Going Gone
Going Gone
Author: Abraham Lopez
Desc: What is a single life worth? In our modern world where wars are on the cusp of igniting at a moment’s notice new diseases ravage entire populations and hidden atrocities erase the lives of thousands what can the death of a single person mean? It can mean the tenuous line between peace and destruction. Kurt Ramis knows this as he watches the aftermath of an assassination on his television set. His years in the CIA have prepared him for such a dreadful day. “Rasul” knows this as he follows his young guide down the streets of New York City with a gift for his adopted country. The soldiers and sentries of Camelot’s Corridor deep under the sands of Texas know this as they prepare the secret bunker for the President’s arrival. Mike Keogh knows this as he remembers fallen friends betrayals and mention of a secretive monster named the Tangerine Demon. Jessie Rosen will know it soon enough as she descends the steps to Kubrá to meet her deliverer. Her new family descends those steps as well calling for their Lord to hear their prayers. Phil Barr begrudgingly knows this as he cowers in his palatial Hollywood Hills mansion murderers and thugs auditioning on live TV sirens ringing in his ears. This wasn’t how his charmed life was supposed to turn out. And DaRWIn knows this best of all as it predicted the assassination and the calamitous after-effects some time ago. On a certain day on a certain street in the Middle East the taking of a single life will mean everything and it will shake the foundation of humanity. It will be the pulling of a loose strand in mankind’s tapestry undoing the progress of a thousand years ripping apart at the seams countless lives countless societies. Intertwining lives and stories some saved and some ended some Going some Gone…