[ WP ] You are 100 % convinced that you are the sole surviving member of the human race , despite the fact that today is your first appointment with a shrink for the very same reason .

Before they died, My mom and Dad told me I was the only true and pure human. They said they could tell because of my blonde hair, blue eyes, and strong features. Our family had taken great care to protect and keep our ancestry pure. My mother tried to have more children but couldn ’ t. She said the ‘ alien doctor ’ she saw knew about her purity and made her infertile. She was very adamant about not breeding with the other ‘ alien ’ races in the world. 
 
 I didn ’ t truly understand it until they sent me to college. My mom chose a rather diverse school to my surprise, her reasoning being that someone there had to be pure. She told me to find a husband there, another one with features like mine, to preserve our lineage. There, I really began to notice the markers of these aliens and just how varied they were. There were so many different features to pick out, and none like mine. 
 
 The conversation with my mother was particularly hard. When I told her I couldn ’ t find anyone despite my best efforts, she wasn ’ t happy at all. She didn ’ t believe me. She said I was being lazy. She even came up stayed on campus for a couple days before coming to the same conclusion herself. Even the ones with features like mine still looked alien. They all had ‘ dirty blood ’ as she called it. 
 
 My trip to europe, ‘ the promise land ’ according to her, was no better. No matter how pure they looked, I could sense something off about them. It was probably an alien far back in their ancestry. I couldn ’ t really explain how I knew, I just did, and I gave up my search. 
 
 On the way home, my house mysteriously caught fire in the middle of the night. With both my parents dead, I was the last surviving pure human on earth. In their name I continued my search for years but found nothing. I had no reason to, so I followed decided to follow them. 
 
 Unfortunately someone found me before the pills fully kicked in. They pumped my stomach and I woke up 8 days later in a daze but somehow still alive. My desire to leave this dirty dirty world was still strong though, and when they found me trying to break the window so I could jump, they 302 ’ d me. 
 
 I met sheila in the psych ward. She was schizophrenic. And black. She would have random outbursts that involved singing the jeffersons song and claiming to be a strong black woman. She was in for an indeterminate amount of time and had come to the same conclusion as me. She wasn ’ t human. No one was. There were humans hundreds, perhaps thousands of years ago, but an alien race secretly invaded the planet and started breeding with us. That ’ s where birth defects and mental disorders came from. They weren ’ t from in breeding, genetics, and unhealthy pregnancies; they were leftover from when the aliens first bred with us and our bodies had to adapt. That ’ s the source of every genocide to date. Someone realized what was going on and tried to bring humanity back but ultimately failed. 
 
 Sometimes she would observe my body and hair in the bathroom and ask questions ( no locks on any doors in the ward ). She would also touch my face and run her hands down my cheekbones and just observe my features. I didn ’ t mind. She was admiring me. She could sense it too. She believed I was the last of the pure humans. 
 
 My stint was shorter than hers. I realized pretty quickly that if you denounce what you say as a delusion sincerely enough, they will let you out. Anyone without insurance was basically a waste of resources anyway. She was sad to see me go, but hopeful. She believed I would find another like me to carry on my lineage. 
 
 I am now required to take medication and see a therapist. I can get away with not taking the meds, but if I don ’ t see a therapist they will throw me back in the ward - waste of money or not - for an indeterminate amount of time. 
 
 The trouble with therapists is they ’ ve never actually been through the things you have. Their methods are based on statistics, research, history. They can help to a certain extent but they are just as disconnected as a stranger passing me on the street. 
 
 I was slightly comforted by Lily, though. She didn ’ t write things down or judge. She just listened. She claimed to be part japanese, which made sense. You could tell just by looking at japan how affected they were by the aliens. I would even venture to say they knew and accepted what happened. They didn ’ t fight it. 
 
 “ I ’ m the white rhino of bipeds! ” I began, “ When I die, true humanity will be extinct! This world is already corrupt enough as it is! We weren ’ t so wasteful and flippant about the state of the world until the aliens came along and bred with us! We were one with nature! That ’ s what the bible was trying to tell us! We had Eden until the snake came! ” 
 
 “ And now you ’ re the last hope for human beings. ” She concluded. 
 
 “ No. There aren ’ t any others. That ’ s why I tried to kill myself. ” I replied despondently. 
 
 “ Did that get you anywhere? ” 
 
 “ It would have if I hadn ’ t been found. ” 
 
 “ What happened with your parents? ” Lily asked, attempting to change the subject. 
 
 “ Nothing. ” I replied, “ Well, my house caught fire 2 years ago and they died. That ’ s it. ” 
 
 “ I ’ m sorry you had to go through that. What was your relationship like with them? ” 
 
 “ They were great. I really miss my mother. She was probably the most supportive and encouraging person I ’ ve ever known. I have yet to meet someone like that. I probably never will. That characteristic was most likely bred out during the invasion. ” 
 
 “ And your father? ” 
 
 “ He worked all the time. He needed to spend as much time as possible with the aliens so he could understand how to take them down. It was for the good of humanity. He would have made the world pure again if he hadn ’ t died unexpectedly. ” 
 
 “ Jennifer, are you familiar with the term ‘ aryan ’? ” 
 
 “ No, I ’ ve never heard it. ” 
 
 “ Did your mother have a speech impediment? ” 
 
 “ She did, but what does that have to do with anything? ” 

