Keeper of Time by Andre Gonzalez

Author:Andre Gonzalez [Gonzalez, Andre]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781951762087
Publisher: M4L Publishing
Published: 2020-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

21

Chapter 21

Martin and his two guards were back on American soil, hiding out in the bustling city of Miami. There were over 10,000 Road Runners in the city alone, a factor in their decision to hide somewhere with a higher population than the remote islands they had originally planned to bounce around.

Commander Blair again froze time to allow them to travel in peace, and offered to send two of his own soldiers for added protection after hearing of the sneak attack the Revolters tried to carry out in Aruba. Antonio declined, insisting they had matters under control. Plans were also moving forward with the election, and Martin was expected to formally announce his candidacy back in Denver in exactly three days.

The campaign and election night loomed, but were currently the least of their worries. For now they bounced around different Miami hotels every night, but what troubled Martin was seeing Antonio and Everett wandering off to the corner of their hotel rooms, or even stepping outside, to have hushed conversations in private. Martin sensed something was wrong that they didn’t want him to hear about.

That all changed tonight, when Antonio urged them to gather around the TV after he connected his computer for the live Road Runners network feed.

Chip Halsey, the Road Runners’ longest tenured broadcaster, filled the screen with his gray hair slicked sideways, and his deep, green eyes staring into the souls of Road Runners across the nation.

“I wish I could open our show tonight with a simple greeting of ‘Good evening, Road Runners’, but I cannot.” He spoke in a smooth, deep tone that had lulled viewers for decades. “As an organization we are ill, plagued by the poison that has been fed to us over time. We were supposed to be a better group than this, a level above the average human being, but we have fallen into the same traps of division and hate—even when we’re all on the same team.

“Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Speidel is our enemy, a fact that has always been and always will be true. There is no reason for a Road Runner to ever fight another Road Runner, let alone kill one another. We have reached the tipping point of our existence. Maybe this should have been discussed earlier—the signs were certainly present—but it’s too late. This is where we are now. The damage has been done, but we are still hanging on by a thread. We must work together and unite against our enemy. Chris Speidel is responsible for the division we are experiencing. He has turned us against each other, and is sitting in his mansion laughing. He’s a sick man and thinks this is all a game.

“I beg you all to take a long look in the mirror tonight and think about the ugly road we’re headed down. We’re a couple of bad decisions away from becoming no different than the Revolution. Is that the kind of world you want your kids and grandkids, your loved ones, to grow up in? For the moment, we have no commander.

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