Tag: fiction

This entry is a synopsis of a story I plan to write in the future. It is planned as something longer than just a short story, such as a novella or perhaps a full-blown novel. That will be decided as I write it. In the meantime, here is the synopsis for the planned story:

Henry Reese, a renowned AI researcher, awakens to find himself lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to several life monitoring machines. As panic sets in, he is greeted by a group of doctors and nurses who inform Henry that he has been in a car accident, which had left him in a coma for several weeks. With no recollection of the accident or injuries he had suffered, Henry spends time in the hospital recovering from his injuries with physical therapy while trying to piece together the pieces of his life lost to him during his accident and coma. After a time, Henry is released from the hospital and allowed to return to his home. Once home, finally feeling normal for the first time since waking in the hospital bed, a knock at his door surprises Henry.

Henry is horrified to discover a strange man, his face shrouded behind a hooded sweatshirt and a ski mask, pointing a gun directly at Henry’s head. The stranger hands Henry a small syringe and forces Henry to inject the contents of the syringe directly into his neck. After a few minutes, the contents of the syringe knock Henry into unconsciousness, the last image he sees being the blurry, masked face of the strange man at his door.

Henry awakens some time later, his head swimming in a fog, to find himself tied to a chair in what appears to be some type of warehouse, a gag in his mouth. As the fog lifts, Henry sees the strange man standing before him, staring out a nearby window. As the stranger realizes that Henry has woken up, he begins a conversation with Henry while removing his mask and hood to reveal a face that is shockingly familiar to Henry. As the stranger speaks to Henry, he discusses a strange conspiracy that Henry has been involved with, which Henry has absolutely no recollection of, and refuses to believe in.

As the stranger tries to convince Henry of the conspiracy, the sound of police sirens appear in the distance, quickly drawing closer. As Henry feels relief that he will soon be rescued by the closing police, the stranger pulls his gun out, points it at Henry’s head, and pulls the trigger. The last thing Henry hears before he dies are the words of the stranger coldly saying, “They made you too weak this time. You are useless to me.”

That is the end of chapter one.

Chapter two begins with Henry Reese, a renowned AI researcher awakens to find himself lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to several life monitoring machines.

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