Sunfire by Dan Kenner
Author:Dan Kenner [Kenner, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Akewnon Books
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When I wake up, itâs only for a moment. The car has stopped at a well-lit building. Lucia calls it a gas-station, and I assume weâre here to get fuel. There are a few other cars, and Lucia says itâs not uncommon for people to be out this late. I immediately think about how they must not have curfews outside of Safety. Lucia and Fred clean out most of the vomit from underneath Charlie and then we are moving again.
As we pull away from the gas station, I look up into the sky to see the stars and moon are still shining. Iâve not seen something this beautiful in my whole life. Turning to look at Charlie, I see heâs asleep again. Susan is still in the same position she was when she passed out however long ago.
I see the sky is lighter outside Charlieâs window and I get nervous again.
âUmââ I say, âhow much longer until we are there?â
The worry must be obvious in my tone, because Lucia stretches her hand over the front seats to put it on my knee.
âWe will be inside long before the sun comes up, Korinne, donât worry,â she tells me.
I think for a moment how odd it is that Iâm letting some unknown woman touch me, but then I realize I have little choice. I figure if she wanted to hurt us, sheâd have done so already.
I laugh internally at this because she literally cut our arms open on purpose. Still, Iâm not scared of her. Since I met her in Safety, thereâs something about her that puts me at ease. That, plus the fact she is also my fatherâs scientist, and he said to trust her. Thatâs enough for me.
Thoughts of my father come flooding in and I sit upright.
âMy dad! Where is my dad?â I exclaim.
Lucia bites her lip. âIâm sorry, Korinne, we didnât have time to get him out too,â she says.
Fred whispers something I canât hear from the driverâs seat, and Lucia nods in acknowledgement.
âWeâll get him back, donât worry, someday weâll get him,â Lucia says.
Iâm not comforted by her words. Tears are welling in my eyes at the thought of my father dead.
âBut heâs going to die, isnât he?!â I realize Iâm almost yelling this as tears stream down my face.
Luciaâs eyebrows shoot up and she shakes her head. Her hand squeezes on my knee, and then sheâs speaking.
âHeâs not going to die, the Creators have him secured for the time being,â Lucia pauses and rubs her eyebrows with her free hand. âNow is not the time to talk about this, you need rest. Just know he is going to be okay, heâs just in the hands of the Creators.â
Once again, her words arenât overly comforting, except for the fact that she said he wonât die. What it means for him to be in the hands of the Creators I donât know, but I try to relax, knowing he wonât die soon.
âSleep,â Lucia commands me.
This time, now that the adrenaline and the idea of my father dying is past, my body responds to the idea of sleep.
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