CHAPTER 48

CHAPTER 48

DAVID HERINGER

DAVID Woke up wondering if this was all a dream, as the shock of Ivy's death had been too much for his head. This was the same room in which he had slept for many years with his beloved, but when he felt the icy, pure air of that new world puncturing his lung, he realized that nothing he had seen and heard had been a dream — not even a nightmare of his own. which he couldn't wake up.

David looked at the holographic disk, and felt that it was time he knew the truth, or at least...

A little bit of truth...

Since even he didn't want to know the truth so he wouldn't have to be even more disappointed in being a human — whether all that has happened is worthy of a human being.

He followed the instructions correctly.

When the device turned on, it was the image of old Dr. Carlisle Burke who appeared saying:

— Hello David, welcome to the 31st century, I hope everyone is treating you well... as you see, I am a recorded program, which has the right answers to the right questions, in addition to the history that only you should know, only you must be the bearer of truth in this new world.

David thought about asking the right question, finally asked:

— Why was I chosen?

The hologram said:

— I already answered that question, but if you insist…

DAVID HAD BEEN CHOSEN because he was the most complete man on the face of the earth — which left him with a question mark the size of his imagination — but the hologram completed its explanation by saying that David had been chosen because he was a Christian. born, not religious, not accusing people for not wanting God in their lives, and this is a virtue that very few people have.

David considered himself a Christian yes, he believed in Jesus Christ, but he was far from being called a born Christian, he didn't even like going to church, how could he be called that?

What does that madman mean by that? — He thought.

But the hologram told David not to worry, as he would find out the answers to his questions soon...

— After all — continued the hologram — being YOU the only Christian in the world, it will be simple to know the answer.

That's what the hologram answered, ending David's first question.

Instead of clarifying, David was even more confused.

What the hell did I get myself into this time… — he thought to himself — the only Christian in the world?

Even without asking the question, the hologram said yes, but that was a question that should be answered after another question.

Because?

David asked the question that the hologram proposed, and he began his narrative to the past, explaining...

WHEN WILLIAN CARLISLE BURKE was finishing college, he discovered a deadly virus — only for people who suffered from some degenerative disease, such as AIDS, Cancer, Meningitis, among others... or, for those who were prone to having some disease. like these. Carlisle Burke tested it for years on lab rats and the research was a tremendous success. Despite being a top secret research.

When Charles told Catherine about his discovery William appeared again in her life and said he would kill them for their betrayal, with that, Catherine offered the Omega Virus in exchange for their lives.

With Carlisle's affair with Catherine, and his interest in the new discovery he had about them, William, instead of killing them, blackmailed him into taking the research and began secretly working on a project called "RessuReich", where only — pure— people would survive the Great and True Holocaust.

Only Carlisle Burke knew who the real person was behind it all — it was David's own father-in-law — but no one besides him knew that William Johnson was Adolf Hitler's bastard grandson.

An affair he — Adolf Hitler — had with an American who was a spy in Nazi Germany. Ivy's grandfather didn't know he was Hitler's son, but William discovered his parentage through his grandmother's last breath, when she confessed to the rape. What could have been a thought that would plague little Will's life for the rest of his life, turned into an obsession with the life of his ancestor, who wanted to dominate the world.

Johnson decided that this legacy had been left to him.

William Johnson had contact with the biggest businessmen from all over the planet and knew who would be in favor of his taking power.

At last the dream of his — family — would come true.

The perfect race was not the Aryan race. Johnson realized that the perfect race were the best of each race, the pure-blooded ones, the ones who wouldn't die from having their killer within themselves.

It was when Johnson married Catherine, daughter of a wealthy businessman — who was the first victim of the Omega-Virus, Johnson knew that his father-in-law was suffering from cancer. He injected a single drop of the Omega Virus into his coffee, enough to kill him and take over his wife's entire inheritance, and thus start his glorious empire.

