text: [Themes: sci-fi, romance, villain protagonist, horror, action]
  
  You arrive at the office. The front steps feel like they stretch for miles, even though they're quite short. Upon reaching the door, you don't bother to knock. You walk right on in. It's relatively empty, a slow day. Good. More time to catch up. You catch a glimpse of the lady at the front desk. Though you don't recognize her, she seems to recognize you. The shock in her eyes tells you all you need to know. You look towards her and simply say,
  
  "I need to see Jared"
  
  She nods in her shock, and points you through. As if you needed directions. You begin to march down the hall, but before you can even reach his office - you see him. He seems to be quite busy, holding a stack of papers as he walks to the printer. He looks up for a second and sees you, then looks back down at his work. It takes him a second, but then it hits. And he shoots his gaze right back up. In his shock he drops all his papers - but right now he doesn't care. You keep your eyes locked on him - and he does the same. His bottom lip begins to quiver - it was adorable how it would do that sometimes, whenever he was in great shock. A feeling overcomes you but you can't quite describe it. The horror you were in a few hours ago is starting to sink away, like it never happened. And all you can imagine is the life you were going to have with him.
  
  "L-L-Lauren...?"
  
  Your body is warm and trembling softly. And your analysis tells you that he feels the exact same way. You begin to march forward towards him, and then he runs towards you. You begin to remember every minute detail of your relationship with him. All the highs and lows, the arguments, the kisses. The love you two shared. And then you finally catch up and embrace in a hug. You can tell he's crying because your jacket's shoulder begins to feel moist. You hold on to him and grab the back of his head before patting him.
  
  "There there. It's me, my love."
  
  He begins to shake as he mumbles out,
  
  "But how...?"
  
  You smile and pause for a second. You never kept any major secrets from him. This would be no different.
  
  "I can tell you, but we can't do it here. My love. Let's go out somewhere so we can talk."
  
  Jared doesn't fail to oblige, and he ignores the big mess of papers he just left all over the ground.
  
  "Yes. Let's go, I... I'm a bit at a loss for words here."
  
  "Shhh. It'll all become clearer soon ok?" - you respond.
  
  He pulls his keys out from his pocket and offers to drive you two there, and you agree. The ride is quiet, as you can tell he's in deep thought and concentration, then you arrive at your destination.
  
  His beautiful green eyes light up as his favorite cocktail shrimp is brought to the table. You opted for a chicken sandwich. Soul food, food that you've missed in the years you've been gone. Before you know it, you two are catching up.
  
  "So tell me, what happened to you Lauren? It's really you, I can tell. I know you more than anyone. But how? How are you here? How is this possible?"
  
  You realize that you need to tell him the truth.
  
  "I don't remember much, Jared. My story is that That's the story I'm going with. But the truth is, I have no idea. I remember the accident, crashing, blacking out. Then I don't remember much else from there. It's all still a blur to me. But I was taken in by a group of people. They brought me back to life, Jared. They replaced some of my body with weapons, a computer. I know it's hard to understand, even I don't seem to fully get it. I just know that I'm here now. And all the memories are coming back to me."
  
  Jared looks at you with a sense of disbelief, but he knows you're being truthful. He's always known when you're lying and when you're not.
  
  "So you're telling me, you were taken by some men after you basically died... and they brought you back... as an android?"
  
  You look back at him,
  
  "Something like that. I believe they wanted to make me into a super-soldier to help fight in their wars. But look, Jared. It doesn't matter now. None of it matters. I'm still me. I'm here. We're here! These past two years have been hell but in less than a day I'm starting to remember everything. And I love you, Jared. And now we can continue where we left off! We can continue our life. We can... try again."
  
  Jared's eyes widen. His face looks a bit distraught. Your analysis suggests he's feeling a bit of agony for what he's about to say.
  
  "Lauren... oh. No. I'm so sorry. But... well, Lauren. I thought you were dead. I had to move on. I thought it's what you'd want me to do. So I did. Lauren, I've found someone else. I have a family now. I have a baby now, with my fiance. He's one year old, and the light of my life. I'm so sorry Lauren."
  
  For the first time in a long time, you begin to feel something you hadn't quite remembered. Sorrow? Sadness? Pain? You don't know how to put it into words, your system can't really explain this either. You just know you don't like it.
  
  "But... Jared. I love you."
  
  He looks back at you now,
  
  "I love you too Lauren. I never forgot about you, I never replaced you - I swear. I just had to move on. I couldn't let the pain consume me. I found someone else. And I love her. But Lauren, I still love you too. I want to be here for you. As your friend."
  
  The heart they left inside you that has been wholly meaningless for a while now begins to feel a bit of pain at these words. He continues.
  
  "Look, let me prove it to you. These men, these men who took you. We need to find them, we'll take them down - together. They did this to you. They brought you back a while ago, they could have let you out sooner. They could be helping a lot of people with this technology, but they're using it to... do what? Make super soldiers? We need to get them back for this. I can help you. I have connections, I'm competent. I own a gun. Let's find them and we can end them, together. If you're really a super soldier, your abilities should be insane. Together, we can take them out. What do you say?"
  
  > say "No. We're done here then. Good bye, Jared."
  Tears begin to form in your eyes.
  
