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In the blink of an eye, the armed man unleashed a hail of bullets towards the SWAT team. A policeman crumpled to the ground, his body jerking from the impact. The rest of the SWAT team scattered, seeking cover. The paramedics, their faces pale, retreated towards the elevators, dragging the wounded policeman away from the chaos. Amidst the pandemonium, I found a safe corner and prepared to connect my consciousness to the suspect.
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As I entered his mind space, I was engulfed in darkness. His world was a void, a black abyss reflecting his inner turmoil. His body, a silhouette against the darkness, was drenched in blood and shame. Hatred radiated from him, filling his mind with a palpable tension.
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"You don't have to be alone in this," I said, my voice echoing in the void. "Tell us everything and let us help you."
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"There is no helping me. I'm already beyond saving," he retorted, his inner self lunging at me, forming a weapons that pierced my body in his mind. "And who are you to enter my mind?"
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His words were laced with bitterness. "What I'm doing is beyond saving or not. You don't have to pity me. I chose this myself. I would have done this regardless of having mind reading or not. Although having mind reading just shows me how right I am about everyone else. They all have an unlimited sense of selfishness to themselves. And no one even wants the slightest to do with me. I get that. It's the best thing they can do at the moment. But regardless, this is what I stand here for today. If I don't die somehow, I have poisoned myself to not make it out here alive."
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"Why must you put yourself in such a dead end?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper.
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"You haven't noticed? I thought you knew already," he replied, his voice heavy with sarcasm.
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"Let me explain myself!" The man yelled both in the mind and reality, his voice echoing in the void.
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"I'm not trying to cause any harm to anybody, I just want to be free. I've been abused for years by my father. I tried to run away from home, but he found me. He said that he'd kill me if I ever left. My mother tried to help, but she died when I was a child, and I became miserable."
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His voice was filled with pain as he continued to speak. "I'm tired of living like this. If I had a chance to change my life, I would have done it long ago. But things were never like this before, they changed when I turned seventeen. When the world began to change, my father started getting worse. He became paranoid about how others saw him, and he was always angry. He would beat me, and sometimes he would rape me. I couldn't leave him because he is my only family. Every time I tried to talk about it to my friends, they would secretly despise me for not fighting back. I even tried to run away once, but he caught me and forced me to go back home."
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The suspect's voice was filled with regret as he continued. "I wanted to give him the chance to change, but he didn't. Now I know that I made a mistake by staying. I should have run away as soon as I could. One day, I couldn't take it anymore, I got the gun and killed him. Ever since then, everyone around me knew what had happened and looked at me differently. I thought that everybody hated me. I'm glad that I haven't seen any of them for months. I've been isolated ever since. All I needed was time to get away from here, but I'm afraid that it's too late for that. I don't want to live like this anymore. I just wish that I could die."
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"I'm sorry," I whispered to myself, my heart aching for the man.
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"I'm sorry that I failed you. I'm sorry that I couldn't save your soul from hell."
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I tried to connect my consciousness to the suspect, but it was too late. The police officer came closer, his gun aimed at the suspect. He fired a shot, and the bullet hit the suspect's head, killing him instantly. The police officers handcuffed the body of the dead suspect and called for an ambulance. Then, they walked towards me.
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"Get away from him!" One of the officers yelled, his voice filled with authority.
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"It's too late," I whispered to myself, my heart heavy with regret. I could hear the sound of sirens in the distance, and I could see that the police officers were walking towards me.
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"This isn't fair!" I screamed, my voice echoing in the empty street.
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"Why did you have to shoot him? He was doing everything that he could to stop killing innocent people."
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"It is our job. We are here to protect this city. That includes you," one of the officers replied, his voice cold and emotionless.
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"What about the people that you have already killed?" I asked, my voice shaking with anger.
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"They were terrorists! You shouldn't care about them," the officer replied, his voice filled with disdain.
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"You're wrong!" I shouted, my voice echoing in the empty street. "Don't you see that? He was suffering with everything he had been through and wanted out. He was trying to make a new start, he even told you guys everything about him and yet you killed him."
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"He was dangerous and he threatened us, so we had no choice," the officer replied, his voice filled with regret.
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"He was not a terrorist, he was just like you and me. He was just trying to survive in a cruel world," I said, my voice filled with sadness.
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"Shut up!" The officers yelled, their voices filled with anger.
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"Just shut up and get out of here. We are finished here, and we need to report this incident to HQ," one of the officers said, his voice filled with authority.
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"Sir! We searched the area! And we couldn't find a bomb anywhere," one of the officers reported, his voice filled with relief.
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"It's a miracle," I whispered to myself, my heart filled with relief.
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"Sir, we found something suspicious in the suspect's pocket," one of the officers reported, his voice filled with curiosity.
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"Take it out," the officer ordered, his voice filled with authority.
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The officer took out a black rectangular object. It looked like a cell phone.
