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Journals: Book 2, Entry 20 “Tomorrow” Washington, D.C. The future. It started in a dim alley – filthy, ridden with rats. Had no idea where I was at the time. There was a sign on a post "Help us, help you. Human Registry: Gua and Human Succeed Together." A bum with a bar code-like scar in his forearm was dead on the floor. I was disoriented, bewildered – I wandered into a seemingly empty, blown-out building – an execution was taking place. An execution of a human by the Gua. They electrocuted him, said they found him guilty of actions against the Gua. I ran. How did I get here? Nothing was right, nothing at all. And that’s when I saw my worst fears realized. A new flag flew over the capital building – not red, white and blue. Red, white and black – the Gua had taken over the Earth. My worst fear had come to life, humanity had lost to the Gua. But how? I had no memory of the invasion, nor the battle that caused us to lose control of our planet. Had to explore the nightmare. Another bum tried to sell me condoms and computer parts, he said he knew me – was so freaked I just slammed him into the wall and asked him what year it was? He said 11. The eleventh year since the day of judgment. Suddenly there were Gua cops on top of me – wearing dark black clothes and armor. They threw me down and demanded to know where my brand was – my registration brand. That explained the scar on the dead bum in the alley. Then they started treating me like a celebrity. They were happy to see Cade Foster, they let me go. Told me I needed to be branded, even if I was Foster. Then they told me to hit the registry just a few blocks away. Found the place, a big brick building in town. Pleasant announcements urged humans to help build a better tomorrow for Gua and human together by getting "registered." Gua guards scanned the forearms of humans out front. And then Joshua exited the building. Followed him, right to a lady friend’s house. Was surprised to find the door unlocked but let myself in. A plaque on the door called her Claire Wilson. Occupation: Concubine, Military Section – guess some of the laws had changed in this reality. Claire’s place was nice – but there were camera’s on the wall that followed movement. Disabled the camera and waited for Claire. As soon as she saw me her face lit up like a kid at Christmas – called me "the most famous human in the whole world." Said I was on the mandatory Gua-Net all day long – showed me a public service announcement I knew was impossible – me, Cade Foster, telling the people of Earth to go down to a local station and get branded so our "leaders" could keep track of us and "help us." She showed me my "journals" – but I didn’t remember writing any of the bull they contained. The Cade of this reality was telling people that humanity was headed for doom and destruction and that the Gua swooped down like "caring parents" who wanted to "re-organize and reeducate a dying planet." The aliens wanted to help "make Earth whole again." Somehow, they’d undone everything I ever worked for … and I was pissed. I told Claire it was all a hoax – everything the Gua said was untrue. Somehow they’d created a false Cade Foster to spread the word. Claire didn’t want to believe the Gua were anything but benevolent. So I took her to the abandoned building I’d been in earlier and showed her an execution. It made her a believer. Claire arranged for a "meeting" with Joshua and did her "job" – which I hated – but she insisted it was the only way. I stole Joshua’s key card in the meantime. Claire said a Gua card would give her access to the human registry files – I told her to look for Eddie. When we couldn’t find anything Claire, bet Eddie was dead – I told her to search for Larry Pisinski – we got him. Eddie was alive. But here, even my partner was different. He spit on me when I found him working in his garden just outside the city. He spouted Gua loyalties – thought I was putting him through a test. I told Eddie that I was back and ready to fight – I asked him to trust his instincts – that I didn’t sell out. Eddie listened and then he believed. I needed his help again. He filled me in, told me our predictions all came to pass – 16 cities were hit by 10 million Gua troops in the invasion – 19 died on the first day. But it was all covered up in one massive publicity stunt – and somehow, through this "re-education," the Gua had come out our saviors. With Eddie and Claire’s help, I was determined to turn this around – to fight again. To tell the world the truth, that the Gua weren’t our saviors, but rather our destroyers. We would not be slaves to these monsters – I wanted humanity to rise with me, to become a resistance and take back our planet. I was determined to get people to open their eyes and see the Gua for what they really were. My mission hadn’t changed at all. In the reality of my nightmare I would fight back as hard as I had before. And if this wasn’t real, then someone new was pulling the strings – but who? Either way I was going to find out. And I was gonna win. Read Eddie's Paranoid Times Article: "Our Dark Future." “Tomorrow” Writer: Chris Brancato & Paul Eckstein Director: George Mendeluk Executive Producers: Francis Ford Coppola, Larry Sugar Created by: Chris Brancato Guest Stars: Rob LaBelle, Roger R. Cross, Victoria Pratt. |
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