Glitch by Toasha Jiordano

Author:Toasha Jiordano [Jiordano, Toasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-23T22:00:00+00:00

After feeding Mrs. Anderson and finally getting Brooks home and in his own bed, I dragged myself to my room and dropped onto the soft inviting sheets. It may not have been dark yet, but it was definitely bed time, or so my bones told me.

Without thinking, I clicked on the PodMate, letting the sound of Fox’s voice carry me into the sweet beyond.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I have no words to describe the horrors I’ve seen since the Glitch. Every day surprises me more with the carnage, not only toward our physical selves, but to each other’s personal selves as well.

“But this. This is the worse catastrophe I’ve seen in the four years I’ve tried to stay on the air for you. I’m disgusted by my fellow man.”

Bolting upright, I rubbed my eyes, sleep fading. I turned up the volume and sat still, hugging my pillow.

“For those of you just joining us tonight, there have been reports of riots. Protesters for the Truth Movement have broken into GSA Headquarters. They’re destroying government property, and worse. My sources tell me they’ve taken hostages and are killing them off, one by one, at the top of the hour. We have just fourteen minutes until 7p.m. How many more people have to die in this monstrous situation before we learn to treat each other with respect?”

//Are you listening?// I transmitted to Howie.

//Yeah what’s this about?//

//I don’t know. I just laid down. He said hostages.//

//It’s crazy Synta. He’s right. Every day I get more worried about the kids. Mom’s so bad now.//

//Sshh. Don’t think about that right now. Do you want to turn it off and just go to bed?//

//No, I have to see what’s happening. Pettine’s still out there.//

//She’s not near the GSA, Howie. You don’t have to —//

//We don’t know where she is Syn. She was protesting on campus long before the Glitch. We just don’t know.//

//Alright, alright.//

I turned the PodMate up a bit more and Fox’s voice filled the room. “If you’re a Truther and you can hear me, I’m chipping on Public Channel 3 also. I want someone from your organization, your leader, to chip in to me so we can try to end this peacefully.

“Anyone with contacts inside the Truth Movement please get me someone. We have to stop this madness. You can’t treat your fellow man like this. Those aren’t just government drones you’re killing. They have families. We’ve tried so hard to rebuild from the desolation that was left after the Glitch, and now this?”

I turned the volume back down, unable to listen a moment longer. //Pettine would never be part of this, Howie. You don’t have anything to worry about.//

//I know. I can’t imagine her doing something like that. But I have to keep listening just in case. I have to know.//

I sighed, verbally and through my chip. I didn’t want to, but in a show of solidarity with Howie, I turned the PodMate back up.

“I think we’ve made contact. I have a chip-to-chip with someone calling himself Luther.

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