Chapter 1
263 Words
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“Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.”
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Section One
An Arab Summer
1
I AM BECOME DEATH
Somewhere in Pakistan. June 3.
The coal-black of Waseem Jarrah’s hair was distinguishable only by a chiseled patch of white that tore through one side. Jarrah, the most wanted terrorist in the world, put his hands on the trembling nineteen-year-old’s shoulders.
“Khalid Kunde, your time is near,” he said. “You are a soldier of Allah, and Allah’s rewards will be grand. Remember, what you go to do now is but the first step.”
A tear welled in the young man’s eye, yet did not fall.
“I will not fail you,” the apprentice replied.
“You are the younger brother of Shakey Kunde. His name is legend. His efforts to detonate a nuclear device on American soil were valiant, his sacrifice noble. But he failed in his ultimate mission. Nevertheless, he sits at the right hand of Allah, as will you. Do you know the words?”
The young man knew Jarrah wanted him to quote the words of Robert Oppenheimer, the original inventor of the atomic bomb.
Khaild nodded his head in affirmation, stared at the floor, then choked out, “The words are, I am become death.”
Jarrah’s eyes widened as he basked in the glow of his new apprentice. He replied, “The destroyer of worlds.”
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