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Authors: Jason Cole
reality. The severity of it all was kicking in. Someone found out who she was and wanted something from her. How is that possible? Could she use them to find out more about her past? Maybe they could lead her to discovering who she really was, where she came from, and how this all started.
This life she was handed, this illusion that she’s part of. It can’t go on like this forever. She closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and sighed. Things never seem to get any easier.
Chapter 2
There is a gene that we wish to have in our possession. What this gene does is of no concern, so save your breath. The one thing we can tell you is that this gene will either save your dog or kill it. There is a patient in the local Memorial Hospital in room 317. This patient has the polymorphism that we need. Extract it, copy it, and bring it to us. Meet us at the back of the park behind the row of weeping willows at 6:00pm. Tank will remain alive for 24 hours. If we do not receive the gene by then, say goodbye.
Kira crumpled the paper and threw it onto the table disgusted by what she had read. Not only did they think they could get away with this, but they were trying to strong-arm her. Bullying her to get a copy of a gene was the quickest way to learn a painful lesson.
She looked at the back of the paper and saw the sequence of the gene that they wanted. The single nucleotide polymorphism changed an adenine to a cytosine. With her camera’s technology, she was able to enter the sequence, have it analyzed, and predict the effects of a mutation.
The camera was processing this information, and she waited anxiously. She was unable to even speculate what they could want this gene for, how they discovered this patient, and even more so how they discovered her. She would have to go about this very carefully. These were the first people Kira had ever encountered who knew something about her. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that they may know more about her than she knew about herself. It made her sick as she pondered this.
“Process complete.”
The camera projected a two line description of what the most likely outcome of this mutation was.
This SNP is likely to increase the proliferation of local dysplasia in Homo sapiens. The permeability of cell membranes will allow any cancerous cells to enter the blood stream at unparalleled rates.
Kira was staring at this description in disbelief. Nauseous, she felt like throwing up. Completely blindsided by this, she sat there frozen in time while her mind raced. So they want to steal this mutated gene so that they can somehow increase the rate of cancer progression in humans? Making it more deadly than ever before? Why the hell would any sane human want to do that?
Clearly she was dealing with some disturbed individuals. The only explanation was that they must be involved with a company that sells cancer treatment. Therapies, chemo, steroids, something. No other driving force could distort a human like money. That must be it. By causing the cancer to spread somehow, the result would be more hysteria. More people afraid than ever before, resulting in more extreme and more costly options.
This mission took on a whole new meaning. Not only did Kira need to save Tank, but now the welfare of the general public was in the picture. The poor people who were genuinely sick would be at risk of falling victim to these people. The pharmaceutical company pulling the strings was likely to be pushing laced their drugs as it was. So-called cancer drugs infused with a masterful mixture of chemicals intended to sustain each patient’s poor health. By suppressing an existing customer’s health and their spirits, they were able to continue cashing in on the situation. She had heard that their mission was to acquire wealth at any cost. In some cases, this meant putting people into such deep holes of debt that if they managed to live and survive cancer, that life was just as insufferable
This life she was handed, this illusion that she’s part of. It can’t go on like this forever. She closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and sighed. Things never seem to get any easier.
Chapter 2
There is a gene that we wish to have in our possession. What this gene does is of no concern, so save your breath. The one thing we can tell you is that this gene will either save your dog or kill it. There is a patient in the local Memorial Hospital in room 317. This patient has the polymorphism that we need. Extract it, copy it, and bring it to us. Meet us at the back of the park behind the row of weeping willows at 6:00pm. Tank will remain alive for 24 hours. If we do not receive the gene by then, say goodbye.
Kira crumpled the paper and threw it onto the table disgusted by what she had read. Not only did they think they could get away with this, but they were trying to strong-arm her. Bullying her to get a copy of a gene was the quickest way to learn a painful lesson.
She looked at the back of the paper and saw the sequence of the gene that they wanted. The single nucleotide polymorphism changed an adenine to a cytosine. With her camera’s technology, she was able to enter the sequence, have it analyzed, and predict the effects of a mutation.
The camera was processing this information, and she waited anxiously. She was unable to even speculate what they could want this gene for, how they discovered this patient, and even more so how they discovered her. She would have to go about this very carefully. These were the first people Kira had ever encountered who knew something about her. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that they may know more about her than she knew about herself. It made her sick as she pondered this.
“Process complete.”
The camera projected a two line description of what the most likely outcome of this mutation was.
This SNP is likely to increase the proliferation of local dysplasia in Homo sapiens. The permeability of cell membranes will allow any cancerous cells to enter the blood stream at unparalleled rates.
Kira was staring at this description in disbelief. Nauseous, she felt like throwing up. Completely blindsided by this, she sat there frozen in time while her mind raced. So they want to steal this mutated gene so that they can somehow increase the rate of cancer progression in humans? Making it more deadly than ever before? Why the hell would any sane human want to do that?
Clearly she was dealing with some disturbed individuals. The only explanation was that they must be involved with a company that sells cancer treatment. Therapies, chemo, steroids, something. No other driving force could distort a human like money. That must be it. By causing the cancer to spread somehow, the result would be more hysteria. More people afraid than ever before, resulting in more extreme and more costly options.
This mission took on a whole new meaning. Not only did Kira need to save Tank, but now the welfare of the general public was in the picture. The poor people who were genuinely sick would be at risk of falling victim to these people. The pharmaceutical company pulling the strings was likely to be pushing laced their drugs as it was. So-called cancer drugs infused with a masterful mixture of chemicals intended to sustain each patient’s poor health. By suppressing an existing customer’s health and their spirits, they were able to continue cashing in on the situation. She had heard that their mission was to acquire wealth at any cost. In some cases, this meant putting people into such deep holes of debt that if they managed to live and survive cancer, that life was just as insufferable
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