The Canyon-Blume

Sound Cliff

| -Tuesday, December 1st, 1925 | -Current global temperature: 13.92 ºC | -Chapter Two |

When I woke up I found myself in an emergency medical center, I looked around me, there was no one there, I looked at my arms to see how they were, they were still full of deep wounds, I was in coma for at least ten days, I saw the calendar that was on the table next to me saying that it was one of December, it was hard to move but I could walk I felt fit to do it, they were transfusing me blood, I saw that on the table next to me was also a cardboard notebook where my medical history was written and how I had gotten here, when I tried to touch my face I could not move my left hand because I was handcuffed to the hospital bed, it was in the morning, I was on the second floor, I did not know what to do until I realized that the bed was not anchored to anything, I propelled myself over the bed to the other side of the room, I looked through the drawers and found the keys to the handcuffs, I opened the handcuffs and began to walk through the corridors of the hospital.

I avoided the people and especially the employees, I got into the elevator, I had been in this hospital before, and I know that the elevator at level zero leads directly to the receptionists room, and if they saw me looking like this they would not hesitate to stop me, I just wanted to go to see my family, I got into the elevator to go directly to the subway first floor which was the parking area that you could also go out there, When I got out of there, the first thing I saw was a small area which was a park for people with mental disabilities for relaxation and meditation with nature, I passed by but before leaving that area I saw that my father was right there, I was stunned to see him, I did not understand why he was there, I guessed that since he saw me in my state he would have been very sad and had to go there I guessed for a moment. When I turned to the other side of the street I found at least twenty journalists waiting at the entrance, when they saw me they all came rushing to me, I could see that I was known throughout the nation, they surrounded me and all spoke at once without understanding any of them, I told them to shut up and talk one by one, while I tried to walk quickly to escape their cameras and microphones, all the nation was watching what I was about to say.

–Mr. Winkler, Mr. Winkler! Is it true that you broke into a secret meeting of the "Die Leutespartei" and murdered the internationally known terrorist "Machtspur" in cold blood? –Asked a journalist.

–How does it feel to know that the Austrian criminal court has pardoned your sentence of thirty-seven years of imprisonment to freedom while the "SUO Criminal Court Of Justice" says to keep your prison sentence and has created a constitutional clash between the two institutions? –Asked another journalist.

–There's an ongoing investigation due to rumors, is it true that your inspector Mr. Weber has threatened to kill you and put you to sleep with chloroform? –Asked multiple journalists.

They all said and babbled as if they were animals, so I approached the road and called a cab as soon as possible for leaving from there,I got into the cab tired, the driver asked me where to, I told him home, while we were going there, he saw my face in the rearview mirror and recognized me, I warned him not to say a word, he was in enough trouble as it was, when I arrived at my father's house, I found everything normal, nothing out of the ordinary, my wife was on the couch, I could see her from outside the window, I knocked on the door and she opened it, only to cry when she saw me while she hugged me.

–Boris, why did you hide all this from me? –She said, crying in my chest.

–I am so sorry my darling, I was very scared, I thought you'd be very badly if you knew all that has happened to me. I've been through hell and I was too scared, I never had the occasion –I said with the mind disturbed.

We softly kissed, she put my hand on her belly, indicating our baby's heartbeat.

–You can't risk destroying your son's life for revenge Boris, I, I didn't know what to do anymore, I had a hard time without you, your father was sick and the robot you brought couldn't help him –She continued.

I was silent, but she was telling the truth, I had ruined the good life we had, now I was a known controversial figure, a murderer of murderers, I smoked a cigar to calm down, after sitting down, I made a crazy decision, I picked up a wooden board from the floor, there I kept my emergency money only for really critical situations, this was one of those critical situations.

–We are leaving, take your things, now –I said, totally determined and self-confident while grabbing her car keys.

–What? What are you talking about? –She said, confused.

–I said we are leaving now! Get in the car, now and grab your things for once for the love of God –I yelled out loudly to her.

She was perplexed when she heard what I said, but she trusted me after a few seconds, we got into her car and I drove to the hospital to meet my father, my father was there, sitting on a bench decorated with greenery, I jumped over the fence of the small park there, I scared my father, he didn't recognise me for a couple of seconds until I grabbed him with my two hands.

–Son, is that you? –He barely said, in pure internal peace after seeing me fine.
–Yes dad, here I am, look, please come with me and my wife, there's not too much time left, I think they will come after me and possibly after you dad, please dad, we don't have much time left, we can move to the United Kingdom or Spain, or wherever you want dad, just please, come with us, quickly, I'm begging you dad –I begged him to come with us while I grabbed his hands in an attempt to lift him for he coming with us.

–Bor, I'm still going to die of old age anyways, I don't wanna be a heavyweight for you and Johanna –He said, touching my face.

–Bor, I was born here and I'll die here in one way or another. I completed my life, I have been for a long time a bad father for leaving you behind. I completely apologize to you my goodhearted son, you shouldn't be wasting your time with me Boris –He said while looking directly into my eyes, his tears were flowing through his face.

–Dad no, I can't I, I love you –I said, tearing my heart out amidst my uncontrolled sobs.

–I love you too soon for now, good luck to you both with your journey, I hope everything will go as you expect it, be prudent, see you on the other side –He said while he hugged me, the best goodhearted hug I've ever been given.

I could not believe what I was doing, my father wanted to say goodbye to me, it cost me a lot, this was the first time I had cried in so long, this time it was uncontrollably, my father, I would never see him again, he would stay in a nursing home, I knew what his destiny was before he left this world due to natural complications, the reason for his departure will probably be that the damned of "Die Leutespartei" will assassinate him because he is an easy target that would also break my heart, at that moment I went out crying to my wife's car and continued driving telling her what had happened, she felt the same for me, and I accelerated because of the fear.

We left Vienna at full speed, me and my wife were talking about all possible topics, about how i had spent these crazy things and we talked about our son, where we were going, things to relax, etc., every so often we exchanged who was driving the car and the other while sleeping, in the outskirts of the city there was a much lower thermal sensation, besides that we had left the heat dome of Vienna, let me explain, not long ago was invented a gadget the size of cities was made that transmits heat as if it were a microwave and raised the temperature one or two degrees.

When we left everything was colder and it snowed every few minutes, the car heater thank God was very good and warmed us until the night came, where the cold was already so much that it reached up to the car, in addition, we ran out of gas and had to park in the parking lot of a gas station to refuel and so continue, my wife filled the tank and bought some drums where to store gasoline so as not to have to go to such public places where we can see, We continued and entered the Wienerwald forest, parked the car and slept with the heat of each other in the back of the car that was also specialized to sleep, but the trunk opened by the strong wind and scared my wife and said we had to look for another place to be, in that we drove the car to a place where we could take shelter the two of us, and then we went to a place where we could sleep in the back of the car.

When we woke up my wife made a fire with sticks where we could heat our breakfast, she was a girl scout for a while in her childhood, so she had knowledge of survival in the wilderness alone, that would help me, we continued driving after she repaired the car, It was very cold, too cold, I bundled up as much as possible and we continued our journey, we went up a slope and it was even colder, but before the situation got worse, we saw a dirt road at a fork in the road and decided to go that way to see what we could find.