CHAPTER 97

CHAPTER 97

SUDDENLY, MARIA stops for a moment rolled her eyes and Sandro found that bizarre, a few seconds later she returned to normal.

— Are you okay?

'For now, yes, but the Führer fired the weapon.

— How did you trigger the gun?

— We can only hope that John manages to activate the code I gave him and change the route of the beam that will be fired.

— But if he's there, he can stop the gun, can't he?

— Sandro, nothing can stop the gun once it's fired.

— You can predict the future, Maria, you can do something about it.

— The fact that I have help doesn't mean I have to change things from what they will be, Sandro, I'm not God and I don't believe in a kind of divinity like this that plays with human beings as if they were Chinese shadow puppets.

— I should know that when we have the power to help people, we should do it, no matter what price we have to pay.

— Don't talk to me about price until you know the price I paid, Sandro Palmeira.

She turned around, seemed to think about something for a moment, the doors closed and the ship began to take off.

— I'd tell you to buckle up, but you don't have to here.

THE TRIP WAS GOING FINE when they arrived in Berlin, so Maria received a telepathic message again, this time Sandro realized that the perfect aircraft had a serious problem when his guide was not conscious.