Android

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
Maria looked in the mirror and still held her head high. It was a sacrifice, but needed. As the gears and screws moved slowly up the right side of her body, she felt excruciating pain, and soon she would pass out and wake up to see more than half of her body an android.

She looked again, hesitantly into the mirror, trying to set what’s left of her human side to memory. It was worth it she thought, as tears ran down, shining on the metal. He was dead, never to hurt anyone on the planet again. So few humans were left completely intact, the results of unending war he caused. Even in this condition, she would be at peace.

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