MAN FROM TOMORROW (EPISODE 111)

EPILOGUE

Martin woke up in the jeep that had earlier carried him and Norman. He turned his neck to see that Anita was driving the vehicle.Martin remembered that he had pointed in the direction of the vehicle before he passed out. Anita must have carried him to the Jeep and drove away from there. Poor thing. How much she had suffered! She said no words to either console or just do light talk to Martin. It was like watching a ghost drive.

Martin could only imagine that the site of the explosion would by now be swarming with military men and Federal agents.

After some time of haunting silence, Anita spoke-“where do we go from here?

“Where do we go from here?” This was exactly the question Martin did not have an answer to.

So much had happened over the last few days that it was difficult to comprehend whether they were out of danger or were hurtling towards another. It appeared on the outset that the danger was over. But come to think of it, Martin had done things that were criminal in the eyes of law.He could go to the press now.But where would that leave him or Anita? He had no evidence except for the flash drive. 

Yes! The flash drive. Martin felt his pocket for the flash drive. He could make out a smooth contour among the plethora of aches that was his hand.He held the flash drive in his hands. It was in the nick of time that he had snatched away the flash drive from the fallen General. It contained the secrets to unlocking the tremendous potential of an advanced Human, a Superhuman, the Man from Tomorrow. But it also had within it the seeds of destruction of the present Human race; A human race to which Martin and Anita belonged. If Martin went public, the contents in the flash drive would no more be a secret. What if other governments or corporations lay their hands on this secret? Some of them would have no qualms in unleashing an army of Superhumans on ordinary humanity. 

If Martin chose not to go public, He and Anita might have to be on the run, perhaps in perpetuity. Martin knew he could create a new identity for himself and Anita with some difficulty. But then they would have to live a life in hiding. Could Anita do it?

Even if he went public, there was no ruling out that their life would be in danger. More so, as then the whole world would know of this mess. More unwanted attention would be attracted to the ‘Superhuman’ issue. It could even start a competition among nations to create the ultimate ‘Superhuman’. Something akin to the arms race, or the space race of yesteryears. Whole nations would pour resources, overtly or covertly to develop Superhumans. And scientists there may not be morally inclined to limit the Superhumans just to space.

Or Martin could use the flash drive as a bargaining chip with the Pentagon to barter the safety and security of Anita and himself. But they would never see it as a bargain. On the contrary, they would view it as blackmail.They would try to hunt him and Anita down. And they would somehow try to get their hands on the KEY to the DIOXIN LOCK. And once they had THE KEY, all that Martin,Anita,Antonio,Norman, and Kevin had gone through would come to a naught.

(To Be Continued Tomorrow...)

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