The wrong side

I stared down at the paperwork scattered across my desk. All the health reports, the social interaction updates, the blood monitor stats, they all seemed to blur together to form one big pile of nonsense. I pushed all the loose paper to one side and rested my head on a wad of fresh paper. Today was the day. I couldn’t stand being here any longer. There is only so much nodding and smiling and obeying a person can do.

The day I signed up to work for the company, I thought I was helping the world, that I would be remembered as one of the greats. Oh, how wrong I was. I simply came to accept the evil corporation that I found myself working for, and was unwise to any other way out. Not now though, now it’s gone too far, I’ve gone too far. Being the non-questioning scientific know-it-all that I am, it wasn’t long before I was promoted, then promoted again, and again, until I couldn’t be promoted anymore. Which then left me responsible for a lot of genocide. I couldn’t live with that anymore, I couldn’t live with that to start with.

The rebellion was close. At midnight they will liberate thousands, be the heroes of the modern world. I pulled out my laptop and logged on to the security systems. I delicately typed my name. After the break in, the whole system, the whole company, will know I was responsible. There was no going back once I clicked that small button... I was in.

I checked my watch, 11:45, the time was near. I opened all the pages where they were doors that needed to be unlocked. I counted down the minutes until the biggest thing to happen in modern history was only a few minutes away. 11:50, 11:51, 11:53, 11:54…11:55. I franticly clicked all the authorisation buttons down the page, each one turning from red to green. When I had finished it was midnight. Instantly four loud explosions went off making the building shake. I shut my eyes as tight as I could.

Shouting, yelling, screaming. It wasn’t until I heard rapid footsteps that I opened my eyes. I opened the draw next to me and pulled out the gun I had in there. I was going to be ready. With a loud thud the door broke down, eight security guards walked in armoured up with guns. With one swift movement the gun in my hand fired and everything went black…