Darkside 1 by Aaron K Carter

Author:Aaron K Carter [Carter, Aaron K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-22T06:00:00+00:00

“Was this what you were drunk on last night?” Wilde asks as I pour her a glass of the good stuff. Grain whiskey, that’s hard to get on base I’ll have you know.

“Probably this,” I say, doing a shot.

“Hawking’s worried about you,” she says, tossing her back as well.

“Yeah, well, so am I,” I say, sitting down, holding the bottle, “She sends you to have this little tete-a-tete with me?”

“What’s that mean?” she asks, amused.

“See, Card isn’t the only one who can use big words,” I say, amused. “It means to chat.” I got that big word from Card, but she doesn’t need to know that.

“He does use big words, doesn’t he? But that isn’t why you’re afraid of him,” she asks, as I pour us another.

“No, no it’s not,” I say.

“Do you have any idea what you were saying last night?” she asks before we both down the shots.

“Yeah, pretty good, the thing is, I still think it. I don’t know why. It’s not just when I’m drunk either that---that makes it more bearable, but no, it’s when I’m sober as well----I just see it,” I say, staring off.

“See what?” she asks.

“The end of time? I don’t know. it’s been ever since the first time I looked in his eyes, I don’t pretend to understand it,” I say, “So I don’t expect you to.”

“You realize you’re talking gibberish? Even if Card is a bit of a trouble maker---well you got him out of trouble earlier,” she says, “Why did you do that?”

“Because we seriously don’t need to antagonize this person,” I say, desperately, “Humor me, for a minute, will you, assuming that he could just possibly be---”

“The antichrist?”

“I was very, very intoxicated---okay, yeah, the antichrist---should we really, seriously, be grinding him into the dirt like we tend to do? Or should we just let him sort of slide on through, and not make him want to annihilate all of us?” I ask, desperately.

“That’s the question should we be grinding any of them into the dirt like we tend to do?” she asks, “What’s it matter? Just because this one is a bit smarter than the others, a bit more of a rebel?”

“No, no we shouldn’t, we shouldn’t---and it matters because this is what matters this is----it’s our last chance. Maybe not maybe we missed our last chance, ages and ages ago,” I say, “And he’s the retribution humanity was sent? I don’t know, but he’s here now, so can we at least try to beg his mercy?”

“You’re talking about him like he’s some god,” she says, incredulously, probably calculating how much I’ve drunk.

“No, like he’s a sign. Right here, in front of us---don’t tell me you don’t see it---you know it’s true---he’s not like the others---he could be our salvation if he wanted to be. and I have a feeling, a terrible feeling, he doesn’t want to be,” I say, my voice cracking.

“You’re shaking, James,” Wilde takes my hands, “Look at me.”

“He’s going to kill me,” I whisper.

“No, no he’s not,” she says.

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