13: Bill had been thinking about the whole situation. "My son, you are correct. We are outnumbered if we remain just ourselves. If we have the power of numbers, we will have a better chance of helping your mother."
"Dude, you're the 'Have an iced A' guy. Everyone knows you. Why don't you talk to the Untaken and see if you can get them to help us?" asked Carrionette.
"All I know for definite is that we've got to get away from here before some serious shit goes down," said Lowe Freq. William Ahn walked around the gathering of the Untaken until they were between him and the Defectors. One by one, people started to turn toward him, recognizing him from the television commercials they had all grown up watching. He got up on a large rock and raised his hands to silence the masses.
"My friends. Those of you who have chosen to remain untaken. These are confusing times. These people, whether they are aliens or not, have kidnapped my wife, Sandy, better known to you as the 'Have an iced A' lady. They have used her to speak to us of peace and kinship. I don't know what is truly going on, but we all need each other right now. There is an unknown threat here and we, the Untaken must band together to face it."
Someone from the crowd had a question. "How do we know there's a threat? Yeah, so they used the A lady to talk to us. A few broken eggs is only circumstantial evidence of an omelet." Some in the crowd laughed nervously and all looked to Bill for his reply as if he had all of a sudden become the spokesperson for the Untaken.
"They didn't just ask my wife to speak for them. They made it look as if she had either been murdered or committed suicide and then they kidnapped her. They cannot be as peaceful as they claim to be if that is what they are capable of. I don't know exactly what threat they pose now because they wouldn't even let us into the refinery to talk to them unless we pledged our allegiance to their cause. They're hiding something and I think they are a danger not only to this town, but possibly to the world. Why would they have cut off our communication if they had good intentions?"
"So what do we do? Those people over there getting chips implanted in their hands are our family, friends, neighbors and co-workers."
"Yes, they are, but they have chosen to align themselves with the Nocent and so potentially can become a threat to us as well. We need to get away from here and seek shelter. Our homes might not be safe."
"But where do we go? These people work with us, go to school with our children, live right next to us."
A man in a grey, pin-striped suit made his way to the front of the crowd and stood beside Bill. He was another familiar face to the citizens of Marble Cliffs. "You are right. We can't go back to our houses at this point because we don't know how safe we are at home anymore. As most of you know, my name is Gene Crowley. I am the owner of Happyville Playland. In light of recent events, I am willing to open up the park's Hotel of Wonders to the Untaken to be a safe haven and refuge. You are all welcome. We should all get there as soon as possible so that we can barricade it against any threat. I'm with Bill in saying that we're all in possible danger."
"Dude, you're the 'Have an iced A' guy. Everyone knows you. Why don't you talk to the Untaken and see if you can get them to help us?" asked Carrionette.
"All I know for definite is that we've got to get away from here before some serious shit goes down," said Lowe Freq. William Ahn walked around the gathering of the Untaken until they were between him and the Defectors. One by one, people started to turn toward him, recognizing him from the television commercials they had all grown up watching. He got up on a large rock and raised his hands to silence the masses.
"My friends. Those of you who have chosen to remain untaken. These are confusing times. These people, whether they are aliens or not, have kidnapped my wife, Sandy, better known to you as the 'Have an iced A' lady. They have used her to speak to us of peace and kinship. I don't know what is truly going on, but we all need each other right now. There is an unknown threat here and we, the Untaken must band together to face it."
Someone from the crowd had a question. "How do we know there's a threat? Yeah, so they used the A lady to talk to us. A few broken eggs is only circumstantial evidence of an omelet." Some in the crowd laughed nervously and all looked to Bill for his reply as if he had all of a sudden become the spokesperson for the Untaken.
"They didn't just ask my wife to speak for them. They made it look as if she had either been murdered or committed suicide and then they kidnapped her. They cannot be as peaceful as they claim to be if that is what they are capable of. I don't know exactly what threat they pose now because they wouldn't even let us into the refinery to talk to them unless we pledged our allegiance to their cause. They're hiding something and I think they are a danger not only to this town, but possibly to the world. Why would they have cut off our communication if they had good intentions?"
"So what do we do? Those people over there getting chips implanted in their hands are our family, friends, neighbors and co-workers."
"Yes, they are, but they have chosen to align themselves with the Nocent and so potentially can become a threat to us as well. We need to get away from here and seek shelter. Our homes might not be safe."
"But where do we go? These people work with us, go to school with our children, live right next to us."
A man in a grey, pin-striped suit made his way to the front of the crowd and stood beside Bill. He was another familiar face to the citizens of Marble Cliffs. "You are right. We can't go back to our houses at this point because we don't know how safe we are at home anymore. As most of you know, my name is Gene Crowley. I am the owner of Happyville Playland. In light of recent events, I am willing to open up the park's Hotel of Wonders to the Untaken to be a safe haven and refuge. You are all welcome. We should all get there as soon as possible so that we can barricade it against any threat. I'm with Bill in saying that we're all in possible danger."
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