Chapter 2 Reality is harsh.

"Ideas, dreams and hopes grow within us, and then are crushed by harsh reality."

Anne Frank's diary

My new family is a normal and common family on this planet and they are super protective, I must say that they are very happy with me and I with them, they probably think that all the luck of their ancestors came to me, I even researched whether my other self had a blood relationship with them.

But apparently not, they were one of many families without resources and without the status of a citizen in this society it was difficult for them to raise me, being a citizen is not easy you have to meet certain standards to become one. This was a form of screening carried out by the federation to not let uncommitted idiots and psychopaths easily come to power, as after wars for a long time it became very attractive to serve the federation to obtain citizen status, so the selection standard has been increased to correct this passage.

Sometimes I catch myself thinking about how humanity has flourished, today we are more than 1 trillion humans spread across the solar system and among many other planets and quadrants, progressing and beautifully exploring the vastness of space.

Thus, after the war and with the enormous number of casualties suffered, and with peace assured again, a new frontier was opened for humanity with thousands of opportunities to be explored every day, whether in space or on land. Due to the high level of technology developed, it was soon possible to live longer and with this the birth rate of people went through the roof, there are even subsidies for reproduction that are granted both by private companies and the government, it is not uncommon to see families with 12 or more children walking around on the street.

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And here I was arriving at technical school ETC290 Argentina, Buenos Aires. When I got out of the car I was met with looks like "What is this brat doing here?" Of course I ignored these young people and was soon taken to my new class, my mother is reluctant, but she had to give in to my wishes, as they say The son has grown up and wants to leave home to live his life.

But even after skipping several years it wasn't easy to graduate, they put a condition before I could graduate, it was simple I would only have to study the technical course for approximately six months, of course the government wouldn't let me graduate that easily, they are tests are just that, they are worried about my mental health, I believe that's it, despite the recommendation and insistence of the research institute, they didn't give in and I think they wanted to know if I'm really ready.

Little by little, people arrived in the room and stared at me in my new chair, who wouldn't? But then I snuggled into the chair recently heated by my ass, and I ignored them, no one spoke to me and I didn't even bother to speak, maybe they were waiting for me to get scolded for being in the wrong room. we all had our own path so I focused on some calculations and my own notes, little by little the room filled up and there was the teacher coming in...I had the impression that I knew her which was strange, but even though I tried hard I couldn't remember where I had seen it from, and which was funny because I don't remember feeling that way with anyone in these years and not to mention that my memory is excellent nowadays.

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Alright guys, today we have a new student in the class, this is Azienda, as you can see he is young but he is very intelligent and managed to skip a few years. So guys, go easy on him.

There were murmurs, but I ignored them and greeted them.

-Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, I said.

You can call me Professor Rue, Azienda.

So guys for the next good news of the day, we received a recently found alien species, the Archaean sand cockroach, after the federation cataloged and studied it a few months ago it was packaged and sent to land for us to study, we will see how incredible they are! are you curious? .

-?? "This name is not strange to me either."

So let's go to the lab guys.

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So here we are guys, pair up and take off the sheets, let's do an autopsy.

Hello Azienda, my name and Wilian can we pair up?

- Of course Wilian, why not! Do you want to do the honors?

Maybe, let's see what's underneath this shell.

We exchanged a few words and when Wilian removed that towel and turned the specimen over it was like a flash and every old memory about it came to mind.

-Zerg..

What did you say Azienda?

After a lost time I responded.

-Nothing, not just thinking out loud, continue.

*guts and other things that only God knows were being taken out of the insect and placed next to it.

"Shit Zerg, shit, shit, God I hope I'm wrong, I swear I want to be wrong. I don't know how I managed to hold it together without screaming, while thousands of things continued to run through my head, the teacher spoke, bringing me to reality…"

As my students can see, this is an interstellar specimen that was recently found, you can rest assured that it is not lethal, this species has been found in various locations, from planets to asteroids in the Alpha quadrant of the Coma Berenice constellation. It is a species that can survive in space, it feeds on mineral resources or organic compounds and is highly adaptable to any environment.

But so far we haven't identified its means of accessing space, which makes it a truly fascinating species to study. Does anyone have any questions?

"I had to ask every little piece of information for me at this moment could be a big piece of information that could unravel the veil"

– Was only this specimen found by chance or were there other types? "and I was curious and had to ask," was there a disappearance of any ships or populations?

Mr. Azienda, you are a very participative newcomer, there is no need to be scared, well we haven't found another species in recent months, but there was the disappearance of the advanced research ship, but don't be alarmed, the researchers suggest it was just an accident .

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"Of course an accident, damn it is an accident, if you hadn't gone there we could probably stay quiet here without being detected for a long time, but we became arrogant thinking we are omnipotent and that we have no opponents, what now? We will face a whole new scale of conflict, but inside I still pray it's just a coincidence" I couldn't help but think, my mind kept wandering aimlessly as my body shook in panic, anxiety was showing in every inch of my body. my body and I didn't know what to do about it.

That was when William called me and brought me to reality, it took me a few seconds but I responded to him.

Are you well?

-Don't worry, just thinking about some hypotheses. I'm better. "That's when something came to mind."

-In Wilian, is there someone who plays sports called Ricoe here at school?

Of course there is, have you heard of it too? He is literally very famous and rich, sometimes he has a party at his house, maybe we can go. It was good of you to ask, will there be a game in the afternoon, do you want to go, if they win and will there be a party?

"I don't think it's a coincidence anymore" Shit."

-Of course, why not, he's in his last year of the course, isn't he?

No, he's second to last.

- I think I was wrong " Today I can say that I had the biggest bad luck of my two lives together, and the biggest luck of both at the same time, who would have thought that I would get the third plot right so precisely?

"If I hadn't skipped a few years at school I would only have discovered that something was wrong at the last minute with a meteor hitting my head… praise be to God."

"Doing quick math, I'm approximately three years from the Clendadumir invasion, and a year and a half from the beginning of the expected plot more or less, the problem is that even though I know the plot of the film and know that I'm relatively safe not getting in Argentina it is almost impossible not to tremble because in subsequent reports, and in parallel creations I never saw humanity win, at most humanity is capable of resisting and repelling the Zerg, in other words it was an endless war.