Chapter 8 - Not Human

Anna was walking down the street when she felt a sudden pain. It was like a twist in her chest. She breathed heavily and reached for the wall that was by her side. She held on to the rough surface lightly.

"Ah..."

Her legs started shaking. She thought she would fall. Her chest felt painful. It was like there was something malfunctioning in her body. Her breathing was no longer normal.

"Not again..."

She pressed her hand against her chest like it would make the pain go away. But she heard it louder this time. whir... click whir... it was fast.

She began to cry and slowly, she became afraid.

"What is happening?" she whispered. She sounded so weak. She remained in that position for a few seconds as she held her breath. She expected it to stop. But it never stopped. In fact it became worse. It became faster.

Her vision had already started to blurr. People passed begs her withart noticing his Then it suddenly stoppede Just like that. Silence. Anna remained in that position for a moment. She was afraid that moving would Sring the pain backe she let go at the wall slowly and tried to staselige herself. She was reall pongak, Thes was getting worse She could not ignore it.angate. She needed. Answes. Later on, Anna went to anothe hospital No the latter one. This place was smalle. less crowded. less cottolled. The walls were plains The Smell of dregs nostres hospital was not as sharp as the other hospital, it Helt more real less pertest- Ama sat opposite the doctor while he was looking at the Screen in fort of him. The woom Lone calm. 7oo colm Anna observed the doctor. At first, he looked alright. foaved. Slowly, to expression change the narrowed his eyes slightly. Then he became confused cand then he was shocked. Anne's chest tightened. "Doctor?" she el Called.

He did not respond, he kept looking at the screen in front of him. He was trying to understand the situation in front of him. "Doctor," Anna said called louder this time. He looked at her. "You said you had a kidney transplant earlier, Da." He asked. "Yes doctor. She replied. "Where did your perform the operation?" Anna gave a little frown. "Why?" "Answer me." He said. There was something with a slight aggression. Anna became uneased then she told him the name of the hospital. The doctor sat down in his chair. He wiped his head face with his right hand like he was try to wake up from a sad thought. "Impossible," he murmured. "What is impossible?" The doctor looked at her again with full attention. He drew his chair closer to Anna. "What you have inside your chest... is not a human heart." Anna's fingers curled slightly. Anna was in disbelief. "I don't understand," she said slowly. The doctor walked to where the screen was and pointed at the scan.

"This is not organic," he explained. "It is mecha-

nical. artificial.

Anna continued to look at the image but she

refused to believe what the doctor had

said. "It is not possible" she said. The

doctor did not argue. "This device is advanced,"

he continued. "It is not something used in

normal operation, especially not for someone like

you!" Anna still shook her head in disbelief.

"They told me I was fine. They said the

surgery was normal." The doctor looked back at

her. "This is not normal." he pointed again

at the scan. "This is man made." She looked

at the image more carefully this time. The

shape. The movement. It didn't look natural.

It looked wrong. Her lips parted slowly.

"Then where is my real heart." The question

came out quietly like she didn't want

to hear the answer. The doctor remained

silent. He did not know and he didn't

even want to guess.

Meanwhile, Adrian sat in his office. A file was

opened on the table in front of him.

Michael stood across Adrian. "We have seen it

sir." he said.

Adrian looked at the file carefully. He moved

his eyes across the pages. Name Anna, Age,

Surgery date. His hand stopped. The date

was the same. The exact day to reach it

He squinted his eyes carefully. "Continue"

he said. Michael nodded. "There is something

else." he added. Adrian looked up. "The donor

file is incomplete." Michael said.

"Incomplete?" "What do you mean by that?" There

is no official donor listed." Michael replied.

Adrian's expression darkened. "Someone removed

it. Clean. No trace". Adrian leaned back

slowly & slowly adjusted himself in his chair.

He put his hand on his chest. "That same

feeling returned. That same pull. That same

connection." "Have you found this girl?" Adrian

asked. "Not yet sir. But we are close." His

voice dropped. "Find her."

Back in the hospital, Anna sat still. She

was still trying to adapt to everything she had just heard. Artificial. Mechanical. Not

human. Her hand slowly rose to her chest

again. She pressed it lightly this time like

She was testing. listening. Feeling. She

Could sense it now. Not just the sound, but

the truth behind it. "This - this is not mine"

she whispered. Tears slipped down her

face quietly. Her voice broke. "They took it"

"They actually took it." Her fingers curled

into her shirt. Tighter this time. Memories

began to flash through her mind. The

hospital bed. The lights above her. The

promise. That everything would be okay.

Her mother's weak smile. Her mothers promise

That she would be fine. But she was gone.

And now this. She was The fear she felt

like she was living a lie. She was afraid

but she eventually became angry. really

angry. They lied to her. They stole

from her. She looked at the doctor with a

cold look "I want my records," she said

suddenly. "All of them. I need to see

everything." The doctor hesitated and nodded slowly. "I will help you" he said. Anna

knew something. This was bigger than a

mistake. It was planned. and whoever

did this was hiding something.