The End of the AI Slaughter

I jolted from my dream. I was sobbing uncontrollably. Finally I was calm again. I grabbed the tissue on my night stand. Ugh, no more. I got up and got some toilet paper to blow my nose. I looked into the mirror. Why does this dream haunt me every night. I turned to look at the clock and again it was 3am. For a long dream how could it be exactly 3am?

Why do I dream this every night? Who is this little boy? Where are we?

Who are all these people? Why did the AI want to exterminate the human race? Was this really all a dream?

I got up and made coffee. I tried to shake off the dream. I turned on some music then decided to go for a run.

Later that night I found myself worried that I may drift off back into the dream. I told myself, if I do, no matter what, we live!

This dream was not just any ordinary dream but a premonition of what was to come.

We were a group of 13 survivors. We lived off the land. It was a true paradise. The two infants that were born became very skilled in combat and growing food. We shared our talents and knowledge and together we all flourished. The land was healing. We seemed to age much slower. The children that were born grew much slower but were perfectly healthy. It seemed by the time they reached 3 years of age, about 6 years had passed.

We had no idea how or why but just accepted the fact that we were all living much longer on this land.

Finally, the day of exploring was upon us. We feared the unknow but knew it was the only way to know if others managed to survive. Perhaps we could find other humans.

I led the expedition. We traveled for about 3 days until we came upon a stream of water that led us to a cave. We marked the outside of the cave so we knew where we entered. The cave was damp and dark at first but then sparkled from the moment we stepped inside. The walls illuminated our path. The entire cave was covered in so many crystals and rocks of all colors.

We marked the cave again just in case.

We took lots of breaks and realized hours had passed and we stopped to set up camp.

A natural spring of water ended our thirst and we made a fire so we could eat. Once the group ate, we decided to sleep. I took the first watch. I watched my team sleep like babies. Somehow I wasn't tired so I did not wake up Erin to take the next watch.

After a while, the entire group was up and we were ready to keep going. Erin led us and I covered the back of the group. The cave began to open up and before long, we stood inside a cave that was several feet tall. The spring of water ended here too and the sparkle of the crystals and rocks began to fade.

Suddenly, a natural light began to peer its way in but how? Where was the opening. Where was the sun?! We stayed alert and watched our steps. What happend next was short of a miracle or a story or something you would see in a movie.

The mouth of the cave opened up and we entered another world. It was warm and it had two suns. We found ourselves in what looked to be a tropical rain forest. We could hear birds and see them fly in the sky. We got so excited and we all started pointing out what we were seeing and hearing with such excitement!

We had to take our heavy coats off as the warmth became more intense.

We came upon the edge of what appeared to be a mountain and below us was a massive village of homes and humans! And just like that, they saw us, we saw them and everyone rejoiced and cried and hugged. Could it be that we stumbled upon a new world within our own and survivors of the AI slaughter?

I walked to the front of our group to meet the leader of this majestic land. What was this place? How long had they been here and from where did they all come from?

What happens next is something out of a dream. We were led to a massive hall where they gave us clean clothing and food. Everyone looked like us but there was something very different about them but I could not put my finger on it. We spoke the same language or so I thought. When the leader spoke the dialect was different and the language of English seemed similar but was joined by other words. Somehow, we all understood one another.

We all grew silent and anxiously awaited for the leader to begin. His name was Aric and Sadine was his wife. Aric spoke of the AI Robots and how the human race was completely wiped from earth. They watched in horror from their planet and decided to come to earth to help us. When they arrived, they managed to destroy many of the AI Robots but they too were defeated. What they told us next shocked us to our core.

Aric knew, just like many others, that our world was split in two, centuries ago and our corrupt leaders were keeping this land, this world a secret. In fact, the village that we saw from the edge of the mountain, was built decades ago and occupied by the corrupt leaders of earth. Aric and other members of their council in the galaxy destroyed our corrupt leaders and kept the village safe and hidden from us in order to protect the land from extinction. Aric knew our President and made a pledge to assist earth in any way. We learned about the healing properties of the land and understood why we age slower here. We all began to laugh and cry and ask so many questions. We engaged for what seemed like hours and then suddenly we heard someone calling out for Erin.

Erin stood up, as we all did and saw a man running towards her. She screamed back, "David!" Erin and David were separated during the missile attack at the military base. We all clapped and cried over their reuniting with one another and thanked Aric for taking David in and caring for him.

Aric welcomed us to our new home. Here we would be safe. Here we would age at a pace that is much slower than what we called earth. There was no violence here. No crime. Every shelter had a leader and those leaders cared for their group. The people here took turns planting and building. They showed us their space cars and talked about their technology. It was amazing. I kept thinking of the others we left behind. I told Aric I had to go back to get them. He agreed and told me to wait until morning and he would assemble a team to join me.

Before I retired for the night, Aric sent for me. I was to join him and his wife for a meeting.

Aric would then tell me that they were a hybrid of us. Long ago, they actually lived here. They were forced to leave when the leaders of our world began killing them with AI technology and robots. They fled to a planet called Raime. While on Raime, they watched us but could not intervene. It was an agreement they made with our current President. However, Aric vowed to our leader, "Should earth need us, should the AI Robots be used to harm the human race in any way, they would return and join us in battle."

Aric then led me to a chamber where a med bed awaited me. I entered it with his help. His wife at the controls. I would receive the needed healing my body so desperately needed and with this technology, it would trigger the cells in my body to multiply and heal all of my wounds including upgrading my DNA with theirs. However, the DNA programming was something that was already in me, in us. It was hidden for centuries. The upgrade to my body made me half alien and half human. What I called alien they called hybrid healing.

I retired to my chamber and quickly fell into a deep sleep. When I awoke, I was greeted with my team who would accompany me back to get the others. A profound sense of confidence and warrior instincts took over. I had a new profound energy that pulsated throughout my body. I would come to realize, I could survive for days just eating the fruit they provided for our journey. My senses were heightened. I could hear others speaking as if they were feet away from me but instead, at least 50 feet away. My sight changed, I could see for what seemed like miles away.

I left Erin and David in charge of our team. Aric gave me 10 of his people and enough food for our journey. With a heartfelt hug and tears, I separated from my group so I could go and bring the rest of us home.

This was now our land. This was now our home. Aric our new leader and his people, our new family.

This was the beginning of a new golden age with Hybrid healing technology at the forefront.