90 Liberation (2/2)
Zed took a seat around a round black table while two droids served him the breakfast consisting of blueberry coffee cake, herbed egg-potato, tomato-zucchini strata, and olives along with fruits and coffee.
He took a bite from the cake while gazing at the waterfall. There were times when he relished breakfast alone and one such time was now.
As he cherished the breakfast and the scenary, he couldn't but help think of a certain event long before he gained the cosmic power.
”Veronica...you were right about the dreams,” Zed muttered with a smile, ”Thank you for the eternal wisdom.”
Zed silently completed his breakfast accompanied by no one but the memories...
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Southern Hemisphere.
A dune spanned for ten thousands of miles. The strange part of the dune was it was red like blood.
For more than a century, this dune has been known as Blood Dunes. According to popular legends, originally there used to be a kingdom here.
The fall of meteorites changed the geography of this place in the year 1900. Almost a million died under the pressure of the meteorite and their blood transformed into the sand.At least that's the general belief in this place.
In the present, this land served as a home to mutant reptiles.
Swoosh~
A large hovercraft passed through in a high speed avoiding the attacks of mutated scorpions and lizards.
The hovercraft's speed lowered as it reached the boundary of the dunes now that the attack of mutated reptiles stopped.
”No signs of the bastards from the government,” A silver-haired woman on the pilot seat said.She was in the early twenties with spider bites piercing on her lips.
”Alina, well done,” A snake-man said, ”Your father will be proud to have such a good daughter.”
”Count Viper, I'm just doing my job,” Alina left her seat and looked at seven men who were next to Viper.
”Are you worried about them?” Viper asked.
”Not really,” Alina replied, ”Just feel bad to send them on a suicide mission.”
”It is not a suicide mission,” a man named Rufus refuted, ”It is a mission for liberating the world from oppression.”
”Of course,” Alina apologized to the man, ”I'm sorry for calling it by a wrong name.”
Rufus could feel there was a tinge of mockery in her voice. Before he could reply, Viper gazed at him with his elliptical pupils. Rufus didn't dare speak as his body shuddered under the gaze.
”You will meet the sleeper cells at the city,” Viper then opened a red suitcase, ”Make sure you use this very carefully.”
”Yes, sir,” Rufus eyed the content of the suitcase: a cylindrical glass pod the size of an adult's palm.
Inside the pod, there was a blue liquid constantly seething as if trying to break the glass walls.
”You know the dangers if any accident happens,” Viper said in a stern tone.
”Yes,” Rufus and the other six of his team felt their throats turning dry as they recalled the identity of the blue liquid.
”There are three weeks before the high-rank investigators arrive at the city,” Viper repeated the details he has shared previously, ”You don't have to carry out the mission just after they arrive. Bid your time even if it takes months because I am sure the investigators would stay in the city for at least a year.”
”Understood, sir,” Rufus and others shouted in unison
”Remember you will have only one chance to kick the government in their guts,” Viper's gaze passed on each member of the team, ”Make sure they feel the pain forever.”
The team nodded their heads.
”Go and do your best for world's liberation,” Viper said as the hovercraft landed on a green prairie at the border of Blood Dunes, ”Ignite the world with the flames of revolution.”
”We will not disappoint you!” Rufus swore as he along with the team left the hovercraft in bikes.
Alina looked on as the team rushed off in the prairie. She then gave a glance to Viper next to her. He was carrying a hideous smile on his face.
”Some liberation it would be,” Alina once again looked at the departing team and sighed inside in disappointment, ”Fools rushing towards their deaths.”
Alina shook off her head and returned to the controls of hovercraft. She turned it around to start the journey back home...