All of the sisters were assembled in a line at a great hall in the space station, some of us were excited, others were anxious, Nia and I were heartbroken. We were side by side at the line holding hands looking directly at the director, who was about to give a speech.
The woman with long grey-hair, green-eyes, and brown skin approached a balcony above us and started speaking.
-Some people say that perfection isn't possible, that it isn't natural, and that we shouldn't try to achieve it, to these people I shall present you. While each a bit different in appearance, all of you are incredibly capable, divinely beautiful, and superbly intelligent. There isn't anything you lack, all of you are capable of grief, pain, sadness...
At this moment she looked directly at me with a smug look on her face and a teasing smile.
-And love.
Nia flinched a bit, it might be because of the director's gaze, or the fact I was squeezing her hand much harder.
-So, if you're all so perfect, perfectly human. Why were you assigned to serve?
The air turned cold as she mentioned the only topic we couldn't understand, why we have to do what they say we have to do, is something that haunted us since our "birth".
-To answer that I need to explain the ones you shall be serving, the adventurers. They come from outside the universe, they don't exist in the same way we do. They are outcasts of their society, and they seek to make their name here, there is nothing that they won't do to achieve their desires. They are completely amoral beings that do not shy away from doing what their society condemns, they will enslave, kill, **** and torture without a second thought. As to where you come in, you will be the example of their greed, they will oppress you, fully conscient and aspiring beings, as they wish. And that's not all, the most terrifying power of these adventurers is their power to take away your identity, to make you their doll, to make you love them.
I faltered a bit when I heard her, our fate was utterly terrifying, to be coerced and having my identity destroyed is an absolute nightmare. And as I was having these thoughts I felt my hand being squeezed and looking to my left I saw Nina with a happy smile. I cleared my clouded mind enough to understand what the director was about to conclude.
-And your mission is to help them, make them achieve their desires, and give them your everything... Only this way we will show him that his favorite children are just as hypocritical as he is.
When the director finished her speech, she retreated into her chamber. Leaving us with the chief engineer.
-All of you! The operation we have been preparing for decades now finally is in motion, I want each of you to board the ship you've been assigned to within an hour. Say your goodbyes now, for you won't see each other for a long time.
The other sisters started talking and moving about, some of them went to their ship straight away, while others were in the middle of the hall still discussing what had and was going to happen. I turned away from Nina for just a bit and went to the chief engineer, I called his name, he turned to me and asked in an annoyed manner.
-What is it? MIA-01.
He always called us by our number, not our names.
-Do you know exactly how long the mission will take? How long until I can see my sister again.
-You should know that this question is irrelevant, it will take as long as it needs to. Are you saying that you don't want to do your mission, do you want to give up MIA-01? You're free to do so.
When they built us they made an emotion stronger than all others, they made sure that we couldn't do what they didn't want. The emotion they exacerbated was...
-No, there is no such thing, I could never fail the inventor.
Shame.
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I was in the corridor in front of the door that gave access to my ship, I had set to meet up with Nina here while she went to pick her things and say goodbye to the other sisters. The ship we and the others were going to board wasn't a particularly large one, but very special nonetheless. It had many features to make the adventurer's story more interesting, including being able to transform into other ships, but most importantly, it was capable to teleport into other galaxies. The problem was that it could only do it once.
I heard footsteps behind me and from that direction, a small tanned girl jumped in my back and whispered in my ear.
-Did you miss me?
-Since the moment you left my side.
I embraced her and rested my head on her shoulder
-What is going to happen now, Nina?
-I should be the one asking that, you're the older one.
-Yeah, but I'm lost. It has been just an hour since you said you loved me, it was such a happy moment that... I... I don't want it to end.
A small tear formed in my eye and fell to the ground.
-Hey Mia.
-What?
-I love you... I love you a lot, it isn't going to be this that separates us, you know that we don't age, so, we can keep on going until we meet each other again. And then, we can spend as much time as we want together.
Her hands started flowing through my hair, while I still was sobbing a bit.
-I don't agree with the director, God may be a hypocrite, but the inventor is even more so, why would they coerce us into suffering just to spite god. It seems petty, but there is one thing that we could do to change this.
-What would that be Nina.
-I have been thinking about this for the past hour, it would be the biggest embarrassment if they were proven wrong. If the adventurer wasn't like they say he should be, all of this operation would've been pointless.
-And how would that make our mission any better?
-I said that the inventor is a hypocrite the same way as God, and God is spiteful and petty just as much as the inventor, I believe that he would save us just to mess with the inventor.
-How can you be so certain?
-I just am, and you know that I am always right.
My nervousness faded a bit by her fake-egotistical words.
-Nina, you might be right, but if anything happens, no matter the time it takes, I'll make sure to find you again
-Mia...
I sealed her lips in a long kiss, I held her waist as we were being passionate. And released when another announcement came.
-THE SHIPS WILL DEPART IN 5 MINUTES, REPEAT, DEPARTURE IN FIVE MINUTES.
-It seems they time these announcements just to interrupt us.
-Yes, the second time today. So, I will see you in the future?
-Definitely.
We hugged and went on our way.
I entered the ship and looked back, only to see her as she was walking away. The ship's airlock started to close, and at my last glimpse of her, I saw that...
She didn't look back.
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I boarded the ship and sat at the table waiting for the jump. There was a loud siren and the ship jumped, it was a feeling that is hard to describe, I felt as if I was stretched to the maximum, yet no pain could be felt. It was very unnatural. In a moment I moved millions of lightyears away from where I stood a few seconds ago. And so I started my job before your arrival. I cleaned the floor, checked the reactor for anomalies, scanned the sector, looked for radio signals and, entered my capsule to charge and begin the cycle anew. I did this for 1 year and no adventure came, I did this for 10 years, and no adventurers came, I did this for one hundred years, and no adventurers came. And then, after 1295 years of cleaning the floor.
You came.
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I didn't know you had to endure all of this, I don't know why took me so long, and I don't even know how and why I'm here. And I'm amazed that you would share all of this with me. I mean, according to the director, am I not supposed to be a slave-owning terrible guy? Why would you trust me enough to say all of this?
-If it was in the first years I was on this ship I wouldn't have told all of this to you. But, there was another thing that happened during these 1295 years?
-And what was it?
She stood up and went to the control panel under the window, typed something, and the window turned into a big screen. She typed something else entering in a folder named "Her recordings"
In the folder, there were 15 videos, the newest one dating to 1240 years ago. She clicked on the first video and it started playing.
In the video, there was a small tanned girl with short curly hair, she had an energetic and youthful aura. She started talking happily
-Hi there Mia, it has been a while hasn't it?
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