Fictions
Monday, February 26, 2007
 
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Kaygen began his speech. "We all know how this works."

The crowd screamed, and cheered. His speech had barely begun, and they obviously couldn't help themselves. I was thinking the masses were so easy in this state.

Kaygen raised his hands to ask for a little quiet. "My candidate doesn't have your interests at heart. He has only self interest. He will never be the kind of President that I can be."

More cheering interrupted what was supposed to be a short speaking engagement. A college campus rally, small engagement, and a quick in and out, but it had since developed into a full forum. Kaygen kept his hands up and this time pulsed them outward, "wait, wait. Hold on a minute. Fellow Americans, I have something to show you."

The screen behind the podium lit up bright gray, then white, and then adjusted as digital pixels flashed about until an image resolved.

They had decided to show this little clip in place of repeating the same regurgitating rhetoric. Pictures worked so well when it's your competitor that is making the mistakes. It was time these eight years were put behind us, but it wasn't over for us. We just had to get someone in that was a clone of the current President. We had found him. Kaygen was going to be it. Only, it didn't turn out quite like we planned.

This was when it happened. It was so quick, no one could believe it. In fact, only two men knew what was happening. We couldn't predict the future, but if we knew then what we know now... Well, you know the saying.

Kaygen grabbed his heart right after the first words came from the picture screen. His microphone had been muted for the short take. We didn't want anything he said during off camera to show up in the news. That's happened too many times in the past.

However, this heart wrenching moment was not Kaygen showing any emotion toward what was on screen. His clinched fists were for the sharp pain he felt in his chest. He was having a heart attack.

The dart used to induce the onset was small and unnoticed for a few hours

The accused is here before the court to stand trial.

Alternicam Digital Playback shows what happened in the past. Clearly the criminal you see before you is shown here with the concealed weapon. Here you see him pulling the trigger. We've switched to dual view and you can see the dart has impacted in the small of Kaygen's back. We even have the confession.

Now, the following event did happened shortly after. These things are significant in showing the result of Darwin's actions. Not only has he terminated the life of Kaygen, but he also forever altered the lives of those closest to Kaygen.

However, I have playback to show you that may convince the court that Darwin's actions were in the best interest of humanity. If the dart had not found it's target and simply burst into the platform, as you can see no one would be the wiser. As I fast forward through the cascading effect of this one change in the time line, you can see the ultimate result of Kaygen's continued existence. His life means deaths for millions within a month of his taking office.
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