An intense buzzing sound snatches me from my slumber, as if I’m a piece of candy and the buzzing is a hungry child. A second source of pain emerges from my head, only this time it is the force of my hands slamming against it. I form a fist and place a powerful grip on the thousands of micro-wires entering my ears. _Curse these implants! _I pull them out of my head with impressive force, but I suppose it’s my titanium arms to thank for that, and not me. I sit up in my frigid, moist room that constantly makes me feel like a damp towel. Although, that is _exactly_ how they treat me here. They squeeze every last drop of humanity out of my body and grant it to the _“new humans” . _I never asked for this, but I suppose I never asked for it not to happen. Then again, I didn’t know something like this _could_ happen.

I dart my eyes around my room, and immediately see the same empty, demeaning cage of a place I call home. The only furniture here is my slim bed that could barely fit a dog, and a window that shows nothing—except for the rooms of the other “donors”. They all remain asleep, for they lacked having a glitch. I stand out of bed, my half-metal, half flesh head falling lowly like a brick, my eyes heavy as steel. I slam my metal, wire-covered fingers into a control panel besides the wall of metal that is my door. I tap a few buttons, twist a few knobs, and pull a lever, and the buzzing is gone. The screen begins flashing with words that read; _Glitch Detected. _A hidden_ _compartment_ _slides_ _open_ _from_ _within the wall, revealing a tiny needle connected to a vial of swirling purple and blue liquid, that resembles space if it could be contained in a glass bottle. I use it to pierce the ear that contained the glitch, like a spiky cotton swab. The liquid floods my head, and suddenly, my room is upside down. A minute passes, and the room returns to its original state, and the buzzing dissipates. I march over to my bed, mustering up the little strength that remains, and lay back down. The micro-wires return themselves into my head, and I again begin the cycle of donating my humanity away.