Chapter 60
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On friday july 22nd Eve finished her shift, and got the paper from colonel Sadler himself. This certified that Eve had worked a full month of shifts, and would therefore have her name added to the lottery four more times, for five chances total. Jessie already had six chances,, they celebrated together. They watched a re-run of Buffy in one of the tv rooms. Buffy saved the world yet again. Eve wondered if the networks might be deliberately showing these episodes frequently, thus giving people some hope. This time Buffy actually died, was this the series finale? Buffy specifically died protecting her little sister, who seemed to have come out of nowhere. What seemed more disturing to Eve was when Buffy's watcher killed an innocent man who shared his body with the hell-god that tried to destroy the world. Jessie remarked that Buffy seemed to get darker over time, like reality. Even back then people seemed to be slouching towards Bethlehem. Eve and Jessie enjoyed their new romance. It would soon be Jessie's 19th birthday. This was dangerous, possibly illegal, but Eve felt she'd had to grow up quite a bit these last six months. They were discreet. Eve watched Jessie play baseball games, didn't cheer for him outloud. Eve read the final "Hunger games" book, "Mockingjay." They never kissed in public, but in private, they had some passion. Jessie nicknamed Eve "Katniss" in private. Eve liked this, but admitted that she had no little sister to protect. Jessie also called this Ark "District 13" after the one from the book. Eve wondered if perhaps that would be what Ark life ws like. No joy, people getting no more rations than they needed to survive, couldn't go outside in the sun, ruled by a dictator with an iron fist. Jessie also taught Eve how to roll her own ciggarettes, a subtle sign that Jessie expected things to get worse. He had always been honest with Eve, even telling the guards his plan to sneak onboard. The guards weren't shocked, they might have the same plan, and said they woud kill anyoe who tried this, Eve also kept up with news about the investigation into the assasination attempt. Benteen, the director of the FBI, often appeared in newsreels, talking about the need for everyone to obey the law, now more than ever. Many teenagers were less responsible than Eve. Incidents of armed robbery increased. Teens felt it was hopeless, best to live the high-life while they still could, even if it meant being killed by the cops. So far there had been no more arrests related to this. Conspiracy theorists seemed convinced someone had texted Pierce which limosine Mason was in. The three main suspects were vice-president Allen, chairman Douglas, and Mimi, the first daughter. These people said Mason had disagreements with Allen and Douglas. Allen thought more extreme measures would become neccessary, and thought she should be in the white house when these decisions came. Douglas allegedly did this because he thought Mason was accumulating too much power, and believed Allen would relinquish this power. And Mimi's motive was that Mason was suppossedly excluding his family from the Arks. Mimi suppossedly conspired with Pierce to murder her father, believing that president Allen would take in her daughter Mimi. Eve assumed that secret service would've checked Pierce's cellphone to see who he might've contacted right before the shooting. If people thought these people would still be free, after evidence implicated them, they were not in touch with reality.