8 HOURS BEFORE
"We cannot be living like this in the future"
Tom said with a concerning voice
"What do you mean by that"
Evelyn tries to pull out the pickaxe from an unknown vein.
"We live pretty fine here, other than this place being kinda smoky and and some people collapsing, it's still fine!"
Tom grunts in rage
"ARE YOU HONESTLY SERIOUS WITH THAT!?"
Evelyn frowns.
"Chill out, the fact that we are still standing here proves for that, angryhead."
"I don't want to talk with someone who get abandoned by her husband"
Evelyn walks toward Tom.
"Don't talk about Johnson like that, he just… too dumb to recognize."
"Come on, chill, guys!"
Serena comes, running towards Evelyn and Tom to stop the fight
"Serena, this guy rages out for no reason!"
"YOU SAID WHAT!?"
"Calm, calm down! Tom is furious about this because he cared for me!"
"What!?"
Evelyn stops as she is about to pluck out the pickaxe to attack Tom
Serena shout out.
"Tom and i have married each other and are expecting a child, so that's why he was angry about the conversation!"
"Geez, why don't you tell sooner, Tom?"
"I see you as a bad luck charm."
"Anyways!"
Serena interrupted the conversation.
"Tom thinks that this environment is not suitable for our baby to be born so that is why he is complaining about the environment."
Evelyn replies
"Yeah, yeah that make sense, but what are you gonna do with it. No one is complaining tho. Beside, we don't have anything to face them!"
"Actually, there are some people that is gonna try to protest and help improve the environment."
"Wait really?!"
Evelyn gasped in shock.
Normally, being united in "the barrier" doesn't do well as it was supposed to, as AEGIS'S guard will find out, and they will get punished over it because AEGIS believes that it will riot and result in "The Barrier"s end in death and chaos, that is what they explained to ease the people.
"Are you sure? This is kinda risky, you know that?"
"Um, of course, there are many people who want to try and reach out for a better life for themselves and their child, this is a great opportunity to improve our lifes."
"This is dangerous, don't go, because we live here so I understand people's nature in here, they will not come."
"Even so, it's wrong to give trust to the future!?" Serena shout out..
"But…"
"Alright, if you wanna come, join us at the edge of the barrier over the furthest west! See you tomorrow for the protesting.
..." I will try"
"Nice!, let's go Tom!"
"......"
"That was the final word that Evelyn had heard from them.
She doesn't know what she feels now.
sadness?
yes.
guilty?
yes
enraged?
yes.
Maybe, if she do something, she could change something.
But she doesn't.
But at least she got to learn something from their death.
She had to do something.
Fast.
Quick.
Maybe that could be a death sentence.
But at least she doesn't feel wrong about her decisions.
Packing up her stuff, her shoelaces in
Venture out, there will be no mistake for hesitation.
Confused?
Yes
Afraid of what's going to happen?
Yes
But that's her only way to escape her cocoon.
If the world has decided fate for everyone
Make sure that you don't be regrettable about it.