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"Can you read it?" the officer asked, his voice filled with curiosity.
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"If you're reading this, that means that I am dead. I made a bomb with a dead man switch hidden inside one of a room with a kitchen in it. It was set to blow up within 5 minutes after my lifeline goes flat. I don't know why I did it, I just wanted to die. I guess that I was tired of living. I must have been crazy. Maybe I was just desperate. But I'm sure that I was just being stupid. I'm sorry that I couldn't trust you guys. I know that you are all good people. I'm sorry that I doubted you. Forgive me for what I've done," the officer read out loud, his voice filled with sadness.
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The officers looked at the small screen of the device, their faces filled with shock.
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"He was telling the truth," one of the officers said, his voice filled with regret.
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"Do you understand that? There is still a bomb inside the building," the officer said, his voice filled with fear.
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"I think that he's gone mad," one of the officers said, his voice filled with disbelief.
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"He's not mad, he's just trying to get attention. He wants us to come and investigate," the officer said, his voice filled with understanding.
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"You're right. We'll send someone over immediately," the officer said, his voice filled with determination.
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"But don't forget that there's a bomb somewhere, and it might explode at any moment," the officer warned, his voice filled with caution.
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"Understood," the officer replied, his voice filled with determination.
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The officers called for the bomb squad, and then they left me alone. I sat down on a chair outside the building, thinking about what I could have done differently. I began to feel guilty for not having believed the suspect earlier. I believed that I should have done something sooner, or maybe I could have done more to help him.
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"You should be happy that you didn't have to kill him," Tre suddenly arrived without notice, her voice filled with relief.
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"Yeah, you're right," I replied, my voice filled with regret. I wasn't surprised talking to her again, last time we talked, she had done nothing but threatened my family. Then I had never spoken to her again, even in meetings. Now she was here, and I didn't know why. "What are you doing here?" I asked, my voice filled with curiosity.
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"I'm here to apologize to you," she replied, her voice filled with regret.
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"You don't have to apologize to me," I said, my voice filled with bitterness.
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"I know that I'm wrong," she said, her voice filled with regret.
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"I don't accept your apology," I responded coldly. "You hurt my wife to get to me, I couldn't let that slide this easy," I said, my voice filled with anger.
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Tre looked at me surprised, her eyes filled with regret.
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"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt her," she said, her voice filled with regret.
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"But it seems that you haven't visited your family this often. You should visit your family more," Tre said to me as if she was reading my mind, her voice filled with concern.
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"Wait, I never noticed, what would the mind reading virus effect my family. Will they be affected or not?" I asked, my voice filled with worry.
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"No, they are already connected to you, so your family would be unaffecteded."
"That's a relief," I said to her. "But what would happen to my wife, or my children if other notice there lack of information take they can gain form them?"
"Well, I am the one who should answer that question." Tre turns her head towards me.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"I'm the one who help Due developed the mind reading virus."
"What! How can you be the one who help develop the mind reading virus?"
"I'm the only one who has access to all the information within the system. I was one of the admin that had full control of the servers."
"Then how did you find out that the mind reading virus could affect my family?"
" Well I don't know how to said this but as previously said, the mind reading abilities are only 1%. Meaning that other can only read other if they are lying or not, and Inter voice. The Inter voice part are limited to what they are thinking at the moment, like a grade shcooler level abilities, but of course, because they are in directly connected to us, so we set up a auto filter that when ever other try to read them, it will only show the appropriate results that's won't effect their personal sercet and our connection while giving out general truth of what they was feeling. So if they say that they love you, it will show the true meaning of their feelings rather than their basic word."
"So, I thought that I was the only one who was able to control the network, but I was wrong?"
"You were, but I took over control of the network myself. I was the only used it to help you, and I helped you to have a better relationship with your family. I hope that fix the wrongs that I did to you in the past."
"Thanks for helping me," I said to her.
"I don't want anything for free."
"I know that," I said to her. "You just want my forgiveness."
"Yes, I do," she said to me. "Now I want to ask you to forgive me for what I've done."
"I can't."
"I understand." She said to me.
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With a moment of silence "If you promise to stay away from me, I will forgive you."
"I promise," she said to me. "I won't touch you ever agin."
"You're forgiven," I said to her.
"Thank you for forgiving me."
"You're welcome."
Tre leaves me alone. I turn my head towards the building, where the police officers are still searching for the bomb. After a few minutes, I hear a loud noise coming from inside the building. I rush into the building and look at my watch.
"It's 2:00 PM now."
It seems that the police use the detonation methods to minimize the explosion damage. The police officers take out their handkerchiefs and cover their face with it.
"Are you alright?" I ask one of the police officer.
"We're fine." He responds.
"How many people were injured?"
"There's no casualties, except for one." He answers.
"Where is he?"
"He's in a coma now."
"Is he going to be okay?"
"We don't know yet."
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