Undo

𝙰𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙻𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃'𝚂 𝙴𝙽𝙳

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~ APRIL TWENTY-TWENTY TWO

~ UNDER A STARRY NIGHT

Her eyes sparkled like stars in the dark night sky above us as they stared into mine. For a second, I got confused. "Do I really not want this? Do I really have to do this to her? Am I not happy feeling the touch of her hand? Her warmth on my back as she hugs me from behind, don't I not like that?" Thoughts that lingered in my mind as the grass beside my face were blown by the cold night breeze.

It has been four months since she lost in that competition in Davao. She lost but it's as if she won. WCE funded her mother's hospital bills. Her product was on the its way to be the new product that WCE will be releasing. Her name had begun to ring in people's ears. It wasn't the way we expected things to go but on the contrary, I think what happened was better.

"See that star over there" Leonna pointed to the Polaris.

"I was lost. But like that star, you've guided me like how that star guided the travelers of the past"

She got up and sat on the grass and held my hand.

"Thank you. All these wouldn't be possible without you."

I smiled at her as if I was saying that it was all her and not me. But before I was able to say a word, her lips stopped me from doing so. My mind emptied. I thought maybe it's for the best.

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~ OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRTY ONE

~ AT THE HIVE

"Joe, we have a problem" Ed came to me as soon as I arrived at the basement.

"It appears that the congregation of Mars have allegations against us."

"What the f***? This is Elon, again. On what freaking grounds are they talking about?"

"They said the Earth is still unstable and you haven't fix the problem. Moreover, the people on Earth must flee to Mars. Mars citizens have relatives left here on Earth and accused you of endangering their lives. That's the leverage Elon used" Ed added.

"That assh*le will stop at nothing. He just wants my head. What's the government's stand on these?"

"You're about to find out. Leaders of every nation are waiting for you in the conference room."

"Oh, great. I planned to have my cup of coffee here in peace and THIS is what greets me. Isn't it just a wonderful morning ey?"

Ed smirked.

"Just don't forget to take the pill. You'll be alright. Call me if you need me." He added.

When ML1 saved the world back then, it didn't make all of the people on Earth happy. One of the few was the great scientist, Elon Must. He spearheaded missions to Mars and made a colony livable by human beings in that planet. Well, in plain sight you wouldn't see anything wrong with his cause in providing a second home for our race, but if you dig deeper, that's where his dirt surprises you. He took advantage of the Earth's instability back then and made huge profits in his "Mars Migration" project. Well, people are scared of dying especially the rich ones. They jumped at Elon's offer right away after it was known that the planet was about to be burned to a crisp. Rich people bought their places on Mars instantly. It was highly overpriced but the demand was high so it still got staggering revenues anyway. But poor people who couldn't afford his migration offer had just accepted their fate in the near future. What I did for the world had put a target at my back and Elon's craving to hit that target since day one. Since the Earth had stabilized, his revenues plummeted from 500% to only 20% overnight. Then they started to reduce the cost of the migration and the cost of living in Mars but it never rose back up again. I basically f*cked his project up and now he's back at it, again.