Catalyst

Hope

" I agree with you. He is our only hope." 

They are now cheering. Shouting my brother's name.

I am not happy with this. I am sure they will make way,  sending their grievances to my brother. Knowing my brother. I am he will take action. That may start, with something bigger. I am afraid that I could not stop them.

I know that Regerry Reginald. Is the type of a leader, who never sits still. Doing nothing. He is not human anymore. He is evil.

I quickly escaped through the crowd.

I needed to protect my brother. I could not sleep.

As a habit. I write down all the thoughts in my head. Side effects of too much reading are writing.

Keeping a journal. That my brother should never read. Was a craziness for me. But I could help it. To, my sanity. It is a necessity for me, to do it.

Saturday Evening.

I packed my clothes Important documents, everything I will need.

Chaos is knocking on our door.

It is too late now. There's nothing we can do. Their hatred becomes a bomb. Waiting for the right timing, to explode.

A trigger. A leader that will unify them. Unleashing their fears and hesitation. Then they will act.

I know who is the best candidate for that job.

I will never let my brother. Be the sacrifice for the foolishness of this society.

Called me selfish or cowardly.

This society doesn't deserve my brother.

It is too, early for them to start. Any action that can endanger, this system. 

I should keep, my brother away from them. Or anything that can stir his emotions. His discontentment and hatred for the abuse of Atheos.

I know very well, that he is in pain. Watching them, sinning. Blinded by greediness Rotting away their souls.

My brother comes home, late. He is surprised. When he sees me. Sitting on his sofa, watching from the monitor. 

It is his, Excellency Regerry Reginald speaking. With full of authority. He speaks the sweetest words you can ever hear. Full of promises.

"Hey, you still here?" 

"Sorry to inform you. I already decided to stay here for a while." Lowering the sound of the monitor.

"Are sure of that? " Giving me, a questioning look.

"From now on. I am your Butler." Without looking at him. 

"Oh. It's a sudden decision. It is not normal for you. To make such a quick decision. Did something happen? Or there something I needed to know?"

"Yes. But I rather keep it secret for the meantime." I know exactly if I lie to him. He became more curious. For someone clever like him. It was never a good idea.

To control what information, he will know. I needed to rely on his faith in me.

"Did something that I can do? For you to speak, now." 

It will never be easy, to convince him.

" I promise that I will tell it. At the right time. Let's just say that my information is not clear enough. I still investigating, to solidify my theory."

"Hmmm... You are so unpredictable these last couple of days. I hope that it had no connection with Atheos."

" I am hoping, too. That doesn't have any connection with the Atheos."

"Speaking of. I needed your hein look at ease the documents. Your opinion will be, a great help for me. " As he gave me, the restricted documents. It contains confidential information that supposedly only Atheos members, could know.

As I read on. It only shows how greediness engulfed the Atheos.

"What do you think, Reginald is asking for? Political suicide?"

"I am not calling it, suicide. Rather securing heaven for himself. Look. How he managed to secure a great fortune for himself. I do not have any idea how he will going to spend it."

"Maybe he is planning to buy immortality."

"Sadly. That's one thing that human effort comes into futile. Escaping death."

"Maybe you should remind him, about that. " I heard him, chuckled.

"I am afraid, is just wasting my effort. It not enough reason from him, to stop."

I looked at the image of his Excellency, on the monitor. Even his frail figure. Could not stop him, from abusing his power.

"You should not say that. I should call it, securing his destiny."

"In exchange for the suffering of innocents. I wonder what he is thinking. Every time he faces the mirror."

" Did he still see himself, human?"

I could not stop myself. Remembering the faces of the doers, that I met. I wonder how it will affect, my brother.

"Why do you fall silent? What are you thinking?" He notices my serious look.

" I am thinking. In what way, we could help to ease the burden of the doers. We could no longer change how society works."

"A band-aid for a cancerous wound."

I am quite surprised by the metaphor, he had used.

"I think we should now take a rest. We gonna talk it, tomorrow."

"Yes, I know. Maybe I have too much, today." He already left.

I am still here looking at the documents. Thinking about my brother, pronouncement. They have the same sentiment both the doer and him. Which makes me more afraid. If they became connected. It can create an explosion that burns the whole system.

I went out early. As one of my obligations, I collected his supply of vegetables and fruits.

I came back, earlier than expected.

"Hello, Tammy. Where is your master?" The robot approached me.

"My master, already left."

"It's too early. Where he is going?"

"There is no available information for that."

"Sorry. I forgot."

I enter my room to change clothes. When I noticed my notes on my table. There was someone who lay his hand, on it. I am sure it was my brother. I inspect them one by one. I found out that some of my notes are missing. I am afraid that my brother read it. 

I hope he will think twice before he acts. It's not the proper time to act. I hurriedly went out of my room.

"Tammy, look for my brother ."

"Yes. Master."

The monitor changes from the lobby down to the hallway up to his office. Tammy located him in the conference hall. Surrounding by some members of parliament and the media. I do not like what's going on.

He begins his speech.

"What is the use of reason? We use our positions not to serve but rather to feed our ambition. We lost our skill to separate our wants from the necessity of the doers. We always think that it was I before you. Greediness slowly eating out, our sanity. We forgot that we are human. There are no masters and slaves in this society. Our forefathers build this system. Aiming to eradicate the common enemy of man. In their time and now. It is ashamed to tell them that they failed. The enemy they wanted to eradicate. Is continuing to grow in every part of us. What are selfishness, corruption, and ego? I am declaring this experimentation a failure.  We need to change. It's not tomorrow or the new future. It should be now. This very moment. Every one of us needed to decide. I am calling every honorable member of Atheos. To open their eyes to all the abuse that Atheos committed. It should stop now. I am calling for the abolishment of Atheos. It is no longer performing its duty. To be a protector. But it serves as machinery for corruption. It's leading us, to extinction. Killing us slowly. I, Ishvi Rosent am now resigning from my post. "

His speech was picked up by all lines of communication. I needed to act.  It was late. We could no longer, avoid retaliation. My only hope. Is I can lessen the damage.

"Tammy, shut off all the security cameras. Delete all the information stored in your memory."

I believe that Reginald could not take action, for now. With all the attention that my brother is getting.

But, I am wrong.