Safe (Fiction of the Apocalypse)
Thursday, 5 June 2014 09:00Begin: The Psychic Wakes
Previously: Next
The psychic was sleeping now. Greta watched her with the two guards.
“We're taking steps to protect her family.” She didn't look at them as she spoke; her eyes stayed on the monitors. The girl was so young, by Greta's standards; even by humans standards she was still a ways from adulthood. “If - when - things get truly bad, we'll bring them here, if we can.”
“Couldn't she go home, even for a little while?” Aury had grown very fond of the child. They both had.
Greta shook her head. “Here is the safest place for her. For all three of you.”
Aury's lip was turning red from the application of teeth. “Then what she's said... It's likely true?”
“She is the most accurate, the most specific, and the most encompassing of the psychics we've been following - but everything she's said has been verified by at least two other sources, at least in broad generalizations.”
Peri swallowed. Aury swallowed. The two of them shared a glance. “You were saying about families...?”
“This bunker can safely and comfortably hold fifty people. The two of your and the girl have priority at up to ten people each.”
“I think I need a day off...”
“Me, too.”
Previously: Next
The psychic was sleeping now. Greta watched her with the two guards.
“We're taking steps to protect her family.” She didn't look at them as she spoke; her eyes stayed on the monitors. The girl was so young, by Greta's standards; even by humans standards she was still a ways from adulthood. “If - when - things get truly bad, we'll bring them here, if we can.”
“Couldn't she go home, even for a little while?” Aury had grown very fond of the child. They both had.
Greta shook her head. “Here is the safest place for her. For all three of you.”
Aury's lip was turning red from the application of teeth. “Then what she's said... It's likely true?”
“She is the most accurate, the most specific, and the most encompassing of the psychics we've been following - but everything she's said has been verified by at least two other sources, at least in broad generalizations.”
Peri swallowed. Aury swallowed. The two of them shared a glance. “You were saying about families...?”
“This bunker can safely and comfortably hold fifty people. The two of your and the girl have priority at up to ten people each.”
“I think I need a day off...”
“Me, too.”