Capitulo 26: Modestia

_What is this?- says Jawara impressed by what he just saw- Sharon, have you seen the sky?

_No, I haven't seen it

_You have to see it!

Sharon leaves her house and looks at the sky, she sees the spectacular solar eclipse with her special glasses, but the most impressive thing was the color of the moon, which turned scarlet red and the stars looked like they were falling and turned a dense navy blue.

_Wow! This is impressive!- said Sharon-

People stop what they were doing and look at the sky in surprise, some start to panic, as they think it has something to do with the end of the world and it reminds them of what happened after the previous eclipse, which took a long time for the moon to withdraw from the Sun, but the innocence of most only made them enjoy it.

_Sharon, I'm going to go see Yadir at the hospital and then I'll see you, he will leave the hospital the day after tomorrow, but I have to see him.

_If it's okay, I'll wait for you.

Jawara arrives at the hospital, enters Yadir's room, although this time Yadir doesn't really want to see him.

_Hello Yadir!

Yadir doesn't answer him, he even turns around so he doesn't see him

_Is something wrong? - Jawara asks him confused.

_I don't understand Jawara, why do they insist so much on the Dorothy thing?

_It's not that we want to insist, it's just that what's happening is very strange, and her suspicious attitude makes us think she's hiding something.

_You can't afford to judge people if you don't know them!

_Hey by the way, why do you defend her so much?

_The truth is that she seems like a good girl to me

_Do you like Dorothy?

_I think so, and I'm willing to know the truth, but I'm more willing to not judge until I have a solid foundation. Just like you do, Jawara, you are like that, you don't like things if they don't have proof, why are you acting differently now with the Dorothy thing?

_I don't know, but to be honest, the others are the ones who are more doubtful about the Dorothy thing.

_Yes, I know, especially my sister, I already told her not to worry. But that thing about Blossom being chased by ships in outer space, that is something we should fear.

_And you are right in what you told me, I need proof that there are ships in space, to be honest, I don't believe in that!

_I know, you have never believed that there is life outside of Earth, now we have to find out how we are going to face the end of the world, but I do not deny the possibility that the enigma of alien existence can finally be discovered. (Yadir remembered what he saw in the sky before the beginning of the end of the world)

After talking to Yadir, Jawara leaves the hospital, and to his surprise, he meets his father

_Father! I didn't expect to see you here- says Jawara giving him a hug

_Well here I am, how are you son?

_Not very well father, you know, with my mother, I don't think I can even think clearly. I have to plan how we are going to survive, but with her present, I feel like I can't think clearly.

_I know son, I know, but the one who worries me the most is Sharon, with so many natural disasters, I fear for her health. Don't you think we should concentrate more on your sister's health?

_The truth is that yes, we already know how things are with her: as soon as a natural disaster occurs in the place where she is, she will have amnesia and then, strong convulsions, and if they cannot stabilize her, she is at high risk of dying

_What do you think if we go see her?

_Yes, in fact I was going there. I have to see her again!

Mr. Malenfant and Jawara go to see Sharon, there is a lot of uncertainty about Sharon's illness, but all that was left was to help her the best they could. Arriving at Sharon's house, Jawara wonders how to protect her sister from the cataclysm that is happening. Even Jawara, faced with the serious doubts she still has about Andrei and especially Melanie because of her prejudice that she is Asperger's.

_Hello dad! Hello little brother!

_Hello doll- says Mr. Malenfant at the same time that he gives his daughter a hug. -How do you feel now?

_Stable- Sharon answers- as long as there are no natural disasters, I am stable, come in and take a seat.

_Hello Jawara- said Joshua- Mr. Malenfant, nice to see you

_Hello, how are you Joshua? I really appreciate you taking care of Sharon- said Mr. Malenfant gratefully.

_You're welcome- answers Joshua- thanks to the fact that I have a little knowledge of medicine, and that is thanks to Andrei, her family doctor, although, I don't get along very well with medicine, but I can still take care of her.

_We need to keep you safe, Sharon- said Jawara- this is not going to stop

_Fortunately I already know how to react if she starts having amnesia or convulsions- said Joshua- my procedure is...

_Hey, who are you guys?- says Sharon, looking disoriented- why do you have me here?

_It can't be!-said Jawara

At that moment, a tremor begins to be felt, finally an earthquake of 8.2 degrees, the house rises 2 meters upwards and then falls, Sharon has a lot of seizures

_Is everyone okay? - asks Mr. Malenfant-

_Sharon! - shouts Jawara when he sees his sister

_Wait! I have the solution here- says Joshua injecting her arm with a medicine that helps her control herself, Sharon's convulsions begin to calm down, Melanie arrives running despite the inclement weather of the earthquake.

