THE RAT SYSTEM Shamar
Dove
In 3596 . . . “EVERYONE STAND UP, SALUTE!” “WE HAVE MILITARY SOLDIER TYRONE ROBBINSON TODAY THAT IS RETIRING DUE TO HIS ARMS AND LEGS BEING AMPUTATED. Are there any last words that y’all wanna say to Tyrone?” The whole military base was silent until one soldier named Harold stomped his foot on the ground for everyone to hear. I knew Harold for a while now. He’s been my best friend ever since we were kids. He used to be an officer and now he’s a military soldier. The crazy thing that happens in society these days is that when something happens to someone, it happens the same way to a family member or best friend in two days. “YES I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING SIR.” “Go ahead, you only have a moment.” Harold walks up to me and says the most interesting message ever said before, “See you in two days.” After he said that, I got escorted out of the military base and taken to the highest hospital on the planet, NYC healer cycle. Once I made it to the hospital they brought me to the nearest room. The room looked… AMAZING. It had medicine that could heal me and most importantly my arms and legs. The doctors took the stitches out of my arms and legs. “We need to give you this medicine immediately. It’s only going to hurt a little.” When they said it was going to hurt a little, it was the total opposite of what they told me. But I heard something. The room was silent for a minute. No one was moving at all. “This is going to hurt a lot,” I heard from one of the doctors in the room while the room was silent for a minute. It was like time just stopped. Then I thought to myself, Could I read minds
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