the synergist

The Synergist I stood on the ledge of a 30 story building, not knowing how and when I got up here. I felt a hand on my back push me and instantly the wind was blowing in my face. My heart jumped out of my chest as the ground grew closer. “Stop,” I shouted out. I saw the features of cars and people below me grow clearer and closer. I screamed and the lights went back on. Rodney Grey came in and pat me on the shoulder. “Congratulations, you`re doing a great job; now you only have a lifetime of fear simulations to complete,” he said. It had only been three months since I entered the Program but it felt like years. I was taken away from my mom and the only life I knew to assist the government with a confidential project called The Program. With technology continuously growing, the human race was becoming so dependent on electronic devices, that it started to become a part of them. The government ran experiments that implanted electronic devices into people, which wirelessly charged and energized the leaders to extend their youth and lifetime. Over time everyone wanted this device, but only the government allowed its political leaders to use it because they had all authority over The City and its poor citizens. The system was solely fueled by the fear of humans, so every day we were put into fear simulation tests that used a dark memory or scenario to scare us so that our fears could be transferred to the satellite dish to wirelessly power up the political leaders. Each year the government sends out an envelope with no return name and no return address to certain destitute individuals saying, “Welcome to the Program.” I was one of the lucky ones who received the letter to be a part of the effort of “giving back” to our city, but it ... ... middle of paper ... ...“If you push that button all those leaders die. They need the Program to survive.” “They won`t die, everything goes back to the way it was before the Program existed. They don’t need it to survive, it was all an illusion to have another slavery system for the poor social class,” I said. “This isn’t a democracy,” Mr. Grey exclaimed. “Well I`m making it one now,” I said aggressively. “Do you even know the cost of doing this? How is the city to run without it,” he said angrily. “We will return to the way it was before, and the way it should be!” I pushed the button and instantly watched all the leaders begin to fall, including Rodney Grey. ”What`s done is done now,” I said as I signaled the others. We went back to free all the synergists in The West Wing. Yesterday was a world of fear and anxiety, today is a sign of hope for us and a new future for an equal society.