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A Brave New World: A Short Story

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When the doors open it like blowing a hole in a dam and the water bursts forth. It’s every person for themselves to resist being trampled, everyone eager to see the brave new world. But my eyes are closed, hands shaking, taking a deep breath as I step off the Timeline Express Train. Even years later in the future, I can hear the familiar squeak of shoes on the paving slabs, the same slurps of coffee, and crunch of breakfast tacos that it kills your stomach for you to walk past. Noise is everywhere, and everyone is everywhere. I continue to leave the train station and see no telephone poles, or electrical cords of any kind. Gas stations, supermarkets, and stores no longer exist. I ask around and they give me a crazy look and tell me “just use …show more content…

I look up and all around me and that’s when I finally notice the flying cars that the future now has. I lean back in the seat and press the microphone button and saying, “Take me to work.” I almost had a heart attack when a Harry Potter projection appeared on my dashboard and responded back to me saying,” Yes, Miss Renae. Certainly, we are on our way to (company name). The drive should take no longer than 10 minutes.” I checked around the car for the source of the projection but the there wasn’t any. The car looked normal, no projector or computer of any kind in sight. I pressed the button again, practically shouting “How do you look and sound like Harry Potter?” All he said was” Because you programmed me that way, Miss Renae.” When we arrived I looked out the window and saw this amazing building, it seemed to resemble a circuit board and on the sides of the building displayed news and information on the company. “I work here,” I asked myself? “No, Miss Renae. You are the founder and owner of (company name). Your corporation has 202 floors, and its height is 2054 feet, its located in Dallas, Texas taking only 1 week to build thanks to your advanced technology.” My eyes widened in disbelief taking in the new information, shock coursing throughout my …show more content…

There were people everywhere, instead of computers there were holograms, it seemed you were teleported to where you needed to go ridding of the need to rush or run. I found holographic papers and screens pushed towards me needing my signature or approval as soon as I walked in. I felt myself being pulled left and right, steering me towards a different room, a laboratory. I walked in and saw interns, technicians, and other workers waiting for me in the lab. I tried to calm my nerves and asked,” Where did we leave off?” “You were just about to finish the robotic limb device.” They must have seen the confused expression on my face because they started to explain. “It’s a device you’re creating that relates to an x-ray scanner that when put over a prosthetic limb or missing limb, the device creates a robotic version of whatever’s missing in its place without anyone noticing whether it’s real or robotic.” I nodded my head in response and before I could acknowledge what was happening my hands were moving by themselves, finishing to create the device, picking up tools and attaching wires. It seemed like minutes before the device was already finished. We brought in a veteran, who was injured in combat making him lose his arms. When the device scanned his missing arms, it created a telegraphic image moving from his shoulders to midair, seconds later the veteran had arms. The once tense room was now joyful because the

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