Implants

In the distant future, one man roams the earth alone.
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him broken and on life support, Alec Greenborough prays for death. However, the VIRSOFT corporation have other plans. They fit him with a series of life sustaining implants, systems designed to keep his brain and respiratory systems functional.

When a lethal viral outbreak wipes out the population of the planet, Alec is left alone, kept alive by his implants and enduring the solitude of a dead world. When he decides he no longer wishes to live and decides to once again end his life, he is stopped when he sees a girl, the first human being he has seen since the world ended. Desperate to find out who she is, Alec gives chase, unsure if she is real or a side effect of his isolation.

** This is a short story designed for quick reading