The Supremes

The Supremes

Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. She remembered the old saying as she squeezed the syringe filled with sedative into the tube attached to the screaming body. Not all of them screamed when they woke up, some of them stayed asleep until they were returned to their homes. Once he calmed, she adjusted his mask and restraints and nodded to the nurse waiting to wheel him out.

Felia walked down the line of beds set up for the donors. They had just received ten new Cismen and they were now being wheeled in under the low light. Femmes had to be careful now that their every move was being tracked. The Hecate Research Station had operated under a façade for three years now. For the Patriarchy followers it was a Space Station escape for Femmes considered a distraction to Cismen, for those with inner knowledge, it was a place to rid yourself of an unwanted pregnancy. Abortion care had been outlawed by the Supremes’ and Dr Felia Hecate had immediately set about finding a solution. After she had completed the first foetal transfer in secret, she went about setting up her Space Station escape. Thanks to the extreme waste of resources that had been the wealth hoarders “Race to Space”, Dr Hecate was able to secure the Space station, reduced rate travel to and from it and consistent donations, because what better business for the Patriarchy to support then one that got rid of distracting women.

As the Cismen were wheeled in unconscious and strapped to the waiting beds on one side of the room the Femmes diagnosed with pregnancy were placed on the opposite side. One at a time a the Femme would have the unwanted foetus was removed and it would be placed in an artificial womb which was then inserted into the belly of the Cismen. It had been three years now and not one Femme had been lost during the procedure. Hundreds of procedures had taken place and only five Cismen had been lost during them, however countless had been lost once they were back on Earth. Cismen bodies were not made to grow life and many of them were not equipped to deal with the complete nutrition deficiency and pain caused by a growing life. Once medical professionals started finding that pregnancy was the cause of health declines in the Cismen the Supremes’ addressed it by explaining that the one true God favoured the white Cisman and after the many disgraceful performances by Femmes over history it was up to the Cisman to continue the species. Two live humans had been removed from the Cismen over the past three years, but most pregnancies were not viable for life within a month of foetal transplant, this was explained by the Supremes as needing to break a few eggs toward evolution of the perfect human species. Some Cismen were saved but most perished with the unwanted foetus inside them. Dr Hecate and the Femmes who used her service all agreed to these terms knowing that they risked life in prison, or the death penalty should they be caught aborting. It was quite easy for the Supremes to catch Femmes breaking the prolife laws, all their phones, groceries, medical appointments, and period trackers were lodged to the Prolife Protectors. It was imperative that all traces of the unwanted foetus be not only hidden but accounted for, having it die inside a Cisman was the safest way. No one was trusted more than a Cisman.

The Femmes were rolled in with their artificial womb at the end of their cot. Unconscious and prepped for surgery Felia always took a minute to see the calm on their face. It was always the first time since meeting them that she got to witness them at peace. One at a time she performed her checks with her Head Nurse Dali and then went about preparing for surgery.

Dr Hecate and Nurse Dali began at bed one; she slid in her speculum followed by the vacuum light and camera, then with directions from Nurse Dali they searched to find the implanted foetus. With the most delicate of hands Dr Hecate gently removed the foetus from the lining so the vacuum could softly swallow it. Dr Hecate went about clearing the uterine lining and Nurse Dali skilfully tucked the foetus into the artificial womb and waited for their scanners to approve her positioning of it before moving on to the next patient. One after the other the two medical professionals removed each foetus, rehoming it for its journey.

The Cismen surgery was far more intricate, no sign of surgery could be present, so it had to take place through the belly button. Dr Hecate had developed the very precise technology required to stretch the belly button wide enough to insert the womb, and it was only by her hand and teaching that they could be closed perfectly as if they were never opened. The only people aware of this technology worked on the ship, it was a secret that would lead way to their discovery should the wrong people find out.

Each Cismen was opened by a tool of Felia’s design. To the eye it looked like a drill, once inserted into the belly button it made a small hole that was then slowly stretched to around fifteen centimetres. The open drill piece would act like an embroidery hoop and would be detached from the drill. With her delicate hands she would place the womb inside and attach a number of arteries to feed the artificial placenta inside, then she would reattach her drill and slowly close it up. Dissolvable internal staples closed the belly button back to its original state and the Cismen would be completely mummified with bandages for his return to Earth. This was often the stage when the screaming would occur, another nurse was always at bedside for the mummification in case more sedatives were required. On return to Earth each Femme would assist the donors return by ensuring they were unwrapped and in their beds where they had been taken from. A glass of water with a drug certain to cause stomach pain was placed next to their bed to assist in the appearance of sickness if any residual surgery pain remained and within three to four days the Cisman assumed he had “recovered” from his illness and would return to his life.

She closed the last Cismen donor and called in the return Staff to prepare everyone for re-entry to earth.