PRDS - 4413 Part. 1 Chapter 15: The destination

“You never had to kill them!”

“We had to.”

“They were already not able to chase after us.”

“Yes, they were. They were alive.”

“We are doing this to save people!”

“To save a lot more people.”

“That does not justify what you did.”

“I never asked for any forgiveness. I just did what I had to do. Since you didn’t. I simply took over your job.”

I do not understand why he is so determined to kill them.

“Is it because they are FREEMANs?”

“No. Because they are threats to us. If we don’t kill them, they will kill us. Listen, kid. You are not a god. You cannot save every single one of them. We are pulling our best on this. Now, let’s get mov…”

“Have you ever thought about the reason they are chasing after us this far?”

George sighs. It is apparent he wants to end this argument now.

“Kid. We don’t have time for this. We can talk about this when we get to the destination.”

“It’s the anger. Revenge. Think about it.”

Leaving all those killed chasers far behind, I walk to the jeep.

“I’m driving until we get there. Come on.”

I feel sorry for Linda and Claire for having them hearing the argument. I failed to control my emotions since I haven’t been in an argument with others for a long time. At least I didn’t hit him.

As Linda and Claire get on the jeep, I turn around to the back seat to apologize. George gives me a short glimpse and clears his throat.

“So, how long is the destination?”

“We can make it in 3 hours.”

“Hopefully.”

“What happens if we don’t make it in time?”

After watching grown-ups being very conscious about the time, Claire asks me a question. I, no we did not tell Claire intentionally. I don’t believe telling her about how people will die is going to comfort her and rather stresses her. Instead of lying, I chose to soften the description.

“If we don’t make it in time, many people will get in danger.”

I know I didn’t tell Claire why she had to come with us. To be exact, I don’t know why I have to take her to the F3 area. I cannot tell what will happen once we get there.

“Are they dying?”

I look at Claire through the back mirror and see Linda holding her tight.

“No, Claire. We will save them.”

I accelerate as fast as I can wordlessly. This is all I can do at this moment. The car drives towards where the sun is going down. We drive as if we chase after the sunlight. The F3 area is an hour apart towards the west.

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A strong impact from underneath.

The jeep jumps up.

I wonder what is happening.

Things are up in the air at the moment.

Everything tumbles over.

I don’t see the burning sun anymore.

There’s only a twilight through the car window.

No, it rapidly changes to a night sky.

But that’s not the way we are going.

The jeep crashes against the ground.

The Jeep is upside down.

Everything is shattered.

The crashed jeep halts after a few seconds.

There is a dirt cloud surrounding the site.

It becomes silent.

Only another jeep drives away from the site.

And it becomes silent again.

The F3 area is only 10 minutes apart towards the west.

Job due in 30 minutes.