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Gwendolyn Anderson placed the last details of her makeup by adding the final touches of eyeliner. As she let out a deep breath, she looked down on the invitation to the event she was invited to. This was the biggest and most important event for the organization which Gwendolyn reviewed and researched on for the past six years since its start back in the turn of the century.
Those were perilous times for the faithful due to the turn in choices of certain media. Some truths are a necessity to remain a secret for it may change the world, but all truths have one destiny and that is to be revealed. The truths exposed during that year, just through the entertainment of fiction, was enough to cause a nation to rise, another nation to fall, and for everyone involved to question more than ever but always searching for more questions and never coming to an answer which would make sense. Now the world is in turbulence. People want to call it the End of Days but it really is just an exposure of the truth...the types of truths that were ill-fated to keep secret from the many that have faith as their primary base.

Gwendolyn held herself in composure on physicality but her emotion was starting to expose her true nature towards certain things which happened like a string theory upon her sanity. A lonesome tear ran down the side of her beautiful face as she came to grips with it, but she knew that things werent ever going to be the same when it came to her faith.

Everything changes but it should be towards a direction of understanding, Gwendolyn whispered to herself.

Humanity did change as time went by and she remembered how she also took part in the source of the changes. It was one year before the changes begin and she had a strong belief in her faith. The sun was shining upon her like the caressing hands of caring. In many senses she felt caressed with the warmth of hope and happy to be alive for her choices she made have made her successful. Not just in life, but for life. People can be successful in life and not enjoy it, thus losing their appreciation for it. Gwendolyn was one of the few who were blessed to have success and the appreciation for it.

During that time she was working for the best avionics company in the world using her degree for what she wanted to be: an engineer. She was on her lunch break when she was approached by a fellow co-worker who read multiple books like she did. He introduced her to the book that would start the changes in the world: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Even though the majority of the worldwide reading population read this book, the majority really isnt an impact on the actual population. However, within those who read this book, some decided researching was far more important on matters that seemed to go against the views, or the implemented views, of billions of people worldwide.

Out of the publication of the bookbesides a lot of hatred and controversy among the Catholic Church and Christianity in generalcame those who sought more of the truth from the novel. Multiple references were used in the novel and the people who searched for a deeper understanding of why Dan Brown did his research started yet again even with more initiative than to just write a book.
Out of this uprising, a small contingent formed out of Harvard and soon they became to be known as the Harvard Agnostic Thinking Elite: a group of over one hundred agnostic students whom researched the major flaws in religion. They focused mainly on the most major religions such as Islam, Judaism, and of course Christianity and its many affiliates and dominations.

Soon, their research spanning from the major name of Harvard started to make an impact on society. More and more people who read The Da Vinci Code were drawn to the enigmatic research and power towards agnosticism and their ways to research how religion is flawed. Many points from the infamous novel were researched, some proven true such as the Priory of Sion, Opus Dei, and the banned gospels that were rejected from the Bible. As more and more research was utilized and even brought through documentaries, more and more people have joined the Harvard Agnostic Thinking Elite.

Despite their importance and strength, they were not the one group that really made a major impact on the modern society of today. Even though the novel was a major hit and came first, it was the movie based off of the novel that caused heads to turn and make people question like an agnostic. The airing of the movie was a very controversial airing for it was an excellent movie. But once again it caused people to question the church, question the claims of Catholicism, and the authenticity of the Bible.

Questions such as power and greed in the Catholic Church were questioned far more now to the point that it was more of a threat instead of research. Because of the movie another elite group made from agnostic film producers formed out of Yale. This time, it had more of an impact because more people were able to relate to the movie since more people are willing to watch a movie than read a book.

This group was then known as the Formalized Educated Agnostic Religion, thus establishing themselves as a religion of their own. Their motto was, Proof before worship and worship without proof is heresy towards the truth. The widespread hatred and praise of the movie caused the numbers of agnostics within this group to grow. As more and more people joined, showing more documentaries people actually watched more than reality television, the faithful begin to question then wane from their faith for this was tangible proof. Truth researched and proven real, just like Dan Browns research for writing his controversial novel.

Within one year, because of both the Harvard Agnostic Thinking Elite and the Formalized Educated Agnostic Religion, over 50% of anyone who had religion turned against it. Due to their major destructive research into the Christian fallacies, they soon turned their eyes to affiliations of Christianity.

