Exile in the Shadows - The Multivertical Man, #26

Preview of the Madness:

A Bad Misunderstanding in Town

Aton 5.895

I awoke for a moment in the dark of the bunker, at the edge of the lifeless blight, and then fell back asleep and had another dream. This one went bad.

Everything went to hell.

The bad misunderstanding that resulted from the political comment about the Neokons in town made things worse. The Kool-Ray Brothers didn't want any trouble from local racists so they pulled out of the company alliance and left town.

There was an explosion just before I awoke from the dream in the early morning dark, at the edge of the blight, and the shock of the explosion sharpened my senses, as i feared for my counterpart's life.

It was all happening again, much as it had happened within the parallel I was in now, just a couple of years ago. It was all falling to pieces, just as it had before, only it was happening in a "close parallel" where another "close counterpart" resided, possibly Aton 5.785 or Aton 5.875.

I estimated my own position within the mulitiverse to be so far to the right, into the edge of the lifeless blight, that it had to be at least Aton 5.885, Aton 5.895, or further.

Before the misunderstanding in town, I had nothing to lose but my chains and the hope for a better future. Now, I had nothing to lose but my chains and all hope for the future, in the present parallel, appeared to be lost.

As I shook it off and stepped up to get a drink of water, I thought about completing the ebook and publishing it through the satellite network, if possible.

It was about the only hope I had for saving the close parallel and the counterpart from a parallel future in the lifeless blight.

It might be the only way to redeem my indisol from more hell and purgatory.

"I was a dead zombie mouse in winter having a nightmare at the edge of the blight."

-- Mad Mouse