Destiny Sorrow by Rod Galves (interesting books to read txt) 📗

Chaotic Life

As the days passed, Evelin noticed that the chaos agents' lives were not so different from her army routine. They woke up early and everyone trained in the morning, even though they were less professional. What surprised her most was seeing her roommates playing dice with other agents.

“Do you do that here too?”

“What does it mean?” Asked Jamin “We play dice in exchange for favors and perks.”

Evelin went to her pocket and felt one of the only objects he had brought from the military base, the die that Dom had given her.

“Can I participate?” Asked Evelin. Promptly Tugsten gave her a floor space to sit on.

“But I'm telling you that Sliger usually wins. I think he steals with that bizarre eye of his.”

“I don't steal,” Sliger replied in a calm voice, “I just know how to play better than you.”

They spent time playing and strangely Evelin felt at home. To the surprise of her colleagues, she proved to be a very capable player conquering various dice.

“That was interesting,” said Evelin. “We will repeat when we have more dice to lose.”

Tug started laughing and Sliger was disappointed. The three were older than the soldiers with whom she lived at the base, but Evelin felt the brotherhood that everyone had.

With the passing of time more and more Evelin felt at ease until Sorom went to talk to her.

He wore a beanie over his dreads, which loosely exceeded his shoulder. He was wearing a leather jacket and jeans, looking like a very different person from the one who attacked the army base.

“Are you ready?” Asked the leader.

“Are we going to the city?”

“Yes. Do some shopping and show you another side of the story.”

He took her to a van and picked up the shopping list on his tablet.

“I'm just going to see if anyone wants anything else. The last time I forgot to buy things for Dice we almost needed a new leader.”

The girl was waiting in the van. Her casual clothes were old, but at least they were clean. When Sorom finally came back, he gave the girl a cap.

“Use this, we don't want anyone to recognize a Simeht out there.”

Sorom started the van and began flying it out, with Evelin in the passenger seat.

“It's going to get a little stuffy, because the van has to be sealed until we get out of the radioactive zone.”

The girl had several logistical questions to ask but decided to wait and maybe they would be answered naturally.

They spent almost an hour wandering the desert until the level of radioactivity subsided. Them they found an old, abandoned road and started flying over there.

“the radioactivity doesn’t’ get on the ships?” asked Evelin.

“They do. We try to clean them well, but the levels are low on them and, according to the deadline I have, we will get out of that dump before any of our organisms suffer.”

The girl felt impregnated, but accepted Sorom's response without further protests.

They drove for another half hour until they reached a still-functional road. They were far enough away from the city to avoid congestion; however, they could already see other vehicles crossing.

“I should have warned you before, but it's a long way,” Sorom said. “Measures necessary to avoid detection.”

“It's okay. I really want to know how you're going to avoid guard inspections.”

He gave Evelin a confident smile.

“I've been doing this trip for a long time and I've never been caught.”

A suspicious thought arose in Evelin's mind.

“Why is the leader of the Chaos Agents the one who's going to shop?”

Sorom stared at her with a proud smile.

“Because I am a very good leader.”

The girl didn't swallow the answer. More vehicles began to emerge leaving the road more congested as the city's silhouette emerged from afar.

They saw a metal structure above the road, where each car was forced to pass underneath. Evelin was worried about what she saw.

“This is a chaotic detector! They must have put it on account of your invasion! They will detect that you are a chaotic!”

Despite Evelin's warning, the man had a confident smile.

“I am prepared.”

As they got closer to the turn of passing the detector, Evelin became more concerned.

“If you have something to hide your destiny, the detectors will realize it too! They're meant to make no chaotic way through!”

“I know what a chaotic detector is! Evelin, I'm not an amateur, trust me. No one knows my face and there's nothing to worry about my fate.”

The van was scanned by the green light and a woman who saw the results raised her thumb in a positive sign. Sorom made the same signal to her and headed for the city.

Evelin looked into his arm to see if he had any inhibitors more technological than she knew, but she didn't see anything, which made her come up with new ideas.

“You have a normal destiny!” She accused “The leader of the chaotic has a destiny like the rest of the population!”

Sorom no longer showed his smile.

“I assure you; I do not have a destiny like yours.”

She stopped to think and looked surprised at Sorom.

“Is your destiny "Order"? Are you supposed to be a Guardian of the Order?”

Now the smile returned accompanied by a long laugh.

“As if, girl. Like my destiny is order.”

Again, the confusion took Evelin's mind.

“Show me your destiny, then.”

“I have nothing to show. Who knows before I kill God, I don't tell you, but for all purposes, my destiny is chaos.”

Evelin tried to think about the possibilities, yet each idea served to confuse the girl even more.

She noticed that the city guard was more active, with several vehicles prowling around.

“You don't usually do wrong things, do you?” Asked Sorom “I can see from your worried face that you are scared to death of getting caught.”

“I am an army traitor and you the leader of the Chaos Agents, how can you be calm?”

“Because it's better to be calm. You can smell someone who's worried about getting caught, act naturally and no one will come to bother us.”

Evelin couldn't follow that