The year is now 2025 and all seems normal, except is it? (reblog)
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0.000 HBDThe year is now 2025 and all seems normal, except is it? (reblog)
# The year is now 2025 and all seems normal, except is it? #  *I went around to my neighbour to ask a favour, it is no problem for me to get through the heavy security gates, I am on his friends & family list, so the chip implant in my right hand is scanned and the gates swing open, before I even get to the front door he has already told Alexa to open the door for me, Alexas soft voice greets me at the door, "Hello Darren, please do come in"* *It took only 5 minutes to sort my favour with John the nice neighbour, so I set off to the grocery store in my automatic driver-less car, no speed limits can be broken with my electronic car, also nobody can take it from me, as it reads my chip before entry, all routes are logged with the government via wireless signals, & as long as they do not shut down my car electronically, I am good to go. They changed the law in 2023 so that if you do not vote, they restrict your car or disable it, then pick it up & take it to the impound, until the next election, so everyone complies & votes.*  *Groceries picked up & home we go, to be welcomed by Eric our AI dog, he needs no food & charges himself up for free, as he is fitted with the very latest up to date solar cells on the end of his fake fur, I do not even have to walk him, added bonus, also we have what we call the Butler, our AI meet & greet droid, he looks just like a real person & is so smart, he entertains at all our parties as he can play any instrument we like, the butler is like everything in the house, hooked up to the internet, the butler also orders the groceries, when the smart fridge tells him we are getting low, then Amazon delivers it via armies of drones right on the doorstep.* My problems all started this morning, I took a wrong turn & accidentally entered the Anarchist zone by mistake, I had forgotten they had extended the borders, due to the increase in homeless Anarchists, neither the butler nor the government had remapped my car to instruct it not to go there, so what happened next took me by total surprise. My car shut down, it stopped as quick as it starts, then the warning tone inside instructed me to leave the car immediately as the government drones were zoning in on my car to pick it up and impound it, I had 60 seconds to get out & start walking. I had no idea how to get home from here, so hailed a driver-less cab, I tried to get in with my chip & was rejected, they had turned off my bank account, credit line, even my ID, here I am now sitting under a tree, unable to even buy a loaf of bread, my home gone as I have no ID to get in. I am locked out of society, all for one wrong turn, how could this be?. ## FOUR hours I have been sat under this tree! ## *So as I sit here with my car gone, flown away by government drones. Yes, I even watched it disappear into the skyline. My mind is all over the place, I can not think straight. I mean how does one take in the fact that in 1 minute, you have lost your home, car, life, clothes, photos, the lot, for 1 wrong turn?*  *I had to think fast now, I was in the unknown zone where Anarchists roam. I have heard a lot about these people, none of it good, these are the outcasts of society, the "not to be trusted" the news every night had 10 minutes dedicated to letting good citizens like me know, what crimes these Anarchists had committed every day, the news was repeated every 2 hours, and was watched by everyone at least twice a day, by law.* *I am scared, lost & hungry to name a few things, also flat broke. Now my bank account is gone, and the chip in my hand is useless, or so it seemed until I noticed high up in the sky a drone. No, not a drone from Amazon delivery services, this was far quieter and definitely military, and it seemed to be zoned in on me.* "Oi you!" a voice shouted from behind another tree. I looked around and could not see anyone. The voice repeated again, "Oi you! Me" I replied? "Yes you, listen to me and do as I say or today will be your last day." A knife landed at my feet, though not any old knife, more the razor sharp blade type for chopping fine food.  "Take that knife and cut out that chip in your hand" the mystery voice boomed. "Are you mad" I said. "Listen friend, you have about 10 minutes to live, if you leave that thing inside you. No matter where you hide, that thing up there will get you", then a hand pointed up to the drone from behind the tree. "Shit" I said out loud realising I had no choice, the knife cut into me like a knife in butter, it was surgeon sharp and precise, I had to use two fingers to locate and pull out the chip. I nearly passed out right about then, and the only thing that kept me from drifting away was the overwhelming feeling of fear. Sure I had been scared before, though nothing like this. "Put that chip on the floor & run over here, we need to get out of here", was the next thing I heard, so I buried the chip in soil and ran to the next tree.* As I rounded the tree I saw a half familiar face. "Do I know you?" I said. Later the man replied, "For now we have to get out of here, so follow me and follow me fast."  *We started running across the wastelands & must have run for a good 3 minutes when BOOM, a missile hit the ground, right where I had been sitting. The drone above had blasted what it thought was me, to smithereens. "What the hell is all that about?" I asked the mystery man. "That my friend, was your funeral, a parting gift from the government when you are no longer of use to them." Now I was more confused than ever. "Can you tell me one thing?" I asked, "Sure." he said. "Why do I feel like I know you?" I enquired. The answer threw me for a moment, as the stranger said, "I am Paul who you worked with at the power plant in 2019." Paul I thought, and then it hit me, the Paul that went missing one late night shift, never to be seen again. I had seen him around, though never talked to him.* *"How on earth did you end up here with these people?" I asked. "Well, you see my friend, one day I went home early, I was not feeling well, and when I got home 2 people were going through my house, looking inside everything. I thought it was a burglary, and wish it was now." "Who was it then?" I asked eagerly wanting to know the answer. "The agents" he said "The government agents. They thought I had committed some sort of treason, and turned on me. I had to fight both of them, just to stay alive. The only mistake they made, was shouting to me I had nowhere to hide. As I was running away, they yelled, the chip would give me away, so I cut it out like you did, and here I have been ever since."*  Till the next time. Peace & Love, steem on & stay AWESOME! All sp earned from this article is being delegated out. Please note this is a re-blog/resteem of pt1 and pt2 to continue the journey. Any ideas or suggestions, how you would like this to unfold welcome. This was edited by the wife, any mistakes and I have a cop-out. 😏  Gifs courtesy of www.giphy.com The photo is my own