p style="text-align: center;"The Organon and the Resistance/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus leaned with regret on the ledge outside the tall building, his ticket for Elysium had just left. So it was true, the communication towers were used to go backwards and forwards from the planet with strong metal cables that connected a long funicular railway. Rufus had always been told they were metal cables, of course in the past he had tried to use the one of his city, Krem, but now, because of a backward mounted rocket, the city didn't have a tower anymore but a communication building./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus sighed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-And goodbye to Goal, too- he whispered./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-That's sad, isn't it?- said a voice behind him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes…indeed- answered Rufus, not thinking about whose voice was that./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Aaah love- continued the voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"After a few moments of silence Rufus turned. In front of him there were Argus and three more soldiers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Too bad you've seen too much- said Argus, pointing a gun to his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Instinctively Rufus raised his hands./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Ehm…I swear it wasn't me who destroyed the tower entrance- defended himself the boy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-What? We're not here for that- said Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"In that moment a sort of monitor flew next to Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Argus, Argus, how long does it take you to place the explosives on this revolting planet?- said a voice inside of it, a voice that, though modifies, sounded familiar to Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Sir…- calmly said Argus –I'm working on it, but we've lost the detonation chip-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-WHAT? Goddamn you, retrieve it- yelled the voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Ex…Excuse me? Did you say destruction of the planet?- asked Rufus at that point./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes, we're blowing this shit up- said Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-But people are living here, ok some of them smell like this planet's garbage, but they like it here!- firmly said Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-So what?- said Argus –we need Deponia to explode so that Elysium will reach a truly habitable planet-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-But Deponia is habitable! If only you didn't unload you garbage on it- continued the boy in anger./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Look, weren't you crying a moment ago because you wanted to go to Elysium?- retorted Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-What does that have to do with anything, I don't want Deponia to be destroyed-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Cut this short, Argus, and retrieve the codes- said the voice from the TV./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Ok, let's get it over with- Argus raised his hand ready to order to shoot./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Only a miracle could save Rufus…a miracle that wasn't long in coming, since soon the earth started trembling down them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-What's happening?- asked Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I think it's my fault- giggled Rufus –the explosion from before…it was a tad powerful-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-You ugly!- but Argus couldn't finish the sentence when the soil collapsed and they all fell underneath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus threw himself on a beam right outside the protuberance, slipping underneath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He started to run as far as he could watching his back and checking no one was following him, at least until he bumped into a big man, about 2 meters tall./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The boy fell backwards and shook his head because of the bump./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Oh my God, a pirate!- he exclaimed looking at the big man he bumped into, he had a long untamed beard, patched clothes and a cap./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I'm not a pirate- he defended himself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Are you Rufus?- called another voice next to the big man./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I…well yes- Rufus stood up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Well, I'm Doc and this big man here is Bozo, we were looking for you-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-How can I be sure you are not with them?- asked Rufus, pointing behind him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-They're the organon!- firmly said Doc –We're the resistance-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Org...what? Resistance?- said the boy, confused./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-come with us, we'll explain everything someplace quieter-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"At this point Rufus, partly because he was curious and partly because he had never seen a pirate before, followed them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Meanwhile, underneath the tower's ruins…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-AAARGHHH! I'm gonna kill him- exclaimed an irate Argus, taking the ruins off him –Captain, allow me to call Machina-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-What? Are you sure?- said the voice from the TV./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Oh yes- Argus was furious –I'm going to crush that shrimp and every inhabitant of his beloved city-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus, who had been brought on a little boat that belonged to Bozo, was still confused about the situation and regretful about Goal./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Good, we'll be safe here, Bozo you know what to do- said Doc./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes Doc, destination Kapitol- answered the man with his deep voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I said it, you're a pirate…- said Rufus to Bozo./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I'm not- he retorted./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-But you have a boat!- clarified Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I'm a merchant, Rufus- he said, resigned./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes yes…an undercover pirate- continued Rufus, extremely convinced about it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Bozo sighed, then he went into the cockpit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Rufus, I need you to listen- intervened Doc./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Doc was a fifty year old man, rather short, grizzled and with a funny white moustache./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I know you're aware of the fact that the organon wants to destroy Deponia-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-The organon?