Damien had always harbored doubts about Vesper Two. It was a known fact that if anyone rivaled him for sheer, audacious, unbridled ambition, it was Isabel Kabra. Yet the foolish woman
should have worked harder to maintain the
secrecy of her ambitions. She was acting as though Vesper One were incompetent.
She thinks she can take advantage of me because I’m young and she believes me unfit to lead the Vespers. She will find out how wrong she is. I am young. But I am more than qualified to lead. Indeed, it is my destiny. And she will not rob me of it.
He would need to purge the traitors from his ranks. It actually wouldn’t be that difficult. Damien knew what lurked inside other Vespers. He knew how they thought, how they reacted to situations. What they feared. He knew all this because he was a Vesper like no other.
Yes, he would take care of those who sought to destroy him. But then his thoughts turned to Amy and Dan, his
sworn enemies. The Cahills were weak. In the end, they would be no match for him. But other Vespers in the past had fallen to overconfidence. He would not
give them a chance to strike him a mortal blow. Indeed, thanks to them he had all that he needed to complete the Doomsday device. The world was already feeling the effects of the machine, though Damien had not fully engaged it. The ancient Archimedes invention was a true marvel.
Its destructive power was nearlyunimaginable.
I look forward to seeing what it canreally do.
Damien walked to the door. He had
something to do. Something very important. Then again, everything he did was important.
Soon the world would know verywell what Damien Vesper was capable of. They soon also would know of hisgreatness.
From a safe distance, Amy and the otherswere watching in disbelief as Isabel didher thing.
“The sheer gall of that woman neverceases to amaze me,” said a goggle-eyed Amy, as she watched Isabel perform forthe crowd gathered around her.
Isabel’s amplified voice boomed outwhile a large sign painted with the letters AWW hung behind her on the makeshift
stage.
“Dark days are coming, my friends,” said Isabel, who stood in the center of the stage with a microphone in hand. “Things will be happening that you will not understand. I don’t understand them, either. One look at the skies will confirm
that an apocalypse is upon us. There will be no guarantees exactly what the future will bring. But one thing I can guarantee you, my friends, is that I, Isabel Kabra, and my organization, AWW, or Aid Works Wonders, will be there for you.”
Some people in the crowd started to
clap and cheer.
“Hey,” said Dan. “Those are Isabel’s guys.”
“They’re there to get the crowd fired up,” said Amy. “It’s an old trick.”
“And it’s working,” added Atticus.
The rest of the crowd indeed began cheering Isabel as she continued telling them all the good she would do for them.
After she finished speaking, a flock of reporters rushed the stage and started asking Isabel questions. She faced them with a big smile and an attractive tilt to her head.
One reporter asked, “What danger doyou foresee, Ms. Kabra?”
She turned to him and looked directlyat a large video camera that another manwas holding. “If one could foresee danger,
it would largely cease to be a danger,” said Isabel smoothly. “What we will need to be is vigilant, diligent, and persistent.”
“Anything else?” asked another journalist.
“Of course. The most important element of all. Leadership. I will be happy to serve. I want all of you to look to me when the time comes. Remember who
warned you. Remember who guaranteed that she would be there for you. Even the loss of one life cannot be tolerated. It’s far too precious.”
“I’m going to vomit, I swear I am,” said Dan from his hiding place.
“I’m right
should have worked harder to maintain the
secrecy of her ambitions. She was acting as though Vesper One were incompetent.
She thinks she can take advantage of me because I’m young and she believes me unfit to lead the Vespers. She will find out how wrong she is. I am young. But I am more than qualified to lead. Indeed, it is my destiny. And she will not rob me of it.
He would need to purge the traitors from his ranks. It actually wouldn’t be that difficult. Damien knew what lurked inside other Vespers. He knew how they thought, how they reacted to situations. What they feared. He knew all this because he was a Vesper like no other.
Yes, he would take care of those who sought to destroy him. But then his thoughts turned to Amy and Dan, his
sworn enemies. The Cahills were weak. In the end, they would be no match for him. But other Vespers in the past had fallen to overconfidence. He would not
give them a chance to strike him a mortal blow. Indeed, thanks to them he had all that he needed to complete the Doomsday device. The world was already feeling the effects of the machine, though Damien had not fully engaged it. The ancient Archimedes invention was a true marvel.
Its destructive power was nearlyunimaginable.
I look forward to seeing what it canreally do.
Damien walked to the door. He had
something to do. Something very important. Then again, everything he did was important.
Soon the world would know verywell what Damien Vesper was capable of. They soon also would know of hisgreatness.
From a safe distance, Amy and the otherswere watching in disbelief as Isabel didher thing.
“The sheer gall of that woman neverceases to amaze me,” said a goggle-eyed Amy, as she watched Isabel perform forthe crowd gathered around her.
Isabel’s amplified voice boomed outwhile a large sign painted with the letters AWW hung behind her on the makeshift
stage.
“Dark days are coming, my friends,” said Isabel, who stood in the center of the stage with a microphone in hand. “Things will be happening that you will not understand. I don’t understand them, either. One look at the skies will confirm
that an apocalypse is upon us. There will be no guarantees exactly what the future will bring. But one thing I can guarantee you, my friends, is that I, Isabel Kabra, and my organization, AWW, or Aid Works Wonders, will be there for you.”
Some people in the crowd started to
clap and cheer.
“Hey,” said Dan. “Those are Isabel’s guys.”
“They’re there to get the crowd fired up,” said Amy. “It’s an old trick.”
“And it’s working,” added Atticus.
The rest of the crowd indeed began cheering Isabel as she continued telling them all the good she would do for them.
After she finished speaking, a flock of reporters rushed the stage and started asking Isabel questions. She faced them with a big smile and an attractive tilt to her head.
One reporter asked, “What danger doyou foresee, Ms. Kabra?”
She turned to him and looked directlyat a large video camera that another manwas holding. “If one could foresee danger,
it would largely cease to be a danger,” said Isabel smoothly. “What we will need to be is vigilant, diligent, and persistent.”
“Anything else?” asked another journalist.
“Of course. The most important element of all. Leadership. I will be happy to serve. I want all of you to look to me when the time comes. Remember who
warned you. Remember who guaranteed that she would be there for you. Even the loss of one life cannot be tolerated. It’s far too precious.”
“I’m going to vomit, I swear I am,” said Dan from his hiding place.
“I’m right
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