Chapter 122
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Eve watched the president's speech with mixed emotions. Ofcourse she wanted to do what she could to stop this from happening again, to help those already hurt by this tragedy. On the other hand, Eve feared a government crackdown. The Sons of Liberty didn't condone attacks against civilians, but they might be in trouble now. These people were Eve's friends, particularly Amy. Starting a new relatonship, coming out as a lesbian, seemed irrelevant when there was a mushroom cloud withing eyesight of Chicago. But even with this Eve really didn't want to inform on Amy. When Mason came towards the end of his speech he acknowledged that much of the last year's turmoil was because of the sense of fear and hopelessness that was caused by the asteroid. But that might soon change. NASA had developed a new type of warhead missle with a new type of drill. Eve didn't understand the science of it all, but it seemed this might actually prevent ELE from hitting Earth. They were launching this in June. If it were successful, humanity would be saved. Eve felt great joy at this news. She said "Allah ackbar" repeatedly. Others at Ravenwood were also thanking God in other ways. For the first time in a long while, it seemed that humanity might survive.