Soon Islam was countered and attacked on all levels, for the religion itself is somewhat a sibling of Christianity, and both were the spawn of Judaism. As for Judaism, since it was actually the beginning of the major three religions in the world, it was assaulted by both the Harvard Agnostic Thinking Elite and the Formalized Educated Agnostic Religion as the beginning of the lies. All of this research, all of this change, caused by the publication of one novel and a movie based off that very novel. All of these events in the chain were due to just one little spark of questions and answers.

Within three years of the movie, all religions were considered false and only a minority of people kept holding onto their faith. It may have been a minority of people but it still had a large number of people. Despite their differing views and beliefs, all the religions decided to unite together to protect their faith, their right to believe.
Because of this movement, it brought new hope to those with faith, that they had a fighting chance. Their faith remained strong despite major blows such as the fall of the city of Mecca, the refusal of printing holy books such as the Bible or Koran. Even the fall of the Vatican was a major blow. But, still, the people of strong faith remained true due to their faith.

This is what enlightened Gwendolyn. In many ways, she felt so bad she questioned her faith, but the major impact of both of those groups has even made her question faith. Now she felt like it was the one personal sin she would never be forgiven for.

With her renewed enlightenment within her soul, she was able to progress in a different direction and become the voice of the people whom held on to their faith. Quitting her job, she decided to become a research journalist and do even more research work and get undercover scoops on both the Harvard Agnostic Thinking Elite and the Formalized Educated Agnostic Religion.

Backed by the self-education of reading many books, her research and journal skills were astounding to the point that it went beyond the journalistic to sometimes a very extreme cognitive to what is self-evident. In her research alone, she was able to use different aspects of literature and English against both groups. In one case, she retaliated on behalf of faith that both groups were established by hate and fear. Agnosticism, though general yet strong enough to turn heads in her review, is a belief established by both feelings. To top off her research, she was able to figure out that if you take the first letter of each word in both organizations, you are able to spell the words hate and fear.

Years later, after Gwendolyns choice to quit her career as a supervisor to become a journalist for the faithful, she has established herself as the strongest informant for faith. Brought about with both controversy as well as praise, the HATE and FEARas the people of faith so affectionately called thembelieved Gwendolyn to be the unbreakable thorn on their sides. Because of this, they decided to join in a merger and in the process, changing their name to the Agnostic Alliance or better known as Double A. Using the far more refined researching tools and tactics of the former HATE, combined with the better connections and ability to mass market and spread information through media of the former FEAR, they were able to establish themselves on a higher prominence than anyone of them on their own could do.

Last year was their greatest victory for they were recognized as an official religion and then became the religion most people had in the world, now beating all three former major religions together. A lot of the followers of the Double A were former Christians, Muslims, and Judaists. The Double A even had former members of cults and smaller religions such as Hinduism and even the spiritual cults of land, sea, and air.
This was the time of the agnostic movement and the agnostic thought is now the most dominant thought around. Anyone else of different faiths were ridiculed and hated. Some of them were assassinated, such as the Pope. Even Gwendolyn had a couple of assassination attempts put on her through her life. But despite it all, she remained strong along with those who had a belief in their faith still.

Faith even had a fighting chance with Gwendolyn Anderson now on their side, helping them through, paving the way. It seemed that with due time the Double A was going to fall.
However, the Double A was actually established through a secondary person. The person who gave the idea and the understanding to merge and in everyway, the most powerful agnostic the Double A has. This leader was so strong and proud of the agnostic view, that this person even asked everyone on worldwide television, through another person on high credibility, to stop assassination attempts on those who still had faith for they would die off eventually. So in ways, this leader saved Gwendolyn Anderson from someone hateful taking her life in murder. The leader even took time to have a documentary interview with Gwendolyn. This was actually the most watched event on television for the new millennium and everyone turned to it, avoiding their reality television shows, game shows, and new releases in movies.

The interview was expected to be so extremely intense that when this interview was planned they surrounded the interview table in a large room surrounded by multiple guards. The room was lit up only by the antique lamp on the antique table with two antique chairs. In a typical interview, the chairs would be facing each other, one chair on each end of the table. However, this setup was quite different for the chairs were close together, only an arms diameter away from each other. They would pretty much sit next to each other like a married couple.

When the time came, Gwendolyn was invited in and she sat on her chair which was the blue chair. When she got to the center of the room, she saw the chair which was encrusted with blue sapphires and diamonds. She could only assume that that chair was her chair. The other antique chair had red rubies and pink crystals on them. A chef came by with a wheel cart full of his finest cuisine he personally made for this moment. The escargot smelled of the finest saffron and tarragon spices the wealthy could afford. The cheese souffl and steamed vegetables were a delicacy, along with the sliced leg of lamb with garlic and spices cooked to perfection placed as the masterpiece in the center of the antique table. With this steaming dish filling the air, everything had an aroma of ambrosia and nectar. Everything was a delicacy of the highest and most intimate of taste and palette.

