C.R.D Chapter 5(final)

“Session!” His mother shouted to a 9 year Zen reading a book. “Won’t you come join us?” it was not the first time she asked, and occasionally he did so. Usually leaving before them. He didn’t recognize his family in the virtual world. His friend were different, and often wanted to be something different. Zen having no such desires was ultimately forced into being a loner, and by extension forced to watch as the people around him abandoned the place he called home. Until the day that stranger lead him out of the alleyway, and into the Church of Humanity. Returning week after week, eventually of his own accord.

“Everything. Everything last thing I was ever told would happen. Either already has, or seems damn near close.” Zen stated holding his gun pointed at Wish somewhat shaking. “And plugging you in is like calling the devil down, so I can’t let you go there.”

“Put the gun down, Zen.” Davy stated from behind him. “You’re basic training let your emotions run this wild.”

“Shut! Up!” Zen swung around and rammed himself right into the shovel Davy held out. Wish silently got into Davy’s car, while Davy broke Zen’s car to best ability he could with a shovel.

“When you’re ready to ask, I’ll be listening.” Davy stated starting the car. “I only stayed behind, because Doctor Ruribind wanted someone he trusted to be aware of...well you.” There was a long silence as Davy drove.

“What about me?” Wish finally asked after a few hours past. “What about me is going to change so much?” Davy hand her a strange device.

“I had a feeling that be the first question.” Davy stated as Wish turned the device on. It seemed like a simple test connector. Like everything else that had ever test Wish’s ability to connect to the Augment it was slow at first. Then it connected, and several parts started to move neon blue lines spread further and further up Wish eventually blinking its green lights before whirl to life like neither of them had ever seen. Wish put it down. “Apparently findings like that having been cropping up more and more. Weird little quirks in people’s connections that shouldn’t work on paper, but do that in practice.” Davy pointed at the still over charged device. “Sounds familiar?”

“Among you, Among all humans there are those with a gift. A gift that supasses even the Augment potential. And with that gift my children, we will change everything about us.” Wish recited the line she once heard every day of her life. “But it’s never done anything, and overcharge like that should have affected at least someone else.”

“Unless it’s too busy affecting the people with this gift. A gift that looks exactly like how two Augments connecting would look.” Davy stated. “Seems Kurzweil wasn’t quite right about his ‘Singularity people’.”

“That’s….” Wish was silent for a long while, and device seems to be responding in kind. Davy wasn’t normally one to pry, but the device was right next to him working away. And when you study augmented mechanics for as long as Davy has, it is hard not to picture the images it’s making. The thoughts of a tyrant reshaping the world, the abandoned city of people who relied on the now outlaw virtual currency. The Singularity Ministry ever growing desire to simply remove those who were not ‘embracing the future.’” After a while the image wasn’t so much memories as it was looking for someone, anyone, who Wish thought she would she trust with handling the ability to make a 2nd Augment. Eventually Davy had to give her a nudge.

“I think it’ll be a mess.” Davy stated. “But I also want to remember a time where…” Davy paused, and looked at the tower. “You know, I don’t even remember anymore.”

“I do” Wish stated getting out of the car. Davy followed closely behind. Elysium was way too quiet. Several sectors across various parts of the world were already reacting to Wish’s presence. Slowly both way the elevator.

“Quite the connection range wouldn’t you agree?” The robbed stranger greet them as they rounded the corner. A hood hiding his face. Dark purple with several lines of gold running all along the robe. The classic attire of a high standing member the Singularity Ministry. He slapped a small E.M.P and the sounds of the elevator crashing down was heard of a few floor below.

“Look around you.” Wish stated gesturing around the building. The wall glowing with power both inside and out. The normally silent machine generating a slight amount of noise while giving their best effort to use their new resource to the fullest. “Look at what this could do? How can you possibly think this is better?”

“The very natural of what you now do.” The robed figure stated. “Your job quite literally exist, because humans can not be trusted  with even one augment! All of us. Except” He pointed at Wish. “Except the gifted ones. Perhaps the books were mistranslated. Perhaps the Binarial were misinterpreted. Our flawed minds to limited to understand, but one thing has remained. One thing-” The robed figure brace himself as Davy charged into him. Both swirled in motion in fury on precise strikes. The fighting only got harder as Davy push his way up the stairs. But while he quickly outnumbered, he still was far from outmatched.

“Enough!” One voice shouted and quickly the room complied. A large figure stepped out. Unhooded and with several more gold rings on his sleeves than the others. “Young Davy.” He began. “Even in exile you remain the strongest fighter we have ever seen.”

“Thank you, Father.” Davy stated proudly. “Even now, that means a great deal to me. Truthfully, I wasn’t expecting this to work. Perhaps we all just obsolete afterall” both softly chuckled before roaring in laughter together.

“Perhaps, indeed.” The peist stated. “But I’m sure such revelations hardly matter now.”

“It’s exactly as your follower pointed out, Trinar.” Wish stated walking up into the center room Davy had forced their way into. The hover wheeling keeping the core up spun to life for a brief moment before the bright blue core burst to life, and sent out a shockwave. Several were knocked back, but the Father Trinar merely turning to watch. “You truly this world won’t destroy itself all over again? Virtual reality can not protect us anymore, Wish.”

“Maybe not.” Wish stated. “But keeping power from people certainly hasn’t done any favor. We’re beginning our ascension now, Father. Maybe it didn’t happen like it did it your records, but it was pretty miraculous.”
“Let us hope then.” Father Trinar stated. “That is stays that way.”