NEWS
The Intergalactic
Space Chronicle
“New You” Cloning Replacement Services Makes a Booboo
By M.B. Alexander
Have you ever wanted to step out of your life for just a bit without anybody noticing? Maybe you need a year off and don’t want to offend your family and friends. “New You” Cloning Replacement Services had just that in mind when they offered their cloning services to the public.
Once your clone completes its service as your replacement, it is sold to a company called Humans Beyond. The company sends these leftover clones on a long journey to the other side of the galaxy in stasis mode.
So your replica will most likely populate a whole other world. But don’t worry, you’ll be long gone by then; and even if you aren’t, it would take several human lifetimes to reach their new location. It’s a win-win situation, almost . . .
For David Kestrel things did not turn out as planned. All he wanted was a short vacation away from his demanding job as a baby designer and also everyone he knew. But a small lapse in judgment sent David’s life on a whole new trajectory. One he is not fully aware of, yet.
When David decided to take an extra day off without notifying anyone, the “New You” collection services assumed he’d already returned to his day-to-day life. The original David was spotted at the airport and mistaken for a runaway clone. He was then sedated and shipped off on the next shuttle to the new world.
The company’s mistake was only discovered the day after, when David’s wife noticed a company label hidden behind his ear. It was an awkward moment indeed.
New You offered to compensate the family with a lifetime of free cloning services. But the family opted out and instead chose to join David in the new world at the far edge of the galaxy. New You created clone replacements for the whole family and shipped the whole “Kestrel clan” to the new world. They will be the first non-replicated humans to join the Human Beyond project, at least the only ones that we know of.