Bad Medicine

It was the first time in the history of the United Nations that everyone present in a global trial was dressed in bio-suits. The suits were necessary in case some of the members were carriers of the Race Virus that had wiped out 3/4 of the white population on Earth. The fear was that the virus may mutate, become color blind and annihilate all people on Earth. The two men on trial --Dr. Sean Grace and Dr. Ali Mercy, were the creators and first carriers of the disease. They inoculated themselves hoping that they would be immune to any conceivable forms of the virus. Then, they began the global plague by infecting their white patients and by using their status as medical personal to travel to various parts of the world and contaminate the medicines and drinking water of areas that has a significant Caucasian population. By the time the two evil doctors were found out, the virus had mutated. It then began to spread faster than the common cold and wiped out large populations of fair-skinned people everywhere before a cure could be discovered.

Representatives had their names and nation pinned on the outside of their bio-suits. Judge Morris, a magistrate from the United States of America, was chosen to preside over the proceedings since the accused were citizens of the United States of America.

The guards wore dark blue bio-suits, in order to distinguish themselves from the others. A blue-suit escorted in two male prisoners, who were simply wearing hooded gas masks and gloves along with their bright orange prison uniforms. The prisoners were seated in a small group of seats that sat down in the middle of an ominous amphitheater. The temperature of the room was a bit cold to them, in order to keep the members of the council from being uncomfortable inside of the bio-suits.

Following behind them was a black American man who wore only a hooded gas mask, leather gloves and a dark-brown business suit that matched his shoes and his briefcase. He was attorney Jim Adams, the only lawyer on the planet who agreed to defend the doctors.

The Judge stood up and shook her head--a gesture whose meaning could not be blocked by the cumbersome gear. Her strong, sharp mezzo-soprano voice was brought down to an alto by the headpiece as she began speaking to the rest of the UN. "Before I call this trial to order," she began, "let me begin by stating that the United States of America is deeply shamed by this incident." She paused so that the translator units inside the helmets would have time to register her voice, encode her speech and translate it to the others. "The President, Vice President, members of Congress and the American people are abhorred and shocked by the outrage of this cruel act of genocide committed by these two men. Dr. Grace and Dr. Mercy do NOT reflect the values and ideals that the United States seeks to pass on to future generations."

The representative from Nigeria, Mr. Malcolm Enfume, stood up and tapped on one of the knobs on the front of his helmet a few times, activating the translation program. "Madam Judge, with all due respect" he began, with everyone hearing his words in their own language, "I cannot believe that these men do not represent at the very least, some unfavorable strain of attitudes in your country. We all know that your country was founded on the slaughter of the Indigenous peoples so that many of your ancestors could make room for a newer way of life. Surely you do not think that such feelings could simply vanish because they are no longer in fashion, or at least would change and take on a new form as in the case of these two criminals. Otherwise, how could they even have conceived of actually creating a virus that would in effect, wipe out an entire race of people?"