MAN FROM TOMORROW (EPISODE 107)

Anita screamed and turned away.

General Richardson shot all four men in an orderly fashion, and then turned to Martin, holding the gun out to him. Martin said nothing.

The General did not stop there-"How many of my soldiers spilled their blood for this great country of mine? And it's the right of those who spill their blood to decide the fate of their nation."

Martin noticed how the General emphasized that the country was "mine". 

"Give me what I want, you and the girl can leave. We will leave you alone indefinitely," he paused, and turned to aim the gun at Anita, whose face was red from crying. She cried out when the gun was pointed at her. "But if you don't, she will be the first to die."

Martin looked around the room in search of something he could use as a way out. There wasn't much he could do.He had the flash drive containing the‘KEY’ to the DIOXIN LOCK. He looked back to the General, who must have known he was trying to find a way out; there was a victorious smirk on his lips.

"Give it to me," the General held out his hand.

Martin was not sure that they would be safe even if he handed over the ‘key'. Martin pulled the stick out of his coat and held it in his hand.He slowly got up to his feet.

"Let Anita go first." General Richardson scoffed.He signalled to the men holding Anita to let her go. She stumbled forward, dazed, and ran toward Martin. When she was close to him, he tossed the stick to the General. He caught it with ease, and held it up between his fingers with a wide grin on his face.

"Thank you for your cooperation," he said, and then turned to face away from him and Anita, who embraced him and sobbed into his chest. Martin wanted to comfort her, but now wasn't the time. He'd gotten her back, but no matter what General Stanley said; neither of their safety was yet guaranteed. The general gave the pen drive to an armed man who went inside.Probably to verify its contents. The general was clearly in no mood to let them off without verifying the contents of the drive.

"Why are you doing all this? Killing on your whim.I can understand you killing a man who is not from your country in war. But there is peace and we are civilized people. Why are you taking the law into your own hands?" Martin asked.

The General was eyeing Martin with a look of contempt in his eyes-"Did you ever fight in a war? I guess not. Your generation and those after have forgotten what it is to be in a war. Your generation has even forgotten Vietnam and the sixty thousand Americans who died there, defending freedom and your way of life." The general pointed a finger at Martin. 

The general continued, walking around a table, back and forth."You know what the Vietcong did to those US soldiers who were captured alive? They would torture them slowly for days on end. Just for the heck of it."

(To Be Continued Tomorrow...)

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