The Truth About The Universe : The Coup | TATU |

06 : The Saviour

I was flying. Flying through space I thought. But no. I was back in that bunker. Was this a dream? Am I sleeping?

There was a blanket over me, it was night and I was sleeping on a chair. It was night, I could see the stars. I remembered the weird dream I just had. I saw someone staring on my right leaning against the railing of the balcony. I had apparently slept on the chair in the evening.

" Hey.", I said to the stranger.

" Oh, Hi, you are up... ", the stranger said. It was a girl, most probably Texas.

" Texas?"

" Yeah, I put a blanket over you, your face... err I mean your hands were... err looked cold...", she said nervously.

" Heh, thanks."

We were both silent for some time, just staring at each other, she was smiling...

"So you umm... like don't wanna sleep? ", she then asked.

"Nah, I'll survive."

"Heh"

The wind was soothing to the touch and the railing was cold, almost freezing, I didn't know the time, if it was too late for dinner or not, because I was starving.

" Hey, did everyone have dinner already? And what's the time exactly?", I asked.

" It's 10 pm, nobody has gotten up since they slept in the evening, I woke up at 9.", she said.

" So did you umm... like have dinner?", I asked.

"Nah, I've been starving, it feels really creepy to eat alone.", she said, and we headed to the kitchen.

***

We had dinner and thought we should just go to sleep again, but I wanted to check my phone for some news, but sadly, no connectivity.

" I mean do you seriously wanna sleep again, like I mean I really don't wanna sleep... ", she said.

" Yeah, you are right, I'm not tired at all myself. I think Sam had Uno on him, right?", I said. Then we searched the bag Sam had carried from the beginning and found a pack Uno.

We played a lot, but got bored after an hour, so we thought, why not go on a walk?

***

We walked down the street, in Higson's society, it was cold and quiet, until we saw a building with lights on.

We approached it slowly, cautiously, when we came near it, I saw it was a hospital, the Emergence area was lit up. We slowly opened the door, and saw a lady, doing something with her arms. Upon closer inspection, I saw that she was stitching a bullet wound on her arm.

" Ugh, Ma'am are you okay?", Texas asked.

" Huh! Wait! Are you the ones in the house down 17th street? I saw lights turned on...", the lady said.

" Yeah, we are staying in a friend's house, now tell us about yourself, if you are hurt we can try and help you, but tell us the truth about where you came from, because in a time like this we cannot trust anyone.", I said.

" Yes, you are right... about the wound, I'll be fine, now where I came from is actually here. I was a nurse at this hospital. When the Army came I hid, they didn't find me, but today some guys came, they tried to loot the houses, I was shot but survived, they left in the afternoon, I was so tired I slept in, and now I'm dressing this wound.", she said. " Oh and my name's Linda."

" Hi Linda, I'm Preak and this is Texas.", I said. " I think we can trust her, tell her about Vadar, I think she can do something.", Texas said to me softly.

" Yeah, right. Umm... we have a friend, my brother actually, he was shot in the arm. ", I said.

" Oh that would be easy, I have got all the equipment here, we can bring him here.", Linda said.

***

We walked back to Higson's house, it was almost 3 am in the morning, I recommended we sleep, because when my brother has slept he can only be woken up by himself.

" So then how'd you wake him up during the Coup?", Texas asked.

" The Coup? Oh you mean that... I don't know... ", I said, surprised at the fact that Texas could talk about that so... calmly.

" He just wants to sleep. I did not sleep during sleep classes, hah, that's a good pun.", Linda said.

***

I saw that bunker again, I was in it again, was this a dream?

Everything was shaking, everybody was holding on to something, so that they dont fly left, right and center, like some people were. There were almost 20 people here. The walls the dark green, the ceiling too, the floor was grey made of cement, it looked like and the walls were made of some kind of smooth metal. There was one window through which I saw that we were flying through space. Assuming this is the same dream I was was in last night, which I am becoming certain of every passing second, that planet we were just on was blown, and we were hiding in this bunker.

There was that guy beside me with the black robe and a hood, I was wearing the same thing... there was a shake then... I woke up.

" Huh... Good morning, Sam. Any shootout this morning? Yesterday's morning drill was pretty awesome... ", I said sheepishly.

" No, silly, your brother, he is all fine thanks to this magic nurse lady, Linda, who is actually an... ", Sam said, as I interrupted him.

" Wait, she helped Vadar, and what's the time?", I asked as I started getting up and clearing my eyes.

" It's 10 am, and we're ready to go, maybe an hour later though because Vadar is not completely healed. ", Sam said.

" Yeah, yeah, and what about Linda, are we taking her with us?", I asked as we both walked out tot he living room.

" Thank You so much Linda, only if you were there with us, when Roughy was... ", Vadar said.

" Oh yeah and you didn't let me finish about Linda, she is actually Higson's aunt.", Sam said to me.