Freedom of fire

October 10, 2024, Thrissur.

"Today was a great day"

Edward:" Oh, yeah. You did great today."

Emmalene:" What, no... no. The thing is, I didn't do anything today and, where are we going?"

"Come with me, here. Crawl a little, or your head will bump."

"Emmalene: " It's a...".

"Pond"...

Emmalene:" Looks beautiful, Why here? it's already night."

Edward: " I just thought, you need something new. Come here and sit."

Emmalene: "Whoo, it's cold!."

"Yes, it's cold because this is made up of earth stones."

Emmalene:" It's very good here, Looks like the rain is eventually getting quiet, clear sky today.

Edward: " This is a signal, to start our mission quickly as possible. Let's leave that, look at those stars, do you know about stars?"

Emmalene: " I need to ask you something? How do you know about all this science stuff?"

Edward: "I have a Ph.D. in physics, chemistry, and biology and also maths, from Harward..."

Emmalene: "So you are a geek. "

"Not a geek but, technically yes. I admire science, but the Empire is done with the science."

Emmalene:" Oh, that's the reason you are doing this."

"Hmm, mm."

Emmalene: " A little wine will make this a date."

Edward:" No, wine is not allowed here, you see the wall there, behind that it's a temple. So this place is sacred. According to Hinduism, alcohol is prohibited in temples. but don't worry, I have a drink with zero alcohol in Nip"

they both smiles,

Emmalene: " So this is a date."

"Date? Mm, you can call this a date, then."

"So what is it, about the stars, you want to talk about?"

Edward: " Stars, ... they are beautifull."

Emmalene: " Oh, they are I know that."

Edward: "But they are not when someone beautiful sitting next to me...

Can I call you Emma? So Emma, say something about me."

Emma: " What about you? You are tall, handsome and I think you have a good soul".

Edward: " You..... are beautiful, probably the most beautiful woman I met."

Emma" I didn't ask you for that, but thanks."

I don't know what happened to me, that was new, I involuntarily moved my face close to him.

Emma: " Is it sacred to kiss here?"

Edward: " I don't know, but this is our date and perhaps, this will be our last kiss. "

I kissed him. That was a beautiful kiss, I still remember it now. It was a short kiss, but I felt a feeling of something infinite. And suddenly it came to be raining.

"Oh oo, let's go then."

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October 15, inside the chamber.

"Hey, 'Comrade' is here. Everyone 'Comrade ' is here, Edward."

Edward: "Emmalene, It's time for the meeting. "

'Comrade', everyone calls him by that name. He is very old, I can smell the antiquity of him, he is Short and has a little bit of silver hair on his head. Everyone respects him. I have read about many comrades, but that was the first time I was meeting a real comrade.

Comrade: "Hello, gentlemen and....who is she? ".

" Hi, I am Emmalene Joseph."

"Call me 'comrade', and why is a woman here?"

With all due respect, even he is old, his old shit of sexism was not varied.

Edward: " Emmalene, was sent here by the resistance leader ' William Lincoln ' from New York. She was here to clarify the situation about Britain. "

Emmalene: " Let me fill you in. The Empire is collapsing inside. Britain deficits the force to control their colonies, the economy is radically declining because of their failed belief and experiment."

Comrade: " We can see that, by the concentration of Briton soldiers outside. So what are we going to do?"

Emmalene: " We are going to make the inside wound spits the blood. By destroying the port of Cochin."

Edward: " Port of Cochin is Britain's finest and largest trading port in India. If we destroy this port at this time, it's going to stab deeply into their economy. And the main important thing is, this will be the start of a chain reaction, across the world. "

Emmalene:" We are doing this to knock some sense into people all across the world, to tell the time is here for the outsiders to go home. After this, In New York, William is gonna sterilize the Maritime transportation out there. "

Edward: " The thing is Many countries are ready to fight back Britain. This will commence it, and it is a perfect time to do it. Even my people are ready to fight against Britain. "

Comrade: " How are we going to destroy..."

Emmalene:" We will use the Elephants to smuggle the explosive to Cochin and..."

Random member in the room: " Why are we using Elephants, can't we use any other method?"

Emmalene:" We can't, that's why we chose this rainy season. The port is still under development, heavy machines are not equitable at this time because of the flood, and they need to finish the construction before the contract ends. "

Comrade: " So they are gonna use the elephants instead of heavy machinery to pull heavy stuff, sounds good."

Edward: " If we are lucky they won't suspect the elephants for smuggling C4. And this is not exactly C4. The purpose of the explosive is to create a shockwave, that can make buildings into rubble.

