the gathering
In a world filled with oblivious people, there lived a group of girls their names were Taylor, Sadie, Ashley, and Spencer. This group of girls was very special because they were like us. In this world when you were born the government came opened your head and put a chip inside. The chip controlled every part of you your memories and the choices you make, including when you were supposed to have kids or get married. August 22, 1998 is a day that no one remembers. On this day, the machines in a little town called Chamerian stopped working. The machine that controls the chips in people’s heads. Since all of the chips were not working all of the babies on August 22 1998 were killed by the government. That day, one hundred babies were born and ninety six died only four special baby girls survived and their names were Taylor, Sadie, Ashley, and Spencer. You may wonder how the four girls survived did; the reason is because their parents were poor so they were all in the same room giving birth. They couldn’t afford to get a private room. When the government got there the parents decided to hide the baby girls in a trash can. Some people say it was fate, others say it was just luck but when the government got to the room the babies did not make a sound. The parents told the men the reason that they were in that room was because that they had miscarriages. Whenever asked Spencer, Taylor, Sadie, or Ashley would give August 25th as their birthday. Once a year the people of Chamerian meet in the town’s auditorium and are basically tested to make sure that there have the chip in your brain. If by chance you did not have a chip in your head or it did not work you were killed on the spot. One year one of the government’s daughter’s was test to see if she had the chip in her head. She failed the test and the government man was forced to kill his own daughter. I know what you might be thinking why not escape this horrible fate? The answer is clear you cannot you will be outnumbered and you would not even make it out of the town plus, the government is in charge of what you do/ think, so you would not even want to leave. This town does not just control what you do it controls what you think or you are feeling toward somebody or something. Who would create such a machine you may ask? The president of this world, he wanted everyone in his path to shake in fear and so he created this machine so that no one will be able to say no. In this world the president is everywhere even at this once a year “gathering”. The day Spencer, Taylor, Sadie, and Ashley were born their parents removed the chips from their heads since the chips were not working that well that day they were born made their parents decision. The other patients were so upset about losing their babies they did not think about having their chip removed out. The day when the government check to see if the people still had the chip in their head (the gathering), was always a nerve-racking day for the girls and their parents. Somehow the parents of the girls always have an excuse as to why they could not come to the “gathering”, for example last year all the girls and their parents just happened to have the flu, and the year before that the girls broke their arms while playing on the monkey bars. Their parents thought that it would be best if they stated home. This year was going to be different for the girls and their parents. One day Ashley’s mom was talking to one of her neighbor’s and herd that this year it does not matter if you could not make it to the “gathering” the government would be allowed to go to your house to do the annual chip check. The next day Ashley’s mom told the girls and their parents to meet them at her house. When the girls and their parents got there Ashley’s mom told them about the change in the way the chip would be cheeked. As the girls and their parents try to find ways out of the situation without getting killed, Spencer came up with an idea. Spencer’s idea was to leave. She thought that if they left right away everyone would be safe. The parents thought this through long and hard, they finally realized that this was the only way. Cilia was the only place in that world that did not believe in the chip, so that’s why the parents decided to go there. That afternoon the four families started packing. At Sadie’s house everything was cool until one of her neighbors came knocking on the door. Sadie opened the door and the neighbor walked in and noticed that they were packing and that there was an RV parked outside. With suspicion the neighbor walked home and she called on of the government to tell them of her suspicions. The government ordered the neighbors to kill the family. Finally the other girls and their parents arrived at Sadie’s house. As they got out of the car they saw the neighbors from the neighborhood with guns, they quickly ran inside at the sight of them. When the girls and their parents got inside they stared to panic. The the fathers of the family’s got guns and went outside to fight the angry neighbors. The fathers started shooting at the neighbors, the neighbors shot back, and the fathers were killed. In a panic the rest of the families ran for the RV. Unfortunately they all were killed but Taylor. As she tried to start up the R-V BAAM! She got shot in the face with a gun. Slowly the neighbors put down their guns and went into their houses with their families. The end |