Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (105 page)

Just as
Connor
made it to the door
entrance
a security officer st
epped in front of
him
and said “Sorry sir, but no weapons are allowe
d in here.” Then he pointed at
Tool as it hung casually on
his
right hip.
Then
Connor
broke one of
his
rules to read
the man’s
mind to see what he really wanted.

Connor
looked him dead in the eye and countered with “This is nothing compared to the
weapon
that stands before you. Do not get in my way over something so trifling as a
simple good luck
talisman
. If you’re worried about a weapon entering the building then you better confiscate
and arrest
every person
standing
before you. Now if you don’t mind
,
get out of my way.”

He was hesitant until he looked at all of the angry immortals
behind him
who
had
brought weapons of their own. Then
the man
conceded by moving to the
side
,
allowing the rest of them
to continue
on
.

Inside the building Sarah entered
his
mind while feeling slightly embarrassed.
“Connor, why didn’t you just hand him Tool and
instead
made a scene for no reason.”

He
met her eyes and explained.
“Didn’t you see that he singled me out to take my weapon
,
whereas he let others go by with theirs? I read his mind and he didn’t want to simply hold Tool and return it
to me
later. He
actually
wanted to steal it and make a lot of money from the
souvenir
he would have stole.
Apparently there is a large price for an immortal
’
s weapon on the collectors market.
Especially mine in particular.
There isn’t any person alive
I’
d
give my weapon over
to
who thought like that.
I simply told him to move, but
also gave him a
n unspoken
warning to not even attempt to take any of our weapons.”
They
found
their
way to one of the five lines and waited until
their
new seal and papers were given to every member of
his
family.

The day progressed well and just as the sun began to set
,
Sorono found Connor
and asked
him
to accompany him. Both Sarah and Veronica were also invited, but the children weren’t. Just before
they
went with him the three children stayed with Firon, Clarein and the others.

Sorono led them
to a heavily guarded door and the security moved back as they saw his Elder’s robe. Then Sorono and Veronica dropped down to
all fours
just to be able to walk
under the
quickly
opened double doors. Sarah and Connor
glan
ced at each other just before they
entered the room that the world leaders use.
They
both were wondering why
they
were
summoned
, but curiosity got the better of
them as they
followed behind
the
giant guide.

Upon entering
,
they
saw that all the world leaders were convened and sitting behind a desk that held a
mini flag and a plate that read what
land they represent
ed
.
Every seat, on every ascending
row and level
,
was
filled
.

Sorono and Veronica reared back up on their back legs in
the silent and watchful room. The
elder brother looked straight at an old
acquaintance
to say
“Mr. President, I have brought him here as requested.”
Then he looked at the other faces to say in each of their native languages
simultaneously
“Shall we
proceed, gentlemen?”

“W
ill you four
please
head down to the stage so that we can all see
and speak to you properly?
” The American President asked with a
calm
smile.

As Sorono and Veronica began to move, Sarah gabbed
the bend of
Connor’s
left arm
for security. She had begun biting her lip again, but she wasn’t going to get away this time. It would seem rude
to the others
,
so she went along with it.

Once the four stood on the stage together the President o
f the United States looked at him
and asked “Connor, we would like to ask you a few que
stions. I know that you are a
twenty t
hree
year old immortal
and that is interesting to many of us in the room. We want to know, honestly, just how you see the world.”

Connor
shook
his
head
after wat
c
hing
and studying
him intently
to say
“That isn’t why I’m
truly
here. What your really asking is just how broken the world
’
s government
s
really
are
. You cannot trick me with word games or any of your bureaucratically
made up
nonsense
.
After all, why did we remove so many filled seats with corrupt individuals in the first place
?
”
His
words were like a slap to every face in the
room, but no one objected to the
simple
observations. “If you want the truth from me, then for once
,
ask a truthful
and straightforward
question.
Being politically correct doesn’t serve a purpose
except to try and confuse others
.
”

