This is my first foray into the short story. Please critique honestly, I need to know if I am to continue with this tale!
The Last of Homo Sapiens
He woke up to the same sounds he woke up to everyday. Some loud and emotional voice kept screaming into his ear, "Mommy, mommy, look, a human!!" Concerned mother, trying to whisper, but also shrill and uncomfortable, stated, "Shush dear, the human is sleeping! You might wake him up!" He turned over and opened his eyes. His cage was made of glasslike material, far stronger than steel, yet clear and thin. It surrounded him like a bubble, or a dome, with small house inside. The only door leading out of his prison was locked with keyless lock, only the voice of one of his caretakers could open it. He was surrounded by life, staring them right in the face, and they knew it and stared at him with curiosity and fear. "Please step aside, feeders are coming through!" The same voice penetrated his ear with the force of an atom bomb, every day, the same, the same. He sighed and lifted his frame out of bed. The sun shone with its glorious power, its heat reaching him through greenhouse roof. It was around 10 in the morning.
The evolution of humanity happened unexpectedly. Over time, humans have lost their past shape, became rounder, bigger, with shrill, and disturbing voices. The first signs were noticed in 2080, when Chinese baby was born with altered vocal cords, that made the baby cry louder than any other ever. The baby survived, and mated with one Hu Tzao, producing Lu Tho, who also had the voice anomaly. As the generations progressed, the changes grew more noticeable. The limbs became misshapen, strange anomalies like antennae, erupted at random, and by the 23rd century, the new humans, caused by the unrestrained reproductive rates that were the hallmark of the Tzao family, outnumbered the Homo Sapiens. The new humans were named Homo Casus, seemingly to reflect the terrible genetic idiocy wreaked by nature upon them. Their brains however, were the most intriguing part of the new human. The brain evolved a new abilities, something that Homo Sapiens could only dream of, such as telepathy. The antennae gave new humans the ability to sense disturbances hundreds of miles away. The best known case of such sense was when H. Casus Jonhy Sheppard predicted the destructive hurricane Geoff, which nearly washed away all of Miami. Hours before the strike, he escaped to Iowa, where he sat out the storm, while thousands of Homo Sapiens were virtually wiped out by the horror of Geoff. Ever since that time, efforts were make to curb the evolution. The new humans were placed under martial law, any of them could be shot on sight, the season was opened on the evolved, but the new humans managed to survive, and even thrive under pressure, and by 25th century, just 400 years after the first reported case of the evolution, the species Sapiens were facing the brink of extinction. The new humanity, quickly took over the infrastructure, and began to make it better than before. New materials were researched, new ideas were thrown into the melting pot that was science, and as Homo Sapiens dwindled, the Homo Casus took over. By 26th century, there were no humans left, except for one.
He was 20 years old, blonde, and thin. His eyes were always frightened, looking for danger. He scanned his cage, looked at the handlers opening the door, and dropping the food near it. Then the door closed with metallic clang, and the last of the Homo Sapiens was left alone. He came up to the food, and quietly ate it. He did not feel like struggling anymore, and throw himself against the wall trying to escape. He had lost his hope of escape, a couple of days ago, and now he just felt resigned. His cage contained exact replica of human home, a two story cottage, with wide bedroom, and bathrooms, and living room. His captors were not cruel, they did not wish to hurt or humiliate him, all they wanted was to keep him alive for as long as possible, as he drew heavy crowds of H. Accidentalis, who all wished to see the last human.
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