Free SFS2 - Science Fiction Short Stories: 10 Science Fiction Short Stories by Krishna kumar Mani

future. This baby must be claimed as the son of the other customer.”
    The lawyer thought for a second. “Listen, I understand your point but if the other customer agrees, we can do paperwork to solve the future problem. The root cause of the problem is yours but you're not taking any steps to solve it. At least talk to the other customer on behalf of us.”
    “Give me a few minutes. I will talk to them and get back to you,” replied Jennifer.
    She left the room and the lawyer called Stephen and Mary in to the room. He told them, “I will definitely get the baby. If she says the customer will not give the baby I can find their contact information and I'll meet them and explain the situation. They can always make another.”
    “We need the baby now though. It's time to feed him. I want to see him,” she said as tears filled her eyes. Stephen also looked distraught.
    “Have patience. I will get your baby back for you permanently.”
    The woman assistant came into the room and told them, “The customer wants to talk to one of you over the phone now.”All of them stood up, but the lawyer told them, “you're too emotional. I will talk to them and bring you back the news.”
    After the lawyer had left the room, Mary turned towards Stephen. “I don't think we will get the baby. We need to ask for him temporarily and escape. We can leave the city. We don't need anything other than our son.”
    Stephen wiped away a tear that was rolling down his cheek. “Law and order are against us. We cannot run. Our lawyer will get our child back for us. I promise.”
    When the lawyer entered the room again he was alone. His face was dull. Upon seeing his face, Mary understood completely.
    “Th ey're not ready to give the baby. Let me talk to them. I will explain the pain of a mother. They must be moved by that. They will be parents or are going to be parents right? They will understand.” She started to get up and leave the room.
    “Hold on, Mary. Listen. They aren't the parents. The problem isn't even that they're not ready to give up the baby. It's just that once you know the truth, you won't want him.”
    “That's not true! Whatever the reason is, it makes no difference! Is it a serious health issue? That's no problem. We have insurance. I need my baby.”
    The lawyer motioned to Stephen and asked him to follow him into the hallway and to talk about the fee for the visit to the clinic. Afterwards, Stephen came back into the room and spoke to Mary.
    “We don't need this baby,” he told his wife.
    “How can you say that? He's our son!” Mary screamed. “Please, I want my baby. I want my baby.”
    “The baby we got was ordered by a research lab. Maybe a loving environment could change him but the DNA is based on a bad personality.”
    “It doesn't matter! No matter what he'll grow up to be good. We'll raise him right.”
    Stephen interrupted her and began to shout. “Stop! Listen to me. I told you a lot of times that custom kids are not required for us we can have our own. You didn't listen and now you are crying. Pretend this was all a dream.”
    “How can you say that? It's not a dream. I gave birth to him. He's my son.”
    “It's not your dream baby though. You know who they took the personality from? God help us, they took it from Adolf Hitler.
    Mary still cried for months afterwards but she never uttered the sentence, “I want that baby” again. In a few months they conceived naturally.

10. Meat Store
    This story is based off of a real invention. It was invented for a benevolent purpose but if it falls into the hands of an evil man it might be used for terrible purposes.
    Scientists had invented artificial meat which was created entirely in a lab using a very small amount of actual meat tissue. For example, from a small piece of meat they were able to produce more meat. And then from the artificial meat they could continue producing more artificial meat.
    NEAR FUTURE
    Due to the increased population and higher