Today has come. David Carswell can come out of prison and he shall be welcomed by the children army he has been dreaming of. Right now I’m sitting in my black Buick outside the prison gates, waiting for him to resurface in the world. Hopefully he kept his word and he will still be the same person as he was going in. I cannot imagine what this would be like if he completely forgot about the mission and returned to a normal human.

“There are a lot of people that come through here," he said. “And no matter what we have done before some of us break. We come out something different than what we came in as. It’s our job to make sure some of these men have a chance to go back to their roots, and become the men they were before.” He was such an impactful speaker that if he really wanted to abandon his roots he could become a motivational speaker.

At 12:30 he was released to spend his life back on the outside and I get out and ready to greet him. His eyes scan the parking lot looking for a ride, and once he sees me he dashes to the car and dives right in. Without even saying hi or what's for lunch. Taking that as my greeting I slip into the driver side and pull away from the prison.

I tried to start a conversation. “So what’s it like on the other side of those walls?” He stayed silent. “Are you ready to see your army?”

David turned and looked at me expecting more, but he nods and turns back to face the road. Since that we stayed quiet and drove back to my lair. It seemed like if I even mentioned going to eat he would have taken the car from me. We kept driving for a while and when we pulled up he quickly unbuckled the seat and went right in without an introduction.

“Welcome home.” I grumbled and followed him inside. I had the children get into their formations and hold them for hours on end until we could address them. Maybe I should have told David before we got to the house. Doesn't matter now. David waltzed in and started a speech on how we shall do great things. I shut the door just as he finished his speech.

“Your first mission is to kill your trainer. Can you do that?”

Then they all replied,“Sir yes, sir!” And dread filled me up, making me freeze in place. Seems that when I saw him his silence was a greeting, and now it seemed as if he was plotting my demise this whole time. Being close to my car I quickly shut myself inside and put the keys into the ignition. Unfortunately the door was left open and some of the physically enhanced children have already covered the distance between their positions to the door as the engine revved alive.

The small victory was short-lived and I was wrenched from my car and onto the ground. It was Holly, and she was the second in command to Michael. Enhanced with the same physical attributes as Michael, exempt the fact that she has an extra mental boost that gives her no emotions at all. She threw me easily to the ground and stood over me before my skull imploded onto itself from the force of the blow.

At least I would be at peace and be closer to Michael. To be the father I should have been instead of the one I chose to become. I dissipated quickly and there was no pain. Gone.