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"She's got your eyes Mia."



"And your hair colour, Anselm. What shall we name our precious little angel?"

"Laura! No, Selina! Zoe?"



"What about Angela?"



"Angela Ziegler!"

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My father Anselm Ziegler was a computer engineer who worked for Reach, a company specialising in prosthesis based in Germany. Papa was a very hardworking and kind man. He had been supporting his family for a very long time. However he can be quite silly too. "Hey Angy!" "What is it Papa-" Before I could finish my question, I saw Papa with his pants all the way up to his chest with a big fake nose attempting to hug me. "Come give Papa a hug!" I screamed in joy and fear as he chased me around the room. "Hahahaha!"



That's my mama Mia, always laughing at papa's silly jokes. Mama works as a nurse in Universitätsspital Zürich. She works in the intensive-care unit but occasionally helps the rehabilitation nurses. That's how she met papa. "Welcome to Zürich everyone! My name is Arthur and I'll be showing you the experiments we've conducted and how we run our hospital!"





Reach had conducted a research trip to Zürich to further learn how the human body works in order for them to create prosthetics for patients. In one of the rooms, mama was tending to a young patient who had recently lost his arm due to the malfunctioning of an omnic servant,a Domesticabot or as most would like to call it, Dommies. The omnic was dismantled soon after, claiming it had been 'brainwashed'. Papa was amazed at how caring and nurturing mama was and fell in love instantly. During a break, they met as they were crossing the hall way. They exchanged numbers and soon papa started working permanently in Zürich; Reach had expanded to several countries to provide citizens with quality and cheap prosthetics as cases of omnic malfunctions continue to arise. Years past and one day, papa proposed. Of course mama said yes and soon after I was conceived.

I was fortunate enough to be born into a family who loves and cares for others. Papa and mama were very busy and hardworking parents so sometimes my grandparents would take care of me despite their home being in Sweden. They'd visit often and were the ones to send me and pick me from school. The reason they lived in Sweden despite being Swiss was because grandpa's best friend Vincent Lindholm lived there and we would visit them often.

The Lindholm family has always been close with our family. According to papa, they've helped us in our time of need multiple times and so have we for them. In fact, papa learnt some engineering from a famous engineer in the Lindholm family, one who was accredited for creating spectacular omnics such as Titan bots or Bastion units that protect the borders of almost every country then: Torbjorn Lindholm.

Papa loved fantasy stories. He would talk about Gods and Goddesses like Artemis and Freyja. He loved mythologies and would talk a lot about them as bedtime stories. I loved them.

"Grandpa, grandma, can we visit mama and papa today at the hospital?" I asked excitedly as they promised to let me see how things worked in the hospital as I was very curious how mama and papa could help make people feel better. "Yes Angela, after you finish your dinner alright?" grandma said as she put away my pretend-doctor toys. As the sky began to dusk, I quickly put on my doctor outfit and off we were to the hospital. We sat at the reception, my feet kicking with excitement for mama to come out. From the corner of my eye, I see mama coming out of a room.

"Angela, come here baby!" mama said, squatting down with open arms.

"Mama-" the ceiling collapses.

Alarms rang, the room filled with dust and rubble. Painful ringing of gunshots and metal clanks filled my ear canals. I see Papa trying to get a bleeding mama out of the giant rock that crushed her right leg.

"Mama.. papa!" I yelled out, crying.

Then grandpa put me on his back with one arm and grabbing grandma with the other.

"Get her out of here papa. We'll meet with you in the airport Angela!" mama yelled, giving me a hopeful yet sorrowful smile as she struggled to get out of the rubble. "We love you Angela-" papa exclaimed as he was getting mama out before he was cut off. "MAMA! PAPA! Behind you!" I yelled as I saw an Omnic nurse creep slowly behind papa. The floor, walls, all splattered with red. As my father and mother's lifeless bodies dropped to the cold, blood-covered ground. The Omnic nurse shifts its shining red lenses to me.

"GOD AI L0KI OVERDRIVE. R-r-run. GOD-" it continued as it creeped closer, speeding up as it goes with its blade gleaming from reflecting the lights.

Grandma started the car and sped off as quick as she could to the airport. The Omnic nurse was stopped dead in its tracks as soon as it realised it would not be able to chase us. I cried loudly, blocking out the sounds of screams and explosions outside.

This was the day I lost my familie. This was how it happened. When the Omnic Crisis began.





