2195

2195 AD...

Decades past since the Religious War and after that, technology grew into an astonishing rate. Religion disappeared and came the era of Science. By 2110, humanity has spread outside the solar system and Earth became the planet to become the biggest economic gold mine.

Jobs like Engineering, Information Technology, Architectural spiked as the need of work force came into an agressive need. Flying Cars, Nano-drones, Deep-sleep Virtual Reality and all the things that was once imagined as science fiction came to life as Quantum Mechanics was studied and mastered at the very peak.

Phones with a storage of atleast 1 Tera-bytes became the norm and Internet Connection became so fast that the term "Lag" became a myth. This is the era of Science!

... A hand covered the text as Alpheus closed the book with the cover saying — A New Millenia. He gave out a sigh as Alpheus looked out of his window, "The only thing that stayed after the Religious War was the books." He said.

He puts the book on the table as he stood up and went closer to the window, "Where did it go wrong?" He muttered as the shining lights of the building covered the natural darkness of the night.

He puts his legs upward as he climbed through the window. As he closed his eyes, he opened his arms as tears came out of his eyes and... he fell. The gushing wind covered his ears as life came flashing back.

At a very young age, Alpheus was very fond of technology, at the age of 8. He became very interested as he saw the heroes of revolutionary technologies in statues: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and more. The desire to be like them, Alpheus' heart was blazing with the intent to be like them.

but...

He was talentless in the arts of Engineering and Electronics. On highschool, his friends was already making simplified version of phones by their own, the future of Humanity was standing in front of Alpheus yet... what is he?

In college, his friends was already so advanced that they all were making their own car, smartphones, drones and the such. As the norm of this era, it was normal to be making it at that kind of age as knowledge and experience was handed down in Middle School.

Yet Alpheus has not made but a single phone in his whole life and the people ridiculed him for it. For his inability to handle electronic was a shame to the Technological World he lived in. He was ashamed but his desire to be the ones he saw as an inspiration, his burning desire became stronger.

At the age of 30, he studied everything; from Advanced Aerodynamics to Calculus V and at the age of 40, he began his own business. He opened TaserTech, his very own company who makes generalized technology; from Expensive Phones to Super Cars and at the age of 50, he became a multi-millionaire.

But luck did not last long. In his mansion, he fell down on his knees as he began to breath with difficulty.

When they went to the hospital, a sentence from the doctor broke Alpheus' entire career, "You have Liver Multicroma." Alpheus eyes deepened as the rarest form of cancer has hit him. Multicroma is a form of cancer that evolved through the years, it is more resilient and more deadlier than the normal cancer. Cancer is treatable but Multicroma isn't.

"There is a way to fix this but... it is really expensive." The doctor said.

Alpheus stood by his mansion as he looked down the raining clouds as he looked at his receipt. The bills needed to fix him, it was worth more than his company has ever made. He crumpled the paper as he bit his lips, "I will not die." He said as the burning desire still fiery as ever before.

For the past 2 years, the procedure has costed him every money he has but he didn't realize the consequence he had done. 2 years passed, Multicroma wasn't fixed but it was slowed down to the point that it can be hypothetically called cured and he was finally a free man again but it costed him more than the company and went bankcrupt when he returned to his company. It was gone.

All his hard work, his dignity. The company was all he had, all he ever lived for...

And now it's gone.

"I should've just died a long time ago..." He muttered in silence as the gust of wind in his ears turned that into a bone-breaking splatter. It was an instant death as he went head-first.

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I remember... High school? 10th Grade. Born in a poor family. Without a dad. Mom. She is sweating blood. For me. For my future. I have to work in secret. Mom.

My girlfriend. The goddess of Shrill Academy. She is a. She is a...

BITCH! BITCH BITCH BITCH BITCH BITCH!

HOW DARE YOU BETRAY ME WITH THAT KEISLER! WHY WOULD YOU BETRAY ME—...

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Why?

Such a miserable life. Why was I born in the wrong year... and the wrong time. Why?