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As he climbed up the ladder to maintain the windmill, directly powering all his electricity, he let go, letting himself fall to the ground, 70 meters above the ground.
He falls, and his whole body splats on the floor, except for a brain contained within a green, mossy mush that bounces on impact, however still connected by green moss rope to the mushy mess of the mans body. Over the course of 5 minutes, the body completely re-morphs itself back to a near exact replica of the mans body, with slight imperfections, along with small parts of the skin replaced with the green moss.
"Maybe one day it will work." He says as he gets up to re-climb the ladder.
2 years prior
"Where's dad?" The young boy asks his mom.
"He is still at work, just running late. Give him some time."
"But, it's gonna be too late, and I want the surprise for him to be now!"
"Can you get out of the kitchen?" The mom says as she shoos the kid out of the kitchen.
The child leaves the kitchen to the living room, where the currently broadcasting channel switches to the news.
"As you can see, eastern countries communications have been going down all day, and this outage is slowly passing through Asia, which more and more communication lines going down. We will keep you updated until we learn the cause of these outages."
The news goes back to its previously playing channel. As it switches back, the child hears a knock on the door, and runs over to look through the peep hole.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UEv47sfXi
"Dad!" He yells as he swings open the door. With joy on his face, the boy jumps onto his father.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2Wj9NQhGz
"Hi bud!" He says as he laughs. 111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalJ1GJub51
"Sorry I got back so late hun, issues with traffic."111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyrbGumwMm
"You're alright! At least you made it in time for dinner." She says.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MFQaCCrYD
"How was work?" She asks.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzsqi3gjzJ
"The usual, however they had me rewire the wind turbine during my shift even though I usually work on the electricity on the ground. It's not a new experience, but it had been a while since they did it last."111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxGGp6wTCA
"Well, just stay there." The mother says before she gets up and walks over to the freezer, and as she walks over, the TV channel switches to the news again.
"Updates on the communication tower outages, what was originally an issue in Asia has transferred slowly into Europe. Towers in Europe are dying slower than the ones in Asia, so we have more information on the current issues. It seems that people are abandoning their communication towers, as it is not a problem with them being shut down, they are all still running. For some reason, there is just no answering from the other side. We will update you when we learn more."111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEVO8zBLq9
The mom slowly starts to walk back to the table with an ice cream cake, and asks, "What do you think is going on? It's your birthday, so I am trying to ignore it."
"Well, I was hearing about the start of this at the job site, as due to the rapid expansion of communication towers 'dying' in Asia, some workers were panicking and clocking out early. That's why I had to cover the wind turbine. personally, I don't think it will become an issue here, we have an ocean that separates us, but I would be lying if I said it wasn't concerning. My guess? it is an electrical outage problem, and the news is getting the issue wrong somehow." He says, as he eats his mashed potatoes while his wife cuts him a piece of cake.
The kid, completely oblivious to their conversation, continues to eat his ice cream cake. But in the matter of 10 minutes, the TV station switches to the news again, and has a 10 second counter.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uJ2RweswT
"Why does it? That's used during normal broadcasts and is never used for emergencies." The Father gets up immediately and approaches the TV to get a better view.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFqSFgSLAy
For him, he remembered what he saw, but that doesn't mean it was the strongest of memories. What he remembers, is standing in shock as the news host, with a glock pointed to his head, is shot dead while the person who shot him falls as his eyes turn green.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BEDqZJMjc
"Wh-at the hell..." The mother says, shaken.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjtxs0tJoq
"OUT OF THE HOUSE AND IN THE CAR!" He shouts as he races up to his drawer, and pulls out his gun. However, his family is barely outside of the door, when his wife falls to the floor.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMeVZxdEX7
"Hun?!" He shouts as he races down the steps. He, with quick succession, bends down to grab his son as his son also passes out with green emerald eyes.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wuoi6V5yL
As he sees both of his family members, the only people he truly cares about, he ponders shortly if he should let whatever is happening, take him as well. However, he wanted to live, for his family, for the people he could try and save, so he runs back into the kitchen, within 5 seconds before he is taken like his family. Whatever has taken everybody has 4 nerves that wire into the persons leg, which causes them to collapse, which, in a mere 1 second, shoots up into the eyes and the brain, immediately taking control of the host. All nerves have a bigger green head, that if cut, kills the gene immediately, and if not cut and the nerves go throughout the whole body before it is cut, the head will fuse with the flesh, making the nerves impossible to damage.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5jreTz2R1
The first nerve is a movement gene, which allows the body to still be able to function even when vital organs are gone, and even move during immense bleeding. In the second nerve, it allows the body to keep the brain alive by supplying it with a thin coat of strong, green moss that can withstand simple head attacks, however a gun for example, would kill immediately. The 3rd nerve connects the moss brain blocker to the rest of the body with a sort of green mossy rope, so that if the head were to be chopped off, the rope could pull the head back to be re-fused. and the 4th nerve, known as the conscious gene, takes full control over the hosts mind, creating a wnew brain within the eyes, completely shutting down the main brain except for the necessary functions it uses.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwmhn795Dy
As the man runs into the kitchen, he reaches for 2 sharp electrical saws he keeps on the shelf above the cabinets, and reaches down for both of his thighs as he saws them both of, screaming in pain.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIeucyZqhQ
"EITHER KILL ME OR SAVE ME!" He yells as he saws them into his thigh. as he cuts the thigh, it also goes deep enough to reach the nerves as they pass through the body. only 3 of the 4 genes pass through his body, as 3 of them successfully make it through before they are cut, while the conscious gene is perfectly cut as the head of the nerve is moving up the leg, killing it immediately.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyuC38szkx
He cuts into his leg and gets to a point where he can't continue, and can feel his body drop, in pain but alive. 111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgwSilRAst
"I don't know what I was trying to do, or you could simply put it as anything."111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyt2KVQ7FcJ
He knew he was alive, but not what him surviving had done to himself.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8eKYeOF77
He starts to take a walk outside, as he notices his wife and son, missing. He looks down the street to see them both, with another crowd of mindless creatures, walking to nothingness.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEsgpz0Xqo
I walked over to them both, and grabbed them both, and dragged their mindless bodies back home and locked them both in the basement. And, at the time, I said one simple phrase.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1ESpRcz2s
"I'm sorry that you will be staying there until I find a cure, or kill myself with you 2."
I didn't realize at the time, but, I learned that I would never get to die with them.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo56rEc0hk
