Chapter 18: Chapter 17-New Boston

Mary Anne pressed the button, and our Mississippi surroundings instantly disappeared followed by a flash of bright light all around us. A few seconds later, I opened my eyes to see what looked like a hangar, and there were at least 25 people, either scientists with holo tablets or military officials with guns standing around us. From the other side of the room, a well-dressed man in a suit and tie approached Mary Anne and I as we were still tightly grasping to each other. The scientists and military officials parted to make way for the man approaching us. "Greetings," he said without expression. "Mary Anne, good to have you back safely. Your other partners will be back shortly as well." His eyes turned to me, "So, you must be Elijah. Please, both of you, come with me." The man led us out of the hangar and into a hallway. "I realize, Elijah, that you must be very frightened right now," he said, "but I assure you that you made the right decision to come here with Mary Anne." I looked over at Mary Anne, who was walking right alongside me but was very tense and serious looking. "I am Dr. Radcliffe, and I am the director and founder of the World Preservation Agency. You may know us as the World Preservation Association, but that name, too, is another censorship and mind control tactic utilized by the WCO. They want you to believe that we are a small faction of radical conservatives who are against the idea of changing the past, but it is much more complex, as Mary Anne probably explained to you. The WPA is, in fact, a very large agency with connections all over the globe with special trained forces to keep the WCO in check. One day, we hope to eradicate them. As for now, we are the free world's last hope. Our agency is between an oppressive globalist regime and liberty. This is where you play, Elijah. The day in which we defeat the evil that looms over the land to the west of us may be within sight. If you so choose to help us, we would like you and Mary Ann to be a part of and lead a mission that will take down the WCO once and for all."