Jawara was thoughtful about what he saw in Andrei and Jaidev, what FIREFLY said and revealed, was just a few minutes away from what was to come, in just 30 minutes, Jaidev transported himself to FIREFLY and they had that conversation. Blossom gets Jawara out of her mind.
_ Do you think it's possible for humans to be able to do everything, that we can fight once and for all everything that afflicts humanity?
_ If I'm honest Blossom, I don't know - says Jawara thoughtfully - and even more so now seeing what I saw in Andrei: severe anguish for having lost a loved one.
_ Ah! Yes, you told me that you spoke to Jaidev before Andrei got into a bad emotional state, and that they had lost his older sister, she being a child
_ I can't imagine what it feels like to lose a loved one in death!
_ Well, those of us who love you and those who want you, are here with you now, that's what matters, and what I love about you is that genuine interest you have for others.
_ I don't know why you tell me that if that quality is the one that predominates in you.
_ Well, yes, but you are interested in others, more than you imagine, and being realistic, no one has been able to eliminate the world's problems!
_ But I would like to try, contributing a small grain of sand. Will you excuse me for a moment, love?
_ Yes, my love, go ahead.
Jawara walked through the crowd, they looked at the Airspace-wanderer with great pleasure, they were already looking forward to seeing it in action. Jawara meditated on how his creation would help humanity. There are already many technological advances, many of them impressive, but the thing is that every time something innovative comes out, someone else comes out with something more innovative. If your goals are focused on serving others, but suddenly your desires go in another direction, you run the risk of becoming selfish. It is very easy to become selfish and pride comes in when we believe that we can do many things, and that only brings desolation and ruin. Jawara's father gave him that advice when he was a child, and Jawara has kept it in mind all his life.
Suddenly, a rumble begins to be heard in the auditorium. The tables begin to shake, all the objects begin to move and fall.
_It's shaking! -Sharon says with fear
_Friends! You must know what I saw out there! -Yadir exclaimed determined to make known what he saw in the sky
A strong earthquake begins to shake New Jersey. People panic. Jawara asks everyone to calm down.
_Calm down! Stay calm, find somewhere to take cover
But panic increases because the magnitude of the earthquake begins to increase. Jawara, Blossom, Sharon, Iris, Yadir, Joshua and their other two friends, Wally and Yamal, look for shelter. Jawara's other friends were not present, some had decided to leave to continue with the procedure to the underground arks, others were in LUCIÉRNAGA.
_Come on! We have to take cover! The earthquake is very strong! - says Jawara
_Look! We will be here together, following the pattern of the triangle of life, in this corner we will be fine- exclaimed Fatima
_You look familiar to me! - exclaimed Blossom when she saw Fatima and now that she and her friends are taking cover.
_ My name is Fatima Winterhall, I am a student of seismology and earthquake emergencies
_ Winterhall! - Blossom exclaimed - You are the sister of Denahi, Jaidev and Andrei Winterhall!
Although they are going to hide in a place where they can survive due to the triangle of life, they can realize that that cannot even save them. The building begins to collapse, to their surprise, the Earth begins to tilt to the right, which makes all the people slip. Jawara and her friends try to hold on to something so as not to fall.
_ What is all this! - Yadir shouts
_ I don't know! But we must hold on very tightly - Blossom says
_ I have never seen an earthquake of this magnitude! - Fatima exclaimed - Joshua Dellinger and his fiancée, Sharon Malenfant could not explain the Eclipse, it does not surprise me that I cannot explain the nature of the earthquake either.
Once again the Earth tilts, but this time it tilts to the left, people begin to slide now to that side, three people collide with Edward Malenfant and he also begins to go down.
_Father! - shout Jawara and Sharon unanimously
_Oh no! - says Sharon
The Earth shook very hard, the buildings collapsed in a matter of seconds. Many people were dying crushed by the earthquake, the Starwater auditorium had not yet collapsed, but it was about to collapse. Suddenly, the Earth stopped tilting, the earthquake calmed down, Jawara and Sharon began to search for their father with great desperation, the tilt of the Earth killed many people.
_Father! Where are you? - shouts Jawara in desperation
Sharon searches in all corners, there were many dead people, she had to look for him by removing the rubble.
_Yadir, help me, please? -Sharon says- I have to find my father!
_Yes,
Of course, Yadir tells her
Everyone is looking for living people. Jawara felt her heart stop just thinking that her father was dead too. The earthquake calmed down, but she felt small aftershocks. Many began to leave the auditorium, but many others were looking for their loved ones. It was as if time stopped, as if milliseconds turned into hours, the movement of the people was very slow, there were screams of desperation, a lot of crying, exclaiming for help, a lot of moaning, people even urinated out of fear, material possessions were no longer worth anything to anyone, not even on the scale of normal earthquakes, nothing like this had ever been seen in the past, although many who have lived through things like this have faced it in one way or another, now, during an event like this, even the behavior of the people caused a lot of fear, because there was too much fear in them, not even the bravest was able to lead, but they could not be heard due to the mental block that Jawara had. Suddenly, he heard someone shouting his name.
