Jared Reed won a lottery:

  "Do you want 20 million or prototype cybernetic limbs?"

  "Limbs! I'd most certainly waste the money."

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  Jared leaped over walls, lifted heavy objects, and hyper sprinted.

  One evening run, Jared felt a vibration throughout his body while his limbs went into paralysis.

  "The emp's working!" yelled a distant voice.

  Jared fell unconscious.

  He awoke without his limbs—"What happened? I heard someone yell EMP."

  "I'm sorry, Jared, you're a victim of cybernetic jacking," answered a doctor

  "What can you do?"

  "Nothing. There's no insurance for prototype technology, but I can fit you with prosthetics."