Contrary to what everyone thought, Ivy's brothers weren't that ignorant and stupid, they were way too smart. Their father forbade them to be unnecessarily attention — grabbing people, they needed a disguise, so they would be — problem boys — wherever they went, so when their father died, they could take over the Noah's Ark project and create a humanity. perfect, without suffering from AIDS, Cancer, or any disease they could have, after all, pure science condemns treatments, because it makes the species weak, it is a sacrifice for the good of humanity.

Victor and Ted took over the project head on, trained by the best experts in the world since they were kids — while everyone else thought they were just plotting what their next targets would be.

Their next target was almost the entire human race, at least the weak and sick, which were the majority.

Unfortunately the Omega Virus had no cure, it killed people in a few seconds — nine hundred seconds on average. The virus also accelerated the process of decomposition of the body, which would help them not need to bury people — since the idea was to leave only humans fit for a new perfect world, since they were perfect human beings capable of recreating a new world. completely different, without wars, without religion to corrupt the human soul, without demonstrations in times of crisis, without unemployment, without pollution.

The concept of burying someone was also archaic for that new society, no one needed to idolize someone, with atheistic thinking, they knew that with someone's death, everything would end there.

The idea of creating a world new was good, after all, it slowed down the destruction of the human race, they managed to solve the problem of the ozone layer in less than two hundred, global warming, glaciers at the poles, oil and drinking water.

Everything was working out until the killing started to such a critical point that it got completely out of control. Of the seven billion people that existed in the world, just over six hundred million survived, apart from the terrestrial fauna that was almost extinct, and the few that remained ended up transforming into new races. With the exception of marine animals, from which the Omega Virus, for some unstudied reason, did not mix with the salt water of the oceans, the other species suffered as much as the human race.

After the virus had completely dissolved, the second part of the initial project began — Reconstruction. They called this project — NEHEMIAH —, since Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in fifty-two days, and they wanted to rebuild the world in fifty-two weeks.

It wasn't easy, but they managed to regroup the remaining human beings in a year in a single city of each chosen country, they were the countries that were in favor of the Noah's Ark project, thinking that they would benefit without knowing that the vast majority of those who made the decisions would die from the virus.

People became aware that this should be the last war of all, but it wouldn't be...

Then began the third and final phase of the project, which was called "WITCH HUNTING".

Thousands of people rebelled against the churches, mainly against Christians and Muslims for being the beliefs that had killed the most people during history.

The excuse was that they were giving them back the Middle Ages and Luther's Protestant division, only this time the payback would be for the entire human race for the forced Christianity they wanted to impose on them. They wanted revenge on all victims of religious ignorance imposed by the Popes and the followers of Martin Luther, who killed countless people claiming that they were witches just because they were different.

The slaughter was enormous, there was no place in the world where Christians could hide. Everything was done via satellite, any meeting they tried to have was discovered, nor was Nero's pursuit as cruel as this one.

Nero only increased Christianity, while the Witch Hunt project finally managed to eliminate all that mob once and for all — millions of bibles were burned in public squares, along with their leaders, who were burned for what they most believed in.

Countless cities became large cemeteries, the vast majority of Christians were crucified — in the same way as Jesus, Peter and Andrew –, with crosses of three shapes (normal, upside down and in the shape of an x), to show everyone Christians that — their God— was not as powerful as they thought.

It was at this moment that David discovered that his parents and sister were among the first martyrs of the New World.

David watched the death of his own parents through Burke's hologram, they didn't deny their faith to the end, they died as many apostles died, not only they but Jennie and her family were also cowardly killed.

David listened carefully to what Dr. Burke said, every phase of humanity and its atrocities.

Victor and Ted died already very old and satisfied with their achievements, they finally managed to fulfill their great purpose.

David's hatred increased even more when he learned that Jennie had been the first woman to assume the presidency of the United States of America, but that she had been killed by William himself in the public square, declaring the New World Order. She would be the last person to rule the old world. William shot Jennie in the head and every member of her family in a public square, in front of thousands of viewers, and then burned them.

