Chapter Three
Date: June
15, 2013
Police
sirens. The ambulance arrives. The mayor is contemplating calling in the
military. This has gone on for too long. Three days of rioting. Both Malvin and
Mandek have been thrown into the spotlight, posing opposing solutions to the
leaked information.
Two weeks
ago, information leaked via WikiLeaks stating the hidden agenda behind the “flu
shots” in November. It has been reported that many who received the shot
contracted terminal illnesses. Malvin and Mandek knew that the neighborhood
would not have responded well to the leaked information. The public has openly
refused the compensation offered by the government, and have taken to the
streets, under the leadership of Mandek Xavier.
The T.V. on
the bedroom shelf plays clips from both leaders.
Malvin attempts to appeal to the goodness of human nature
when he calls for love; “The greatest of all virtues is love. Here we find the
true meaning of the Christian faith and the cross… By uniting yourselves with
Christ and your brothers through love you will be able to matriculate in the
university of eternal life. In a world depending on force, coercive tyranny,
and bloody violence, you are challenged to follow the way of love. You will
then discover that unarmed love is the most powerful force in all the world” …
Mandek calls for justice, by any means necessary, “The New
York Journal American, filled its front page on Wednesday with nothing but lies
allegedly giving an account of what took place here last Sunday. And I very
much doubt this person was here. Also, it mentioned that I attacked the other
leaders, which I didn’t do. I didn’t attack anybody but the man who has been
brutal to us. And it isn’t the leaders who have been brutal. They’ve been
victims of brutality. They have been loving you all while you all have been
hating them. So I didn’t attack them. I probably questioned their intelligence
in letting you beat them without fighting back. But I don’t think we attacked
them. In fact, we sent him a telegram, letting him know that if he needed any help,
we’d come on the run. Does that sound like we’re attacking the leaders? No,
we’re telling them that they need some help and we’ll help them. But not
nonviolently…-”
Another clip interrupted Mandeks response. But this one was
live. The mayor of Marie Ville stood in front of a podium surrounded by media.
This must be important.
“I have declared a National Emergency in the City of Marie
Ville, New Jersey. The rioting has gone on for too long, millions of dollars in
property damage has occurred, and lives have been taken. We need military
intervention. The residents of Marie Ville have been warned. Few chose to be
compensated for the error of the medical community, and have taken to the
streets to rebel. This will not continue. The military has been called in to
quell the race riots. We will not allow our city to be destroyed by rebels,
robbed by looters, and tainted with vigilante justice. The compensation still
stands. Those who are infected will receive medical treatment, and the family
of the deceased will also receive compensation. If the rioting does not end by
tomorrow, much harsher measures will be taken to suppress it. Thank you very
much.”
He walks away without taking any questions from the press.
The proposal was not to be disputed, it was an ultimatum.
Rachel Powers turned off the television. Things are only
going to get worse, she thought.
- K.S. Fort
From, "The Civilized N -"
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