Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Upheaval: Day 20

Word Total: 120,006

Year to Date: 510,044

Summary of Events:
Leon was forced to come out of his room finally — having finished packing long ago — and tried to escape the Russians, but failed. He was taken on something of a tour of Toronto while the Russians waited for him to tell them who he wanted to say goodbye to, which he refused to do. He made another failed attempt at getting away from them later on. Finally they decided to take him to the psychiatric hospital to say goodby to his mom, whom he had no desire to bid farewell to . . .

Excerpt of the Day:
"Enter," Mr. Chekov said, waving Leon ahead.
Leon glared at Mr. Chekov, but didn't move until Mikhail shoved him into the room.
He staggered a couple of steps and then turned around to go back, only to see Mikhail and Kirill blocking the doorway.
Exhaling with annoyance, Leon turned and continued into the room, which contained only one bed. Mama lay on the bed, a blanket lightly over her that didn't really hide the straps holding her down.
She looked the most peaceful Leon had ever seen her: eyes closed, breathing relaxed; in fact, her whole body was relaxed.
"Mama," Leon said quietly.
Not a stir.
"Mama, I came to say goodbye," Leon said quietly. "I'm going to Россия."
Immediately her eyes shot open and an expression of rage came over her face. She screamed at him and Leon instantly recoiled.
Several more times she screamed wordlessly at him. "How dare you! Strap me down to this bed all so that you can ruin me again! You have destroyed me enough Леонид! I will not go to Россия with you! I will never leave Наталя alone! I will never desert her!"
"I'm your son Mama, Артемий," Leon said, positive she thought him to be his father.
She screamed again and fought against the straps.
Leon backed toward the door, a quick glance over his shoulder revealing that Mikhail and Kirill had stepped back; he guessed that they were both unnerved by Mama's tirade.
"Get back here and let me give you what you deserve!" Mama roared.
Leon turned to face the door once he got close to it and took off like a shot. Kirill and Mikhail shouted and took off after him.
As fast as he could, Leon tore down the stairs and out the front door of the hospital. He saw a transit bus to his right and powered toward it as a couple passengers stepped out of it.
"Wait!" he shouted as the bus doors started to close.
One of the disembarked passengers told the driver and the doors reopened.
Leon leapt onto the bus and sagged to his knees, sides heaving painfully, as he was sure his ribs weren't up for this sort of workout yet.
After catching his breath, Leon fumbled for his bus pass and flashed it to the driver. He then staggered back to a seat. Finally he'd gotten away from them, but where could he go now? Most certainly not home.
In fact, he couldn't really stay in Toronto. They'd pull this city apart with a fine-tooth comb looking for him. Goodness knew more agents would come and start looking. He needed to get somewhere outside of Toronto, yet still in Canada.
He grimaced as the bus' brakes made a shrill squeal. The driver announced that they were at the train station. He could take a train somewhere. That was probably the fastest way to escape this upheaval that he knew of.

Pronunciations:
Леонид: Leonid
Наталя: Natalia

Next post will be May 12.

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