Anomaly by Lizzie Anastasia

Author:Lizzie Anastasia [Anastasia, Lizzie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0C3PMHBH1
Published: 2023-04-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I woke up in a strange medical center a day later, the Scheduled Subject Downtime program blaring in my brain. Community first, Community always. Three long tones sounded, drowning out space for any other thought. The Community Creed repeated. The Community Link is peace. We are humanity sublime because we live in Community and favor above all else order, logic, and peace. Community first, Community always.

The harsh tones sounded in my head again, I knew the noises were supposed to be soothing or numbing, but they only exacerbated my headache. I looked around at the small, cold cubicle. I couldn’t hear much of anything beyond the horrible Link tones and mind-numbing mechanical voice that repeated the mantra over and over.

A thermal blanket covered my body. I was sure it was keeping my body at the exact correct temperature, but it felt suffocating. Between the invasion of the Link in my head and the sense of being strapped down to the bed by the blanket, I felt trapped. I wanted to scream and drown out the sound of the Link with my voice. I was the only one allowed inside my head!

Then I remembered—I had the password to get release. I started to whisper in a hoarse, rasping voice, “Beta Te—

A doctor stepped through the curtain. I turned to look at him and as I did, I felt the pull of the cable attached to my neck port. My eyes widened.

I was plugged in. I was plugged in, and I’d almost whispered the words to disconnect me from the Link. The anomaly would have been recorded on the equipment.

Stupid! Now was not the time to be so careless. Who knew what else had shown up on the machines while I’d been unconscious.

The doctor wore the dull, gray-red uniform of his profession. I wondered morbidly if doctors wore red so the blood of their patients’ blood wouldn’t stain their clothes.

The doctor was tall and lean, with brown hair and a disproportionately long nose. He didn’t speak to me, but only picked up the tablet at the base of my bed. He touched the screen. Every second he spent clicking through the information and not speaking seemed like an eternity.

I cleared my throat, “What is your assessment of my condition?”

“Mild concussion, eight deep lacerations, internal contusions.” His voice was cold, uninterested. “Internal hardware has not suffered any damage. Cellulo-reproductive acceleration gel has been applied to all lacerations. Healing rate is within normal parameters.” He finally looked up from the chart to me. “However, having accessed your historical bio information, I find anomalous activity.”

Panic started to rise up in my throat like bile, but I choked it down. The last thing I needed now was for the monitor to go off when he was right here talking about the anomalous activity he’d discovered.

He pulled back the thermal blanket. I felt chill bumps rise all over my arms at the rush of cooler air.

His fingers were cold as he touched the small aluminum circle embedded in my chest.

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