[ WP ] The missing catalyst to practical cold fusion and near-infinite energy has been found : one human soul .

One million dollars. No matter how many times we looked away, no matter how many times we pinched ourselves, the number remained the same. There were tears in her eyes, tears of joy. I had n't seen such happy tears since the day she got into med school. Then, just as with the tuition, the joy drained from her face leaving but empty sacs of despair. I grabbed the envelope and saw the sender, the US Department of Energy. I felt it too, my heart, sinking like a rock. 
 
 I look at her again `` Who. Who did they choose?'' She looked at me, it was a look I'll never forget. A look of complete loss, desolate, devoid of hope. 
 
 `` Anabel'' she whispered. 
 
 Instinctively I looked back at the pink room just down the hall, its door ajar. A single little pink sock sat in the hallway. 
 
 3 months. That was what she was worth. 3 months of power for close to a billion people. It was fair, everyone had an equal chance, but that does n't matter. It's one thing when it's old man Henderson down the street, or that pundit that everyone hated on TV. But Anabel, she just learned that dinosaurs had feathers dammit. How is that fair? 
 
 The crumpled check fell to the ground. Despair was replaced with determination. 
 
 `` Get the car'' She said as she walked into the pink room. `` A billion people can wait''
