A Man From The Past

    I lie up as the cryo chamber opens after being awakened from a deep sleep by someone. The robots wrapped me in a blanket as a lady carrying a remote approached me. I questioned the woman, "Who are you? " since my recollections are extremely vague and not distinct enough to be recalled. I also asked myself, "Who am I?".

The woman looked and asked me "You can't remember?" she asked, with a blank expression.

I nodded as I stood up from the cryo chamber "Also where am I" I asked.

"You're inside the GMVI facility, Doctor. Rembrandt" she answered.

"Doctor. Rembrandt? Is that my name?" I asked to myself, as some of my memories within my mind suddenly cleared up as I collapsed on the floor gasping for air. I'm a doctor... My name is Rembrandt Risch G. Dieschron. The woman rushed over to assist me to stand up and said, "Are you okay, Doctor?" with concern on her voice.

The artificial intelligence (A.I.) spoke out of the blue, saying, "⌈ The Doctor is suffering from a terrible amnesia, due to a long slumber and low temperature inside the cryo chamber, adding that it may take years for him to restore his memories ⌋", The woman said, "ISLE, check the Doctor's body." "⌈ Understood ⌋" the A.I called "ISLE" dispatched some few devices to scan my body. My body seems to be normal but my mind remains unstable, the memories inside are still unclear except for my memories about myself.

The woman gave me a glass of water to drink, as the other personnel came inside the room and asked the woman if the awakening is a success.

"Jessica, is the awakening a success?" the guard asked to her.

The woman named Jessica nodded and gently took the empty glass away from me, "Yes its a success, but it seems like Doctor's memories are still unstable" she replied.

A woman with expressionless face kneels down and looks at my face closer "Do you remember anything, Doctor. Rem?" she asked.

I sighed and looks down "Unfortunately nothing except for the memories about myself." I replied.

Jessica gently pulled me up and slowly helped me walk "Don't talk to the Doctor yet, let his body temperature go back first".

Rembrandt was asked to lay down and rest on the bed by Jessica as she softly opened the room's door. Rembrandt found it difficult to process what was happening because several of the facility's elderly residents knew him, which confused him greatly. He asked himself, "How was that possible?" How can an elder know his past while he couldn't recall those memories?

He questioned Jessica about his past 100 years ago while he was lying down, asking, "Jessica, who am I and what am I... years ago." Jessica offered him an odd smile as she gave him an awkward look, as if she didn't want to inform them until after he had completely healed.

To be honest, Jessica wasn't born during the outbreak; her instructor Ryle is the only one who mentions Rembrandt when she asks what he's like or why he's in the cryo chamber. Jessica, on the other hand, is free to tell him everything about him and his previous subordinates.

"Doctor, I have to wait till you've recovered because I'm scared something could happen to you if I tell you right now," Jessica said. After Jessica left the room, Rembrandt sighed heavily in tiredness and cracked a little smile. "They say I was sleeping for centuries, so why do I feel tired?" he mumbled.

He was left alone in the room and continued to speculate about his history out of curiosity. He gently rose up and took advantage of the chance to walk below to the cryo chamber and to question ISLE about his background.

"⌈ Welcome back, Doctor. Rembrandt ⌋" ISLE greeted him.

Rembrandt looked into ISLE's robotic arms "ISLE, as a Doctor. Rembrandt that you know. Can you tell me what happened centuries ago?" he asked.

ISLE released a surprised tone of voice and answered his question "⌈ The systems declined to your offer. You must recover first before ISLE tell this information to you ⌋" he replied.

He urged, compelling ISLE to tell everything about him, "I'm absolutely fine! Look! I can move freely now, and my temperature climbs back to normal!"

ISLE sighed and immediately scanned his body and it seems like his body turned back to normal "⌈ Seems like you're already well, Doctor ⌋".

"Now you can tell me everything right?" Rembrandt asked desperately to ISLE.

Without hesitating, ISLE explained what transpired a century prior, the reason behind the epidemic, what was going on outside on the surface, and the reason he was put into a deep slumber inside the cryo chamber.

Jessica, on the other hand, was listening in on their talk from behind the door. She had never learned anything outside of the facility before; prior to this, she had been given clearance to only leave the perimeter of the building that its security could protect.

"⌈ Did any of them sounds familiar? ⌋" ISLE asked.

Rembrandt grabbed his face and starts remembering those memories "N-none of them gave me a clear memory about my past" he replied.

ISLE gently put his lab coat on his back that he used 100 years ago "⌈ How unfortunate, but are you pleased with what I told you? ⌋" he asked.

Rembrandt nodded and stands up as he wore the lab coat that ISLE gave to him "Yes... I'm in debt to you ISLE" he replied.

ISLE chuckled and gently tapped Rembrant on the chest with his large robotic arm. "⌈ Ohh, dear me. You're not, I'm just a mere machine that will help everyone inside the institution when needed. But the world is in your hands, Doctor ⌋" he said.

Before the robot, Rembrandt smiled before walking out of the room. From nowhere, a woman's voice called out, "Satisfied?" It was Jessica, and it looked that she had been actively listening to them. Rembrandt said, "Not yet... since some of my memories returned, I'll help you discover the cure." He then stepped into the elevator with Jessica and ascended to the first floor of the base.

She chuckled, "The world is waiting for this response, Doctor," as the elevator ascended and revealed a laboratory staffed by doctors and nurses searching for a treatment.

-To be continued

GMVI Subterranean Facility information: The ten levels make up the GMVI Underground Facility. The control room will be on the first floor, which serves as the first layer and serves as the facility's basis. The last floor, which is on the lower level of the subterranean facility, will be on the tenth, "The tenth floor", which is the power room or must be referred to as "The Heart of GMVI Facility" is located, the tenth floor was tightly secured by the facility guards to safeguard the safety of the whole bunker and the tenants as well. The bunker is surrounded by a number of rooms in the subterranean complex, acting as an anchor to keep the entire structure stronger in the case of an earthquake.

Image of the tenth floor:

The tenth floor is heavily guarded by GMVI personnel; it is said that the tenth floor is where the facility's infinite power source is located. When Rembrandt was still sleeping inside the cryo chamber, the facility was abandoned throughout the years to shield him from any harm, but once he was awakened, the whole area was restored, cleaned, and supervised by the technical specialists to keep the machinery running smoothly.

Afterword:

Hello everyone IDK_Novels here! I'm now going to focus on zombie based and post-apocalyptic stories, sorry for the sudden update I will also continue the first story I've made once I am done with The Frontlines story! Thank you everyone for your support! See ya!

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