The Children of the Sun by Christopher Buecheler

Author:Christopher Buecheler [Buecheler, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Unexpected News

“Look who’s finally decided to show up.”

Two glanced over at Leonore, who was still sitting on Naomi’s couch, though now she had borrowed a laptop and was working her way through what looked like an overabundance of unread email. Sasha was out on the balcony, talking with Naomi. Theroen was watching CNN with the volume so low it was inaudible even to Two’s ears.

“Oh, are you still here?” Two replied, affecting a tone of disinterest, and Leonore glowered at her before returning to her email. Theroen turned to watch Two, an expression of mild amusement on his face. Two stepped over and sat down on the arm of the couch next to him.

“Have you come to any conclusions?” he asked.

“Well, I concluded that this shit is crazy,” Two said, and Theroen’s smile widened.

“We’ve had some news,” Theroen said, and Two found herself momentarily annoyed with his preternatural calm. It was impossible to judge from his tone whether the news was good or bad.

“Oh yeah? What’s up?”

“Let’s reconvene the group,” he said, standing up and walking over to the sliding glass door. He tapped on it, gaining Naomi and Sasha’s attention, and gestured back toward Two, who waved at them. Naomi nodded and the two women made their way inside.

“I trust you found whatever it was you were looking for?” Sasha asked, after they had all taken their seats.

“Not really, but at least I feel better,” Two replied. “Anyway, what’s the news? Anything good?”

“It depends on your point of view,” Naomi said. “Kanene is alive. She called me not forty minutes ago.”

“What?!” Two cried. “That’s awesome! Why wouldn’t that be good news?”

“It’s fantastic news,” Sasha said. “It’s just not the real news.”

“I’ll make you guys a deal,” Two said. “I’ll shut up if one of you will just tell me what the fuck is going on.”

“What a change that will be,” Naomi said, but there was a small smile on her face.

“Ha. Ha. Ha,” Two said, but then held her hands up and closed her mouth, waiting for someone to proceed. After a moment, Naomi took up the task.

“The last we saw Kanene, she was dragging Peter’s body away. She pulled him outside the building, stopping to fight off soldiers trying to kill her. I don’t know how she did it, but she eventually broke through and got his body to an alley. It was there that she was able to determine that there was nothing she could do for him. It hurt my heart to hear the loss in her voice.

“She left his body on a rooftop, and I have promised her we will go and take care of him. She had planned on rejoining the fight, but by that time the cathedral was burning and the streets were full of people. She remained on the rooftop, watching, and when the Children began to disperse, Kanene followed them, moving over the rooftops. After several blocks they reached their vehicle. You won’t believe this, Two, but she literally leapt into a parked cab and did the ‘follow that car!’ routine.

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