After the food was set and the wine glasses filled, the leader of the Double A approached with a highness in the step. The leader than sat down in the chair right next to Gwendolyn and smiled with the most intimate aspects of a sadistic half-smile.

It is nice to finally meet you, the leader formally introduced.

It is also nice to meet you, too, Gwendolyn answered casually.

Well, before we start, I am a bit famished. Would you like to have anything to eat along with me? the leader questioned.

I would love to, Gwendolyn answered, keeping her manners in check despite the fact she ate lunch already. Besides, her appetite was gleaming again by the eloquence of the banquet placed before her.

After having an excellent lunch and exchanging some talk and journalism, the leader asked ever so politely if she could ask a few questions as well. Gwendolyn, being nice and wanting to show some sign of thanks for the delicious meal, abide by the request and listened intently.

I hear you are a Christian. Is that correct?

Yes, I am.

Then how does it feel to be a believer in something that has been nearly wiped out?

I believe it is an honor for me and God that I have faith strong enough to survive through the constant times of your organization.

My organization isnt that bad, is it?

I didnt say it is bad, but it wants power.

Didnt the church want power as well?

Well, the Catholic Church does but my church is more open to anything and everything. We are a group who are listeners.

Then listen to this. My organization has proven your faith to be of false accusations. If there is just one part of your faith that is false, then it pretty much demonizes the rest of it.

I do not believe that?

Why?

Gwendolyn tried to think hard on her faith. However, the presence of the leader of the Double A and the major importance of this interview was of major amplitude. The television cameras just a ways down zooming on this very interview was also a dead giveaway to the stress as well. Gwendolyn wanted to give a strong front for those who still had faith.

Because we

Gwendolyn froze and she could not answer such a question based off of something needed for proof. It was just too hard, too not right.

Well, I guess your faith is just like your strength, it is fleeting. The leader somewhat mocked with an insane half-smile.

My strength is not fleeting!

So your faith is, right?

Gwendolyn remained silent, feeling the leader did not deserve an answer to such a question.

Dont worry, for you will die off with the rest of your faith. If there is a God that you so believe in, he died off and is rotting somewhere out of your understanding you see.

Gwendolyn lost her composure and actually grabbed the leader by the throat with both hands. She couldnt believe it but she was being controlled by hatred. She had stooped down to the level of an agnostic and she knew it and she tried to resist but her mind had full control. Her heart was seized at the moment. The guards then grabbed her and held her arms behind her. They activated their cattle prods and aimed them towards her body. The other guards pointed their handguns towards her as well. She did not struggle knowing what would happen if she tried to. The leader than straightened up and went straight to her, grabbing her face and right then and there, kissed her. Gwendolyn tried to pry herself free, but all she got for her attempt was the prying of her jaw open so the leader could force a tongue into her mouth. After a minute of the disgusting act, the leader stepped back.

I just committed an act of sodomy, yet I am not a pillar of salt.

Gwendolyn actually held her tongue on that statement for she knew that sodomy by definition was anal sex but society had branded it with everything else that was disgusting and atrocious by what society wants it to be.The leader was smiling her half-smile and she turned around and walked away. When she reached the door, she snapped her fingers and the guards let Gwendolyn go. This seemed to be a setup. This battle was won by agnosticism but the war was far from over yet.

It has been just one year since Gwendolyn met that woman, the leader of the Double A. Now she was invited to go to the ballroom ceremony at the Duchess High Hotel in Miami, which was the big conference meeting ceremony for the Double A. The big plans of the future of that organization would be discussed there.
Gwendolyn tried last year to get in but was rejected. She was too popular among both the people who rejected her and supported her to get into the ballroom. It would show a lot of coverage for her journalism and maybe an excellent documentary on the inside of the Double As most prestigious event.

Just a good six hours till the event in Miami. Gwendolyn thought it would be wise to stay at a hotel the night prior, but she was busy with her last documentation towards the weakness of having no faith. She did get a lot of help from certain people from her past on reporting on people who were faithless.
Most of the time, faithless people were usually hopeless people as well. The hope they tried to show was either superficial or faulty. Whenever something has no proof, then you cannot judge the authenticity or the falsification of it, thus making it nearly wonderful or just perfect. She, however, did book a hotel for the weekend for she wanted to at least enjoy herself down in Miami, as well as business. Maybe catch up on former employees who moved down there as well. She then looked at the dress she wore in the mirror like a duchess preparing to descend the steps of her palace to the frivolity below. She frowned. By its look for it was a beautiful cross-necked dress but it was semi-sheer as well. The back was low cut and the jewelry which came along with it were blue sapphires and diamonds. Just like the chair she sat in during that one most important meeting with the leader of the Double A.

