Breather
A story by
Egocentric
They call us breathers, because we can survive in almost any environment. It makes us different than them, because they can't breath in space, or under water. They get tired when they run out of air, and then they pass out and die. I think the name is deceiving because we don't need the air. We were made to not need the air. I think the name is deceiving also, because it doesn't fully explain what we are, and what we can do. If it were just a matter of breathing, we'd just be genetic anomalies, and I wouldn't be writing this. I'm writing this so that you will know the truth about us, and our story. Know that if you are reading this, not only am I dead, but most likely, so is everyone of my kind. We were not the monsters your parents told you we were, and we weren't criminals or freaks, we were people, like you are.
There are two versions of history, the truth is one version, and the other version is the version told by those who control history. I will explain both versions to you, one you already know, the other you don't. You might not want to believe what I tell you, and that's fine, as long as you read it, our story doesn't die with me.
Chapter One: The Official Story
According to the government, there was a virus, hundreds of years ago. It was passed from mother to child. They called it HVA or Harrison's Virus Strain A. They say that Harrison was a famous scientist, the man who discovered the virus. They say he worked the rest of his life looking for a cure to it, but was not successful. They say his own child was one of the first. They said he first noticed something was wrong with his son Allen, when he noticed that the child's eyes glowed bright green at night, a year or so after he was born. Harrison then also noticed that his son didn't seem to eat very much, and when forced to eat, could never keep the food down. Oddly, this child didn't waste away, or die of starvation.
As the years went along, people started noticing that there were a lot of children like Harrison's son. At first they all seemed to live near Colorado Springs, which was where Harrison lived and worked. After time, the Virus seemed to spread out, and soon it was across North America and Europe. Harrison found the genetic markers for the Virus in 2028, and The Virus that infected his son, was named after him.
These children grew into adults, and it was deem a public emergency, because these adults could not be controlled. They were stronger, faster, didn't need food, could swim better and longer than normal people, and didn't look like normal people. They didn't grow hair, they were very pale, they were thinner, and their eyes glowed in the dark.
Some of them became criminals, as it was deemed that they couldn't tell between right and wrong. In a famous case, one of these monsters, a man by the name of James Davis was accused of a horrible murder, the death of Harrison's own son Allen. He was found guilty, and sentenced to die in California's gas chamber. When the time came, Davis was strapped in, and the gas was released into the chamber, but to everyone's shock, Davis didn't die. They left in the chamber for over and hour before they took him back to his cell. In this single act of punishment, It was discovered that HVA allowed its carriers the ability to survive without oxygen. A small detail never noticed prior, because they seemed to inhale and exhale air, like everyone else. Davis was executed a month later by lethal injection.
People were scared of these freaks of nature, and something had to be done. It wasn't long after, that prison camps were made for them. They took everyone with HVA to these camps, in hopes of containing the virus, and saving society, but when people were still having children with the virus, something drastic needed to be considered.
The HVA lunar base was created in 2063. It was a place where people with the virus could be studied and treated. At its creation, over half a million people had the virus. These people lived in the most state of the art medical facility, known to man, and formed the first ever extra terrestrial colony, and things seemed fine.
After a decade, there was no sign of HVA on Earth. Harrison, who had died only 3 years prior, was considered a hero. Although there was no cure for HVA, it had been removed from the planet, and contained away from people, by the void of space.
On the moon, the people with HVA started having children of their own, and it was clear that HVA could be passed onto their children. By 2110, there were just too many people for the lunar base to treat. It was decided that a mission to Mars would happen, and that a larger facility would be build on the red planet. It was also decided that the lunar treatment base would be closed. Normal people would be coming to the moon to live and visit, and they didn't want HVA to spread back to Earth.
2123 was the year they finished constructing the Mars HVA Hospital and Research Laboratories. It took another 10 years to move everyone with the virus to Mars from the moon. It was the largest Hospital ever created by man. Scientists still search for a cure there, and they are making great strides towards that goal.
Or so they want you to believe.
