The Cicada Prophecy: A Medical Thriller - Science Fiction Technothriller by J.R. McLeay

Author:J.R. McLeay
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-10-21T22:00:00+00:00

Later that evening, comfortably ensconced in his apartment overlooking the Hudson River, he threw his surgical gloves and shoes in the building’s incinerator to remove any chance of tracing his body to the scene. Lying back on his sofa and enjoying the view of the placid harbor, he took a moment to reflect on how well his plan had come to fruition—and how soon its effects would be noticed.

25

As he’d expected, Calvin was released from jail on his own recognizance after his arraignment before a magistrate on Thursday. After he plead guilty to charges of disturbing the peace and threatening a police officer, the judge was satisfied he was not a flight risk in view of the fact his son was being held in protective custody. Calvin simply had to pledge not to make any attempts to contact Elias other than through official channels and to reappear for trial at a future date to be determined. Now, three days later, back in the sanctity of his Garden of Eden church, he was preparing to deliver a new sermon—one with a decidedly different tone.

Contrary to his promises before the judge, Calvin had no intention of acquiescing on the hypophysectomy issue and in fact had resolved to enlist the help of his congregation in stepping up pressure on the authorities. This latest development with Elias amounted to a declaration of war—and now it was personal. He was more determined than ever to use every resource at his disposal to fight the system and return his son and the rest of the world to its natural order.

As he watched his congregation stride into his church on Sunday morning like bees returning to their hive, he took a moment to survey the teeming assembly. Now was the time, he decided, to stir them from their complacency and mobilize for a new assault against the enemy. He would no longer be the apologist for his colony. Calvin believed they were just as guilty of blasphemy as any other juvenile and that some day they would all pay the same ultimate price for yielding to the narcissistic temptation of immortality.

Today, he would show them the error of their ways, and a new path to salvation.

“Children of God—” he began, sweeping his outstretched arms over the assembly, “you have all sinned.”

Pausing for several seconds to allow his words to sink in, he shifted his penetrating gaze from one surprised congregant to another.

“You have forgotten what it means to serve your master, for you have taken for granted what He has given, and surrendered to those temptations which He expressly forbade.

“How many of you even know what it means to sin?” he asked angrily.

Everyone in the assembly knew better than to answer his rhetorical question.

“In his covenant with Moses on the holy temple of Mount Horeb, the Lord laid down the laws by which everyone should live, in the form of the Ten Commandments. Who here can honestly say that he faithfully obeys each of these laws?” Calvin demanded, his voice beginning to rise in intensity.

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