Revolution: The New World

12 Minutes Later

Apollo, Earth's Orbit

July 2, 2071

1720 GMT

Li Wu's Point of View

Phew. I have defeated you once again, puny intestines. Huh? Where’d you go, Anna?

“Li!” Father says as he rushes over with a look of distress on his face.

Something’s wrong.

“Family meeting, now!” Father says to me.

*

30 Minutes Later

Outside the Robinson’s Family Apartment on the Cruiser, “The Savior”

*

I’m knocking on the door, but nobody’s answering!

Come on! Where the hell are you? When I need you the most too.

My communicator is beeping. It’s a text from Anna.

My family and I have been forced to vacate because of my inane father! We’re being sent to live in Olympia against our will! I hate it! I hate my parents! I hate our leaders! I hate my life! I hate everything! The only thing that I don’t hate is you! You are my BFF, and the fact that I didn’t even get to say farewell to you hurts me more than a heartbreak. I love you, Li. You are the only inseparable thing in my life, and the realization that I might never see you again is killing me from the inside out. My fate is sealed. I have already accepted the fact that I will die on this miserable planet, sad, alone, and single. I urge you to not cause any trouble regarding our departure, for I fear that your family’s fate won’t be as merciful as mine. Li, please don’t wait for me. Find a new best friend, pursue your dreams, and be happy.

Just like a panda, you are angelic. The mere thought of you comforts my inescapable fate as a relic.

Like the sun, your warmth is seemingly infinite, in addition to the fact that I can’t even imagine my life without you in it.

I now fantasize about a silly hope that you will one day visit, so that we can gossip about who’s cute and who isn’t.

Jejune poems are not my forte, but I often dreamt of us introducing our future kings to each other one day.

Reminiscing, and chattering from summer to spring, as we flawlessly show off our exquisite wedding rings.

I send this text with immense stress, as I prepare to embark on an unjust quest.

With wholehearted equivocation, “Anna Robinson,” your BFF forever and always.

You left?! How… how could you?! You jerk!!! AHHHHH! NO! No. Calm down, Li! A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind. So what, your best friend is gone forever, and your thirteen-year-old delinquent sister took things too far, and now we can’t afford to take care of Chi, which means you’ll have to work your butt off to become a Death Angel so you can help your family. It’s not a big deal, Li. It just means that your dream to become a fashion designer has been put on hold… indefinably. No big deal. If this is rock bottom, then by logic, that means it can only go up from here! I mean, you’re only a fourteen-year-old girl, expected to do impossible tasks, but you’re Li Wu. You can handle anything. You can do anything! Sniffle. Better, return the text, and let… Anna know how I feel. She is my BFF. My sister from another mister. Oh, how I miss her. Ok. Here I go!

K.

Send!

Perfect!