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this,” he asked with a bit of suspicion.
    “There are facilities like this around the world. Arrangements have been made to fill them all to capacity with both people and supplies.”
    “And who determines who the people are?”
    “People like me, people who are well connected, but most importantly people who can contribute to providing mankind with what we will need to repopulate the surface whenever it is possible to go back out.”
    “What about the people on the outside―when will they be told?”
    “They won’t. Some already know, others had to be silenced because of what they knew and what they were going to do with that information.”
    Keith digested that for what it was. He had taken lives, and made decisions, which cost other people their lives. He was neither a fool nor a coward when it came time to make a tough decision. Nevertheless, at the moment it took some time to digest the scope of how his father, and others, had acted in cold blooded calculations which would knowingly affect billions of lives without their even being aware. Then he thought of his little brother. Frankie, Jr., was not a chip off the ol’ block. While the General was quite formal and conservative, little Frankie was the antithesis. Keith and his brother were always close, with Keith often running interference between the two. Frankie just could not adapt to life as a military brat, always moving from one place to another. In time, he did anything he could to upset the ‘old man.’ Eventually, he even went as far as becoming a journalist who used his platform to embarrass the military in any way he could while knowing his name reflected on their father. Keith did not agree with the lengths of rebellion Frankie went to, and often tried to reason with him. Their father had never been overly hard with his family, and he tried to accommodate them as best as he could. But once their mother died of cancer, Keith’s efforts were no longer enough to keep things from getting out of control. Frankie took her death harder than the rest of them, and even blamed their father. He was wrong, but his stubbornness just would not let him get over it. That was one way the two of them were just alike. “What about Frankie,” Keith asked with concern in his voice.
    “I tried,” his father said in resignation.
    “What do you mean you tried?” Keith said raising his voice.
    “I called him. I tried to get him here with you and Terri. I thought maybe by using your name, it might have succeeded, but it was just a hope.”
    “You can’t just let him go without telling him. Jesus Christ, why didn’t you just tell him,” Keith demanded.
    “Tell him what,” his father retorted, “Hey son, everyone on the earth is going to be dead in a few days. Why don’t you come out here and live with me underground?”
    After the reality of the situation set in, Keith knew his father had done his part, even if he could not really accept it at the moment.
    “Honest to God Keith, I tried everything I could to talk him into coming here. After my last call, I think he thought I was just up to something and was even more adamant in refusing than he was with my first call,” he finished in a voice full of appeal.
    Keith was actually surprised to hear that not only did his father try, but he did so more than once. He did not think they even talked anymore. And, maybe they didn't. That was the problem.
    “I’ve got things to do son,” he said gathering his composure, “We will talk again, but by now the complex is locked down. No one is entering or leaving. You will have a role here, just like everyone else. I’ll call for you in the next few days. It’ll be up to you to explain this to, and deal with, Terri. I don’t envy you that, but it’s your responsibility now.”
    Keith looked at his father, still trying to process the many and varied thoughts racing through his mind, when the words dawned on him that he would be the one to break the news to his