Chapter 4: Speech
For a week now, Lincoln has been focus on getting everyone and everything in Royal Woods back to their feet. He was spending almost every day planning on how to improve his local town. He observe the school more seeing how they need new textbooks, new classes for different subjects, and new roofs. On the streets, he sees little kids becoming ill due to the radiation still lingered in the town while they just want to have fun outside in their own front yard. He also realizes how dangerous the mutated animals are becoming around Royal Woods, and he needs to have that issue taken care of. He knew that if you know the issues presented to him for his city, then he can bring a solution. But, there was one issue he doesn't want to think about. How to repopulate the world?
The savior's original role was just to a good male sample to repopulate the world after its turmoil. The savior was the one to make a new generation, but Lincoln isn't comfortable with that. For one thing, he wants the world to have better air, better schools and homes, and a better society. Another thing, he doesn't know how he'll react to the physical contact. He might screw it up or may not be the one for them. Yet, he will do everything he can to rebuild the world first before he helps the population.
As of now, Lincoln is up in a stage of the high school's auditorium. This was happening during the evening with most town citizens, his family, and the city council. The white haired boy wore a grey torn up suit and had his hair combed to the right to make himself look at least professional enough in their predicament. The spotlight was on him, and in his hands were the issues and solution he has noticed and come up with.
"A-Alright everyone, I have decided to call you here to address the issues we are suffering as of lately," Lincoln spoke while feeling a bit uneasy with many eyes staring back at him. "I have noticed that we have destroyed homes, sick people, and mutated animals that are dangerous. I figured we need to have some sort of service."
"What kind of service are you talking about young man?" asked an audience member. "The government will take of it."
"If you think so, then they would have come here and solve these issues, or better yet, why would they choose me to be the Savior?"
Everyone went silence, which Lincoln knows he has to take charge.
"The Savior's job is to help the world. I can't help the world if I can't help the town I grew up in. This is where I address the services we need: a health care center, construction, and exterminators. I need people who know medicine, construction and fixing houses, and those who had experience in exterminating animals."
People begin to whisper, with the Loud family given Lincoln the thumbs up and smiles to his performance.
"How can we tell who's an expert in these areas and what will be the awards for those services?" asked a female audience.
"Well starting tomorrow I want everyone with these experiences to go to the Job Resource center that's still standing and I'll help sort your roles. As for the awards, you will be pay with 5 dollars per hour."
Everyone then begin to disagree with the payment. It was lower than the average minimum wage. People begin to complain with anger.
"I understand the payment, but we are in a dying need. We need to save money for financial reasons and we need to make sure that Royal Woods doesn't go in debt. It's better to have little money than with no money, and if you work not only you will help this town get back to its feet, but the government will also give you government funds. They will acknowledge your accomplishments and will come to give us a helping hand."
The audience begin to quiet down their complains. Lincoln then wiped his forehead from the sweats he had from the outcries. He took a deep breath and continued.
"Look, I need you guys to do this. We are Royal Woods! From the ups and downs, we can achieve so much and we can make the world better with our example! The world will look at us as a role model and we need to show that we can do it! If we do this, then we can be the ones that people will look up to and be part of the history books. So please, do this for your city, for your country, and for the world so that the next generation will move forward for what we set."
Lincoln looks at the audience waiting for a response. Then he heard a clap, then two claps, and then three claps. He searches around to see people standing up and clapping for him. He even sees his family standing up and clapping for him. He slowly smile from every claps heard, knowing his speech has caught on everyone and he knows his role as the Savior was going to do so well.
Now, Lincoln will hope that the government will acknowledge his works so he can continue figure out how to help the world one step at a time. First, take care of Royal Woods. Next, continue to the state of Michigan. Then, help the rest of the United States. And finally, help save the world. It's a lot to get through, but he can do it. Although, he needs to prepare himself if people needs a certain help from him.