Chapter 120

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Eve returned home Sunday afternoon. Karen was there, watching coverage of the standoff. The FBI had brought in a biblical scholar, expert on end times prophecies, to try and talk to Samuel. Samuel had killed one of his own followers, whom he believed to be an undercover agent, yet he had released a scavenger. A number of people were here, hoping to find souveneirs after the likely bloodbath. One of these parasites went near Samuel's house, they pulled him in, then let him go after an hour, with multiple bruises. Samuel's apparent reason was he didn't want to kill a sinner, thus sending him to Hell. But this "preacher" had no problem killing FBI agents. If they died trying to protect children, they'd get into Heaven. Samuel's reasoning for staying alive so far was God allegedly wanted him to preach his message before he died. His group had been posting videos on Youtube these last three days. Others felt they were cowards, unwilling to die themselves despite their bluster. Unclear motives were common these days. The Israeli workers in Pakistan had issued a statement. They said they were ensuring the survival of their race. By staying in Pakistan at least some jews would survive ELE, even with general Shariff, the unnofficial ruler of Pakistan siezing these shelters. The man who killed the 13 year old girl outside the supreme court. He'd confessed, pled guilty, and been executed. He accepted responsibility, but refused to explain his reasons. Some said he was a follower of Samuel, killed her to prevent her suicide. Others felt he was radical pro-life, prevented the court from ruling in favor of her suicide. Some believed he was a right to die person wanted to make sure she got the death that she desired. On Sunday afternoon Samuel issued a statement. In 24 hours he would kill everyone in the area. If the FBI agents, or local civilians, valued their lives, or feared for their eternal souls, they should leave now, and get as far away as possible.

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When Eve woke up on Monday March 6th she was worried about two things. The first was personal, how people would look at her when they saw she was dating Amy. The second was over the standoff in Illinois. Eve turned on her tv, it was over. The FBI raided this place, Samuel was dead. His remaining followers were either dead or in custody. Two of the children were dead, the other five were recieving medical attention. The news networks either didn't know, or weren't saying, how serious their conditions were. While Eve grieved for those killed, she was glad it was over. She had feared it would be much worse. By the time Eve got to school there was increased security. It wasn't unusual, sometimes they brought in more guards over alleged threats, or just to train new guards. What Eve didn't expect was people with shocked looks on their faces. What exactly had happenned? Amy found Eve and kissed her, relieved that her new girlfriend was okay.

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Amy: I am so glad to see you're okay.

Eve: You too. What's going on?

Amy: After the raid in Illinois, one of Samuel's followers detonated a bomb.

Eve: Here?

Amy: No, over there. At least I hope there was no bomb in New Jersey. But the one in Illinois, was nuclear.

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Eve wasn't sure she heard this rights, a nuclear bomb. But the look on Amy's face, on everyone' face, told her it was true. A nuclear bomb had been detonated in an American town. Thousands were believed to have been killed, more would die later from the radioactive fallout. And the worst part was, noone was sure more, even deadlier attacks, were coming.