The electric shocks had caused a decline in Jack. They had made him submissive and less aggressive. Since he arrived he was receiving an electric attack every time he raised his voice. It caused him to stop fighting and now he just obeyed every order Dr. Helix gave him to avoid further suffering. "Sit down!" said Dr. Helix pointing to a gurney where he wanted Jack to sit. Detective Brooks entered the office to be present that morning for the daily therapy Jack was to face. Jack sat submissively and quietly while dressed in a blue clinical gown. "Why did you remove his restraints?" asked Detective Brooks very concerned, "You have no idea how dangerous this patient can be," he exclaimed. "You have nothing to worry about, detective!", assured Dr. Helix as he raised his hand in a pausing manner to ask for the detective's calm. "He murdered 35 people. Of course I have to worry." "Detective... Jack has been receiving treatment to learn obedience. He's a good boy now and very obedient

The next day, the door opened and a nurse named Dick, according to his badge, entered the room. He was an overweight teenager in a foul mood, constantly showing his anger through arched eyebrows and a hateful stare.“Bath time,” said Dick, clearly annoyed.Dick hated his job, but he couldn’t quit. It was the only way to pay for his studies.“I could swear I heard you couldn’t walk,” Dick said when he saw Jack get out of bed on his own.Jack stood in the middle of the room, waiting for Dick to make a move to try to bathe him.Dick tried to grab Jack, but Jack quickly stepped aside. A slight turn was all it took to dodge the out-of-shape overweight teen.“Don’t move. I have to take you to the showers,” insisted Dick.“You and how many more?” Jack asked, speaking in a muffled voice through the muzzle that completely covered his mouth.Dick stepped back slightly to press his manual alarm. All the nurses carried one in their pockets and triggered it in case of trouble.Immediately, three b

"I want to suspend my system!" Jack shouted into the silence and darkness of dawn, when no one could see or hear him.It took a few seconds for the system to appear before Jack's eyes. His hands were trembling, and a large lump formed in his throat. Still, he wiped the sweat from his hands and cleared his throat to proceed with the system's suspension.[ ALERT!DANGEROUS REQUEST...USER: JACK STANTONREQUEST: TEMPORARY SYSTEM SUSPENSION.Accept Reject ]"Accept!"Jack shouted with determination, fully certain of what he wanted.[ WARNING!YOUR REQUEST GOES AGAINST THE RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE SYSTEM. SUSPENSIONS ARE CONSIDERED TREASON AND CARRY THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT AS PENALTY.Accept Reject ]"Accept!"Jack shouted, his eyes quickly filling with tears as he recalled his mother’s lifeless body lying in that pool of blood. It was too much, and Jack couldn’t bear the overwhelming feeling of guilt pressing on his shoulders. So he collapsed to his knees."I'm sorry!" he shouted with f

Kloe Ford opened her eyes after sleeping for two hours, having stayed up late crying over her breakup with Alec.She looked at the clock on the nightstand next to her bed and realized she only had fifteen minutes to get to school.“Damn it!”She got up quickly and started running to avoid being late.“Where are my shoes?” she asked herself while hopping on one foot and trying to put on pants with the other, but she lost her balance and fell to the floor.“Kloe? Are you okay?” her mother called from the kitchen after hearing the thud.“Yes, Mom!” Kloe replied from the floor. “I’m a mess,” she whispered to herself.“Rex just got here!” her mother announced.“That’s fine, Mom. Just don’t tell him to come up,” Kloe said—too late.“I told him he could come up to your room!” her mother yelled.“Mom, no!”Kloe jumped to her feet, but she couldn’t stop Rex from rushing into her room and catching her in her underwear.“Rex!” Kloe yelled, covering herself.“I didn’t see anything! I didn’t see a

"You need to uninstall that app right now," Kloe said to her best friend, trying to snatch the phone from her hands. However, Lix was much faster and managed to hide it behind her back."I think the one who’s gone completely crazy is you. Besides, it can’t be deleted. It’s one of the terms and conditions you agree to when you download the app. Besides, who would want to delete a goldmine like this?" Lix said, feeling the euphoria rush through her veins."It could be a pirated app with a virus. The money might not even be real. Or worse, it could be foreign criminals trying to launder money, and now you’re their accomplice," Kloe exclaimed as she tried again to grab the phone from Lix."That’s enough, Kloe!" Lix shouted seriously and definitively. "I think you worry too much, but I never asked you to take care of me like a child. Besides... there are more important things you should be worried about," she said, gesturing with her mouth toward the giant screen where Alec Walton and Mira