Drive Time by Matt Wilkinson

Author:Matt Wilkinson [Wilkinson, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-10-16T06:00:00+00:00

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On the way back to HQ, they stopped at the coffee shop as promised, Victor picked out his usual vanilla latte — adding no sugar this time — and recommended the same to James. James found it hugely disconcerting to be around so many people. He was still young when the fall happened, and he had forgotten what it was like to be one in such a large crowd. The carefree way that they were all making their purchases, apparently unconcerned with the concept of its expendability was frightening. He had watched recordings of earth’s history while in the bunker, but seeing it in person was much more upsetting. Everyone here was careening towards utter oblivion, they had been presented with the evidence, and they avoided coming to terms with the reality of it, subconsciously preventing the panic that would come with it. He wondered if the task they’d set for themselves was an impossible one. If people could delude themselves so easily and shut themselves into a comfortable ignorance, would changing the past not alter the root cause of the problem? Would they just be delaying the virtual extinction of man and fighting a constant battle? Maybe the best way to put an absolute end to their absolute end was to change the perceptions of the majority of the human race instead. If they could all see the future they were headed towards, would they still ignore it? Even then? Possibly, it seemed he and his family were destined to mimic Sisyphus, pushing a metaphorical boulder up a hill for eternity. They might have been guilty of the exact same ignorance these people were displaying — ‘we can’t change it so let’s continue as usual’, always repeating past mistakes — so he wouldn’t stop looking for a better solution.

James enjoyed the coffee enough for it to increase his resolve in saving the future. I can’t let this delicious beverage just disappear, he thought. As they re-entered HQ, he shared his thoughts with his father.

“Do you think what we’re doing here will work if the people we’re doing it for are going about their business like oblivious zombies? Are we just postponing the apocalypse? Should we try a different tactic?”

“What would you suggest?”

“Why don’t we show them the future? Let everyone know what we’re able to do and show them what the future world looks like. Maybe seeing it will give them a kick in the arse.”

“I’m not sure it will, they’ve been provided with the facts and evidence from respected scientists, and they ignored it. They’d blank it out or label it as overcautious anxiety, they did it with climate change, they could do it with this. There doesn’t seem to be anything you can show them that they will accept as fact, not if they concoct their own comforting lie.”

“Maybe video proof would be a shock to their system.”

“I think they might convince themselves the videos were doctored and that our technology doesn’t even exist. It’s

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