CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 14

IVY J HERINGER

IVY WAKE UP AND HIS BODY ached a little, it wasn't necessarily pain, more the discomfort you feel when you sleep too much.

— Glad you woke up, daughter.

— Doctor Burke?

He smiled kindly.

I need to tell you a story.

Ivy sat down, drank some water, and listened to the whole story about her relationship with her mother and the whole truth they'd tried to hide from her since she was born.

— That's why I could never feel part of that family... — she said, still wandering in her thoughts.

— The most important thing is that you understand something else much more relevant to all this.

Ivy still hadn't absorbed everything she'd heard, and suddenly...

Was that still not so important?

— Humanity is going to live its greatest calamity in its history, an almost apocalypse is about to happen.

— And what does that have to do with me? —

— You and David can turn this situation around, not now, but in the somewhat distant future.

— Sorry but...

— I know you don't understand... but know that your 'father' wants to create a new human race, free from all diseases, religions, dogmas, philosophies, etc.

— It's impossible for that to happen, people will never accept that...

— I know you disagree with what I'm saying and I understand you, but your father already secretly has a crowd that follows him and shares the same feelings, that includes many heads of state and powerful businessmen, people who own at least two — thirds of the entire world — money in the world so...

— It's a practically lost fight, because at the end of the day, money rules all things...

— In short, that's it.

Ivy was thoughtful for a moment.

— Your baby is doing great — Burke said, trying to change the mood of the conversation.

Ivy smiled gently.

— He's as strong as his father.

Burke nodded.

— Understand, daughter, all is not lost, what we know can change radically, in scientific aspects it will be better for society, in humanitarian aspects, it is practically the end.

Ivy felt the baby kick out of her trance, thinking about everything the doctor was saying.

— And what's your plan?

— Making science and religion work together for the first time in history.

— Because?

— It's simple, one thing needs the other to survive in the new world.

— What if we tried to change it now?

— I already told you, it's impossible... I'm a man of science, if I believed in miracles I'd know that God would already be intervening or would have allowed something to happen to stop it, as I still haven't had any heavenly vision about it, I'm going to work and do everything I can. — that is within my reach and within the reach of science to repair all possible damage.

— But one thing is still unclear…why are you doing this?

— Because I created the weapon that will be used to exterminate the entire human race, and I need to right the wrong, or at least lessen the risks.

IVY WAS THOUGHTFUL for a moment, the doctor was always a sensible person in everything he did, she had known him since she was a child and learned from an early age to trust him and everything he said, but creating that was too much, she even understood that at first the Omega Virus was to fight all kinds of diseases, but due to its instability, it could quickly kill a person, even those who could have a small harmless nodule and live peacefully for the rest of their lives without major worries, but the virus triggered a reaction similar to a nuclear bomb in the human body, it really had to be someone special to survive.

The Doctor. Burke came back to check on the baby, and Ivy felt the first contractions, in a matter of minutes she was on the operating table and had a normal delivery, it was faster than she imagined it would be.

— Congratulations — said Burke — you're a very healthy boy.

Ivy heard her son cry and cried with joy when she took him in her arms, he was the face of his father, which made her very happy not to be able to share the best moment of her life with the man of her dreams.

One day it will be just the three of us... no matter where we are...

She nursed him and then slept for a while.

IN THE DREAM, IVY WAS at Juane's side, which made her happy by the memory of her companion who often made her laugh with his tacky lines and stories about his romances, which at first she didn't believe, but with time she realized that that cafonisse drove some women crazy.

— So — said the doctor as he entered the room — do you already know what you are going to do?

— I don't think I have much choice since David has hibernated.

— I am happy to know that you will embrace the project.

— You still haven't explained the reason for all this to me.

— It's simple, I just want to save my family, you being my daughter, of course, and David is my brother Oscar's son, I have an obligation to save at least those I love most in this life.

— And if I don't accept your proposal?

— David will wake up in the future and not have a…