We have 12 of these, we did some groundwork to use this. 12 people are going to carry these explosives to specified points in the port, then they need to manually prompt them at an exact time. The shockwave after the detonation will completely make the port fall. The shockwave is powerful enough to make a Cruise sink, that is 50 meters distant from the port."

Comrade: " People will die".

Edward: " Yes, hundreds of them will die. Are you in Comrade, we need you?"

Comrade: " I am old, I may die tomorrow, I may send my comrades to death and responsible for hundreds of death, if that is for a glorious purpose to happen, then I won't regret this while dying. Let's do this."

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October 27, 4.55 pm.

The elephants are already inside the port, the plan was a success up to now. The explosives are isolated from the elephants and kept somewhere safe inside the port.

Emmalene: " At 6 everything is going to change. "

Edward: " You sure? there is a problem."

"What?"

"One of the locations is misplaced. No one in the 12 people can't access that place. Except for one person."

"Who's..?"

Edward: " Do you know? There was a tradition, some of them are still following it. The tradition is something the Hindus do. At 6 pm, they light a lamp and place it in front of the house. I don't know why they are doing it and for whom. I know one thing, they do it because they want something good to happen. And it's time for me to light a lamp."

He was smoking a cigar and I don't know what to tell. I suddenly felt weak.

"So Emma, It's time to say goodbye forever. I need to do it for the future of your people and mine. There is no other way. "

I was speechless at that moment. I didn't stop him. I just said,

" Goodbye, Edward. "

Edward: " Emma... if there is an afterlife, I hope I meet you there."

I went back to Comrade and others. I am empty, after the incident with Edward, it is already time and we are in a place where we can see the port.

"Everyone it's time."

"It's going to happen."

Comrade: "Hey, Emma. ... Emmalene. You like him don't you? that Briton."

Emmalene:" I don't know, maybe".

Comrade: " You know that this is not just a revolution, ..."

Suddenly I saw the port sinking, and the sound hit me after a few seconds. Everyone felt the shockwave and another huge explosion happened. The port is destroyed completely, I started to hear people screaming.

" ....So Emmalene, we just started a war around the world by lighting that 'freedom of fire'. It's only the beginning. You lost someone you liked today and you may lose someone tomorrow also, ' Love brings peace and war will take them both". Be happy that We just made history today."

Tears began to show up from my eyes and I suddenly remembered something, It's My father.

A few years back...

Joseph:" You study History right? Can I ask you something?

"What?"

Joseph:" Tell me the discrepancy between past and history?"

"They are both the same".

Joseph:" No. Can't you at least speculate?

Emma:" You tell me".

Joseph:" Ok then, Past is just a term used to define the direction of time, it contains everything every detail about what you have done. History is a point that is exactly positioned in the past, of course, we can't change both of them, but the specialty of history is that we can create one now. So to create one, you need to do something great, that is adequate or dreadful. That's History!."

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After the destruction of Port of Cochin. That trigger activated the uprisings around the world. A month after, William Lincoln did what he planned to do. That made Britain even weak and completely retreat from America by the end of 2025.

Years passed, I started to travel all across India. People already started to fight back with what they got. Many of the fought ones were shot to death by Britain soldiers, Hundred thousand people got died and were injured. War took many things from many people, yet it is inevitable.

By 2028 Germans and Americans secretly developed a powerful weapon. William told me that, by the possession of this weapon, the war is going to end and every country is going to be free.

But to show the world about the existence of this weapon, we have done something that's not justifiable. April 3, 2028, We dropped the weapon at East Timor in Southeast Asia. It's a fusion bomb, capable of destroying a million life within seconds. Around half a million people died, the existence of godlike power known to everyone around the world. Britain finally perished, they lost the war, they went back to their homeland. The weapon technology is later shared with some countries to maintain the power balance around the world. 'Finally, a piece with a greater threat'.

January 30, 2045, I am alone. My father and mother passed away a few years ago. Lived alone after that. Robert was caught and hanged to death after, Britain found about him. William Lincoln become the first president of America, and he was shot down to death by an American because he was not white. Finally, I understood 'Freedom won't bring any piece'.

I couldn't sleep well, imagining things. No one to love and look after. I fought for people's freedom and those people are now fighting to rule one another. I was sick of being living and regretted many things. I just took my life that day by hanging myself.

I died finally, I thought I died, there I was waking up again in the same life. Is that a nightmare, I thought. No, it took me some time to realize, what's happening to me. I died again and I woke up again. I died again and again and again, though I woke up. I understood my abilities, I changed many things with what I know, as you did in your life

and you know what...

Adith:" Everything after the first life is a lie and you won't be able to escape the true reality."

to be continued...