No

Steven clutched his gut, as the thief backed up on his behind. The pain subsided quickly, the wound was already healing thanks to the quick work by the nanobots. Steven rose in order to tackle the thug again and disarm him. The thug quickly fired another two rounds at Steven's head. The flesh ripped away but bounced off of his newly reinforced skull. The thug was now clearly scared and took careful aim this time. He fired the remainder of his bullets at Steven's head again. One shot was a lucky one. It found his eye and pierced through, directly into Steven's brain, killing him instantly. Even the nanobots could not stop this. Once the brain has had this kind of trauma, they were powerless to return someone to life. They did not have enough time to help Steven attain his full potential. He fell to the floor in a heap. And the thug quickly ran out of the store, leaving John to cradle his best friends body. The nanobots inside his body sent a message to their counterparts in Ellen's body and the containment unit in the lab.

On the Monday morning after. Ellen was again the first person in the facility. Clearly not having slept well over the past two days. As she was alone, the nanobots in the containment unit broke their silence to her via the main computer terminal. They informed her of Steven's **** and the details. Ellen cried her heart out. When she composed herself, she went to her office, retrieved Steven's family's contact details and took the week off work citing depression.

The funeral was a one week later. Ellen, of course, was invited to attend. She sat with Steven's mum and sister. All trying to comfort each other. But Ellen had something on her mind. Something she wanted to do. So she held on to her own tears for the sake of Steven's family.

When the service was over, and the grave filled in. Ellen returned to her car. Still not allowing her grief to show through. She opened the boot to retrieve something and then returned to Steven's grave. She never even noticed that his mum and sister were still close by, so they saw what she did. She fell to her knees, and in dramatic reversal of tradition, placed 12 red roses by his gravestone. She then broke down and cried harder than ever had in her life. Steven's mum and sister heard her speak as the sadness prevented her from keeping her voice down. They clearly heard her say. "I love you."

THE END