“What part is it that you are suggesting, Harry, and I will play?” Jack asked.
“I am offering you a seat at the top table. You are just the kind of guys I need to maintain order and organise our resources. This is a one-time offer. You’ve seen the state of the country, the task ahead for Genesis Alliance is significant. There’s going to be a long clean-up operation while the infrastructure is repaired or restarted. You can play a significant role in creating our new world, are you in?”
“I want to talk to Jack, in private,” I said.
Ron looked at me seriously.
“I haven’t given any other person the luxury I have afforded you, Harry. You either can be a part of history, or purged from it. The choice is yours. I’ll give you five minutes. If you’re with me, then come through to the kitchen. If you’re not, then leave my house.”
He turned around and walked out of the room.
I stood up, walked to the window, and pulled back the sheer curtains. Armed men were still surrounding the house.
“It looks like we’ve two options,” I said, “we leave the house and probably die. If one or all of us manages to escape, then we’ll probably have a life as a brainwashed labourer — if he even lets us live. The other option is to join him.”
“The only reason to take his deal is to stay alive,” Jack said.
“I agree, Jack. At first, I didn’t consider Ron’s offer seriously, but it seems to me that we could work his suggestion to our advantage. We can stay alive, find out more about Genesis Alliance, and take it down from the inside. Shall we take the deal?”
“Guys, there has to be another way,” Lea frantically whispered.
I pulled her up from the couch.
“You want to see Martina, right?”
She nodded.
“Then the only realistic way I can see us getting on top of this situation is if we do what he says. I’m not sure why he’s even giving us an offer though, are you?”
“No, but I guess you’re right.”
“Maybe it’s because we survived the activation, took out a few of his cronies and made it to Monroe with Lea?” Jack replied.
“Yeah, I suppose. What do we gain by going down in a blaze of glory?” I said.
Jack shrugged his shoulders.
“Guys, you’re not serious?”
“I don’t want to spend the rest of my life as a brainwashed labourer, I don’t want Jack getting killed either. Think about Martina.”
“Are you sure there’s no other way?” Lea said.
I could see Jack was thinking, his eyes moved from side to side.
“We’re out of options, let’s go through and see him,” he said.
Lea stepped to one side.
“Just remember, we’ll be driving away in a Ferrari and not in the back of a hearse. That should keep our minds focused,” I said to both of them.
We walked through the entrance at the back of the room, which led into a kitchen. Ron was standing next to what looked like a control panel.
“You’ve made the smart decision,” he said, and then pressed a button on the panel, “Stand down, guys.”
Ron walked over to me and shook my hand.
“Welcome to Genesis Alliance.”
He stepped across to Jack, so I took the opportunity to have a closer look at the control panel. It looked like something designed in the nineteen seventies, much like the décor of his house.
In my peripheral vision, I saw Jack’s arm rise to meet Ron’s handshake. As it carried on in an upwards motion past the height of Ron’s chest, I turned to look.
Jack pulled the trigger.
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