[ WP ] In the future , science has found a way to cure death , allowing people to become immortal . The only way to get the cure is to have your reproductive organs removed , and never bear children .

The nurse pulled out the needle and stuck band aid on the small hole. 
 
 `` There you go Mr. Olson. You are all set. Make sure to set up an appointment in about a year with the receptionist.'' I gave a small smile. 
 
 `` I have to come back so soon?'' 
 
 She smiled. `` Only to check up on you and give you your immunizations.'' She grabbed her folder and walked out the door. I slipped on my jacket and walked out into the hall down to the receptionists window. 
 
 `` I've already got you set for January 21st, 2044 Mr. Oslon. That should be a Wednesday at 5:00 o'clock.'' 
 
 `` Well, I'm not compeltely sure, but I'm guessing that should work for me.' 
 
 `` Alright, we will see you then.'' She turned to her computer and began typing away. `` Enjoy the rest of your day.'' 
 
 I turned towards the door, `` Thanks, you too.'' 
 
 As I drove to the bar for a meet up with friends, I could n't help but think about how normal it all felt now. I had been alive since 1996, which makes me 48. But I do n't look a day over 24. When they discovered the cure to death in 2019, I was one of the first to volunteer. I never really wanted to have kids, and never had had a huge sex drive, even in my teenage years. I never really talked about it, as many people still protested regularly over the legality of it. It was n't exactly something simple to comprehend, especially for older people who had lived in a world filled with death. But for me it had become a fact of life, and I had never looked back. Would I rather have balls and a dick, or a young body forever. Well, I guess for me it was an obvious choice. Most of my none immortal friends either went away, rejected me, or moved on with their lives and had kids. The only ones left I felt I could relate to where those like me. 
 
 I walked into the bar to see Joey, Teressa, Emily, and Mike in a booth. 
 
 `` Look who's back from the doctors!'' Mike howled. `` They did n't take your balls again did they?'' He quietly asked. 
 
 `` You seem to be more interested in my balls than the doctor Mike.'' I grabbed the beer waiting for. 
 
 `` Mike is just pissed cause his boss was out sick again.'' Teressa said. 
 
 `` Yeah and its annoying as fuck. How the hell am I supposed to submit our budget report without her stamp of approval? Its just annoying as hell. Sinus infection my ass. I do n't buy it.'' Joey grabbed Mike's beer 
 
 `` Just like you wo n't ever buy the fucking tab you ass!'' We all laughed and took a drink as Mike tried to get his drink back. 
 
 `` You know, have any of you ever gotten sick?'' I asked. Everyone looked around. 
 
 `` Well I think I did a couple of times. But that was before the cure.'' Emily scratched her head. `` Yeah, I've only ever been tired, but not really ever sick.'' 
 
 `` Why are you asking Chris? Did the doc have some bad news?'' I sipped from my drink. 
 
 `` No, no its just that they keep giving me immunizations every year. If they are they are that effective, why not give them to everyone?'' Everyone sat in thought for a moment. 
 
 `` Maybe they do n't work with people who still have their reproductive organs?'' Joey stated, but I shook my head. 
 
 `` See, I do n't feel like that makes any sense. What could be in those immunizations that only people without those organs could take?'' The TV blared in the background talking about the top plays of the week. 
 
 `` Did they ever tell you what they did with the organs?'' Suddenly the comfortable atmosphere slipped away, and Emily nervously drank from her bottle. 
 
 `` What if... what if they were using them... ya know, somehow in the immunizations.'' We all stared at Joey as he spoke. `` I mean, I do n't know about you guys but I wanted to know what was going to happen to my, well stuff. I saw a room on the way out of the clinic, with just shelfs filled with them. It looked like they were harvesting them.'' I swallowed hard. 
 
 `` You do n't think... that they're like, using the reproductive cells, to keep us alive, or something, right?'' Mike asked quietly. The TV blasted out a commercial about a talking lizard. All of a sudden Mike laughed loudly and finished his beer. `` You fuckers get way to depressed over nothing. Like the hospitals are cultivating human cells to create immortal people. HA, you think they could keep a secret like that!?'' Everyone started laughing, as I scratched my band aid. 
 
 

