Sound Of Silence (Wrath Of Gods Precursor 1)

Nine: The Sound Of Silence In A Verbal Stalemate

ALEXANDRA:
    "After careful consideration," said the woman as we sat down in the building. "We've decided to move forward with the bills we see will most effectively police the indigo." "You mean the bills we requested you make, you mean to ensure the indigo's safety and freedom." The woman didn't reply. A man slid a thick folder across the table. "In there you'll find all the information on the twelve bills we are putting through. You can have someone read—"Reading is not an issue." Said Audrey, taking out her phone and snapping pictures of four of the files. "However," said Audrey. "We want to be sure that you cover, all, races of the indigo." Silence, then, "What do you mean, races?" "Oh it's simple really." Purred Audrey. "Vampires, werewolves, dracons, tinkers, scorpios, all shifters and creatures—"That's not happening." Said the woman.
    "Not only are you asking us to allow demons into our states, demons and monsters that are human nightmares, but you're asking us to allow all of them into our states as if this is their world, as if this is their home." "It is." I said smoothly. "Humanity has never been just the only ones in the universe, in the worlds. There was always other beings, whether intelligent or not. There was always something else, so, here we stand, something else, and yet you all think for one second you own this world?" "We do," snapped a man. "No, you don't, you just happened to inhabit it. Situations were reversed, it would be the same thing."
    Audrey slid the files back into the folder, and slid it into her backpack. "You're going to want these bills passed in time, because indigo are being discovered in every state, all over the country and the world. They need to be properly trained, schooled, and learn who and what they are, so, you can either work with us, or, let them destroy this place." "Is that a threat?" "No, it's a guarantee." I said. A man shot to his feet. "If you think for one second we're going to allow you mongrel curs into our country, to roam free, you've got another thing coming for you. If you think for one second you all will just walk free among us as if you're people who deserve rights as we do. This is our country, we've run it for hundreds of years. Do you even realize that? Were you even born here—"Yes, as I'm certain you are aware of." I said. Cello leaned forward. "All of us were born here. Most of the indigo were born here are being discovered here."
    The man stayed on his feet regardless. "Look," said Audrey, leaning back. "I'm well aware that what's in the files is nowhere near to what we agreed upon, so, here's how it's going to go." Suddenly, her eyes grew hard as she leaned forward. "You're going to pass the first bill, being indigo shall be policed by professional indigo, trained and commanded by the Symbol, and assisted, by the human police force." "You cannot command us to—"And if that bill is not passed in time." Said Audrey, cutting him off. "Then innocence will die—"That's a threat." Someone shouted. "Call in security, she just threatened us." "No she did not." Said Cello. "She made a factual statement. Innocence will die, because people will hunt the indigo for sport, because they can, or for money." "And we'll deal with such things when they come." I shook my head. "Wow, just wow."
    "It's already too late for that, people have been hunting indigo since Huntor first appeared. The Keepers for one certain group." The table went quiet, and everyone who was standing, sat. "Yes exactly." Said Audrey coldly. "I do believe many of the senate and representatives were in on that group. I do believe it was not only them, but our last president who agreed with the Keepers movement. So, dare tell us you'll deal with indigo hunting when it comes." The table remained quiet. "Indigo are being hunted right now, have been, the longer we sit here arguing and debating, the more and more of them who will be hunted, caught, tortured, killed, or sold off, or tormented." Silence reigned for a while, then, "I say we work with them." A woman rose from her seat. "What," snapped a man. "I agree." Soon, more and more seats were emptied as four more representatives rose to pledge their aid.
    "Fools," snapped a woman. "They'll just stab us in the back at their earliest convenience." "Thank you for your cooperation." Said Audrey. "Oh, we should state," said a woman. "That we already let a bill pass." My stomach dropped as Audrey's face went blank. "What bill?" Asked Cello. "Oh, you haven't heard?" "No," I thought. "No, we haven't." "What is the bill?" Cello asked again. "Oh, that all children of the age nine and over must be tested at their local doctors offices and or at home under the supervision of a doctor for indigoism." "And how exactly do you run such tests?" "Oh it's quite simple, we—"And how are your doctors qualified to even recognize indigoism?" "Well, we—"And lastly, what are the ways you think you can test without a qualified indigo in the vicinity?"
"It's simple." Said a man. "We do natural bloodwork, do the simple tests, temperature things of that nature. And we do brain tests and scans." "Brain tests, and scans." Said Audrey derisively. "Yes, the bloodwork is to see if there are hints of indigoism in one's blood. The brain tests is to see how developed or matured their indigoism is." "No," I thought. "No no no no no no no, lies lies lies lies lies lies lies." "There are simpler ways, simpler than this. And, had you consulted us, we'd have told you—"As if we're some client who needs consulting with the likes of children. Children who believe they've seen it all, who believe they know it all." The ringleader waved a hand. "Apologies but we neither need and or want your permission to run our country. You are unable and won't tell us how to pass bills. In fact, you, came to us, and by the time you did, we already had that bill in the works." "And, where, did you get the ideas for testing for indigoism?" "The Keepers of course."