_Jawara! Here I am! - Mr. Malenfant was on the roof of the auditorium, but he did not fall. How was that possible?
_Father!- Jawara shouts- How is it that you are up there and you don't fall?
_I don't know! It's very strange.
The ceiling of the auditorium rises upwards, along with Edward Malenfant, something surprising begins to be seen. Natural disasters: one of the greatest causes of economic losses. Unfortunately, humanity overlooks it and goes after materialistic goals, which one day you have and tomorrow you don't.
FIREFLY observes
_ Poor people!- exclaimed Denahi- and this is only the beginning, the end of the world has arrived.
_ But here we are- said Jaidev- I know that we have not spoken, since your integration here in FIREFLY
_ It has only been months, since I entered the university, and you know very well that it is the same time that Fatima entered here. I know that you should not and should never say anything about Firefly. But, does Andrei know in some way that Fatima and I already spoke, in some way?
_ No... - Jaidev sighs - he doesn't know, but why? If you and I haven't talked openly, we're like complete strangers.
_ Well, I don't want it to be like that anymore, you're my brother, like Fatima and Andrei. Only, I haven't been able to really deal with... the death of our parents, the terrible suffering of our father when Sharon died, we didn't know her as such, I only know that they showed us photos of her, my mother, our mother, spoke wonders of her, it seemed as if she was able to overcome losing her daughter faster than our father. He cried and cried and there were times that he even broke things and with loud screams of anger due to the unbearable pain of Sharon no longer being there, I remember that even at night... I heard him cry, sometimes, it was already dawn, I got up to go to school and he was still crying, mom, who was also a doctor like Andrei, no matter how much I try to help him move on. I even remember how I tried to comfort him.
Flashback
_ Daddy! Why are you always sad? I love you so much! I don't want to see you sad, I want to see you happy
Agnar's face was soaked with tears of pain, a powerful cataclysm is losing a child, knowing his death is only the beginning of the cataclysm for a father, his cheeks were already too red from so many tears he had cried, it seemed that his eyes were already drying up from so many tears shed, but they did not stop dripping. Denahi runs and hugs him, he reciprocates and tells him over and over again.
_ Don't die too! Don't die too!
_ Let go of your father, Denahi!
_ But I love my dad so much!
_ You must do it! I don't understand why even though years have passed, he continues crying and crying as if it were just today that your sister left us.
_ Don't you miss my little sister?
_ Of course I miss her! She's my daughter like you are! But your father is exaggerating too much! (These words are heard as a strong echo)
End of Flashback
_ And I lived those words and that scene over and over again, before we no longer saw each other, and since then... I have felt guilty about how mom and dad had to face Sharon's death.
Jaidev looks at him with a lot of compassion but at the same time a certain degree of resentment for not having expressed his feelings before, he hugs him without him realizing it.
_ I'm very sorry, it must have been at times when I didn't realize that was happening, if I was a witness as a mom there came a time when I couldn't stand dad being in that emotional state anymore because of Sharon's death, but I never imagined the degree of how much it would influence you, and the degree that he might even want to "turn you against" him. Andrei..... all the time I want to bring up the subject of Sharon he always complains about her, and blames her for being dead, and I don't like that at all, but I'm determined
or to let that go and what I want is for us to be together again, it's enough! Let's forget the past, and be together, if this is the end of the world, be it with what we're seeing or whatever if we can't stop that Armin Blake from destroying us, let's not die without having reconciled.
_ Please stop talking about past traumas! It's nothing personal, but now you must concentrate- said Michael- you have to look ahead, always look ahead, because not looking ahead is the beginning and the permanent duration of the cataclysm, Jaidev! Don't resign yourself to the fact that because Armin is so far the most powerful and threatening alien that FIREFLY knows, it's already a fact that we're going to die, we don't know everything about the planets, the alien races, even how many universes exist. But what we do know is that we will protect our home, you'll see! Even though Blake is much more powerful, we already have our combat strategy, and who knows, more allies may arrive, not only with Jawara defending humanity for his unconditional love, but also here in FIREFLY.
_ Things are getting out of control! - said Margaret, a member of FIREFLY, who Denahi is smitten by due to her beauty - the loyal love we show each other is equally important, there is a time for everything, a time to talk and a time to be silent, but please, Michael, if they need to vent now, let them do it, because the end is near, but we all know that worse things can come, and not necessarily the Apocalypse or INFINITY attacking us.
_ It can get worse- said Sigrid, Margaret's sister, one of the youngest of FIREFLY- once Esmeralda said that there are compelling reasons why Armin hates us, and not necessarily because of trauma for having lost those he loves, there may be someone behind all this, I don't think that for nothing humanity or the Galaxy is behaving selfishly.
_ If you support what I say- said Esmeralda- I think there may be something more powerful than INFINITY
_ So powerful that not even Armin himself or INFINITY can be defeated!- exclaimed Alexander, with great confidence as if he knew like Esmeralda and Michael Tyndale, that there is something more sinister in the universe
Things get worse in New Yersey and it is only the beginning of the cataclysm.