Simple Creature Page #4

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I think you need a reminder.

We are on the precipice of

changing human evolution.

We won't have to

worry about death.

We can swap out these suboptimal

bodies and engineer

ourselves to be gods.

But don't you ever

have a hint of doubt?

Ever?

Now clearly

she's not the same em.

But she is not

my little girl, em.

We make better humans.

And she's the first step.

Em!

And look at that.

You're just stronger.

No.

Times are tough.

What's the matter, Russ?

We either move to the

mountainsor off the grid or we

take that alternative stance.

And when our stuff gets taken

away... Right, Renee?

When our stuff gets

taken away, that's when

we're tested.

I don't know, folks.

I don't know. But this

decision is not mine.

I am not the driving force

here, okay? It's all

of us. We all are in this

together, right?

I thought it

best that we come here.

Look... Em,

look, am I, um...

Are we, are we in any trouble?

I have your

obituary at my house.

At least I thought...

I thought, I thought I did.

I was taken to my dad's...

...facility.

Singularity.

You know about it?

There was some nurse or lady...

There was someone...

She was at the hospital

when I went to go say my

goodbyes. She said that

she worked for your dad.

She wasn't very

informative, except...

Yeah, this was it.

It almost was.

My dad thought his lab

was my only chance.

And I, um...

Two years feels

like two weeks to me.

There's been a lot

of physical therapy

and I'm starting

to get my memory back.

You just remember us now?

Sh*t!

I don't understand,

like, why the...

Why the funeral? Why...?

What did they do to you?

Seth. Seth.

Sh*t.

Come on.

Yeah, he was

pretty proud of that.

You hungry?

I'm sorry I made,

I made scrambled by default

'cause they're less hard

to screw up.

Was the bed comfy?

It was fine, thank you.

I'm just gonna run these

out to my mom real quick.

I'll be right back.

Alright mom, it's time to eat.

I'll be back to

check on you, all right?

Are you gonna eat?

No.

Why are you here?

I had nowhere else to go.

You're confusing to me, em.

I don't...

I'm not... I'm not saying

that I don't want you here.

It's just I feel

like half the time, ya ain't.

If that makes sense.

So is someone

looking for you then?

Listen, I...

The whole thing about it,

it's just got me paranoid.

I don't know what to say, like

I'm part of this, this group.

It's called the 144.

It represents the forty-four

families in this community

that lost their

livelihood to factory farming.

And the one is just,

you know, under one god,

it's just a funky

name that we gave it.

Look, basically, these people

are a group of luddites.

I'm part of

them. It's around the country.

It's big. But we were talking

about... Remember when we

talked about what

your dad did for a living,

like before your accident.

It's like even you said that

he was into some

pretty advanced stuff.

Like how do we

...How do we know that you're

not some experiment to see how

far they can push technology?

Em!

Em! Wait!

What? What am I

to you, the sum of my parts?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

No?

You think I wanted this?

Okay, listen,

I'm sorry! All right? I just,

I...

I can't lose you again!

Listen, you

show up back in my life

and everything

just got so f***ed.

And I'm sorry

I'm still trying to process

this, but...

I...

I... I need you to stay.

No, I want you to stay.

Please don't leave.

I'm sorry for everything

that's happened to you.

No, I'm sorry.

I'm...

...So sorry.

Oh!

Em! What the

hell are you doing?

Ohh.

- Come here.

- Ohh.

Just keep your hand under there.

Can I see your hand?

Let us pray.

Lord, be with us here tonight.

Allow your words to guide us

and give us the courage we need

to stand firm in our beliefs.

Give us the strength, lord,

to face these troubling times

head on. These things we

ask in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Amen.

Well where are we, folks?

Where are we?

It's time to wake up.

And figure out

what's most important to us.

And how

this so-called progress

is affectin' our lives.

Not only our lives, but

the lives of our patriots.

It's time we get off our ass.

I apologize. Let's

just put this another way.

- Jeremiah 1:
17.

- Get yourself ready.

Stand up and say to them

whatever I command you.

Do not be terrified by them,

or I will terrify you

before them.

That's not me

talkin' folks. That's god.

Oh, wow.

I didn't even know places

like this existed anymore.

It's paradise.

My mom's doing so much

better... thanks to you.

I don't know about

that, but I'm glad.

Thank you.

Well, it's great being

with you, so... It's easy.

Oh. I gotta

get the picnic stuff.

Okay.

You're shaking.

Yeah.

Are you scared of me?

No.

Em?

Seth?

Now we need to act now,

or we don't act at all.

It's just a report.

It doesn't mean that it's

the mark of the beast.

So, how's this thing go?

Is it this way or that way?

Pvt. Huey durmont

my name is huey durmont.

E-2

e-2, no you have to,

you have to say what that is.

Sorry.

Private first class. Um, part of

the 47th chromosome project.

I see.

It's definitely one

step closer to that,

that jumpin' Jesus we've

all be talkin' about.

You could say

that about every single moment

of every single day.

Look, I'm not

defending technology,

but you're wrong if

you think that I'm somehow

undecided about this,

because I'm not.

But what are we,

some terrorist group?

I uh, had a neuro chip implant.

I lost control of myself.

Shot...

My best friend during

a combat training regimen.

Tattoos. For every man,

woman, and child. Required.

Required! Forced through some

kind of mandatory enrollment.

Now that is the very

definition of a mandate.

Now, I don't know about

you, but that doesn't sound too

innocent to me.

I'm not claiming, I'm not

claiming that it's innocent.

All right? What

I'm saying is that

maybe it'd be better to walk

away than engage in a war.

What about the

mountains, like you said?

Go on.

Uh, I now believe

I was not controlling my

thoughts, arms, or hands.

I was a husband and a father.

I don't have them anymore. I

was moved to a privately funded

institution and...

I can't do this.

I can't do what you asked me.

Uh, now how, how 'bout what,

what do you got there?

What is that?

Viruses can be manufactured and used

with the public none the wiser.

And the worst part

is here... Here.

Now hold it closer so

we can see it.

There ya go, yeah.

Yeah, this is a capsule that

was detected by a spectrograph.

It's uh, it's

broken so not to worry. Uh, it

could kill a lot of people

within a hundred-yard radius.

Look, man,

I love you. You know I do.

Your dad was good to me.

Can you tell us the

name of the private facility?

Singularity.

But I'm afraid your

time with this girl is clouding

your judgement.

That has absolutely

nothing to do with this.

Yeah, well I know who she is.

And I know you've

been hiding her from us.

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