“My One And Only Dream”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

“Ha! In your dreams.”

In retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have hit that guy so hard when he made fun of my dreams of creating a human hybrid.

Okay, just imagine this:

The year is 3000. The world is in complete chaos. Humans have overrun the planet. Evolution has stopped working because technology has rendered it unnecessary. There’s barely any green left on the planet. Every piece of land is occupied by some sort of building.

But, out of the blue, a new human hybrid emerges. It has the mental abilities of humans but the survival instincts of a wild beast. It will be able to weather the inevitable environmental apocalypse that humans bring upon themselves while still carrying the basic human genetic code with it. Humans wouldn’t go extinct; at least, not totally.

Now let’s return to present day. I’ve devoted my entire life to this project. I’m going to be turning ninety-nine in two days. So no, I’m not joking when I say I’ve devoted my entire life to this research. And I’ve gotten absolutely nowhere.

So, here I am, almost ninety-nine years old, watching the world slowly decay around me. Whenever I speak about my dream, people always laugh.

Now, I just laugh with them.

Final Comments: I’m not really sure how I feel about this one. I feel like it was a bit choppy and the plot probably could’ve flowed better.

Overall Rating: 😕