Liberation_A Post-apocalyptic Novel by Peter Okafor
Author:Peter Okafor [Okafor, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Typewriter Pub
Published: 2018-12-22T07:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twenty-One
Take a Lesson from the Dead
It had always bugged her that she had not seen or touched her father for five years, except when he barked his orders from a large screen. Yet she had done everything he wanted and never asked too many questions.
With her fingers pressed upon a table, Olivia stared at a map that was set before her. Just across the table, stood her brother, Oliver, caught between two of his bold followers. This time, he did not wear the mask that so named him Death Throe, for he was in the company of those he trusted.
âDid you know that Sense pills are the most manufactured product in MegaCityOne?â He raised his gaze slowly until they locked with his sisterâs.
âOf course,â Olivia replied.
âThere is a factory in every slum colony: Rat Town, Bad Town, Flea Town, Bug Town, Mole Townâ¦I can keep going. They suck the lives of those folks and pay them meagre wages. But the most troubling news is the fact that father has approved for it to be tainted with constituents that can keep people dull for daysâan effective way of stopping water rioters.â
Olivia stood upright and crossed her arms over her breasts. âWe must tread lightly on this. Sense pills are the only thing that detoxifies the harmful air we breathe outside our dome, despite its secondary uses. If we go too hard on it, we might end up collapsing our entire society.â
âSure, sister,â Oliver muttered.
âWhatâs your plan?â she asked.
Oliver exchanged glances with the followers at his side. âBlow up the factories at the slums. Life is hard enough for those folks without big city dwellers using them for slavery.â
âYour plan sucks,â Olivia said.
âWhat?â
âYes, you heard me. Your plan sucks.â She supported her hands on her waist.
She walked to a dark corner of the thick concrete hideout building. Large fancy fluorescent bulbs lined the ceiling of the room, but the light did not reach there. Oliver followed her as she had intended. She caught his jacket and dragged him towards her.
âI love you, brother, but this thick head of yours is going to get us all in trouble.â
Oliver opened his arms in contention. âThen what do you suggest, Olivia? What wisdom from that powerful brain of yours do you intend to share with me? After all, you have been the one doing the fighting, while I sat in the office of the cityâs ambassador drinking coffee.â
She caught his finger and tweaked it.
âAw!â Oliver screamed.
âSave your sarcasm for the dimwits that follow you. Iâm here so that you donât do anything stupid or get Father suspicious. You remember the punishment for treason, donât you?â
âOkay, okay,â Oliver said. âBut we have to do something about this, maybe warn the people about the Sense pills.â
Olivia walked to the table and picked up Oliverâs mask. It felt like it was staring back at her. The horrible look it bore. The infamous skull that represented the face of a dead man. It was a symbolic mark of anonymity that fed off the anger of its wearer.
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