Gwendolyn then put on the heeled black leather sandals which came with the dress and she looked in the mirror yet again for final adjustments. She was the personified form of a mature and beautiful woman, but the reason behind it tonight was something she really did not care to dress up so formally and beautifully for. She looked at the invitation mailed to her along with the dress, jewelry, and sandals and she read it in her mind very slowly.

Dear Ms. Gwendolyn Anderson

You are cordially invited to the Agnostic Associations exquisite and prestigious Ballroom Ceremony. It will be held this Saturday at the Duchess High Hotel, home of the Agnostic Alliance. The event starts at 8AM sharp.

For you, however, this is a VIP invitation and you will be treated with the highest respect and class. You have your own table reserved, and booking for a room at our hotel, if you choose to, is available and provided by the Agnostic Alliance. We hope to see you at our prestigious event.

The Leader of the Agnostic Alliance

Gwendolyn was ready to go. Shed packed all of her things, her reservation and some casual clothes in the back of her cars trunk. She also brought along a book: Tarot Destined. She wasnt much into the tarot before, but since all faiths joined in the right cause for the right to believe in their faith, she had a new understanding and respect for other religions and faiths.Besides all of that, the novel itself was an excellent understanding of life and the pitfalls, punishments, and awards of following or not following your heart. Gwendolyn also liked the book for even though it was simple, it had a very good meaning behind. Also, personally knowing the author might have something do with it. Tarot Destined was given to her from the author. But after the publication of this book, he left her and everyone else for he used to work with her in avionics.

Now that everything was ready to goher supplies for the trip, a book to read before she sleeps, the necessitiesshe stepped into the car. Turning the ignition on, the engine roared to life like an efficient beast waking from slumber. Gwendolyn then looked at the clock and was able to estimate that she had only enough time to make it to the prestigious event on the dot. She then looked at the invitation yet again and this time, she turned it around. She then dropped her head and shook not believing that this is how she got invited. Everything was what the Double A wanted. Actually, only one person in the Double A wanted her there as she read the penned note on the back of the invitation.

Looking forward to kissing you again!

Eliza Roark sat in total silence in the presidential leader suite of the Duchess High Hotel, home of prestigious gatherings of the most prestigious within the Double A. As Eliza sat at her desk detailing her daily goings of yesterday, she started to slow down on her writing to reminisce upon choices and events that made her what she is now, and where she is today.It was one of the highest of honors to be placed above the highest members of the Double A. She was also the youngest of the highest and most prestigious members in the organization. Even though agnosticism was recognized as the newest and most respected religion in the world today, it was not so long ago when it was feared to be agnostic, to be scorned sometimes, and to have your thinking of agnosticism idealized with sorrow and faithlessness.

As Eliza prepared herself for the prestigious event gathering in the main dining ballroom below, she had flashbacks of her past. Before she became the leader and, all in all, the head of the Double A, she was unsure with her life. She was raised in a family torn by the falsified view of obligations. Her parents were divorced and they were too different for each other. Things were not exactly the way they should have been when she was young and she never was really raised right. Even her father admitted that to her and it was during a time when it was way too late to do anything about it. The same went with her mother. Because of the parents attitudes towards their daughter, they had an impact of negativity on her fragile mind at a young age. Now Eliza is older and all that time she justified her reasons to make it so. Justification has now come in the form that her past, no matter how difficult and hateful it was, has brought her to a position where respect is the main key. Because of this mindset, she was now the most respected person in the Double A, and probably in the world.

As for her past, nobody seemed to know anything. This is what she wanted. People knew basics like who her parents were, where she went to school, her education; either it be high school, college, or universities. Even past work histories were fine with her. However, the soul of her past was kept as an unknown secret only she would know about. Whenever she was interviewed, she tried to keep it on a minimal basis whenever they asked about her past. She also kept it extremely vague and extremely simple when it came to her answers. Simple answers are her friends during those times but theyre answers she herself did not like either. Explaining and justifying an answer to show what she knows, how she knows it, what to do, where to go, when it came, why it is so is the way she was and the way everyone should be. She felt more right with idealism behind her explanations.

