It was faded and cracked, the yellow lines bleached almost white under the sun. It had seen many tires of all types over its hundred years of life, bu... no repair crew in almost twenty. It stretched in both directions like a tired grey ribbon, a tired line that went from horizon to horizon. The signs had all been shot, smashed down or rusted out decades ago, and the impotent government that ran what was left of the USA had more important things to do—like clothing and feeding its tired and weary. . aur top main soti thi,vo aksar sote waqt bra nahi pehnti thi. To Saturday ki subha jab main utha to dekha maa bhi uthi hui hai aur nashte ki tayaari kar rahi hai,maa ne mujhe turant fresh hone ke kia kaha aur apni dono behno ko jagaane ke lia kaha,,,main pehle ridhima didi ko uthane gaya,to dekha ridhima aaram se so rahi hai,,vo apni taange mod kar so rahi thi,,jiske karan uski gaand ka ubhaar saaf nazara aa raha tha, uski bhari bhari jaange dekh kar mera lawda hamesha khada ho jata tha,khair. Hastily raising myself on one arm, I looked around, but all was dark; and it seemed to me as if the rain must have penetrated through the flooring of the room above, for some kind of moisture appeared to fall, drop by drop, upon my forehead, and when I passed my hand across my brow, I felt that it was wet and clammy."To the fearful noises that had awakened me had succeeded the most perfect silence--unbroken, save by the footsteps of a man walking about in the chamber above. The staircase. I hoped that she would not be the Captain that they were talking about, I hoped instead that someone, anyone else would walk out before us. I didn’t like the thought of having to deceive her and liked the idea thinking of her as an enemy even less. Facts were facts and my fears became a cold hard reality when Felleona walked out from inside the large building that we were assembled in front of. I swallowed hard as I looked at her in the new light of knowing what I knew, that she wore the mark.