Five days (1/2) (A fantasy)

Neo, who is still bleeding and slowly dying from his wounds, goes over everything that has happened in the last five days to understand what mistake he made to deserve his fate. Dying alone in an alien apartment. With the only hope of being eaten by those monsters out there waiting for him.

Five days ago, he couldn't have imagined dying so quickly. He started studying molecular biochemistry a year ago and is currently on vacation and visiting his mother and stepfather as well as his stepsister and stepbrother at home.

Neo had a different childhood than most people on earth. His father biological father "Klaus Ehrenbach" was a physicist and therfore made more than enough money so that Neo hat no problems. However Klaus would often not buy everything Neo wanted, "If you want somethig you shall buy it with your own money. Never depend on others or you will get lazy."

His biological father died in an accident 5 years ago. Klaus loved Neo and his mother "Annika" very much. At the same time, he loved his work as a physicist and he didn't hide it. Everytime Neo had a conversation with his father, he tried to explain his work to him as best he could, and that from the moment he was able to read and write.

At that time, Neo's daily life consisted of...

getting up, talking to his father at breakfast, going to school and learn some basics, afterwards meet his father in his lab and watch him work and later talk and question his decisions, finally go home talk with his mother and go to sleep.

Of course, at first Neo didn't understand very much and was even less able to contribute anything productive to the conversation and the diffecult topics of his father's research. But he was always enthusiastic to learn more and when his father talked about different theories of physicists and scientists he would often loose himself in theories , which he did experiments to evaluate. His father, excited to see his own child think and improve, often helped him late into the night with assessments. On the other hand, Neo did little to nothing together with his mother. She would mostly stay for herself too and draw something outside.

His father, on the other hand, was very pleased that his son showed such a keen interest in his work. The only problem for him was that Neo didn't show any interest in other things. Friends, games or girls, he didn't care at all, as long as it wasn't related to one of his theories or experiments... it wasn't necessary.

These experiences and teachings of his father will accompany him throughout his life and so he decided from an early age to follow in his father's footsteps and also become a scientist. But instead of being interested in physics, Neo was more interested in biology and chemistry and decided to focus more on that.

Although His father often said to him: "I will always support you, my son, even if you decide not to study at all. I'll always be there for you." However, his father also had his fears and believed that he stopped Neo from having a normal childhood...one of meeting friends and talking to them about your dreams and desires, friends who you can trust and talk to and have fun with.

As Neo grew older, he never showed any interest in the opposite sex. Annika, Neo's mother couldn't contain her curiosity one day and asked Neo about it.

Don't you have a person you're interested in?

Friends or even just a fictional person...

Neo replied with a simple and short answer like he always did... "Too boring and too tedious..."

Neo's father was Neo's world. Basically everything for him revolved around his father. Almost obsessive. Many who would view their relationship from the outside would see such behavior as sick and wrong. And so does Neo's mother.

The death of his father were difficult for him he sometimes often would remembere the old times, where he used to experiment and just be together with his fatehr. Afterwards he would wake up from these memories and would feel lost. Until today he still couldn't overcome his thoughts about his fathers's death.

They called it an accident, he was on an meeting heading towards the moon. He boarded a spaceship from the research facility of 8 of his colleges.

However, he would never make it there and home because a fuel leak caused a chain reaction and ultimately lead to the spacecraft explode. When the first rescue teams of the military arrived at the site of the explosion, they found no survivors.

In the end the fuel company was blamed as it was within their responsibility. They paid some money and 24 or so workers were arrested and sentenced to 2 - 5 years in prison and for the public the case was closed. It was just one of many accidents at that time, but not for Neo.

Neo knew is father's much, as he basically talked with him from day to night. He noticed that his father gave him strange subliminal messages before he left. He made some new breakthroughs in his research and therefore some higher ups would like to meet him on the moon. Strange was that his father said to him that everything will be fine, that he should take care of his mother while he is gone and that he should stay out of trouble until he is back. He would be gone for 3 weeks or more and would only come back after ther trouble is over.

At that time, Neo found it strange, that his father told him to look after his mother and that he should stay out of trouble. However he didn't suspect anything at that time. Furthermore, Neo himself did not know what his father's current research was, his father said it could revolutionize the galaxy in the right hands. At the same time, in the wrong hands, it could destroy everything mankind has build till now. Neo knew is father wasn't someone who would overdramatize and tell lies about his reaserch, and therefore was excited to know more about it.

However after his father's death the excitement cooled down by a lot. Neo thinks that's why his father was killed, a group or a person killed his father to get his research results.

Neo was at that time still 16 years old and kind of naive. Anything he was interested in was his father and his own reseach, he never build any relationship with other people or had loved ones beside his mother and father. He always attempted to be a rational person who things logically and believes based on evidence. However he is not some kind of machine so of couce he got extremly sad and desperate over his father's death and afterward anger started to build itselve inside of the young child. His beloved father was killed by these people, these horny money lovers who would kill without mercy. Despite his anger, he was also very aware of his situation.

If he goes to the police and reveals his suspicions to them, he and his mother would be the next to die. He just has no power or real evidence to do anything about it. The people who killed his father must have enough money, political power, and interest to complete such an action so quickly and cleanly. How could he do anything if they would do the same to him or his mother?

He also suspects the military is involved in this. Covering up evidence and planting false evidence would be easy for the military convoy that arrived first at the scene of the accident. Furthermore, some journalists and news agencies were probably bribed not to investigate this case too closely, especially since the case was only in the media for one week and then disappeared as if it had never happened afterwards.

Neo therefore decided not to tell his mother about his suspicions and instead focused on helping her recover and get her finances under control.

The military pays a tidy sum of money to sign up for 4 years and Neo did that. He was trained as an infantryman for 2 years and can therefore handle firearms and laser weapons and understands the basics of mechatronics and the other 2 years he was trained as a fighter pilot and can control and repair small to medium-sized spaceships.

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Although Neo grieved over his father's death, his mother saw it differently. At first she was sad, but relatively quickly she realized what a chance this could be for Neo to get over his obsession with his father. Annika loves her son very much and only wants the best for him. Little did she know, however, that after his father's death, Neo was even more interested in him. Neo wants answers to many questions... what did his father research? ... what is this great achievement ? ... and why did it cost his father his life in the end?

To get his answers, Neo decided at the age of 20 to study molecular biochemistry.

He has conducted his own investigations in the military over the past few years, discreetly and clandestinely of course. He found out that the journalists involved in his father's case had died in mysterious accidents. So his theory that the journalists were being bribed was probably correct, they had to die so there would be no witnesses to suspect the real killers.

He has also attempted to gain access to his father's research facility, which has been denied as it is top secret and only authorized personnel have access to the data. So, his plan for the future looked like this.

First, study molecular biochemistry for four years and graduate with top grades.

Second, apply to my father's research institute.

Third, secure all of his father's research and prepare a public statement

Fourth, go public with your statement.

His plan was very simple, he couldn't protect himself with money or with the police but he could protect him with attention of the media and the public, the killers wouldn't dare to kill him after he got all the evidences otherwise, they would be the prime suspected and their reputation could suffer as a result.

Furthermore, he couldn't really do anything besides that, he simply has too little information and can't get anymore, otherwise his mother and he will also be killed by the murderers.

That's why he felt so incredibly powerless in the years after his father's death. He wanted nothing more than to meet the killers himself and tear them to pieces personally, he had fantasized about it so many times before.

But in the end, it's just that, a fantasy.