[ WP ] The scientific verification of reincarnation has dramatically changed how courts enforce multiple life sentences .

The cell door buzzed loudly and slid open. Dave stood and slowly walked toward open exit, his bent back hurt from sleeping on the thin mattress all these years. The young prison guard glowered angrily at Dave from behind a thick ballistic riot helmet. 
 
 `` Let's go,'' he said threatening Dave with a baton. 
 
 *How many times is this now... * 
 
 The baton striking him across the face made him forget trying to remember, as handcuffs were slapped around his wrists and ankles. 
 
 `` How old are you?'' Dave asked the young guard. 
 
 `` Shut up or I'll hit you again,'' he said roughly pulling on the handcuffs dragging Dave away from the cell block. 
 
 `` I was serving my first life sentence before you were born, you're nothing but a child with a stick-'' black spots danced in his vision and the familiar taste of coppery blood filled his mouth. 
 
 `` You're lucky the Judge wants you alive or I would kill you myself,'' the guard spit into Dave's face wrinkled liver spotted face. 
 
 Dave shrugged and continued his shuffling to the small courthouse located on the first floor of the prison. *Courthouse, ha. This was a mockery of what those used to be* Dave thought. 
 
 Two other guards waited outside the wooden doors leading to the courthouse. They held them open and waved them through. There was a smattering of very old people sitting in the courthouse. *Less people this time. Guess people stop caring after a while. * 
 
 The guard pushed Dave into a wooden chair that was bolted to the floor and clipped the handcuffs to a metal loop. 
 
 An old woman wiped tears from her cheeks and stared at Dave with hate filled eyes. He blew her a kiss and received another hit from the baton. The room fell silent as the Judge walked into the room. Most of the people were too old to stand in respect for the Judge but he did n't seem to notice, or care. 
 
 `` Let's get this business over with. Dave Mason, you have served three life sentences with ten more to be fulfilled. There is no opportunity for parole or appeals. Do you have anything to say for yourself?'' the Judge asked. 
 
 `` How long must you punish me for setting them all free? The children... they just wanted to be free, to be reborn into something other than this pain filled existence. I set them free.'' 
 
 A small sob escaped an old woman's throat. 
 
 `` I've heard enough take him out of my sight,'' the Judge commanded as he stepped down from the bench. 
 
 The young guard smiled as he undid the chains and led him to room adjacent to the courthouse. 
 
 Three more guards stood in the room with a doctor and three nurses. *Fools... They will never understand what it means to be free. * A young very pregnant woman lay on a bed covered in sweat, breathing heavy. Her wide eyes were trying to take everything in as she nervously glanced around the room. 
 
 `` What's going to happen to my baby?'' 
 
 The doctor injected something into her arm and she slowly drifted to sleep. 
 
 `` Tie him down, the window is narrow we ca n't miss it,'' the Doctor said as he prepared another syringe. 
 
 Dave was forced onto a table and stared into the bright lights over head. The beginning is always the worst, not remembering, not knowing. He took a deep breath as the syringe stabbed into his arm. Darkness slowly crept around his vision and he took his final labored breath. Freedom. 
 
 A child was crying, wailing desperately for it's mother. *Where, where is my mother? * A young prison guard was carrying the child down a long grey brick hallway. He opened a small wooden door and stepped inside. Other children were crying out for their mother's. He placed the child into a small plastic bin and slid a piece of paper into the slot at the foot of the bin. 
 
 `` Dave Mason - Life Sentence # 4'' 
 
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 Thank you for reading! Great prompt! /r/Written4Reddit 
 
 I wrote another response to a [ reincarnation ] ( https: //www.reddit.com/r/Written4Reddit/comments/4oioaz/wp_you_live_in_a_world_where_you_can_buy/ ) prompt. 
 

