The car ride for Linda was like she was heading toward hell, like she was being tortured by her own thoughts about what's going to happen next, about what the fuck could the president tell the people, and what he can do… and how will it affect everything.
At that mont, she was not even prepared to be alive, like, she just wanted to be a ghost, like invisible, not soone in a high position because if it goes the wrong way, he will be the clown on the side of the others, and well, she will be the one that will be put in prison faster than Jas himself… and that would just hurt her even more.
And all of this ca not long after she fucking woke up, like she was debating everything and was literally angry at Benjamin and everybody that they just got ready in the biggest calm, literally stealing suits from their own people, showering while she was fucking sleeping through the whole thing that's happening. If she was awake that ti when the Secretary himself ca, she would've fucking slapped him so hard that she can't even imagine it, and would demand answers, because what the fuck that too, that they just held a cabinet eting without fucking her?
It was happening too fast, but the most important thing was that she was scared of this whole thing, not just because of her position but the future of the country and the future of the people.
Because as they neared the president building it beca more clear that even though she was the Justice Minister, she knew nothing about what was going on, because even near the building literally security blocks were with the secret service everywhere, but the most important thing was the people.
Everywhere was people, civilians standing in big groups ready to hear what is going to happen, which also ant it was publicly declared that a cabinet eting was held.
Which cald her down a little, because it would also an it was just an act from the president, to let the people know he is working on sothing, like mysterious vibe, like he knows the problem and already made a plan for it to make it better… but outside it wasn't that good, people were chanting for answers but moreover, a lot of them held up pictures with Carter's fucking face on it.
Which also ant his death was officially declared even though they talked about going to keep it more secretive to set up the whole miscommunication about it.
"Fucking hell, look." Benjamin said as he leaned forward looking out the windshield, and well, it was much more than they expected.
Thousands, if not tens of thousands, were out as they turned into the main part of the president building and area where there was a big and long park for speeches, celebration days, and it was packed with people, so many people that it was unbelievable for them, and it also told sothing.
The people really do care about what is going on and what will happen next because in the last years there was nothing this big. There were protests, there were riots, but this is on a whole other level… yeah, on a level which happened when the first gangster war happened, but still, this was maybe bigger than that.
"If he says sothing wrong, there's going to be the biggest riot." Benjamin said as he looked at Linda, who was just staring at the mass of people as they went through the gates toward the building itself.
"Hope not…" She said, and then finally stopped at the entrance where everything was on a whole other level of security. All types of agents were there, with dogs, with snipers on the roof. It was sothing so big that she couldn't put it on the scale, and, well, it was telling.
Why would the building have this much force and security when it's just an announcent?
The answer was clear, because it's sothing bad that he is going to say, or it will push people into a riot that will start in front of the presidential building and if that happens they will need to keep people out, the thousands of them and, well, the protection of the highest-ranking mber of the governnt is the utmost importance, which ans the security can shoot, even if it's against the law, against rights.
Even if it would be a massacre.
She let out a big breath as the door opened and stepped out, and at that mont she really just experienced the power of it, because all of those people were just chanting the word "Justice."
It was so powerful that for a mont she couldn't move. For a mont she couldn't even breathe, hearing the thousands of people chanting "Justice." Justice that all of them took an oath for but none of them acted for. And she knew very well that the word wasn't only for Carter but the deaths at the restaurant and at the coffee shops.
Even if they were gangsters, they were people too, at least in the eyes of the public. And, well, it also ant one thing… do not let the capital, the country, again fall into the past they were still crawling out of, the past when despair and suffering ant survival… no, they wanted to live in peace in a country which serves justice to those whose only aning is to cause harm.
How bad is it that actually they are working with the sa person causing this harm?
The one who ordered those coffee shops burned down and massacred the people at the restaurant… yeah, how bad it is.
"Please follow ." One of the guards ca out of the building as they grouped up, looking toward the park, and none of them spoke even a word because they were srized by it… everything happened in the late hours, and that much of a crowd had gathered.
"Let's go, Linda." Benjamin said as he tapped her shoulder, and they all went into the presidential building, which was a ss.
Everybody was in a hurry, sprinting up and down, like a fucking nuclear bomb had just exploded or sothing. The guards escorted them to the elevator and they went up to the upper floor where the presidential office was, and, well, there were too many people sprinting up and down.
Like it was a cartoon, docunts flying everywhere, so of the staff literally had a big-ass box in his hand full of docunts which was visible and had the red sign on it which ant that was top secret, and that's when she realized what that buzzing sound was as she looked into one of the rooms.
The paper shredders were going over their limits as the staff pushed the docunts into it, and well, it was sothing she never thought of seeing.
Even Benjamin stopped a little, looking at the staff gathering the docunts and then just throwing it into the shredder. Then from the side, another staff ca out with a big-ass box in his hand with a lock on it which was the shredded paper, and when they looked where he went, he pressed the bottom floor where there was a furnace… yeah, they were destroying sothing, evidence maybe, maybe laws, executive orders, who knows, but one thing was sure, the guard who escorted them up already was gesturing them toward the office of the president.
They stood there for a second, steadying themselves, trying to control their pulse, their breath, because everybody knew that behind that door the president did sothing without them, and it could be sothing that just ended all of their plans and hard work.
The guard knocked twice and then opened the door for them.
"Co in." He said as he sat behind the desk, which was packed with all kinds of docunts, but not just that, on the ground were docunts all mangled up and thrown away, and as they looked to the side, there was a little row of paper shredders.
"Linda, here." He said as he got up from his chair and held out a docunt for her. "Your speech, we tried to do it the best way to suit exactly how you would write it. We used words that you use, and the ssage is clear and powerful." He said as he looked at the others. "All of you will have a speech here." He grabbed more docunts and gave them each one. "It might be stressful to speak before this many people, but you need to, even though I just ca up with all of this at night."
Yeah, as he said it, they noticed even through the makeup that was on him, they could see his tired eyes and the black bags. Not just that, even his hands were shaking as he handed the paper to them.
"Speech?" Linda asked as she read the title of it, which was, "For Peace, We Must Fight."
"Yes, a speech that will ensure people believe our story, which I and my staff made up. Well, a lot of it was made up." He looked at the paper shredder. "But we found the one that would work in theory, but let's hope it works in practice too." He said as he looked at them, but all of them just went pale.
In Benjamin's hand, the paper had the title of "National Security Will Ensure Our Hopes Not Vague for the Better Future," while Thomas's docunt said: "Those Who Are Against Us, Even If They Are Hiding in Foreign Land, They Will Be Punished" But for all of them, Stephen was the one that was frozen down as he looked at it, because it said "Reforming" … but reforming what? Because he wasn't in a position to reform shit… like why not Linda? But as he went through the docunt, he realized what it was. It was about Silas and the words he read was a "decade of ruling in fear" so kind of shit like that.
"What is this, what was the cabinet eting and—"
"Calm down, Linda, it was for the plan I made to be able to actually work around this so legal way to show the people we stand with them, but in the sa way that gives gates for Bellini to work around." He said as he sat back, and everyone just stared at him. "Don't worry, I'm not that dumb to cut him off, because who knows what he has on him. Rather than that, we keep ourselves to the deal we made."
At that mont, all Linda's worries went away, she beca calm but, almost fainted, it was so much relief.
"I would assu, sir, that you have a speech too." Stephen suddenly spoke in his voice. "If I can ask, what is the na of it?" He asked because he saw the docunt on the desk, and he was sure it was his speech.
"Mine is called 'Declaring National Ergency.'"
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