The Years After

Chapter 25

        The inside of the craft was large, 45 seats lined in rows, silver and cold. The soldiers guided me towards a seat and they sat me down, even though I resisted. Then they sat beside me, the other two behind me and one infront of me. "Where are you taking me?" I asked

        "That is classified." One soldier answered.

        "Can you at least guide me towards the restroom?" I asked, politely.

        One soldier got me up and uncuffed my hands, he the searched my pockets, Crap, he took my phone."Don't do anything crazy in there. I will be posted right out here."He stood posted in between me and the door. 

        "Well, move, unless you want to go with me." I told the man, "since you are not man enough to take me with your hands, you have to use a gun. I can't believe I'm that dangerous." I smiled tauntingly at him. 

        "You're not that dangerous,"and he put the gun down. I thought about escaping, but I am probably 2000 feet above ground, and if not I am higher. Without a parachute, I am dead. I walked towards the restroom door and closed it. I sat down on the floor, my hands on my face, what did I do? All I wanted to do was say sorry to my dad bacause I left, now I am really leaving, karma is a bitch, I thought. Then I came out, the guard grabbed me, and hancuffed me. 

        "Fifteen minutes to destination, please apply your seat belt and prepare for landing." A woman said from a speaker. The soldiers applied my seatbelt,removed my handcuffs, and then they blindfolded me, I started panicking and then I started fighting. I felt the palms of my hands turn hot, and I started kicking. Then a needle pierced my neck, I was drifting away.

        "NO! Don't please." I drifted away.

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        I woke up, my vision was blurred, and I tried to move, but I was tied to a chair in a pure white room with a table in the middle, my chair was comfortable, but the room wasn't. I heard someone say, "He's awake," Then I heard footsteps, 

        "Hello, dear Carlos," It was the leader, I looked at him with rage and he laughed, "don't worry I don't bite." He chuckled.

        "Dog that barks, doesn't bite." I said and he looked at me blankly.

        "Always so rude." He said, tsk tsk tsk he did with his teeth, "so rude to your uncle." I looked at him confused, what did you say? and as if he had read my mind he answered, "that's right, I am your mother's brother." 

        "No you are not." Then I closely studied his face, he did have resemblance to my mother, they had the same nose, same hair color, same head shape, the same dark brown eyes, my eyes. He was telling the truth. 

        "You are my nephew, Carlos. I am your uncle."  That word, I dont want to hear it come out of his mouth. He made everyone a slave, including his sister, my mother. 

        "Why are you doing this? Why did you want me here? To tell me this? I don't care. If you are my uncle or a stranger, I don't care." I said harshly " You made all of us your slaves, including your sister. You want me to forgiveness, don't ask me for it." 

        He smiled blankly and then looked at me straight in the eyes and said, "you are so defiant, brave, just like your mother. Your mother was always like this, never afraid to do anything." the way he said it made it feel like he was envious, but I didn't ask why, then he continued, "and that's why I want you to be on my side."

        "What?" I asked confused.

        "Fight with me, you are not just complete supernatural, you are brave, you are worth being on my team. If you fight with me you can have anything you want, bring someone to be with you. Is there a special somebody that you would like me to free?" I thought about Nicole, we could be rich and happy and free together, but only us, and I want to make everyone free. "what do you say, all your wishes can come true."

        "All of them?" I asked

        "All of them." He answered with a big smile

        "Free everyone then." I proposed.

        "Oh, you know I can't do that." He said

        "Why not? Aren't you all powerful and can you anything, huh?" I said mockingly

        "No, I cannot do that," He answered with a hint of anger in his voice, "because without workers, the city cannot run." 

        "Well then, I guess your proposal was tempting, but no, I do not accept." I said putting an emphasis on that "not." "And if you want to kill me, do it. I don't care, but if you do, oh the people are not going to calm down, they will be even more enraged, and your government will be down in one, two, three." I told the leader, even putting more emphasis on that count.

        "No, I will not kill you. You have power in you, and I will not force you to stay, because you will probably come looking for me on your own." He said and that response gave me the chills, who or what did I just endanger. "Guards! Take him back, land him in the Third Palace." He gave the order for his puppets and they tried to tie me again.

        "No, why will I try to run away if I'm going home?" I said and they let me walk, but they blindfolded me, where was I? I asked myself, was the Leader that afraid of me to not let me see where he hides? Oh but I will find out, and I will come for him if he tries to do anything to someone I love. I will find him, and then I told one of the guards, "Hey when you come back, do me a favor, can you." It was an order, "Tell him that next time, if he tries to do anything, I will give him a visit and I will greet him with a blast." it was not a joke.