Don't be ashamed, Jeremy peeked too ; ) heheheeh!}
Blushing that Jeremy also peeked, she glanced up at him and asked Aelita if he said anything about her…
{If I tell you will you tell me what you thought about him ^_^?}
She thought about it before replying that she thought he was handsome.
{Figured, he whispered that you were beautiful : D~!}
The thought that Jeremy thought 'she' was beautiful to him did not leave her for the rest of the day.
=The next day=
Gazelle breathed a sigh of relief as she stepped out of the recording booth, her throat was feeling a little sore as she was recording a new record album before the big Premier Party. She walked into the lounge and grabbed a drink of water as the news was featuring the big story that day, in fact 'all' day.
"We're back with more breaking news as Mayor Lioness confirms just now… as of this moment… that Type S Rabies is now officially no longer a threat to any mammal." The News Anchor said excitedly. "This once again coincides with our story earlier about how the human facility, now known officially as 'Eden Facility 17', has opened the doors to its technology thanks to the human Jeremy Wilheart. With access to this new cutting-edge technology, something that mammal's once thought would never happen in their life time is now becoming a reality as diseases and cancers are being analyzed by an expert medical drone. Not just a few mind you, but 'all' diseases and cancers are being examined, tested, and vaccines and cures being crafted and churned out."
She smiled and took a sip from her glass as the story continued, knowing that this would be the biggest talk of the year and even longer perhaps.
"Medical Professors are absolutely stunned that cancers which have plagued not only the bodies of mammals but even the best and brightest minds in the medical field, are now swiftly becoming extinct in the face of such powerful medical research from the past. According to our source inside City Hall, humankind at the lowest point in their species history had cured all but the 'deadliest' diseases and cancers, only keeping samples of them to study for future use in case more devastating forms of said viruses afflicted them."
"Mayor Lioness said before a news media earlier…"
The screen changed over to a very teary-eyed mayor standing before flashing cameras and reporters.
"It is my proudest declaration that I say here, that as of this morning, that a vaccine for the cancer Rabies Type S has been created… not only for one mammal species but ALL mammals. We need not fear such a cancer in our lifetime or future life time 'ever again'!"
The screen changed back to the news anchor.
"Indeed, wonderful stuff, perhaps the stuff of magic, but regardless the news has spread like wildfire as hospitals rush to get access to the vaccine samples. Outside the facility base ambulances have been carting off countless containers of the vaccine to be distributed 'freely' to all mammals, as per the request of the human Jeremy Wilheart. The human has requested that all vaccines and cures developed are not to be patented, sold, or extorted for any form of personal profit…"
"Meanwhile hospitals not only are scrambling to gain access to the vaccine but are also scrambling to organize vaccination times and schedules in light of this new miracle. Every lobby is absolutely swarmed with mammals as they are trying to be the first to receive the free medical treatment and vaccine."
"Indeed…" The other news anchor said with a smile. "Not only are the hospitals going nuts with this breaking news, but mammals across Zootopia also are having massive celebrations at the news. Bars across the city are having 'free drink hours' in celebration of cancers being eradicated, families and communities are having large outdoor parties, and even business owners are letting their workers off for the week so they can get vaccinated."
"Meanwhile, more good news as not only are Type S Rabies but even Type T Rabies has a Vaccine and 'cure'. Now this isn't the only bit of news as we are receiving word that the 'medical drone' called 'Ema', is requesting various samples of mammal's bloods in order to properly prepare the vaccines and cures for every mammal species and subspecies. She states that 'Eden Facility 17' is limited in terms of 'raw materials' and is requesting the chemicals and elements necessary to develop cures. She also states that she needs only as little as a few drops of blood to be enough to study and examine mammal species for her to prepare vaccines and cures for. In response to this, mammals are signing up to donate blood in astounding records, an impossible to believe increase of five hundred and twenty percent compared to previous records in just the last few hours. Not only that but barrels and boxes of the materials are being transported to the facility around the clock."
"When questioned how this drone being able to cure almost any disease, we throw at it is possible, the Mayor simply stated that 'Ema', the 'Spider Class Drone', is a walking bio-laboratory on eight legs. When given just the two samples of cancer, and eight blood samples from different species of mammals, the drone not only analyzed and created the vaccines with the aid of Human disease research, but even tested and 'proved' that the vaccines worked before her very eyes… all in the time span of less than ten minutes."
She smiled happily at that, glad to see something 'good' about humans in the news after all the fear about the RAPTOR drones.
"Just a few minutes ago, the mayor has announced a celebration for the 'death of cancer', and main street is currently being reserved for a parade. Mammals are welcomed to participate and celebrate the event. Despite this wonderful occasion, the guest of honor 'Jeremy' has asked to stay out, citing that 'he doesn't need the fame, just the knowledge alone that he has helped us is enough reward.' Though in my personal opinion, I highly doubt that is 'all' the praise his species will be getting."
"Indeed…" The first anchor said with a grin. "We're going live now to the human memorial site…"
"Thanks guys, as you can see here it is absolute insanity with how many citizens are here!" A leopard said happily as behind her hundreds of mammals were cheering and applauding with signs saying, 'cancer is dead' and 'thank you humans'.
"Mammals are celebrating outside the memorial site but are being highly respectful and not crossing the boundary of the grave site with their festivity, but mammals going into the area are leaving offerings to humans. Gifts of food, spare jewelry, even money and objects of personal importance are being left to the long-lost humans for what they have given. There are even mammals who just 'days' ago were afraid to leave their homes because of the 'Raptor' incident, are now apologizing deeply to the humans for thinking horribly about them. Sheep from all over Zootopia have been 'praying' almost around the clock to the human graves, leaving offerings of personal importance and even have begun a donation drive to help create a massive umbrella to protect the grave site from the elements, to preserve it and protect the graves from harm. Back to you in the station!"
Gazelle smiled as she heard the record chief call her back, telling her they had to get back to work.
"I knew you'd find something Jeremy… I just 'knew' you'd find something." She whispered happily as she walked back into the recording booth.
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=Author's Notes=
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry there's no 'Drone Chapter' shorts, but to make up for it the next chapter I write will be devoted purely to the drone's shenanigans
I really need to write more for my other stories I'm doing, namely my second xcom viper, Arceus Book, Pack of Destiny and Life, and of course Romances of the Pokemon World. I had a massive itch to write this and my brain wouldn't let me get it out of my head until it was written, now that its done I need to devote more energy to the other stories I want to write.
Hope you liked it~!