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Fiction/Science fiction
Ava
The Secret of Immortality
Ava stared at the data provider on her left wrist. The pink notification wouldn’t stop blinking.
Tears of joy welled up in her eyes. She reached up and gently ran her index finger over the shimmering rosy light.
A 3D image of a plump, red-cheeked woman’s face steamed above her wrist. The woman’s red lips parted in a smile.
‘Ava Daniel Pert, you’ve been chosen for transformation. Your appointment is on Wednesday, July 5, at 9.30 a.m. You have exactly two months to prepare for the event. In case you renege, the next-in-line will be called up. Remember that you’re allowed to withdraw your participation within the next two weeks. If a withdrawal has not been submitted until July 20, the transformation becomes obligatory.’
Withdrawal? Are they insane?
Ava’s heart was fluttering in her ribs like a caged tiger. There was so much to do! Selecting the items she would bring with her to the Eternity Ring. Writing farewell letters to her close ones. Mom, Dad, her sisters…her school friends…oh, there would be so many goodbyes…
Ava dropped her school bag to the ground and rushed through the front yard.
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