The President then cleared his throat and said “Sorono was right; we can’t even attempt to fool you. Your still a young man, but can understand things that shouldn’t be
so easily
understandable.” He glanced a
round
the room
,
once
,
before continuing
on
. “Alright, the truth is Sorono has brought up some things we need to dis
cuss. First off, I’d like to hear
what you’ve seen of our world that needs to be fixed.
What can you observe that we can’t?
”

Sarah’s trembling hand
on his
arm told
him
that
she knew
he
was going to be blunt and she wasn’t disappointed.
“The world is broken
, plain and simple
. Each and every one of you sitting here are
an
honest
testament
of what I’m talking about. You are all rich in your own lands and have more value on you than any
other
normal person trying to struggle in this world. Not a single one of you are living humbly. If you tried fixing th
e problem you’d only make matters
worse. The best
and only logical
plan you can hope for is to start from scratch and get rid of the notion that those in power are all powerful.
Looking at all of the current and past government systems, create just one with the best aspects with each and bind it in such a way so that the corrupt parts cannot gain a foothold and thrive.

“For starters I will force you to radically find alternative fuel sources for in three years fossil fue
ls such as oil will no longer have the properties they have today?”

A middle eastern president asked in his native Arabic language “What do you mean by that?”

“What I’m saying is that oil will be worthless in three years for I’ve devised a way to manipulate it so that it will no longer burn or be able to have toxic properties. You might be able to fix it, but not in sufficient quantities for its cost-effectiveness will be too much. Oil and coal are polluting our world and in three years I will make sure it stops.”
Connor spoke in Arabic.

“But oil is our primary export… We’ll be ruined.” The president complained.

“Then I suggest you get started on
making new goods for this needs to be done. We’ve depended on that fuel for lazy purposes. If you need help coming up with cleaner fuels contact my father-in-law for he now designs and has begun mass producing vehicles that run on nothing more than the air we breathe.”

After an angry retort from seven oil exporting nations he waited for the room to calm before speaking again in English.
“If the people saw you in a normal
,
humane way they wouldn’t have much to complain about because they would see your reign as a burden and not a right
,
like many of you believe.” Connor
tapped
his
temple with
his
free hand. “Y
ou cannot hide the truth
because y
our thoughts are
like
an open book for
me, if I
were to
let myse
lf in. If the people saw
our leaders as everyday struggling people then they would appreciate how they live
themselves. None of you have a
truly
honest perspective outside your
own
personal worlds
and ambitions
. If you
truly
did
,
then you would care more about
the
many
lives that need food and shelter
above all else
rather than spending trillions
,
or more
,
on building weapons to take out your enem
ies
.” Then he
amended “I’m not saying you can’t defend yoursel
ves
, but what you are doing is overkill. There will always be anger and fighting
because survival is an instinct
, but what your objective should be is to ease the burden of hatred and destruction…”

“Who are you to tell us that we should
appear to
be poor
and unrefined just
to be
good
lead
ers!
?
” A
man with a heavy foreign
accent demanded.

Suddenly something
truly
frightened
Connor
as
all the hairs on the back of his
neck went straighter than ever before
.
Something
approached
unlike
nothing
they
’ve ever faced
.
His
instinct demand
ed
full attention and got it.
He
took a chance and
looked up to see that Sorono felt it too because he looked
back
with wide eyes and a
frightened
flared nose.

Veronica looked between
them
and asked
“What is it!? W
…”

Then he
and the others
felt a power unlike any other. He
looked down just as the earth
itself
began to tremble
,
almost violently
,
under
their
feet. This power made
his
, Sarah’s, Veronica’s and Sorono’s not even a drop of water compared to the entire ocean.
Then the air itself began to saturate with
an
immense energy
and hum with life
. It grew heavy and thick, almost too thick to breathe. It was an energy
both familiar and alien. Then Connor
realized it
continued
growing, but it was
n’t just
coming up from below their
feet.
It
’s as if
the energy of the entire planet was collecting
t
o this very location.