The Circuit: Executor Rising by Rhett C. Bruno

Author:Rhett C. Bruno
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2014-06-09T12:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Faith amongst the Faithless

A week had passed since Sage was recruited, and over that time she did her best to stay relatively secluded. She didn’t stray from the residential district, spending most of each day within Julius’ metal shack praying and trying to rest her body. All the aches and pains from the explosion had pretty much vanished, and even her head felt fine for most of every day. Julius was the only person she had spoken to, though she tried her best not to. Despite her protests he insisted that he would sleep on the floor so that she could have the hammock, but she did her best to avoid any other unnecessary conversations. He was Ceresian after all.

When she was finally alone that morning, she rolled out of the hammock and got on both knees. It was dark, only a sliver of light slipping through the cracks of the shack’s rusty door, which barely clung to its hinges. There was no chance that anybody could see her.

“I am blessed with ground beneath me,” she whispered delicately. Then she extended her arms out and let the tips of her fingers touch the floor. There was a soft scratching noise as her artificial hand grazed slowly across the surface.

“Our Homeworld has been blighted by darkness, but we are the light. Those beside me, those beneath me, and above me. Ours is a collective unconscious, bound to each other and to the soul of the Earth. We are, all of us, shards of that Spirit, never alone as the dark void closes in. This day is yet another test of my conviction, but though the Earth may be wreathed in flame and shadow, she remains within me. May those who have left to join this essence guide my daily endeavors. Redemption is near. May my faith–”

Just as she began mouthing the final stanza in the prayer the shack’s door swung open. She rolled to the side, banging into the hammock, which began to swing as if she had fallen off.

Julius burst into the room, but as soon as he did he threw his hand over his them. “Shit! I didn’t mean.” He took a big step back and closed the door halfway so that he could speak to her behind it.

Only then did Sage look down and realize that she was completely naked. She grabbed the ratty tunic lying in a pile on the floor and threw it over her head.

“Did I make you fall, Agatha?” he asked sounding every bit as embarrassed as Sage was. “I ain’t used to havin’ anyone here.”

“No.” She quickly remembered that the fact that she was naked was the only thing that kept Julius from seeing what she was really up to. “Well, yes. But, it’s…it’s okay.”

“I swear I didn’t see nothing!”

She hoped to the Ancients that he hadn’t. “I believe you. I needed to wake up anyway.”

“Well if you’re up, grab a pill from the cabinet and come outside. You can meet some of the boys we’ll be goin’ to battle with.

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