It was chaos itself settling in the world.

They preached that this was necessary to be able to maintain the New Order, since there would be no more presidents ruling the people, they were finally free, and that's really what happened.

David had been happy to see that her parents had given Jennie the best education they could, and that she had fulfilled all her dreams, and died believing in their ideals. Jennie was the fruit of her promise to Charles Wilburn, and she was happy to fulfill it, even if only indirectly.

Carlisle Burke disappeared five years after the death of David's parents, gone at the age of ninety. His whereabouts were completely unknown to everyone, no one knew what happened to him.

Although everyone in the world was monitored via satellite, Burke's disappearance was a mystery to this day.

Likewise William Johnson, the last account of his appearance was ten years after the installation of the New World Order.

AFTER DAVID HEARS EVERYTHING carefully, Dr. Norman Brandy walked into his room like he was a ghost clapping his hands with an extremely wide, devilish grin on his face, it was the first time David had seen him smiling, and he realized he hated that fake Machiavellian smile like the devil must hate the cross.

Norman Brandy said he was touched by the whole thing — Brandy was sarcasm itself — he even pretended to wipe a tear from his left eye.

David understood absolutely nothing of the why that — that annoying guy was laughing.

Brandy started talking before David could ask anything.

— It took David… — he began his story — the world needed to start over from scratch, it was like the very Jesus you believe had told Nicodemus, to be born again.

— Who are you to talk about Jesus? — David said with an uncontrollable fury in his eyes and especially in his speech.

Norman Brandy motioned for David to calm down.

— I know all about the Jesus you believe David, but Jesus is part of history now, dead and buried, just like the Greek gods, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and everyone else who made history in the past. Christianity ended Greek and Roman culture, and now it was necessary to end Christian culture as well.

— Everything has its time... — Brandy said ironically — Isn't that what Solomon said in Ecclesiastes, David?

David agreed with the quote, but not in that context, it was too wild to be like him, to accept it all as if it were normal...

An innocent child's game...

Norman Brandy said that that — new generation— would one day end too...

— One day there will come another generation David, who will do something even worse... for the sake of the new humanity, with the Greeks, Romans, Christians, with the descendants of Hitler, now we just need to know when the new generation will begin.

— Do you really want to know the truth David?

Asked Norman Brandy after two hours of trying futilely to show David the advantages of this new world.

— You have nothing to lose.

David wanted to know the truth that Norman Brandy believed, more out of curiosity than learning.

— You are part of this truth, it was necessary for a Christian to see and live in this New World to understand that God does not exist, if He really did exist, He would have freed His children from all that, you are fortunate to have been the chosen person who did not needed to be tested by the Omega Virus to know if it was a pure person. I'm sure Burke's choice, he wouldn't send to the future that he created someone who wasn't worthy to see the greatest spectacle created by the human being.

As much as David wanted to jump on that little doctor 's neck, he just watched in silence, smiled, tapped him on the shoulder and walked quietly out the door without having said anything at all, after all, it wouldn't do any good, without seeing on his face was his expression that should probably be one of frustration. The expression of satisfaction from speaking proudly about the beauty of your New World, but without convincing anyone of that.

David had learned from his parents that at times we had to be like Jesus, who was silent for the cross, knowing that it was God's will:

But what was God's will in his life? — It was the question that gnawed at David inside...

Why all that? Because?

When David was at the door of the building, he was called by Norman Brandy, David's will was to continue as if no one had called him, but out of politeness he looked back.

Brandy said:

— I'm not done yet, David.

David kindly asked him to continue later, after all, he had plenty of time to know things he didn't want to know.

Brandy apologized for the excitement and re-entered the elevator, while David went on his way… he just didn't know which way to go.

It just went ahead.

