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While walking down the street, I was approached by a thin man with dark hair and glasses. His voice sounded familiar. He said in a calm, quiet voice…

“I need to speak with you. It's very important.”

My brain moved quickly to determine who this man was and I suddenly realized I was speaking to the Rebel Leader himself. He called himself “C”.



This is a transcript of our conversation:

Hadrian X: Where have you been hiding?
C: Wouldn't you like to know? Are you working for them? I thought you were a friend of the cause.

I glared at the man who jeopardized my life with his statement before continuing my questioning.

HX: Why have you started this “counter revolution” and what do you hope to accomplish?
C: Have you seen the madness out there, or do they hide it from public view? Everything went horribly wrong after the elections. We should have known better. Frost had been away for so long. He's different now. Darker. Much darker. I believe this is why he published so much campaign information through intermediaries. After the elections, he blacklisted my party and began targeting my highest advisors. Claire, still passed out drunk in a corner at election HQ was taken captive, before they torched the whole building. They say she's been killed, but I've received confirmation this is false. We'll reunite soon. I cannot say much more.

Things snowballed after that. The regime targeted many others. Innocents. We welcomed them to join us, to seek refuge and safety. Our numbers have been growing each day. A counter-revolution is brewing. When the time is right, and we have assembled enough people, we'll rise again. And make sure that no one will ever have to walk the streets in fear of their own government ever again.

HX: Most of the other political leaders from other parties have bended to the will of the Supreme Chancellor for the good of the eUS, why haven’t you? Why didn’t you just turn yourself in for re-education when you had the chance?
C: I awoke the morning of the revolution to a burnt down HQ and to a government that had its police force told to kill me on sight. There wasn't exactly room for remediation. So far I have been disappointed in the other parties. The three bastions of democracy. They will pay dearly for their decision. One has already fallen out of their position in the top three. Another will fall a spot soon. The people are realizing what is happening, and joining the Libertarian Rebel Counter Revolution. It is our only chance to turn things around in this post-apocalyptic 1984-esque nightmare.

HX: I have longstanding friendships with Supreme Chancellor Frost and Subcommandante PigInZen. Perhaps you would you allow me to speak to them on your behalf? If they are willing to remove the death warrant on you, would you be willing to go through with re-education?
C: After the most recent raid by Frost's Pig Police force, there is no chance for any peaceful agreement. Subcommandante PigInZen found what he believed to be Libertarian HQ in Florida. In fact, it was a decoy. Once they arrived, in tanks, they bombed it into oblivion.



HX: How long do you think you can escape the Revolutionary forces? They are everywhere.
C: They have not released this information to the public yet, but what they actually destroyed was the USWP Political Team HQ. This mostly likely explains their recent lack of direction and creativity. We will continue to use guerilla tactics like this to win this war. It is the only way we'll be able to win. And there is much much more to come.

HX: You can’t possibly expect to defeat the entire eUS government with a small rebel force, can you?
C: We have the ultimate weapon. We have “The Machine”. I cannot say much more than that other than keep an eye on your inbox over the next few days. You may receive a surprise. Everyone might.

A glean in “C’s eye led me to believe he had something very bold planned. I wanted to press for more information, but he clearly would not expand on the subject. So I continued the questioning…

HX: A statement was issued that Claire Littleton died “sexy”. That would be true if she had indeed been killed. But you yourself just invalidated this claim. Where is your co-conspirator, Claire Littleton presently, and what are the two of you planning?
C: God willing, she will be safe soon. A rescue party will be dispatched in the next few days.



“C” was getting edgy, clearly uncomfortable at being in the open for so long. I knew he would not stick around much longer, so I asked my final question.

HX: Are you concerned for the well being of your friends and family? Since you are public enemy #1, their lives are ultimately at stake as well, aren’t they?
C: I am. Most have been rescued. Not all have been so lucky. I think about them each and every night. But this cause is bigger than any one person, even myself. We fight for an idea. For freedom from tyranny. Ideas can never be killed. Never. ...Never.

“C” said it with a hint of doubt. It was very faint, but clearly, it was there. He glanced around nervously as a police cruiser passed by in the street.

He handed me a slip of paper and then began to walk away before turning to face me one last time…

“Please pass along this message to those who are still out there, living in fear.”

Then, as I took out my cell phone to notify the authorities, “C” ducked around the corner and disappeared into a sea of people…



I opened the folded piece of paper that “C” had given to me and it rea😛

"We know that we are on the side of good. We are not afraid of what’s to come. We are not afraid to do what must be done. ~ C"