A story by
Egocentric
They call us breathers, because we can survive in almost any environment. It makes us different than them, because they can't breath in space, or under water. They get tired when they run out of air, and then they pass out and die. I think the name is deceiving because we don't need the air. We were made to not need the air. I think the name is deceiving also, because it doesn't fully explain what we are, and what we can do. If it were just a matter of breathing, we'd just be genetic anomalies, and I wouldn't be writing this. I'm writing this so that you will know the truth about us, and our story. Know that if you are reading this, not only am I dead, but most likely, so is everyone of my kind. We were not the monsters your parents told you we were, and we weren't criminals or freaks, we were people, like you are.
There are two versions of history, the truth is one version, and the other version is the version told by those who control history. I will explain both versions to you, one you already know, the other you don't. You might not want to believe what I tell you, and that's fine, as long as you read it, our story doesn't die with me.
Chapter One: The Official Story
According to the government, there was a virus, hundreds of years ago. It was passed from mother to child. They called it HVA or Harrison's Virus Strain A. They say that Harrison was a famous scientist, the man who discovered the virus. They say he worked the rest of his life looking for a cure to it, but was not successful. They say his own child was one of the first. They said he first noticed something was wrong with his son Allen, when he noticed that the child's eyes glowed bright green at night, a year or so after he was born. Harrison then also noticed that his son didn't seem to eat very much, and when forced to eat, could never keep the food down. Oddly, this child didn't waste away, or die of starvation.
As the years went along, people started noticing that there were a lot of children like Harrison's son. At first they all seemed to live near Colorado Springs, which was where Harrison lived and worked. After time, the Virus seemed to spread out, and soon it was across North America and Europe. Harrison found the genetic markers for the Virus in 2028, and The Virus that infected his son, was named after him.
These children grew into adults, and it was deem a public emergency, because these adults could not be controlled. They were stronger, faster, didn't need food, could swim better and longer than normal people, and didn't look like normal people. They didn't grow hair, they were very pale, they were thinner, and their eyes glowed in the dark.
Some of them became criminals, as it was deemed that they couldn't tell between right and wrong. In a famous case, one of these monsters, a man by the name of James Davis was accused of a horrible murder, the death of Harrison's own son Allen. He was found guilty, and sentenced to die in California's gas chamber. When the time came, Davis was strapped in, and the gas was released into the chamber, but to everyone's shock, Davis didn't die. They left in the chamber for over and hour before they took him back to his cell. In this single act of punishment, It was discovered that HVA allowed its carriers the ability to survive without oxygen. A small detail never noticed prior, because they seemed to inhale and exhale air, like everyone else. Davis was executed a month later by lethal injection.
People were scared of these freaks of nature, and something had to be done. It wasn't long after, that prison camps were made for them. They took everyone with HVA to these camps, in hopes of containing the virus, and saving society, but when people were still having children with the virus, something drastic needed to be considered.
The HVA lunar base was created in 2063. It was a place where people with the virus could be studied and treated. At its creation, over half a million people had the virus. These people lived in the most state of the art medical facility, known to man, and formed the first ever extra terrestrial colony, and things seemed fine.
After a decade, there was no sign of HVA on Earth. Harrison, who had died only 3 years prior, was considered a hero. Although there was no cure for HVA, it had been removed from the planet, and contained away from people, by the void of space.
On the moon, the people with HVA started having children of their own, and it was clear that HVA could be passed onto their children. By 2110, there were just too many people for the lunar base to treat. It was decided that a mission to Mars would happen, and that a larger facility would be build on the red planet. It was also decided that the lunar treatment base would be closed. Normal people would be coming to the moon to live and visit, and they didn't want HVA to spread back to Earth.
2123 was the year they finished constructing the Mars HVA Hospital and Research Laboratories. It took another 10 years to move everyone with the virus to Mars from the moon. It was the largest Hospital ever created by man. Scientists still search for a cure there, and they are making great strides towards that goal.
Or so they want you to believe.