WHEREVER DAVID WALKED, laughter and more laughter were given to him, after all, David was the only man in the world who still had hair, it would be like going back to the time of David, that if a monkey walked the streets pretending to be human, without a shadow of a doubt they would laugh at him too. David's hair fell to his neck, like all rockers of his time.

But David also laughed at the eggheads he saw walking the streets, so it was all on a par.

David was impressed by the beauty of the women — not to say perfection, that was the more proper word — despite the fact that they were pretty much alike. The vast majority of women had snow— white skin and light eyes, a perfectly shapely body — there were no ugly women and no obese, skeletal men, people with skin problems...

David immediately remembered Juanes.

He told himself that Juanes would be the happiest man in the world if he were in his place, he would quickly forget the tribulation that she had to put up with every night lying in his bed, and would happily go on a spree.

That was Juane's world, not his...

Really, Juanes would be the happiest man in the world there, since he didn't know true love, but he...

David kept imagining what his life would be like apart from Ivy, he had had such an empty life before he saw her that night when he didn't have a penny in his pocket and that he bet Juanes that he could win her — since they were both looking for the same thing...

Love...

David also remembered that many people managed to regain happiness in the arms of other people, but there it was impossible, no one believed in love anymore, people had sex for sport, to have children, and above all, it had to be a child. perfect, otherwise the son would be burned.

It was a cruel reality in that world, and above all, the songs were terrible, they were electronic songs with no head or tail.

David was against electronic music, he didn't even call it music, since it wasn't played by any musical instrument.

David listened to some radio stations in London. Bands that still played with instruments. It was at that exact moment that he decided to himself:

I'm going to London, that's not my world, but if there's a corner that I might adapt to, it's there...

The last time David was there, he recorded his biggest hit, maybe this time he'll find something that catches your eye too.

DAVID WAKE UP IN HIS APARTMENT completely confused by everything that had happened, he didn't know if it had all been a dream or the purest reality, but luckily he didn't find Norman Brandy again — which was a relief — after all, David needed peace at that moment, he wanted to meditate alone on his future. There was not his world, but since he had to adapt to it, he should be like a warrior, after all, his father would not agree if he gave up, he would tell him to kneel locked in his room and ask God for direction.

That's exactly what David did.

DAVID PICKED UP AGAIN the holographic disc that Dr. Burke had made it for him and turned him on.

The hologram thanked you for looking for him and asked:

— How can I help you, David Heringer?

David asked almost the same question:

— What can you help me with? — I don't have any questions formed at the moment, but I need your help...

The holographic Burke laughed and said:

— That's a good question, David… it indicates that you're starting to find your way to your answers.

David ignored that ridiculous comment and asked the hologram to continue bluntly.

Burke said that when David was hibernated he was a millionaire because of his tours. His songs and re-recordings, and his wife's books, and that now:

How much 'those' millions would not have yielded in a thousand years?

David was startled by the news, now he knew he could make his trip peacefully, and use that resource for something worthwhile.

Burke's hologram said:

— I wish you good luck in your new endeavor.

Before hanging up, Burke's hologram said that in the same bank were some things David would need in his quest, they were some gifts from loved ones left for him.

The hologram turned itself off.

Norman Brandy walked in right away and said:

— Congratulations David... I like your style and your daring to start a new venture without even knowing where to start...

David suspected he was being watched from the start — since everything he did, Norman Brandy was always two steps ahead of him — but David wasn't worried about that anymore, he just didn't want him to get in his way again.

— I'm so sorry — Brandy said, — I'd forgotten about that little detail... the money.

Even though, in that world of hypocrites, money is everything-just as it was in his day and before him too-you could see the truth in Norman Brandy's eyes, Brandy was so excited to show the advantages of his new world that had completely forgotten to tell David that he was integrally part of that new world.

David didn't even worry about that, he just said goodbye to him and left with a backpack on his back.

— Do you already know where you're going?

