Yesterdays Gone: SEASON TWO (THE POST-APOCALYPTIC SERIAL THRILLER) (Yesterday's Gone)

back. And Brother Rei is the only one brave enough to keep leading us from the darkness.”
    “What about John?” Linc said, “You think he’s gonna stand by and let you all take over? There’s more people loyal to The Prophet and John, than Rei. You ought to get on the right side while you still can, brother .”
    “I am on the right side,” Brother Peter said, through gritted teeth. “I stood by and watched while The Prophet opened his doors to one and all, without a care in the world of what kind of danger that exposed us to. Letting in sinners, polluting the well, and drawing the Demons closer! It is our faith that keeps this place pure and safe from the Demons. Letting in sinners allows cracks in the fortress that the Demons will use to gain access and destroy The Sanctuary!”
    “Please, Brother Peter, I know you’re a good man,” Desmond pleaded. “You know Brother Rei will kill us. Are you going to let him kill Mary and her daughter, too?”
    “If they’re righteous, God will spare them,” Brother Peter said.
    “Yeah, right,” Linc said sarcastically.
    “Enough chitchat,” Boricio snapped, shoving his pistol in Linc’s face. “I am sick and fucking tired of hearing all you motherfuckers goin’ on and on about stupid shit. Forgive my French, Brother Peter, but facts is facts — this is a New World Motherfuckin’ Order where only the strong survive. Just so happens, The Prophet is fat, old, and weak. And Brother Rei and his men here are ready to do what needs to be done. Can I get a witness?”
    “Amen!” answered Brother Peter.
    “So, I don’t wanna hear none of your gums flapping, unless you’re ready for Boricio to punch your ticket to knock knock knock on Heaven’s Door tonight.”
    As Desmond and Linc shut their mouths, defeated, Luca closed his eyes, and reached out into the world, searching again for Will. Each time he’d gone out, he came up empty. Will was nowhere to be found, and Luca started to wonder if the monsters had gotten him.
    “Please, Will, you have to get here now! Something really bad is about to happen.”
    Luca waited in the darkness for a response, but heard nothing.  

    Then he heard the sound of gulls.
    Luca opened his eyes and found himself on the warm sands of Las Orillas beach, standing on the boardwalk, the hot sun on his skin, the smell of salt in the air, and the sound of gulls squawking over the crashing surf. He was eight years old again, and wearing his red Spiderman swimming shorts, which made him smile. He’d forgotten he even owned them.
    “Luca?” a voice called.
    Will?
    Luca looked up to see the lobster taco stand, with Will in his bright green tee shirt, smiling and handing a taco to a teenage girl in a red bikini. She took it and joined with her friends, a group of surfers carrying their boards toward the showers. Luca ran toward Will, smiling, and calling out, “You’re here!”
    “Hey, Luca, how can I help you?” Will asked, oblivious to what was going on in the real world.
    “It’s happening! Brother Rei has locked us in a dungeon beneath the women’s house. He’s gonna kill us all, I know it.”
    “I know,” Will said, the smile vanishing from his face. “I saw it in the dream.”
    Luca stared at him, confused.
    “What do you mean you knew? Why didn’t you warn anyone?”
    “It wouldn’t have mattered. We can’t change what’s meant to be, no matter how much we might want to. Even when it’s what you want more than anything else in the world. There are no loopholes to get around fate.”
    “Am I going to die?” Luca asked, tears in his eyes. “Who else? Is Rebecca going to die? Paola? Mary or Desmond?”
    Will shook his head, “Don’t ask, Luca. Just do what you feel is right when the time comes. You’ll do the right thing. I know it. I’m coming back now, and I’ll do what I can. But I’ve seen what’s next, and I can’t say it’s going to end well. But you have to trust yourself.”
    “Are you going to die?” Luca asked.
    “Don’t worry about me,” Will said, reaching out and tussling Luca’s hair. “I’m coming as soon as I get past these monsters.”
    “Where are you?”
    “I’m holed up in a shop about a mile away. I ran into some monsters, but I’ll be there as soon as I can. I promise,” Will said, then vanished like a broken transmission, as did the world around Luca.  
    He was again in darkness, death looming on the horizon.
    He heard a sound ahead in the darkness, and realized