_ Where's Sharon! Joshua, did you manage to stabilize her?

_ Yes

_ Now, let me check on you.

_ I'm fine, you better worry about my sister- said Jawara.

They go outside and notice that there are broken houses and some dead people, the extraction to outer space happened again, but not completely, this time no one was taken out.

Joshua goes to his study to see if there is a threat of a storm.

_ Hey! I have records of 25 tornadoes heading straight for San Francisco, and not only that, I have records of a tsunami heading straight for North Africa.

At that moment, Jawara feels the need to go save people, even though the airspace-wanderer is severely damaged. He runs out to help those people, his father running after him.

_Wait Jawara! Where are you going?

_I have to go save those people, dad.

_But the Airspace-wanderer is not in condition for you to go there now!

_Father, I have to go, I can't allow so many people to die.

_Malenfant! Wait! - Andrei called out to him running to meet him- I'm not a seismologist, but what I do know is that no human being can withstand something like this without being treated, you can't leave like that! I have to check you!

_I'm fine! Really, I don't need help now.

_ No, you're not! An 8.2 magnitude earthquake was felt here, your house rose 2 m and then fell...

_ 2 m is very little, Andrei, there's nothing to worry about!

_ Don't you realize? The same extraction into outer space happened here too, the abnormal movements of nature also greatly affect people, you should listen and let me help you! Because if you don't, you'll be affected in the long run.

_ Ok, I understand! I'm fine, really, I know what you're thinking but I'm fine, could you please stop doing this?

Jawara leaves again

_ Your brother-in-law is very stubborn, isn't he?

_ Yes, that's right- Joshua answered- I just know that he's stubborn because he knows that your wife has Asperger's.

Andrei looks at Joshua with some distrust

_ And what do you think... about that?

_ Are you referring to Melanie?

_ Yes

_ Nothing, what I do know is that seeing the good in others is something that matters a lot to me... both of them are very professional and make a good team! That's what matters

_ Thanks Joshua

_ You're welcome

We were worried, not even the most powerful people in the world have been able to buy them.

_Jawara, I beg you- Blossom tells him- not this time, we are very sorry for what is going to happen to those people, but if we only focus on feeling like heroes, no one will survive.

_Don't you even support me?- Jawara tells him very upset and indignant.- Father, I am already able to pilot a plane, I will not bear the lives of all those poor people on my conscience

_I always support you Jawara- Blossom takes him by the hand- but this time, in the most attentive and respectful way, I tell you that it is not a good idea for you to go, I do not want anything to happen to you.

_Listen to your wife, Jawara- says Mrs. Harper making an appearance- I know that right now neither you, nor Sharon nor your father want anything with me, but you must listen to them, as your mother urges you to decline.

_You were never in my life! And now you seek to advise me- Jawara answers furiously

_I know what I'm telling you Jawara, you must listen to us! - says Mrs. Harper with determination.

Jawara gets furious when he sees that everyone is persuading him not to go and help. He runs off towards the Airspace-wanderer to be able to save people from the disasters that were coming.

_Jawara! Come back! - Blossom shouts trying to stop him, she runs after him so he doesn't leave, after a while, she manages to catch up with him and grabs his arm, but he jerks it away and keeps running, Blossom doesn't stop running, fragments of her past come to mind

Flashback

18 years ago

_Dad, dad! - Blossom runs after her father, he had been accused of trying to murder a woman, Blossom sees how the police take her father away in a rough manner.

_Blossom! Dad loves you! Remember that I didn't do anything wrong!

The patrols take off, raising the sound of the enormous horn of the sirens. They take away her dad, her hero, her best friend, that unbreakable bond. Blossom is left crying very desolate watching how the patrols move away.

End of Flashback

Jawara manages to reach the Airspace-wanderer, Blossom begs him again not to leave, but he doesn't listen to her and starts the plane. It flies straight to San Francisco, Joshua discovers something about tornadoes, he calls Blossom to tell her.

_Blossom! I have records that tornadoes are not as we know them

_So what are they like? - Blossom asks him

_They are thunder tornadoes!

_What do you mean? - Blossom asks him shocked

_They are thunder tornadoes! And they are already taking shape.

At that moment, Dorothy arrives with the Fast Sea Car

_Get in! We'll go get your husband- Blossom gets in the car, now that she sees the Fast Sea Car up close, she is impressed, when the car starts to fly, the things she now knows come back to her mind, and she can no longer contain them.