- he had already forgot about that weird name./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes, the guys that wanted to kill you-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Oh right, but who are they exactly?- asked Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Theoretically they're the guards of the city-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-And they're planning on defending it by making it explode?- he clarified./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Doc shook his head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Elysium's council, the entire Elysium, are not aware of this-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Damn them, I know they were a ne'er do well- said Rufus stomping his fist./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-We need to stop them, Rufus, we need to prevent the detonation of those bombs-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Then let's do it!- said Rufus, determined./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Sure, that's what we want to do, that's why the rebels exist-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"There were a few moments of silence./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Which would be us, Rufus- exclaimed Doc, looking at the apparently thoughtful boy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes I got that- said Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Something bothering you?- asked the little man./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I mean- Rufus minced –I understand I'm irresistible and everybody need to count on me- he said, with an enviable self-confidence, while Doc was looking at him frowning –but how exactly…do you know my name and why me?- he asked pointing at himself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-one question at a time- said Doc –we followed you, saw you spending time with that Elysian girl-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes…Goal- said melancholically Rufus –but she hates me now-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-You know…the funicular she was travelling on fell due to the tower's destruction- said Doc./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus opened his eyes wide! Then he thought that he had her plummet not once, but twice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-But don't worry, she fell in the mud sea and we're pretty sure she's in Kapitol now- reassured him Doc./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-So…you'd like me to warn Goal?- asked Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes, it's likely she doesn't know about the plan-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-So did Cletus survive too?- asked Rufus, ignoring his real mission./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Who?- asked Doc –there was no one in the shuttle when we checked-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus bit his tongue./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Too bad- he whispered./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-About your name, instead…- Doc paused –we have our sources-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"However, Rufus didn't mind Doc's behavior, though he was certainly hiding something from him. All he cared about now was seeing Goal again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Doc, it will take a couple of hours, I'll drive, you rest- said Bozo from the cockpit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus didn't need to hear it twice and, while in his head he started to make up plans to win the Elysian girl's forgiveness, he sat on the comfy sofa at the center of the ship./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus leaned with regret on the ledge outside the tall building, his ticket for Elysium had just left. So it was true, the communication towers were used to go backwards and forwards from the planet with strong metal cables that connected a long funicular railway. Rufus had always been told they were metal cables, of course in the past he had tried to use the one of his city, Krem, but now, because of a backward mounted rocket, the city didn't have a tower anymore but a communication building./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus sighed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-And goodbye to Goal, too- he whispered./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-That's sad, isn't it?- said a voice behind him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes…indeed- answered Rufus, not thinking about whose voice was that./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Aaah love- continued the voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"After a few moments of silence Rufus turned. In front of him there were Argus and three more soldiers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Too bad you've seen too much- said Argus, pointing a gun to his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Instinctively Rufus raised his hands./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Ehm…I swear it wasn't me who destroyed the tower entrance- defended himself the boy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-What? We're not here for that- said Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"In that moment a sort of monitor flew next to Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Argus, Argus, how long does it take you to place the explosives on this revolting planet?- said a voice inside of it, a voice that, though modifies, sounded familiar to Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Sir…- calmly said Argus –I'm working on it, but we've lost the detonation chip-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-WHAT? Goddamn you, retrieve it- yelled the voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Ex…Excuse me? Did you say destruction of the planet?- asked Rufus at that point./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes, we're blowing this shit up- said Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-But people are living here, ok some of them smell like this planet's garbage, but they like it here!- firmly said Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-So what?- said Argus –we need Deponia to explode so that Elysium will reach a truly habitable planet-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-But Deponia is habitable! If only you didn't unload you garbage on it- continued the boy in anger./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Look, weren't you crying a moment ago because you wanted to go to Elysium?- retorted Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-What does that have to do with anything, I don't want Deponia to be destroyed-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Cut this short, Argus, and retrieve the codes- said the voice from the TV./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Ok, let's get it over with- Argus raised his hand ready to order to shoot./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Only a miracle could save Rufus…a miracle that wasn't long in coming, since soon the earth started trembling down them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-What's happening?- asked Argus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I think it's my fault- giggled Rufus –the explosion from before…it was a tad powerful-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-You ugly!