David said:

— I'm going to Europe, more specifically London, I feel that there I can start a new life in this new world. America is too weird for me, maybe London is the best at the moment.

Norman Brandy nodded in agreement.

— I wish you good luck, I hope to see success on your journey.

— Luck is the chance of fate — said David — for an atheist as conservative as you, I don't believe you're really talking about the stars, which for many in my time are considered gods.

Norman smiled kindly and said.

— I just wanted to be kind, after all, everyone needs friends...

David nodded, uninterested in continuing the small talk and left not knowing he would never return to America again.

As soon as David left, Norman took off his mask and smiled to himself, picked up his transmitter, and turned it on.

— All according to plan, Dad — He turned off the transmitter.

DAVID ARRIVED AT THE WORLD BANK — which had to go through the retinal and digital reader device — everything went very smoothly.

The manager attended to David in the most cordial way in the world, after all, he was the richest man in history now, finally the owner of those quadrillions of dollars appeared — if that figure really existed.

David just wanted the key to his drawer and the card.

The manager said he wouldn't need a card, as all bills would be paid only by the retinal scanner, it was the safest way to carry cash in those days — despite the zero crime rate — as there were no longer prisons.

The New World Order believed that jail only served to professionalize a criminal, so if the crime was small, he would spend years providing community services, if it was a crime of armed robbery, they cut off one of his hands and with the other served until he killed himself, and if it was a crime of murder, his life was taken.

Simple and objective...

David could never agree to something so savage, even though the Mosaic law is not that different.

DAVID OPENED HIS DRAWER and there he found the bible that had belonged to his father — with a letter inside — and also the watch Ivy had given him on their last wedding anniversary.

The letter from her parents read like this:

— Dear David...

The Doctor. Burke came looking for us and explained what happened. We wanted to say that we agree with his attitude, despite the immeasurable longing we miss you, we are very proud.

We wanted you to know that your name will always be in our prayers, and may God guide you to the path He wants you to follow...

Remember that we often hear God's voice in silence, don't wait for the sky to open, for the stars to form a letter, don't wait for an angel to knock on your door, do His will without even understanding, don't seek the God's "why", always look for the next exit, I know you have a bright future.

We always knew that you were chosen for a purpose greater than we can understand, and that you grieved so much over the loss of Ivy, just as we grieved when we lost your brother and when we thought we had lost you too, but the Lord's thoughts are higher. than our thoughts.

Always remember everything we teach you, and put into practice everything that God made you to be, we are fine, the struggles have always taught us that as long as we have battles to fight, it is because our God still has victories to put in our hands, we don't know what awaits you in the future, but know that even if you were the only one who believed in God in the world, God would bless the world because of you, never forget that, maybe you don't want to believe in God, but remember someone has to speak, otherwise the stones will speak for you David...

Don't let the best in you die.

Also remember that your father and I never stopped, we always knew that we would die preaching the gospel of the Lord, tomorrow we will be delivered to your brothers-in-law and father-in-law, they will probably burn us in the public square to promote the New World Order, but our hope will always be comes from the Lord, as Job said... 'God gave, and God took away, praise His Holy Name' don't cry, don't murmur, don't question son... just obey, so you'll always find the answers you need.

Stay with God, may He bless you in every step you take...

With love...

Your parents.

David finally felt that he said goodbye to his parents, he didn't shed any tears, but he gave the most beautiful smile of his entire life, he felt that the pieces of the puzzle were starting to fall into place.

When David turned the page of that letter, he had a strange little message...

When you get to the point where you don't know what else to do David, tear up this bible and you'll find the rest of the answers you'll need...

Tear up the bible? — thought David.

His mother could only be crazy, she always taught him to take care of things, and another, this was their bible, it was a gift he would keep with him forever...

Wherever it was... — He thought again to himself — and another, that should be the only...

Bible existing in the whole world, he could never do something like that...

