Book - The Tipping Point

Chapter Five

“Where could she be?” Alister wondered aloud in frustration. “I’ve checked everywhere.”

“Who are you looking for?” WADE asked, “I am here to help all the people of Sydney, to stop the desolate amount of trash that has plagued this city.” Alister jumped at sound of the robot’s voice.

“Stupid robot,” Alister mumbled to himself. “I don’t need your help.”

“I will help you find your friend if you tell me who she is.”

“Ok, I guess. My friend’s name is Vera.”

“Locating Vera, my sources tell me that she’s at the old stadium.”

“Thank you!” He screamed back as he ran towards the old stadium. The place that used to be one of the greatest buildings in Sydney was now reduced to a pile of rubble. Only a faint outline of what it once was. He stared at the old building with melancholy as he approached.

“Vera!” Alister exclaimed, “what are you doing in here?”

“I’m just revisiting the days when I would show up here every morning to train for the Olympics. Even after I won my first medal, I came here every morning and every evening to train. I loved competing in the Olympics. They were my whole life. Then Sydney fell into this disarray and the Olympics just stopped. They never happened again and I never got the chance to feel the way I used to when I competed in those games.” Vera spoke with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia.

“Well, there isn’t much we can do about that. I mean, we’re just two nobodies who want to make a change.”

“Of course, we can do something!! We need to do something about it!!”