Aaron passed an AI-issued aptitude exam.

  In turn, the AI assigned him to a training facility.

  Fellow recruits shared similar score results.

  They concluded the AI chose them for their intellectual acuity.

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  "Line-up!"—A drill sergeant shouted.

  Trainees hurriedly lined up, heal to toe.

  The sergeant turned around …

  His face on a robotic body.

  "Oh, no, I won’t!" Aaron struggled.

  They all resisted …

  Security guards assisted medics in sedating the recruits.

  Then, the guards escorted them all into a building.

  Aaron hazily observed surgeons implanting brains in cyborg chassis …

  He awoke next to his decapitated body.