When the manager asked if he was satisfied with everything, David replied that he was, and asked how he would get to London.

The manager explained that the fastest way was the train that crossed the Atlantic, it would arrive in London within six hours with all the comfort in the world.

David once again thanked the manager for his kindness and availability and left the bank taking the first taxi towards the train station.

ARRIVING AT THE STATION, NO SURPRISE, the train was underground — like the Metro in its century, only this one was supersonic, and extremely comfortable.

THE TRAIN WAS EXTRAORDINARYLY fast and at the same time extremely comfortable.

David sat next to a very nice lady.

David was startled when she told him her age, one hundred and twenty— three years old — but with a well — preserved fifty-year-old face.

She told David that this way of life was better for everyone, without the stress of marriage, without marital responsibilities, just having to work wherever you chose and be happy.

She said she had never been unemployed and had always earned what she wanted — both in salary and in gifts from suitors. He was an accomplished person in life, he knew the whole world, even the rubble of all the abandoned countries.

Her name was Caroline Adams, the daughter of a famous politician and a nurse. She has worked in many places — she was retired these days. He was always giving lectures on how to take good care of your health and be willing to do everything in life. It was a true example to be followed in those days. Despite being an empty woman inside — David had noticed that in all the people he'd had the privilege of talking to a little bit.

David realized that people were empty because they lacked love. They even related to people, but it was a superficial relationship, there was nothing real in return, reciprocity, nothing more than thirty minutes of pleasure, that is, when they got someone to give them such pleasure, since no one was intimate with them. nobody.

Caroline had had three children, all of whom were very successful, and they were piously following their mother's career — her father's, she cannot say — since she never saw any of them again. All were the fruits of relationships he had during his travels. She loved it.

Relating to people I would never see them again...

He even tried to flirt with David.

But he said he was married...

— Married?

Caroline thought it was — the joke of the century —. He laughed as if David were Bozo himself, who had amused him so much in his childhood.

David was not amused at that inappropriate comment and explained that he was a man from the past millennium, who had been hibernated and had been awakened from his millennial slumber.

Caroline continued to laugh, but in a more subdued way, she enjoyed hearing David's story...

It was the most fascinating story in the whole world.

CAROLINE LOOKED AT DAVID with longing to see him in her bed, warming her body the way boys did with her when she was only thirteen years old, that was when she began her sexual experiences.

Caroline started late, but she knew the time was right, because once she started, she never stopped.

When Caroline couldn't go out with someone, she would pay some man to satisfy her, which was quite common at that time, since prostitution was a legal job in the New World, it just wasn't very well paid, because there was no unemployment, so, most worked at a job and at night satisfied the most secret desires of the most diverse people.

CAROLINE ADAMS TOLD David that she had dated more than five thousand men, slept with everyone she wanted, traveled only to satisfy her insatiable desire to have someone fill her immense void.

David said that he had slept with only one woman in his entire life, and only this one filled the void in his heart and that no one would ever be able to fill it again, after all...

David was the only person in the world who knew what love was and its wonders...

— To love is too good — he said with the greatest conviction of all.

Caroline laughed heartily, saying:

— Having sex with everyone is much better, do you want to try it?

She couldn't explain why she was still empty inside, David could explain why she was a complete person...

David immediately remembered what Carlisle Burke had said about him being complete...

Carlisle Burke never really loved, he just had fun thinking he loved his mother-in-law, Catherine, only when he saw her happy daughter in the arms of a great love, he realized that something important was still missing in his life.

AS SOON AS THEY GET OFF the train, Caroline said goodbye to David — still trying one last unsuccessful push and walked away.

David never saw her in person again, but I later learned that she gave an interview, telling Tat Charmillion everything he said to her on the trip — which earned him a good audience — and taught David what he saw in a ministry. from his father about what Jeremiah said in his book:

Cursed is the man who trusts in man...

David decided to stop being innocent to continue entertaining those crazy people.