MAN FROM TOMORROW (EPISODE 99)

"How is that?" Martin was feeling his body hair stand up on its ends.

"We genetically programmed the Superhumans to be afflicted by Cancer when exposed to Dioxin for some duration".

Martin was stunned more than shocked.Some silence followed.

"How long a duration?"

"Well, a normal human being has to be exposed for around fifteen to twenty years to very high levels of dioxin to get any type of cancer. But if a Superhuman is exposed to even low levels of dioxin for around three months, then he will rapidly develop cancer and die because of it."

Martin turned his head to Norman and gave an intense half-minute stare;a dawning realization was creeping up on him. "Mars, with no human activity at present and having no Dioxin, Superhumans can survive there." Then he turned his head back to the road again.

Norman nodded in agreement."Exactly. In short, the genes of Superhumans are locked by Dioxin and they cannot be propagated on earth. Should they even try to reproduce here on earth; their offspring will not survive this Dioxin laden environment of ours."

"Basically these super humans were genetically engineered in two ways. One,so that they could regenerate in and resist extreme conditions; like space.Two, they could not survive typical Earth conditions. This means that in the case that a Superhuman was to be released or escape into our civilization by mistake; they could not reproduce and would die due to Dioxin exposure. 

"Why only three months, why not say three weeks?"Martin queried.

“What if we wanted to conduct field experiments in a real human city with the Superhumans. Three months was thought to suffice for any short-term experiments in cities. Cancer isn't an instant process, of course, and a shorter time like three weeks would render most of the super humans useless by mistake. Moreover the length of their survival wasn't guaranteed. By no means were we scientists to allow any opportunity for these advanced humans to overthrow us, now or in a thousand years. And we made sure that would happen.”

Martin marvelled at the ingenuity with which Norman and his ilk had manipulated and designed the genes of Superhumans.

"Why was all this done in secret?"Martin asked knowing fully well that the answer would not surprise him. Still, he wanted to play the devil's advocate.

"You do realize what hell will break loose if the Government went public with this. There are several issues involved. Eugenics, for starters. The project would be equated with Hitler's racist ideologies. Then there would be the question of Human Rights, the legal status of Superhumans and so on and so forth. That is a Pandora's box better not opened."

"Now tell me professor, why are we here now? Why are we on the run? Why were so many people killed, so much wanton destruction, why were you shot and why are goons chasing us?"

"War, Martin. It's all because of War!"

(To Be Continued Tomorrow...)

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