- but Argus couldn't finish the sentence when the soil collapsed and they all fell underneath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus threw himself on a beam right outside the protuberance, slipping underneath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"He started to run as far as he could watching his back and checking no one was following him, at least until he bumped into a big man, about 2 meters tall./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"The boy fell backwards and shook his head because of the bump./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Oh my God, a pirate!- he exclaimed looking at the big man he bumped into, he had a long untamed beard, patched clothes and a cap./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I'm not a pirate- he defended himself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Are you Rufus?- called another voice next to the big man./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I…well yes- Rufus stood up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Well, I'm Doc and this big man here is Bozo, we were looking for you-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-How can I be sure you are not with them?- asked Rufus, pointing behind him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-They're the organon!- firmly said Doc –We're the resistance-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Org...what? Resistance?- said the boy, confused./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-come with us, we'll explain everything someplace quieter-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"At this point Rufus, partly because he was curious and partly because he had never seen a pirate before, followed them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Meanwhile, underneath the tower's ruins…/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-AAARGHHH! I'm gonna kill him- exclaimed an irate Argus, taking the ruins off him –Captain, allow me to call Machina-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-What? Are you sure?- said the voice from the TV./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Oh yes- Argus was furious –I'm going to crush that shrimp and every inhabitant of his beloved city-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus, who had been brought on a little boat that belonged to Bozo, was still confused about the situation and regretful about Goal./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Good, we'll be safe here, Bozo you know what to do- said Doc./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes Doc, destination Kapitol- answered the man with his deep voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I said it, you're a pirate…- said Rufus to Bozo./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I'm not- he retorted./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-But you have a boat!- clarified Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I'm a merchant, Rufus- he said, resigned./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes yes…an undercover pirate- continued Rufus, extremely convinced about it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Bozo sighed, then he went into the cockpit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Rufus, I need you to listen- intervened Doc./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Doc was a fifty year old man, rather short, grizzled and with a funny white moustache./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I know you're aware of the fact that the organon wants to destroy Deponia-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-The organon?- he had already forgot about that weird name./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes, the guys that wanted to kill you-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Oh right, but who are they exactly?- asked Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Theoretically they're the guards of the city-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-And they're planning on defending it by making it explode?- he clarified./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Doc shook his head./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Elysium's council, the entire Elysium, are not aware of this-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Damn them, I know they were a ne'er do well- said Rufus stomping his fist./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-We need to stop them, Rufus, we need to prevent the detonation of those bombs-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Then let's do it!- said Rufus, determined./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Sure, that's what we want to do, that's why the rebels exist-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"There were a few moments of silence./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Which would be us, Rufus- exclaimed Doc, looking at the apparently thoughtful boy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes I got that- said Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Something bothering you?- asked the little man./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-I mean- Rufus minced –I understand I'm irresistible and everybody need to count on me- he said, with an enviable self-confidence, while Doc was looking at him frowning –but how exactly…do you know my name and why me?- he asked pointing at himself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-one question at a time- said Doc –we followed you, saw you spending time with that Elysian girl-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes…Goal- said melancholically Rufus –but she hates me now-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-You know…the funicular she was travelling on fell due to the tower's destruction- said Doc./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus opened his eyes wide! Then he thought that he had her plummet not once, but twice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-But don't worry, she fell in the mud sea and we're pretty sure she's in Kapitol now- reassured him Doc./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-So…you'd like me to warn Goal?- asked Rufus./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Yes, it's likely she doesn't know about the plan-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-So did Cletus survive too?- asked Rufus, ignoring his real mission./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Who?- asked Doc –there was no one in the shuttle when we checked-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus bit his tongue./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Too bad- he whispered./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-About your name, instead…- Doc paused –we have our sources-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"However, Rufus didn't mind Doc's behavior, though he was certainly hiding something from him. All he cared about now was seeing Goal again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"-Doc, it will take a couple of hours, I'll drive, you rest- said Bozo from the cockpit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"Rufus didn't need to hear it twice and, while in his head he started to make up plans to win the Elysian girl's forgiveness, he sat on the comfy sofa at the center of the ship./span/p
