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Link Details for: | The Future |
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| Link ID# | 42 |
| Link URL | http:// |
| Submited By | Jamie Riedy |
| Added On | Thu_Oct_16__2003 |
Description:
The year is 2055. The Robertson’s family was very well known. They were the nicest family in the neighborhood at the time. They were just the perfect little family with their perfect little lives. The parents, Joan and Bill, were both very successful lawyers. They had their own company. They had two children, a boy named Nathan and a girl named Livia. Nathan was the captain of the football team, and Livia was the head cheerleader. They even had a little dog named Truffles. You would think they had it all, but this society was different. Nobody cared about your job, the football team, or the cheerleaders. They really didn’t care about anything. Livia was on her way to school one day when she halted to the sound of a cry for help. She ran to the alley-way behind the dumpster. There she saw a group of 5 kids, girls none-the-less, beating this poor little girl that had just moved into town with a stick. They were all laughing so hard they couldn’t even move. They had no feelings what-so-ever for this poor, defenseless girl. Livia screamed, “Leave her alone. She is new here and doesn’t know what places are off limits. I promise I will teach her. It won’t happen again. Just let her go, and we will leave this instant.” “Alright you have a deal Miss Livia. You can do what you want with her just get her out of my sight. Now come get her or beat it,” replied Rica, the leader of their mob. As Livia carefully stepped forward to lend a hand to the new girl, she was shoved on the ground. Before she could stand again or even say a word, they were beating her as well. The only thing she could do was try to stiffen her body so the stick didn’t seem to strike her as hard. While her heart was racing she thought about her parents. “Why would my parents teach me to be so nice? What did I do to them? Nobody is nice. Nobody cares about anyone else. Wouldn’t my parents know that by now? I can’t believe after all the times Nathan and me came home basically crying blood they still just don’t get it. I guess this is just my punishment for loving my parents and actually listening and obeying them,” she thought in her blood rushed head. The mob of heartless girls tired down and finally gave up. They looked at the two girls laying there on the ground in a pool full of blood and heartache. They walked off laughing. Rica sighed, “I guess that will have to do for today. She is new I think it’s good we gave her a break. But we are not going to be so nice next time girls. We need to toughen up and get our act together. There is no excuse for getting so tired after just that little incident. You all better shape up for the next one.” Livia lied there on the pavement, unable to move. She turned and smiled at the new girl and said, “What is your name?” The girl looked at her with dreadful terror in her eyes and cried, “Well my name is Bita, but please don’t tell them that. My parents made me move here, they said it would be different than our old town, but it’s just the same. It might even be worse.” “I know exactly what you mean,” said Livia. “Follow me and we’ll go back to my house. I just live down the street. My parents will fix us all up and take you home. Ok?” “Alright that sounds great. I know it doesn’t mean much now, but thank you for trying to help me. You really are a pal.” The two girls pried themselves off the pavement and limped home. As they were walking they found out a lot they had in common. They both loved going to school. They were both considered stupid for loving and obeying their parents. They both had even been through the same ordeals with other kids making fun of them and picking on them. It was then they realized they would have to stick together to get anywhere in this world. As they arrived at Livia’s house, her mom ran out the door. “Did those mean girls do this to you again? And this little girl, what did she even do? I think we need to have a talk with their parents. This is the third time this week. I am not going to let this happen again. I promise the both of you.” Livia knew inside her head what was going to happen. Her mother was going to talk to Rica’s mom and tell her everything. Then her mom would talk to Rica. It won’t stop anything though. It will just give her more reason to beat Livia the next time she saw her. There was no stopping Rica, or any child for that matter. Kids did whatever they felt like doing. So did the adults for the most part. Some of them knew someone who had lived before this “wonder maker” machine was invented. They knew people used to have to expect to die everyday of their life to not be afraid of death. But now that is not even talked about. Everyone knows when they are going to die so it doesn’t matter. They can live any type of lifestyle they choose. There is no reason to fear drowning, choking, or even driving accidents. They know what is or what isn’t going to kill them. Livia and her whole family knew about this. They knew about how life used to be. They weren’t allowed to say anything though. If too many people found out they would take the machine away. It was a privilege to the people. They would do anything to keep the machines. The schools were completely torn apart. There was no education to speak of. People only cared about themselves. All they wanted to do was fulfill all their dreams before their date, their last day, arrived. Livia, her family, and Bita went on with their normal lives. They continued to get beat up almost everyday, not always by the same people but for the same reason. Just because they were different, they were smart and enjoyed being at school, they were ridiculed and tortured. Eventually Livia’s brother, Nathan, died. They spent his last day playing family knowledge games. Games they had made up themselves, because the stores only sold weapons and dangerous toys for children. It was the best day of his life. He loved things like that. Once he was gone Livia really started to think about life. She knew there had to be a reason they were put on Earth, well other than to hurt one another. She couldn’t think of anything though. She knew they were all living pointless lives that one day would end. That’s all she could come up with. As the years passed Livia and Bita continued to stay together, protecting each other from harm. They stopped talking about how things used to be different once Bita’s parents died. They became just another waste of space on the Earth, not thinking about anything or anyone, not feeling anything, and not caring about anything. The world finally became a huge dumpster. The whole place was trashed. The people had torn up everything there was. The nature was gone. There were no people intelligent enough to invent new things or really even continue making the old. They became nothing. Their lives consisted of waiting until their day to die. Life became nothing but death. |
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