6 Billion A.D./Chapter 2

Chapter 2: (...)

Tentative Synopsis: Rigel, in search of a cure, ventures out of League territory to a far off planet following rumors of an illegal medical procedure.

2.1

The news never sank in completely. I couldn't die. Not now. As the weeks passed on the ship I became further detached. I had convinced my father to let me board a ship heading outside of League territory. He reluctantly agreed. To him this was goodbye.

2.2

The planet (...) was... I found myself among low characters as the months passed, following the rumor. But finally I got a lead from an arms dealer. A nearby moon supposedly held a facility that performed risky experiments... The men surrounded me. One swung his pipe at me. I rolled out the way, and positioned myself against a wall. I couldn't give them my credit chips. This was the only hope I had to live. So I did what any cornered animal would do and rushed the man closest to me tackling him to the ground. I picked up the pipe. Rage overcame me. I swung the pipe at the man over and over again until there was nothing left of him. The other men ran away. I felt awful, but also had a guilty satisfaction. I was alive.

2.3

The shuttle quickly flew away, leaving me stranded. The suit itched. I saw a facility in the distance. My suits fluid retention modules were not configured properly, someone had removed them prior to my donning of the suit. If I was going to last long in this suit safety in a clean environment was a paramount concern. ... ...

2.4

The guard opened the doors. The room was filled with lush furniture and paintings. A man sitting in a chair greeted me.

2.5

The doctor told me that the procedure was unsafe. It was only once successful 30 years ago. Only one in a million people would allow the (nanoprobes, picoprobes?) to sync. And then it still was not guaranteed. I agreed to the procedure. I was approaching the time I had left, and was already feeling my health deteriorate.

2.6

As the weeks passed it was clear that the procedure worked. Janae approached me in the hall. We talked. "Am I immortal?" I asked... Janae replied, "There is a place where you might go. A temple of the old ways, before the Dark Age. I can take you there

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