_Dorothy, you saved me from those ships 15 days ago, and I was able to visualize some things that your car can do. Can you tell me what your car can do?

_I can't answer your question, let's better concentrate on finding Mr. Malenfant.

_Hey, but, if your car is in good condition, wouldn't it be a good idea to use it to save people?

_Negative, let's better concentrate on going after your husband

_You're an alien! I know that aliens are real, Jannaly, who calls herself Jannaly Miller is actually Jannaly Noumair, her brother is Ariche Noumair, who is an alien like you. I know about the existence of INFINITY, I know about the existence of Armin Blake, he is your father, right?

Dorothy turns to look at Blossom, amazed and somewhat scared.

_ Stop fooling around and let's go get your husband!

Blossom doesn't even understand why Dorothy doesn't want to use the Fast Sea Car to save people, she already knows many truths and for her it is already a fact that she is really an alien, but there was no way to prove it. Does Dorothy feel love for people? Does she think unanimously like her father about humanity? If the Fast Sea Car is in very good condition, why does she refuse to help people? Why does she help sometimes and sometimes not, when in all those occasions it is in her hands to help?

_Look! There it is, oh my God! I've never seen anything like it! - Blossom is very impressed by what she just saw: a tornado of thunder, now they are looking for the Airspace-wanderer- Dorothy, I know you're an alien, I won't say anything, do you really want to finish us off?

_ I have nothing to tell you about that- (Dorothy's memories of The Fighting Cats come to mind)

_ (I won't tell her anything about FIREFLY, but I will tell her about her father) your father is Armin Blake, Leader of INFINITY, his alien race is Warshapian, right?, and what I know is that this cataclysm doesn't compare to how threatening and powerful your father is, that even humanity can survive 1000 consecutive cataclysms before your father destroys us, that our destruction at his hands is imminent.

_ Look! I don't know who told you, but you should know that if you continue to

with the same, the one who will be in danger is you, and I don't think you want to be now that you are pregnant, your husband would not tolerate something happening to you, because if something happens to you, it will also happen to your baby.

_ Are you challenging me? Or are you threatening me now? Another fact, I already know about The Fighting Cats, one of them is a doppelgänger of a friend of mine called Iris Patterson, she told me something like "your doppelgänger's aunt called one of my classmates the feline."

Dorothy is very, very thoughtful about what she said.

_ What did you say?

_ I already know about The Fighting Cats and one of them is a doppelgänger of my friend Iris.

_ No! What that woman told you about, about "your doppelgänger's aunt called one of my classmates the feline," which aunt was she talking about?

_ I don't know, on my mother's side I only had one uncle and on my father's side, I never knew or have found out if he had more brothers or sisters.

_ For God's sake! - (Dorothy remembers her aunt Atziri Blake, and that her father had already told her what Jonathan McMahon told him, that Atziri's double was Zoe Truswell, a fallen Sentinel known as Madam Sand, but she doesn't want to say anything) - Look Blossom! I promised your husband that I would help them, so you should know that I will cooperate with you, whatever you already know, I implore you not to say anything, and in exchange I promise to save the lives of your husband and your friends, I will help them survive this imminent end of the world! Okay?

Blossom thinks about Dorothy's request, she had already been asked to keep secrets, but although she doesn't know many things yet, she already knows that Dorothy is Armin Blake's daughter and the information that Iris Hauer and Jannaly Noumair gave her. She thinks about things.

_ (If this woman really is the daughter of an alien who is much more powerful than any of the others that I already know exist and they described him to me as someone who wants to destroy us, then I must be careful with her, perhaps being at peace with her, we can avoid something worse from happening). Of course! Very well, here we go, here we go, you help us and I forget what I told you, please, let's find my husband.

While Jawara was driving, his mother calls him to persuade him to give up.

_Jawara son, don't go on, you have to stop

Jawara doesn't listen to her, he starts to take people out of San Francisco, almost all the people look out their windows, get out of their cars, etc. to see the shocking natural phenomenon: the thunder tornado, they can see how it forms from the sky, it looks like it's going to rain, but in reality it's for the formation of said tornado, people start to scream in fear. Mrs. Harper contacts Jawara again to tell him to stop.

_Jawara, son, I know what I'm saying to you, I know that now you don't even want to see me, but as your mother I advise you to stop, you can't handle everything, show modesty.

You can see in Jawara's face the concern and also fear, he was alone against all those storms.

_I have to save those people- says Jawara determinedly