like nothing more than to kill all of the elites, he knew that the human race could not govern themselves yet after centuries of enslavement. But fixing the problem in this timeline wasn’t the solution, and he wasn’t trying to do it here.
Cin’s goal was to make the lives of the slaves better while he went back in time to make sure this future never happens. To keep the elite in chaos for a little while, Cin set off the kill switches in eighty-percent of the elite still alive. He knew the remaining twenty percent would be far too paranoid to think about doing much damage.
There was one place Cin was determined to personally shut down before he made the trip back in time. It was a place he’d been searching for since discovering its existence on one of the secret elite computers not connected to the global network.
Leaving the security cameras running worldwide, Cindrac made a portal in the air and stepped through the shimmering disc into a ridiculously decorated room. Cin immediately rendered the soldiers unconscious using the computer chips still embedded inside them.
Dozens of small children, ranging in age from two to twelve years of age, dressed in a hideously provocative manner, ran to hide in fear. Several overlords attempted to flee as well, but Cin immobilized them through their kill switches.
Standing in the middle of the room, keeping the elite from leaving, Cindrac connected the security cameras to the global propaganda networks and cut in on the regular fear-mongering and propaganda. After ensuring no one could shut down the transmission, Cin faced the nearest camera.
“I’m Cindrac, once a soldier slave. I’m now free, and so are all slaves on Earth. Your kill switches have been disabled. The poisons and drugs are removed from your food and water, and the subliminal programming is gone.” Cin paused to give the people time to think about what he’d said.
“The elite are being destroyed, the minions are next, and those who work with them will answer to me!” Cin roared the last and grabbed hold of a cowering man. “These animals no longer hold any power over you. Be kind to one another. Work for your livelihoods, and learn to live together while I remove the monsters from our world!”
Cin snapped the man’s neck and dropped the lifeless body to the floor. “Anyone caught harming a child will be killed instantly. Anyone caught helping an overlord will be killed instantly. Anyone caught harming another ex-slave will be killed instantly. These are my rules. Follow them.”
Cin stalked around the room used for ritual sexual abuse and slaughtered every damn overlord he could find. Knowing there were others, Cindrac stomped through the elaborate complex until he’d found them all.
Cin heard sniffles and crying everywhere, and he awakened the soldiers and other slaves forced to work in the twisted compound. With no orders to follow, the soldiers and staff were confused over what to do and turned to Cin.
“Stay here and protect these children,” Cin ordered them. “Do not harm or touch them in any of the ways you witnessed here. I’ve left ancient child-rearing information on the computer systems. Study them, and learn how to care for the kids until I return.”
When everyone nodded mutely, Cin was getting ready to create another portal when a soldier walked up to him. “Are we really free?”
Cin nodded and was horrified when the soldier turned his weapon on himself and blew his head off. Dozens of others followed suit until he was able to shut down the chips in the firearms.
“Why are you doing that?” Cin asked the remaining soldiers.
One soldier stopped from killing himself burst into tears. “I can’t live with what we allowed to happen here. The kindest thing you can do is kill me.”
Cin closed his eyes, caught between a rock and a hard place. After seeing the horrors that the elite had done to the children for centuries, he couldn’t blame the staff for feeling that way.
“How many of you agree with him?” Cin was sickened to see that every single adult wanted to die.
Changing his plans, Cin ordered the frightened children to go to the docking bay. Once they were gone, he set off the kill switches of every adult on the island. Ending the televised transmission, Cin stormed out of the room to where the children were waiting.
Scanning the docking bay for the largest ship, Cin directed the children inside and helped them strap into the seats. Cin launched