Malevolent

Chapter 4

I fly out of bed, with beads of sweat all over me. I sit there a couple of minutes, just thinking about that dream, what was that all about? A test?  I assume that Chloe will tell me about it at work today, so I shake it off.

I get out of bed and do the usual things, and then go downstairs.

"Morning Dad." I say

"Hey, how did you sleep?" He asks

"Pretty well, except..." I trail off

"Except what?" He asks

"Never mind." I tell him

I want to know what my dream was all about, I skip breakfast and get on my bike.

"Have a good day today James."

"Thanks Dad."

I get on my bike and start biking, the air seems a little on the warm side for this early, which probably means it is gonna be a hot day today, luckily I brought water.

I bike until I see that stop.

"Good morning sir, Card of Ownership please." The man asks in a flat tone

I get out the Card and hand it to him, he scans it and gives it back to me.

"Here, take this also." He hands me a small device

I ask him, "What's this?"

"It tracks how far you've gone, for bikes you have a limit of 100 miles a week, you have used 15, and the trip here doesn't count, have a nice day sir." The man tells me

I put it on the side of my bike and start pedaling toward the fields. I make it there way before my shift starts, and I see Chloe there, she looks at me, and grins.

"What was that about last night?" I question her

She looks at me and smiles, "I'll have to tell you later, I need to take care of something else right now." Her face goes straight

She walks pretty far away from me, under the cafeteria and starts talking on a phone. I sit on the curb for what seems like hours, but only around twenty minutes. I see Trinity and Michael walk together towards me.

"Hey guys." I look up at them and smile

"Hey James, how are ya? It feels like we haven't seen each other much?" Trinity tells me

"I'm good, I know, it feels weird, we need to do something this Sunday."  I say

"Yeah." Trinity says

She looks at her watch, and looks at me, and then talks very quietly to Michael, but I can pick it up,"We have time to tell him."

I look at them, confused.

"Alright, well, remember what we told you about the government limiting our lives? Well that's happening, and also, they are killing innocent people who have been convicted of rebellious action and treason," Michael tells me, "Probably to show their power."

"Okay.."

"And, well, Trinity and I don't agree with it, and we were thinking of making a group, you feel me?" He asks

I think about Chloe and her people, "Yeah, well, uh, I can talk about groups later, I'm glad that you understand though, I've had the same feelings."

Trinity looks up at me,"Really? You seem to just go with the motions?"

"Yeah, I really don't talk about it though."

I sit there, thinking about the other people, I don't know much about it, but I know there are people, I'll have to talk to Chloe about letting them in.