pulls up and parks at the other end of the parking lot. “He’s here,” Joseph says.
Sonya sits up, anxious to see what her brother looks like after so many years.
He steps out of the driver’s seat of the car. His soft brown eyes peer at the van. He walks forward with confidence that demands respect which Sonya has never seen before now. She smiles softly, seeing how much he has grown. He’s handsome without an ounce of age on his face and hair. She notices some sort of charm bracelet on his right hand with a long chain. She’s pretty sure there’s a small pendant on the end of it but she can’t tell from her distance.
“Stay here and be patient.”
Sonya nods.
Joseph gets out of the car and stands a few feet in front of the van. Sonya catches a few words as they talk but can’t piece it all together. Joseph’s hands move around and point at Isaac, who just stands there listening and waiting.
Then Isaac quickly waves his hand across Joseph’s face and Joseph flies into a concrete pillar. He brings his hands together as if he is crushing an imaginary object, but he is crushing something for real. The metal of the van begins to twist and bend. The glass of the windows shatters. The tires explode. Sonya calls out to her lost brother.
“Stop, Isaac!” she screams.
Then passenger and driver doors begin to bend. Sonya hops out of her seat and into the back. The driver and passenger side implodes along with the front of the van. She pushes the button to unlock the back door but it doesn’t open. Then she pulls out her sidearm and shoots the area where the locking mechanism is located. She kicks open the door and jumps out.
Just then, the van implodes into a crushed metal ball the size of a golf cart. Sonya aims her sidearm at Isaac. He’s calm yet saddened. It’s obvious to Sonya that it took him little effort to crush that van but now she wonders how she’s going to stop him.
“Willis sent you here to stop me, too?” Isaac says.
“No. I came by myself. They thought you were dead.” She lowers her sidearm. ”I’m here to bring back home, Isaac.”
“You shouldn't have come, Sonya. Go home.”
“You're the only family I have left. It’s not home without you,” she says as tears run down her face. “Everyone important to me is dead... I can’t lose you too.”
“Then you understand and know why I need to do this.” He walks closer to her. “If I can bring back Rahna, I can bring back anyone you want. Your friends, our father.”
His words sink deep into her soul. The thought alone of having her loved ones back brings her joy and pleasure. Then she remembers the citizens of Zone Phi. Innocent people that did not asked to be sacrificed for a woman they don’t know. People with their own lives with loved ones they have lost.
“Don’t listen to him, Sonya.” Joseph stands armed with his bow and arrow aiming at Isaac. She doesn’t remember him taking it with him when he exited the car.
Sonya points her sidearm at Joseph.
“Sonya, what are you doing?” Joseph says, looking at her through just the corner of his eye.
“Sonya, we can bring them back all of them!” Isaac yells. “They don’t have to die!”
Sonya shakes her head. Her eyes fill with tears. “Not at the price of people’s lives,” she tells him.
“People die all the time. Wars. Famine. Disease. How is it any different from what I’m doing?”
“You’ve taken the right to live away from those people, Isaac,” Joseph says, his bow and arrow still aimed at Isaac. “Everyone has a right to live and you blatantly disregard it for your own dreams.”
Isaac then turns his hatred towards Joseph. “Those people were going to die anyway,” he says. “It was only a matter of time. I just expedited their deaths to serve a higher purpose.”
“No more deaths, Isaac... You’re not God.” Joseph draws back the arrow.
“No, but I can be one.”
Then Joseph lets loose the arrow. Sonya fires her sidearm at
Sonya sits up, anxious to see what her brother looks like after so many years.
He steps out of the driver’s seat of the car. His soft brown eyes peer at the van. He walks forward with confidence that demands respect which Sonya has never seen before now. She smiles softly, seeing how much he has grown. He’s handsome without an ounce of age on his face and hair. She notices some sort of charm bracelet on his right hand with a long chain. She’s pretty sure there’s a small pendant on the end of it but she can’t tell from her distance.
“Stay here and be patient.”
Sonya nods.
Joseph gets out of the car and stands a few feet in front of the van. Sonya catches a few words as they talk but can’t piece it all together. Joseph’s hands move around and point at Isaac, who just stands there listening and waiting.
Then Isaac quickly waves his hand across Joseph’s face and Joseph flies into a concrete pillar. He brings his hands together as if he is crushing an imaginary object, but he is crushing something for real. The metal of the van begins to twist and bend. The glass of the windows shatters. The tires explode. Sonya calls out to her lost brother.
“Stop, Isaac!” she screams.
Then passenger and driver doors begin to bend. Sonya hops out of her seat and into the back. The driver and passenger side implodes along with the front of the van. She pushes the button to unlock the back door but it doesn’t open. Then she pulls out her sidearm and shoots the area where the locking mechanism is located. She kicks open the door and jumps out.
Just then, the van implodes into a crushed metal ball the size of a golf cart. Sonya aims her sidearm at Isaac. He’s calm yet saddened. It’s obvious to Sonya that it took him little effort to crush that van but now she wonders how she’s going to stop him.
“Willis sent you here to stop me, too?” Isaac says.
“No. I came by myself. They thought you were dead.” She lowers her sidearm. ”I’m here to bring back home, Isaac.”
“You shouldn't have come, Sonya. Go home.”
“You're the only family I have left. It’s not home without you,” she says as tears run down her face. “Everyone important to me is dead... I can’t lose you too.”
“Then you understand and know why I need to do this.” He walks closer to her. “If I can bring back Rahna, I can bring back anyone you want. Your friends, our father.”
His words sink deep into her soul. The thought alone of having her loved ones back brings her joy and pleasure. Then she remembers the citizens of Zone Phi. Innocent people that did not asked to be sacrificed for a woman they don’t know. People with their own lives with loved ones they have lost.
“Don’t listen to him, Sonya.” Joseph stands armed with his bow and arrow aiming at Isaac. She doesn’t remember him taking it with him when he exited the car.
Sonya points her sidearm at Joseph.
“Sonya, what are you doing?” Joseph says, looking at her through just the corner of his eye.
“Sonya, we can bring them back all of them!” Isaac yells. “They don’t have to die!”
Sonya shakes her head. Her eyes fill with tears. “Not at the price of people’s lives,” she tells him.
“People die all the time. Wars. Famine. Disease. How is it any different from what I’m doing?”
“You’ve taken the right to live away from those people, Isaac,” Joseph says, his bow and arrow still aimed at Isaac. “Everyone has a right to live and you blatantly disregard it for your own dreams.”
Isaac then turns his hatred towards Joseph. “Those people were going to die anyway,” he says. “It was only a matter of time. I just expedited their deaths to serve a higher purpose.”
“No more deaths, Isaac... You’re not God.” Joseph draws back the arrow.
“No, but I can be one.”
Then Joseph lets loose the arrow. Sonya fires her sidearm at
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