"No no no no no no no." It was happening again, it all was happening again. People making moves to control and manage the spread of indigoism without any knowledge on how to do so. "And you do realize that the Keepers, were lead by an indigo right? A creature who was not born in this world but the other world. They were lead by him, and they got all they knew, from him." "Be that as it may—"No," said Cello coldly. "There is no be that as it may. Families lost each other in that war, indigo weren't the only ones who died. Innocence, people who had nothing to do with the war died or were lost in the aftermath. Learning from the Keepers, their methods got them all killed. Killed and or disbanded. You need us, regardless of what you think, you need us." "Everything you need to know is in the files." He said, waving a hand again. "Randall, she's right, we do need them—"If you think for one second I'm working with the likes of these, you've got another thing coming, I'm against it and I will remain against it. We'll figure it out on our own."
"You'll regret that decision." I said. Randall laughed dismissively. "There's nothing you can do, and you realize what this means, you all are breaking the law until you get yourselves tested." "And we won't." Said Audrey coldly. "Hah, excuse me little girl—"It's woman thank you very much. And we won't because you see, we indigo have our own laws we have to obey, and once one is a member of the Symbol, your laws reach a gray area. If you don't recall, your predecessors agreed on that little detail." "She's right." Said a man reluctantly. Randall fumed. "That'll just leave us with one choice." Audrey said, her eyes going fierce. "Collect and protect as much of us as we can." Randall shot to his feet. "You'd dare go against our ruling, dare disregard what we deem—"Yes, because there are lives at stake. Have always been lives at stake." "What lives, you speak as if there are indigo being taken or dying." Audrey let the silence hang. "Is he serious, are you serious?" I asked in utter disbelief.
"Indigo will be taken." I said. "Indigo will, if they haven't been already, abused, segregated, tossed out on the street or sold off as slaves. Ever heard of sex trafficking?" "Of course I—"Well there's no difference with indigo." "Your creatures don't deserve rights to begin with, you all should go back to that hellish world and leave us." "Sorry, but I was born here, I'm a citizen same as you and Alexandra." Audrey's voice sliced through like a sword through flesh. "I guess you're just as useless huh, or you, or you, or you? That's like saying blind people have no say in anything, or deaf, or paralyzed, just because we're different doesn't make us any less than you, and to be honest, this makes us more than you." "More, what the fuck are you—"Randall." Someone chastised. "No let him go on." Said Audrey. "How dare you, how dare you, you insult us with such a statement." "Yet you're at complete liberty to insult us?" Asked Cello. "You can't insult someone and not expect to be insulted right back, it's how the game works."
"We could sit here all day playing the game. But we'd get nowhere." Audrey sat forward. "You all already plainly made your first moves, we'll just have to make our own." She nodded. Cello pulled out her phone and said into it, "Send message to Shawn, Indigo Symbol alert. Level one Symbol Alert." Cello put her phone away and silence reigned. "What—"Since we aren't able to get the full cooperation of the government in order to keep life safe, no matter what kind it is. It seems we were wrong, very, very, wrong." Eyes frozen, she said, "Indigo will be protected, laws already state that. When they reach our property, they cannot be touched by your laws. So, we'll just have to return to the way things were, and if you try to stop us, hinder us, we'll defend ourselves." "Is that a threat?" "No," I said. "It's a promise, to all of our brethren who have the misfortune of living in this country." Cello nodded. "And across the globe. Thankfully, we seem to have more support from other continents rather than from you."
The door opened on telekinetic hands and Audrey rose defiantly. "We'll get our bills passed, and find a way to revoke your's." Randall laughed darkly as Audrey turned and walked out, Cello and I on her heels. This time Audrey didn't wait until we left out to create a portal. She merely tossed an orb and it cracked against the wall, a sky blue portal swirling into existence. We stepped through, one after the other. When we exited the portal, Shawn was waiting for us. Two others stood by his side. "I received your warning. Are you sure about this?" "Yes." Said Audrey. "John, you make the announcement, Shawn, you send out the alert, no indigo leaves unless on a mission decreed by one of the twelve leaders or myself." Shawn nodded and said, "Yes Symbol." Audrey preened a little. "Alexandra, Cello, change of plans, we along with Camille and Joy, have work to do." She turned, walking away. "We need to find our favorite oracle. Something tells me we'll need our Oracle and the library too." "She's still in the other world right? I'll tell Huntor we need her." Audrey nodded. "Good, do that."

The End.