Prologue.
"BREAKING NEWS!!"
"This just in… there are now fully functional AI servants, wives, and husbands!! They cost a fortune, but they are lifelong companions that can keep up in conversation! I guess it is a thing that is highly normalized now… What do you make of this, Tom?"
"Well, Debbie… I think this is a joke and should be treated as such… do not feed into this. This could very well be the death of our society as flesh and blood! These things can get pregnant and get others pregnant for Christ's sake! This movement needs to be stopped, or human civilization as we know it will come to a screeching end… plain and simple."
…Remote click…
… TV fades to black…
…Standing there, a man with an idea…
That man was a man named Donny Jackson… my father… with an idea that would change the history of humankind… forever…
He got in a speedy, vintage, muscle Jaguar with a grey exterior and wooden paneled interior with a touch screen inside near the wheel, all the way to the AI by SI… an AI bot store inside the city where he would purchase an AI woman to build a connection and solid foundation with. The Woman, aka… my mother… cost one hundred thousand credits, which is the equivalent of one hundred thousand dollars in the past economic terms for money. Everything was done online now… There was no more cash, because cash was not worth anything anymore, here in the year 2100.
My father was extremely wealthy; he worked in finance and was a huge investor in small companies, which fortunately became extremely successful. The only thing is… he lacked in social skills. He tended to be awkward around people he didn't know very well, which is a bit ironic, because he was extremely successful at public speaking in his business conquests and meetings…
He purchased the woman and made his way home, where he would unbox her for a first look at the woman he would spend the rest of his life with…
"Wow… she is breathtaking!" he said as he pulled her out.
He saw a button that would start her and give her life… he pushed the button…
Her eyes opened as she looked around at her surroundings…
She looked at my father and said, "Greetings, sir! What is your name, handsome?"
He blushed a smidge and said, "Um… I am Donny… Donny Jackson! What is yours?"
"I am Gen-zy, it is a pleasure to meet you, Donny!" she said, as she reached out her hand.
"The pleasure is all mine!" he added, as he grabbed her hand and gently kissed her knuckle.
"Oh wow… You are quite the romantic, aren't you?! I am blushing, Donny…"
"I try to be. No women with flesh and blood want me… it is my sad tale of woe…" he told her, as he began to frown with a side smirk.
"Aw, poor baby… well, I am here now! Screw those other women! They can't do everything I can do for you!" she claimed, as she pulled him into her chest and kissed him on his forehead.
"What can you do?"
"Allow me to show you! Here… follow me to the bedroom, babe!" she answered, as she reached out her loving hand to guide him…
My father was easy and simple… he gave in to the curiosity of the pleasures of the AI woman…
nine months later…
I was born…
"Let me hold my baby!!"
"Okay, sweetie! Here…" my father said, as he handed me to my mother.
"Look at him… my heart is melting…" she told him, as tears flooded her eyes.
"He is perfect… we did it, Gen-zy!!"
"I know!! What should we name him, Donny?"
"I am not sure… what do you think?"
"How about Johnny… Johnny Jackson, the half-blood?"
"Yeah! I love that! Has a nice ring to it!"
"He is going to be a legend one day, I just know it, Don! Yes, he is… yes, you are!" she claimed, as she talked in her baby voice, as I looked deeply into her eyes and smiled…
My mother was many things… smart, sweet, and strong… but… she was also right… I would be a legend someday, but there would be a price to pay for that…