REATOMIZATION

 

REATOMIZATION (n.) -- the act of rearranging the anatomical structure to justify a state of physical and medical perfection, by curing any disease or rectifying internal distortion; the procedure to remove flaws in a human body. 

“Welcome ladies and gentlemen, 

It is my pleasure to inform you that there has been a revelation in the science of technology. We call it reatomization and this is the first official announcement the federal government has decided to release to the public. What is it, you ask? Well, allow me the privilege of explaining the process. Let’s say, for instance, there is someone who has contracted a disease such as cancer, why, it’s automatically assumed that they’ve been given a death sentence. Fear no more, we have found the cure. The cure to anything that could possibly go wrong in the human body. A machine that resets the human body on the deepest level of their creation, to bring them to a state of perfection. What do we mean by that? Imagine, a machine that sets you to your most perfect edition in your natural state, in the body that you were built in. In any life or death situation, you could be on the brink of your final farewell, but with the help of reatomization, you are renewed and restored to health. My friends, we have discovered a way for you to be born again.”

Revolutionary, isn’t it? Out of this world, you might say. There’s no way that could be true. You’re thinking the same thoughts the American public did upon hearing the news, but as the months passed and the news of the first reatomization procedures being a success, and lives were being saved in mass amounts, your skepticism began to dissipate. It has been twenty years since the initial announcement, and reatomization has become a popular method of treatment for the wealthiest members of the population. A generation has been raised in a world where complete and total anatomical reparation by the push of a button was possible; however, the government has not agreed to make the procedure available to just anyone. There were several requirements for the procedure, and not only was the application extensively difficult, but by setting the expenses at twenty million dollars — it was nearly impossible for the general public to get their chance. After series of complaints and protests from the public, the government decided to create an alternate way of gaining access to reatomization: a federally-instituted program called NEW AGE, where a person is taught to become the perfect citizen.

The New Age Program.

To enroll in the program, you must be at least of eighteen years of age or over. Only a select few are granted admission to the program, depending on how they filled out the strenuous application required for any reatomization. Once you are in, you are apprehended into a series of tasks to perform and lessons to learn. Some, who have been entered in the program as children by their parents, are guaranteed access to reatomization if an emergency was to occur. There are also special cases for hospitals to admit patients freely through the program for immediate assistance. However, generally, people will join the program if they have a legitimate reason to be reatomized, or an impending desire for the experience. The program itself takes up the duration of a month to even a year, depending on how quickly the citizen is willing to participate. Upon graduating, the ceremony includes the procedure of being reatomized, along with an agenda for the new life they have been given. What is in the fine print that most do not realise is the very fact that as a result of being reatomized under this program, you become government property. When you wake up from reatomization, you are being forced into a brand new location, a place you never knew existed. It is the year 2014, and there is no longer such thing as a past, only now and the future. You have been reatomized. You must start anew.

Welcome to Zion, population 17,805.

You are now perfect, and it is insisted that you remain amongst other perfect people as well. You are now healthy, and the government wants to set a fine line between the unhealthy and the reatomized. Somewhere in the area that is the United States of America, there is a place called Zion; a word that could be synonymous with heaven but it’s like any other part of the country, really. With your slightly above average neighbourhoods, freshly trimmed trees and shrubs decorating the atmosphere, Zion is something we like to call a sanctuary for those who have been reatomized under the New Age Program, where they can sort out their new and improved healthy state amongst others who have undergone the same experience. Your residence is permanent. Although it is a federal region, it has surprisingly little to no governmental supervision — why? Because you are believed to be the perfect citizen, after all, you are a graduate of the New Age program. If you are looking for a way out, you better stop looking. Though there is a method of temporary leave — a visa of visitation; they don’t want to tear you away from your family forever. Citizens of Zion may apply for a visa to fly out to their hometown for a limited number of days, then they are immediately to return and be reatomized once again. However, the process of gaining a visa is a rather tedious one, and the government refuses to respond in a timely manner with their stamp of approval. Needless to say, as difficult as it is to enter Zion, it’s even more so to leave, so why bother trying? Everything you need is right here. So, congratulations on your new life, now, what are you going to do with it?