Life is a Gamble

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2173: Tokyo, Japan

Dark. It's always dark here. There used to be a lot of us, before Master died. Then He took over. He was the one who made us what we are. Killers: each and every one of us. I remember a time when we were well taken care of: good food, playing in the garden, and napping in the sun. I'm one the only ones who remembers, I'm one of the only Originals left. The rest are dead, killed because they failed to adapt to His ways. Once, we were companions; now, we are gammies.

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Gammies: an artificially created life form. A mixture of human and animal genes that create the ultimate weapon: a creature that does not age is not afraid to die; and most importantly; is obedient to a fault. They are all the rage in casinos and underground gambling facilities, where two gammies are faced against each other in a fight to the death, as onlookers place their bets on the winner.

Of course, that's what the public knows about us. What they don't know is that we are kept in small dark cells, let out only to train. That they make us fight for our food, so most of us kill our friends, just to get a scrap of meat. That we are beaten to make us cruel and angry, that is the life of a gammie. It wasn't always like this, a long time ago before gammies were known as gammies, a woman created us to be the perfect exotic companion. We don't age or die like dogs or cats so we would always be with our master. Then she died, and her nephew took over her work. He is a cruel man who lives for money. Most of us died once he took over. The others couldn't handle the severe lifestyle; but Kaj and I; we survived and we became the best.

-Kaj's POV-

'That Rel, she's off in her own little world again. Knowing her she's thinking about the past again.' I glanced at the gammie leopard girl next to me, taking in her tan skin, pointed ears, leopard spotted hair, and matching tail. Noticing my gaze she turned to me and gave a small sad smile, cuddling into my side. Grinning slightly, I wrapped my arm around the girl that was like a little sister to me, even though she's ten years my senior at twenty-seven to my seventeen. Not that you can tell, all gammies are 'born' looking nineteen. Turning back to my own thoughts my grin turned into a full fledged smirk. 'After all, tonight is the night we break free.'

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