Free Revolt 2145 by Genevi Engle Page A

that, the other part of me began to push. The other part of me felt that she'd be caught in a web of outrage and disbelief. That maybe she was a bit too attached to this new found power. This position of self-righteous authority. No matter how much I tried to reason the sides within those mere seconds, my heart was telling me that the side nudging me was going to be right.
         “What are talking about?” she asked.
    “This cult or whatever we want to call it. Maybe we should just free the minds of these kids; take our worries and get out of here.”
    “Why would I want to do that?”
    “What if we we're to get caught?” I asked. “All of this would have went to nothing.”
    “Are you mad?!” she asked. “Look at what we've created and now you want to pussy out of this?!”
    “I'm not cowering Linda. I just want you to run away with me. Let's allow ourselves to get a fresh start.”
    “We don't need a start. This is still the beginning and we are on the way to a massive change.”
    “Something tells me that nothing is really changing.”
    I could feel the shift in Linda's state of emotion. Her eye twitched a bit as she stared at me and as I attempted to predict what she was going to say next. A grin appeared on her face.
    “So what are we going to do?” she asked. “Run away and wait for those fuck heads to eventually catch us?”
    “Then you know what? I'll just go.” I snapped.
    Before I could turn around and leave, Linda gripped my jaw and slammed me against the nearest wall. She glared into my eyes. “Go where?”
    “What the fuck are you doing?”
    “I won't kill you.” Linda then wrapped her hand around my neck. “But once you leave, you are not to come back. Leave the territories.”
         I took the message clearly. I tucked my tail and ran off as quickly as possible. I was afraid of the monster that Linda had become. I was completely indecisive of everything that was going on and now I was distraught that woman that I had fallen in love with had decided to abandon me. Or was she angry that I had actually had abandoned her...
     
    Present
         My mind wandered while I stared out into space, thinking about what was next once we had reached Earth. I heard footsteps growing louder from the back. As I looked behind me at the entrance, I saw Aliza sporting a change of clothes. She was wearing black tactical gear that must have been left behind from the escorts.
         “I think we're ready.” she said. “I'm ready to go back home.”
    As she said that, I saw a blade rip out through her neck, squirting blood onto the nearby wall. A figure pushed Aliza to the floor and then stepped forward into the command center. It was Lucas, holding the large and bloody sharp instrument.
    “Lucas what the hell?!” I said wide eyed, staring at Aliza's body, laying in a pool of blood.
    “Just losing the dead weight on the ship.” he said with a smile.
    “Whatever it is that's going on in that brain of yours, snap out of it.” I said. “We're trying to get us back home. That was the goal.”
    “I'm sane Claire. I'm fully aware of everything that's been going on.”  he explained. “It took me a minute but on the way here I mapped it out pretty easily. I managed to map out exactly who you were. Do you remember my sister, Vita?”
    “That was your sister?”
    “Oh so it does ring a bell?!”
    “Listen. She was supposed to live no matter what her decision was. My partner over reacted.”
    “Oh I know your partner. Once I kill everyone else on this ship, I'll be making my way to her.”
    “There's no need to kill anyone else. Let me assure you that you and I have the same objective.”
    “I don't think so. Unless you were planning on killing yourself.”
    Lucas lunged at me with the blade, attempting to stab me. I gripped his wrist and sent a push kick to his chest and with a swift side kick, I knocked the blade from his grasp. I watched as the blade slid across the way and past the