Weary Loube Section 3 chapter 4

Chapter 4

The collaborators arrived at the downtown location where they had the protest just a few days earlier and where there beloved friend Natelia was killed.  They saw the NanoI vehicles with some armed security agents along with Gord Rift waiting for them.  They approached the agents and Gord Rift comes and greets them.

“Don’t mind the weapons.  We have to be careful.  Make sure you did not plan to ambush us.”

“It’s excessive,” Diego responds with the other collaborators nodding in agreement.  “What, you want us to drink some opiumlite drinks to garner our trust?”

Gord lets out a nervous laugh and says, “No that won’t be necessary, but you will be getting plenty of those at the Synthetic Isle.  The works a little hard, but with the drinks, your body will adjust to the changes.  And consider this, if you all complete the year there, Triunfeo and M will appoint you as officials at NanoI.  They told me this news this morning.  Now.  Are you all ready?”

The collaborators nod and shuffle into the NanoI vehicles and begin their trek to the eastern coast.  

***

“They’re on their way to the Synthetic Isles Sid.” Dredona tells Sid who is looking worried.  “Try and cheer up a little.  Come help me with my music set for Triunfeo and M.  Afterwards we can come up with some recipes for the banquet.”  

“Okay, I don’t mean to worry so much.  I just miss the collaborators company, not that theirs anything wrong with being with you.  I’m sorry for worrying.” Sid says nervously.  

“I understand Sid.  I get a bad feeling as well.  There is nothing we can do about it at the moment.”  

“Let’s go make some music then” Sid says.  

Dredona and Sid go to the music room that has BLD projecting hologram instruments and loud PA speakers.  They mess around and make a hard hitting dance track with a nice breakbeat.  Sid takes over for a second and adds a psychedelic lead with the hologram to which Dredona starts bobbing and dancing.  

“That’s fire Sid.  That will work perfectly right there.”  She says enthusiastically.

She then starts dancing towards him to which Sid freezes up and gets nervous.  

“Well, your musicianship is good, but you need to relax a lot for this.”  Dredona laughs.  

Sid relaxes a little and dances with Dredona for a second.  They look at each other and then Dredona this time nervously looks away and asks, “Tell me, do you have anyone, like a lover, Sid?”

Sid looks surprisingly at Dredona and responds, “Well not really.  To be honest, I was very infatuated with Natelia.” He begins tearing up and Dredona goes to give him a hug as he continues.  “It’s not fair what happened.  I feel robbed of a friendship and I want nothing but to make them pay for what they did.”

Dredona rubs his back and feels a little foolish for being flirty with Sid while he was dealing with heartbreak.  She decides to let him cry on her and says, “Yes Sid, let it out.  It wasn’t fair.  I can’t imagine what you’re going through.  You two knew each other for such a long time.  I know its hard.  Just let it out.” 

Sid still crying continues, “In a week, they will be done for.  And then we can liberate Terloubians and this won’t have to happen to anybody else.  I feel stupid for waiting to tell her how I felt.  Maybe had I just stayed with her that evening and confessed my feelings, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Don’t be silly Sid.  They might have killed you as well.  There’s a chance this might go wrong.  Let’s work on our backup plan.  Let me show you the space time chamber.”  Dredona responds sympathetically.  

They walk down the hall and then get to a red room with a chamber that is used to teleport into the space time chamber.  A screen appeared next to it which had a biometric locator that could locate and teleport outside people into the space time chamber.  Sid looks at it confused.  

Eventually he speaks up and asks, “Where’s the chamber?”

“Right here.” Dredona taps on the screen and a picture of a empty room with no windows or walls comes into the projector.  “I had to build it, basically a box with no windows and doors and then use the BLD to teleport it into its own space time continuum.  It used to stand right there.”  She points to the wall and continues. “It’s very fragile and there’s a lot I don’t know about it nor have I wanted to use it yet.  Even the slightest error and you could teleport into the room like jelly, or stay stuck without a relay back possible.  Ive only transported chairs before in there and then back.  One of us will have to stay outside to relay the person back.  I might be able to relay myself back if I carry a BLD on me.  I originally designed it so I could get things done more efficiently and emerge without any time lapsing in our reality.  I haven’t actually tried going in.  The reason its a chamber rather than a time traveling device is because I didn’t want to create a paradox but rather have a place I could sit and do things without time passing in the real world.”

“This all goes over my head,” Sid says scratching his head. 

“That’s okay.  It’s dangerous to use.” Dredona replies chuckling a little and then continues, “We will have it as a backup only if for whatever reason we are unable to have them ingest the solarluna.”

“Sound’s good.” Sid laughs.

Dredona then hugs Sid and tells him, “Listen everything will work out.  I want you focused on the task at hand.  Let’s go compile the footage of Triunfeo and M into a video we can show Markaedium after we have accomplished poisoning them.”

Sid nods and says, “I wonder if the fact they are immortal and manipulating everything, I wonder…” He struggles for a second describing his thought but then continues, “I wonder if they are having an emotional, physical and mental toll on everyone.  What if when they perish, we are liberated in a way we have never known.  We saw the past go into a collective amnesia and it was like their whole minds were collapsing with the deception of Triunfeo and M.  I wonder if the reverse might happen.  Like a collective euphoria if they are killed.”

“There’s only one way to find out.  I believe we are all connected.” Dredona replies, “It wouldn’t surprise me if their connection to manipulate all of us is somehow keeping them immortal and all of us at a lower capacity of functioning mentally, emotionally, and physically.  We are awakened to the truth about them.  We have begun a step in our liberation from these tyrants.  That’s very interesting what you are trying to say.  Let’s create a word for it.  What do you want to call it Sid?” She finishes looking at him curious.  

“Lets call it ‘hathemoney” Sid decides thoroughly convinced with the word he invented.  

Dredona laughs hugs Sid, “Perfect, ‘hathemoney’, that’s what we are combatting.  We are killing in the name of ceasing the hathemoney.”

Sid smiles and embraces Dredona back.  

***

The collaborators arrive on the eastern seafront about 12 hours later.  There, a NanoI boat awaits them.  They come out of the car and make their way to the boat. 

“This is where you all are on your own, minus some agents.  But anyway, it’s my goodbye.” Gord Rift tells them and shakes each of their hands before getting back in the vehicle and getting chauffeured back towards the center of Markaedium.

“Idiot wouldn’t set foot on the Synthetic Island he is sending us to.” Lucee says to the others.  

They mutter in agreement and then begrudgingly make their way to the boat with two armed agents behind them watching their every move.