The Fate of Elizabeth (Bioshock Infinite)

Chapter 10: The Collapse

Mathias was the first to open his eyes, awakened suddenly by the sunlight already high in the sky, in the middle of a very sparse blue sky. The song of the birds in the nearest trees was already heard. Mathias is lying on the sand, his military shirt as a blanket and smelling Elizabeth's soft, warm hand in his palm. The young lady was lying at his side, his blue jacket covering her body to keep her a little warm. So, they spended night outside. She opened her eyes, towards Mathias, with a smile on the corner of her lip. He too was glad to see her like that, and said hello to her by a little kiss on the corner of her lip.

(Elizabeth): "That night was like a dream. I almost wish I would never wakened from it."

(Mathias): "I have the same feeling." He said in rising and putting on his shirt, while Elizabeth rubbed her eyes and put her jacket in the stillness, admiring the nature which awaked around them and the water of the river, shining like crystal under the sunshine. In her mind, Elizabeth remembers this pleasant moment last night ..... She and Mathias, lying on the fine sand .... Him, leaning over her and hugging her cautiously ... Their lips meeting, then after, Mathias kissing her in the neck, making her feel a very pleasant pleasure .... But now the time was no longer for love but for war, and the duo, now a couple, had an important task to accomplish. Despite her determination, Elizabeth feels a little nervous, and Mathias noticed.

(Mathias): "Are you afraid?"

(Elizabeth): "Well ...... A little, yes."

(Mathias): "Good. It means that you are a reasoned person. Only an idiot would go into battle without being afraid. We often forget that it is the desire to overcome fear that often allows us to 'moving forward."

She kept this sentence in a corner of her head. On their return to the camp, the people of the Vox Populi were already awakened for the most part. Women are seated in front of steaming pots, surely preparing breakfast for their children, with the meager food they can have. Groups of armed soldiers are already leaving for patrols in several directions. The couple soon encountered Cornelius at the entrance of his tent, already awake long ago. When he saw the couple holding by the hand without hiding it, Cornelius smiled, not mockingly, but amused.

(Cornelius): "Well ..... I guess you had a good night, did not you?"

Mathias and Elizabeth laughed a little. After a sip of strong coffee, Cornelius Slate comes forward to talk to them about the mission.

(Cornelius): "So tell me, how do you expect to enter the Fink industries without getting you noticed?"

(Elizabeth): "I could open one of my vortex which will lead us directly inside the premises."

(Mathias): "Are you sure you have the strength to do it?"

She looks at the palm of her hands, confident.

(Elizabeth): "I begin to understand this power a little better. When I saw Songbird flying on us, I thought very strongly of a place very distant from him, and my powers obeyed me. If I focus on a specific location, I think I can do it."

Mathias has no better plan, and he trusts her. Cornelius Slate leaves them carte blanche, as long as they manage to meet the gunsmith Chen Lin. After a rather meager breakfast, but to regain some strength, Cornelius assembled his lieutenants in council, in front of his tent, to talk about the plan of the future battle to come. Among the lieutenants is one who had threatened to hang Elizabeth, and who always looks at the couple with suspicion, and vice versa. The Handyman met yesterday is also there, sitting on a large rock as a seat and silent, with his gruff look, watching and listening. The men listen, in a circle, some smoke a cigarette, and Cornelius advances to speak.