[ WP ] In a future where people are connected to a neural internet network , a man accidentally downloads a dangerous virus designed to drive the victim insane through schizophrenia like symptoms ( seeing things not there , hearing things not there , etc . )

( Part II ) 
 * At Home 
 
 Whoa....I feel kind of dizzy now. A bit lightheaded, but nothing worrying. I fumble at the door trying to push the bio-id sensor. The door buzzes and slides out the way. 
 
 `` House, Im home'' 
 All the amenities I usually use turn on. Tv is going on about whether enhancements or natural mind is better. It is essentially the abortion debate of our generation. 
 Man... this cant be normal. I slam chest first into the couch. The plush leather is really relaxing right now, exactly what I needed after such a day. Slowly my vision starts to fade 
 and I am asleep. 
 
 I feel a cold hand caress the center line of my back. 
 In a panic I flip over....nothing. I swear that was a hand, I sit up with my head in my hands. Tv is still going on about whatever. 
 
 `` Honey... where have you been.'' a soft voice says to my right 
 
 My head is still in my hands. I am actually scared to lift my head and see who that is. It sounds so much like Donna. I would know that voice anywhere. If I keep my head down 
 Ill never have to know, but it could be her. 
 I lift my head and realize that no one is there. What the hell is wrong with me. Why cant I just let her go? 
 I feel a breeze across the sweat on the back of my neck. I get up immediately. Perfectly erect and turn around scared. 
 There she was. It was her. Donna. In a red dress I bought her for our 10th anniversary. I am speechless. 
 
 `` Don....Donna?'' 
 `` Hello, baby. How have you been?'' 
 `` Wh....What is going on here? How... Ho... How is this possible?'' 
 I am stammering out of shock and excitement at this point. 
 `` Just come here baby.'' 
 I try to move and realize I cant anymore. I cant move my legs. I try to lift my leg, using all the power I am capable of, but I feel glued to the floor. 
 Donna looks at me. Those hazel eyes I could never forget, those lips that I could kiss forever. I noticed I can start to see through her... she is fading. 
 She eventually fades into the air. 
 
 I wake up on the couch again. What just happened? I have always been hearing her voice, or I think it was her. I have yet to have seen her. I never wanted that moment to end, maybe next time I can reach out and touch her. Maybe I can see her, even if it is in my dreams... or was that even a dream? The TV is off, which is odd because I dont remeber ever doing that. 
 
 I wake up the next day. Nothing. No cold sweats, no whispers, no nothing. 
 This lack of excitement while I sleep actually is making me depressed. I want to see her again. Why did I not see her again? Maybe if I wait for the enhancement to settle I can. 
 Nothing happens for 2 weeks. 
 I have to go visit Francis, what did he do. I need him to either let me see her again, or even just go back to hearing her voice again so I dont forget it. 
 
 *Walking up to Francis' office 
 
 The sidewalk is crowed like I cant believe. Damn, maybe business was doing a lot better for him. I dont care, I just want to see him. 
 As I walk up the the office it looks like its actually barricaded and there is some kind of protest group in front as well as a ton of armed personnel clad in black armor. 
 All of this surrounded by news sentinels photographing the front of the building. 
 
 `` What is going on?'' Im almost afraid to ask to the guy next to me. 
 `` Bro, this guy is getting shut down. Couple of his customers have been killing themselves after some kind of intense trip!'' 
 Fuck. 
 `` Where did you hear about this?'' 
 `` Its all over the news Bro! Take a look at this!'' 
 
 The guys shoves me a paper. 
 Headline reads `` Multiple suicides after update at local Neuro-code office'' 
 That familiar cold sweat comes back. 
 Scanning the articles reveals the customers shouting at nothing, experiencing vivid hallucinations before committing suicide. It continues talking about some kind of'illegal activity' about how Francis was illegally modifying the base code of the implant which would grant him access to the users thoughts and possibly actions. 
 
 Was any of this real anymore. Was this a hallucinations? Fuck, I cant afford to act like that. I sound like an outlier right now. I look around suspiciously scanning the crowd. 
 Do they know? I dont recognize any of these people from my past visits to Francis' office. What do I do now? I fear I may never get to experience Donna again... even if it was all in my head before. 
 
 Ive got to get out of here... but where do I go. A hospital may report my condition and attempt to reset my implant. Which I've seen really changes a person. It is like a lobotomy almost. 
 You still live and have feelings and can go on with life... but you never really get to enjoy it. Ive got to get home and plan my next move. 
 
 I just need to see Donna again. I need to find Francis. 

