The Years After

Chapter 23

        I walked with Alex back to Bryan's house. "Bryan is really lucky at getting girls, isn't he?" I asked Alex.

        "Yes, but he gets a new one everyweek, so probably next week Kay will be a Stacy or something." Alex laughed.

        "Nah, I don't think so, probably Kay will stay." I told Alex.

        "Well, I don't know." Alex said while Bryan was entering the front door.

        "How did it go?" Alex and I asked.

        "Good." Bryan answered.

        "What do you mean good?" Alex asked.

        "Her dad doesn't want her to have a boyfriend, so I got rejected." Bryan answered and I couldn't help but laugh.

        "Don't laugh bro, it was painful." Bryan said.

        I put myself together again and said "Sorry."

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        I woke up at 3 am, because it was raining and the roof was leaking, drops of cool water were splashing my face. I grunted and moved to the floor, the nice, hard, cold floor, I stayed there thinking, was my father missing me, was he sorry? I know he's my father and I'm not supposed to be rude to him, but I need someone that understands me, and he doesn't do a pretty good job, but i know he's trying. So why am I like this to him? Because even if he tries he still wants everything his way, and I can't deal with his ego. He thinks he has total control over me, but I am 15, he's never cared about me, my grandfather was the one that raised me, I technically don't belong to him, and I never will. I fell asleep in a mini-puddle, not because of the rain, but because of my tears. I never cry in front of people, but right now, I am in the darkness and I am alone, it's okay to cry.

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       Every Sunday the Workers get a weekly provision of food and water, but in Bryan's house, they only got half of what they usually get. 

        Bryan's dad was arguing with the Soldier, "why did they cut us short?"

        The soldier answered, "the Leader has said to reduce provisions to the Workers as a way to ground you." 

        "What! He can't do that, some of us have sick family members or pregnant women, you can't do that!" Bryan's dad argued.

        "Not my problem." The soldier harshly answered.

        "Son of a bit..." my uncle started to say when I cut him off.

        "Hey, be considerate, you can't do this" I told the soldier.

        "You defiant brat, you're coming with me." The soldier said and grabbed me by the arm and started yanking me towards his pickup truck.

        "No, I am not going anywhere." I said as I escaped his grip. He pulled out a gun and pointed at my head. Some workers showed up with weapons, and as he looked at them confused, I took the gun from his hand and pointed it at him. 

        "You are outnumbered, at least 50:1. Leave." I said harshly. The soldier walked away slowly towards his pickup truck, he left the gallons of water and bags of food on the floor and left. As he did the workers approached the bags and started dividing the provisions equally among each other. I expected them to run and start killing for food, but they didn't they all shared. I guess they all suffer equally. 

        "That was really brave!" My uncle congratulated.

        "You are rebel material." My cousins said. and that's when my phone ringed.

        Message: Hulk (1): Meeting in the warehouse, at noon, it was because of you Carlos.

        My stomach suddenly ached and I felt all my blood sink and become heavy, did I mess up the plans?

        "Hulk sent me a message, he said there's a meeting at noon, in the warehouse. He says it's because of me. I think someone said something of what I just did. I think I messed up the plans." I said nervously to my cousins, and they looked at me with what did you just do looks.

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        "I reunited all of you here, because I want to congratulate our fellow partner Carlos." Mark said as he signaled me to go up to the podium. "today while I was with the Leader in his office, we were supervising the Worker sector while provisions were given and we observed some Workers and Carlos put their defensive side on a Soldier." Everyone in the Warehouse house clapped and cheered, "but there is a problem, the Leader is unhappy with your rebellious behavior." Mark looked at me and my stomach twisted, "so I will set up several secret weapon station, so that if there is a sign of a battle, you all can go to your closest station and get enough weapons to fight." Mark explained, "but I will have to implant the software on your iChip so that I can know your information and find out where you live and how many people live in a specific area so that I can set up the station and put enough supplies." Mark said.

        "We have 15 hover craft and 9 helicopters, there are about 1500 people enrolled and the hovercraft can carry 40 people, the helicopters about 15, so we can transport 735 people today. The process will take about 3 days, and about 2 weeks to set up the station. I'm guessing we can't do it in a building, but the station will be set up in a tank hidden in the forest, since the Worker sector is surrounded by forest." Amanda said, " but remember all of this is secret, don't tell anyone except your soul." Amanda smiled. "We start the software process tomorrow, we start with the East Sector and Southern Sector, then the Center Sector, then the North and the East. Information will be spread by your team leader. Meeting has concluded." Amanda ended.

  

       "Victory and Desire" We all chanted.