  "No. No, Jared. We're done here. Good bye."
  
  You stand up and begin to march away.
  
  "Lauren!"
  
  You hear him plea, but you ignore it. You march out of the restaurant and storm out into the street. You haven't been able to feel anything since coming back, and yet this feeling inside you tugs at every fiber of your being.
  
  "Am I even a person? Am I just a silly machine? What am I? If I'm not a person, why do I have these feelings inside me?"
  
  The tears begin to come out of your eyes. You didn't even think you had tear ducts left. Perhaps they were left in there to help you blend in with society better. Your systems begin to go red. Everything around you is a shade of pure, red anger. You want to scream, you want to cry. You don't know what to do. You look back at the front door of the restaurant and see Jared leaving in a hurry, he doesn't notice you there, but he looks very shook up. He gets into his car and begins to drive away. You realize you should follow him, he's likely not going back to work. You also aren't thinking very clearly. You begin to sprint, and your enhanced running speed and no sense of exhaustion allows you to keep up rather easily. You keep your distance, to not alert him that you're there.
  
  "He has a baby. He got over me that quickly? That son of a bitch. It didn't even take him a year. Not even a fucking year!"
  
  You keep running, and eventually, you see him pull into a neighborhood and then into a slightly dingy looking house.
  
  He pulls out of his vehicle, but before he can make it to his front door, you watch from a distance as a woman walks out the front door. A white woman, blonde hair, about average in body type and average height. Leah. He settled for Leah? She runs up to your husband and wraps her arms around him, you can hear her almost whisper to him,
  
  "I'm so sorry baby. But it's ok, I'm here for you now."
  
  They embrace for a bit and then walk in through the front door. Your systems continue to go into overload. The rage inside you begins to boil up as you can barely even see at this point. Without even thinking about it, you march over to the house. You pass by the front window and look inside, you see Jared holding his baby in his arms. He smiles. Your analysis suggests Jared is feeling very warm right now. But you're feeling very hot. He puts the toddler down and then goes into another room, leaving Leah and the baby alone. She holds him for a bit and then puts him into his crib. This is your moment. You walk up to the front door and pull your leg back before kicking it in easily. She screams at the sudden shock and the baby begins to cry.
  
  You approach her, seething with rage.
  
  Your systems suggest you're overloading, but you don't care. She begs you to back away from her. Memories of the two of you start pouring back. She never liked you, you never liked her. She was always jealous that you ended up winning Jared over, and she got to be lonely. But now, she was the one who had won. For now. You grab her by the back of the head and shove her face-first into a nearby wall, causing her to begin to bleed all over. You bend over as she lies on the ground.
  
  "You don't look like a winner now, do you?"
  
  She appears confused for a second, but she doesn't need to worry for long. You press your hand to her neck and then with one sudden thrust, you rip out her throat. She begins to gag on her own blood for a second, until she passes out forever.
  
  You turn around and see Jared standing there. His face in a state of utter horror as he sees his ex wife standing over the corpose of his new wife.
  
  "It didn't even take you a year, did it? You never loved me, did you? I died, and just like that you replaced me huh? HUH?!"
  
  He looks panicked, as he sees you right next to his baby - who hasn't stopped crying. You look over at the toddler and smile.
  
  "Oh... poor poor baby. You didn't deserve this. Shhshhshhshh."
  
  You grab the baby and pick him up. Jared tries to step forward but you hold the baby hostage, suggesting to him that he should step back.
  
  "Lauren. Please. PLEASE. Put him down. Leave him alone."
  
  You look back at him with pure anger and hatred. He continues.
  
  "Lauren, what was I supposed to do?! I was distraught. Our baby. OUR BABY was lost. We were going to be parents and just like that it was all gone. You, my wife. My baby inside you. I couldn't live with myself. So I had to move on, Lauren. I had to. But it's not his fault. Kill me, Lauren. Kill me. I'm a monster. Then take my baby and take care of him. Please."
  
  You look back at him. His beautiful eyes have swollen up to a nasty extent. His beautiful face now dirty and covered in mucus. You look back down at the baby, ignoring every word your once beloved just uttered.
  
  "They'll have a nice place waiting for you, sweet boy."
  
  And then, in one quick thrust, you snap the toddler's neck and end his short life. Jared shrieks out in agony.
  
  He begins to charge at you, with pure emotion. You release a sonic wave from your right hand that sends him crashing into the wall behind him. You approach him and look down at his unconscious body.
  
  > kill him, he deserves it
  You reach down and grab his head with your two hands. You pull him closer to you and then you press your lips against his. You kiss him for what feels like an eternity. Sharing one last parting gift before you slide your hand under his shirt and use the lasers in your finger tips to shoot a small hole through his chest, puncturing his heart.
  
  "You broke my heart, now I break yours."
  
  Blood begins to pour of his body. You look up and your systems go completely numb. As you look down at your beautiful husband, the world becomes a blur. You're very dizzy and rattled. A loud voice inside you screams
  
  You can't believe what you have just done. Jared. Your beloved Jared is dead. You feel like you're having a stroke. You stumble around wildly before you trip, landing right on top of him. Your face is pressed against his face. Your system goes from red to black as you slowly join your husband in eternal slumber.