Sergey

Are we going to the yard ? asked Plato . Sergey plainly nodded . Andrei was getting even more scared about what was happening and where they were headed . I think it was a mistake to get in the vehicle , said Andrei to Plato . Plato did not say anything . He was sure in his mind that Sergey would not hurt them , even though he suspected that he was capable of hurting others . But not his friends , surely . There was no more conversation between them , thereafter . Plato was busy looking at the roads , while Andrei was busy getting terrified with theories forming in his head every two minutes . And for Sergey , he was busy holding the suitcase tightly . As though nothing else mattered to him , apart form that . The car finally halted in front of the yard . Raise your windows down , he said to them . That would surely kill us , replied Andrei . It surely will , but not now . very slowly , very painfully , replied Sergey . So you are the killer , after all , said Plato . We are all criminals here , in some manner , but are not killers . And you want to kill us too now ? asked Andrei . Have you forgotten that we were all colleagues a while ago . Sergey tossed the suitcase over to Andrei . Take a look at what is inside , he said to Andrei . Andrei opened the suitcase , it was money . Plato too took a peek at it . Money ? asked Andrei . And not uranium or Plutonium ? asked Andrei again . No , there is no need for all that . Those materials you mentioned are required for the running of a nuclear plant . We are a nuclear plant , what are you talking about , asked Andrei . For forty years , this has been a nuclear plant , and you are saying something else . For the first 20 years of the 40 , yes it was a nuclear plant . Then afterwards ? asked Andrei . Coal , noise and some steam , replied Sergey . We have been transporting normal waste all these years , asked Plato . Yes , said Sergey and opened the window down . Just normal waste . What is going on here ? asked Andrei . What sort of scheme is this , fooling us , fooling the entire government . You are fooling the government right ? Of course we are , replied Sergey . Then what about the energy ? the output ? asked Plato . There has to be enough power given to the government right . What is the substitute ? asked Plato . Your windows are still shut , said Sergey . The two of them opened the windows . It could not be nuclear waste , but it still smells awful replied Plato . Sergey laughed , and Andrei tried to laugh. Yes , we have to produce enough energy to substitute what the nuclear plant produces . Sergey turned back , and there is a substitute . Romanov 20 years ago , in one of his missions found a compound multiple times more powerful than uranium and could produce ten times the output the compounds that are found in earth produce . Romanov ? asked Andrei . The old man Romanov ? He was a traveler . Sergey looked at the both of them with intensity . The best of traveler , a man who would risk his life to save a thousand . A general who would chart territory you nor I would ever think of touching . The old man is a great traveler ? asked Plato . This is something I cannot believe , said Andrei . The new compound and those things I can believe , but the old man is a legend , that I cannot believe . Then why does he work as a blue collar now ? asked Plato . He does whatever is necessary . He does what needs to be done . Sergey now looked ahead and said to the both of them , but most of all o think that he is searching for some kind of redemption . Redemption for what ? asked Plato . That is something you have to ask the old man himself , replied Plato . And Andrea ? asked Andrei . What are we transporting to her ? Money , replied Sergey . And you are telling me we are taking such a big risk to bring her money ? fumed Andrei . A risk ? you are taking a risk ? laughed Sergey . Andrei kept quiet . Plato was more interested in the murder , Sergey , he said . Whatever it maybe , the things that I cannot really understand , I do not understand . But this is something I understand , that nobody has a right to take another life . You are right , I do not have the right to take another mans life , but someone had to . He was a traitor . The scientist was a traitor , he was trying to steal the compound and sell it to people who were really dangerous . For what ? for Money ? said Sergey . He was putting millions at risk just for money . And that is why he had to be killed . And that is why Sergey turned back facing Plato , I had to put a bullet in his head . Plato kept quiet . And what is this for ? asked Andrei . The suitcase . Drop this at Andreas tomorrow , instructed Sergey. The windows pulled up and the car left the yard