Eliza was getting impatient since the party downstairs was going on but she could not go down till later on. To add to her annoyance, she could not mingle until after giving her speech. After that time, all of the delicious, beautiful appetizers before the speech and grand meal would be gone.
She had seen firsthand what they would be serving: elegant, miniature versions of comfort foods such as cheeseburgers, apple pies, and chocolate-dipped strawberries. She really wanted to taste the chocolate-dipped strawberries because she loved both chocolate and strawberries. To her, they were both aphrodisiacs. In that sudden moment of tasting a strawberry or chocolate, especially white chocolate, she was in love. This was an emotion which was very hard for her to deal with since she could not explain it in anyway possible. As a result she really did not believe in love whenever it came her way.

All of a sudden, the silence was broken by a fast, light knock on the door.

Who is it? Eliza asked.

This is just the hotel attendant, Miss Roark. I am here to inform you that in thirty minutes everyone will gather to their seats to hear your speech.

Eliza bowed her head down and shook it sideways and gave a little half-smile.

Thank you. Ill be down in thirty minutes. You may go now.

There was no answer but Eliza heard footsteps walking away to the main elevator in the back of the entryway. The presidential leader suite was very beautiful and it took one floor of the hotel. It consisted of over twenty rooms including two dining rooms, two kitchens, and numerous bathrooms. The dining rooms were the size of most grand dining rooms seen in restaurants. The kitchens were the size of commercial kitchens with the elegance and splendor of either the Plaza or Hilton. The bathrooms were fully equipped and a trip from the shower to the towel rack could be a workout on its own. It has been reported that people got lost in this suite.

Eliza sat down quickly at the table in the entranceway meeting room. It was called this since the suite itself was so big that the entrance into the suite had a meeting room with a map and a dot on it that says You are here. Multiple maps were added throughout the suite so others would not get lost in there. Eliza had used the suite before and she was able enough to figure out how to get around. The place was setup in a courtyard house style such as the Spaniards. All the bedrooms were on the outer side and everything else was inside. The concept was quite easy but people do not like easy. They like complication. As she looked over her speech she considered its ramifications. To her, it was nothing more than a party. But to everyone else, it was the most prestigious event that the Double A held every year since starting. Kind of humorous to be stating that since the Double A was formed only two years ago.

The numbers were better than last year. The number of people joining the view of agnosticism as a religion increased to the point that 90% of the worlds population was agnostic. This was very excellent news for the Double A. To them this meant that agnosticism had been recognized and accepted by more people than any religion in history, more than Christianity, Judaism, and Islam combined. For the Double A, this was pretty much victory. To Eliza, this was a justifying of means.

Fifteen minutes had passed and Eliza did hardly minimal to none on advancing her speech but thought it was time well spent. She decided to eat a little something to settle her stomach, deciding sushi was the best choice since it was another aphrodisiac to her, too. The more she ate, the more relaxed she felt.
She read the part of her speech where those with faith could be quite influential and at that time she stopped. Her thoughts rushed back to her about her past. She lived a reason why to hate Christianity, including all those with the viewpoint of believing in something that could not be proven on a physical standard.
A year before she came along to form the Double A she was struggling with her existence and her relationships. One man in her past made the biggest impact, and in her mind, he made both the most negative and positive impact in her life at the same time. Positive for he actually showed her how to live and negative for she did not follow it. In that respect, he became a demon to her. She hated him with all her heart and wanted him to die in her mind.

That was many years ago and she remembered it quite well. But now she wanted to see that man who made an impact on her so long ago and shove her powerful position in his face. She was no longer the repressed little girl he had met. Maybe he was the initial drive to prove that her agnosticism is a view worth having. A view which was true in the beginning but either misunderstood or ridiculed beyond reason. Now that agnosticism is the major religion in the world more popular, more understood than Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Wicca, Buddhism, Satanism, and any other religion she had no reason to be silent about her views on religion. She never believed in God and she never believed in anything that had no proof.

She never saw that man again. He was there, always around, and she could feel him close by...lingering in her mind. He just disappeared from the physical plane and in that reality his absence made her strive to try to be better than him in every possible way. Her initial goal for the Double A was to prove what people believe, but those who believe cannot even prove their belief with tangibility. Even the man she met long ago who impacted her so much could not prove his beliefs, too. Because of that one little thing, she didnt feel fine as she remembered the words given to her by that man about feeling fine.

Everything will be fine if you want it to be, she whispered to herself.

That phrase stuck with her like the waxing and waning of the moon, guaranteed to be there on time every week. With that phrase, she ushered forth new ideals and made big steps in the Double A.
She remembered how she was able to meet the leaders of the Harvard Agnostic Thinking Elite and the Formalized Educated Agnostic Religion when Gwendolyn Anderson wrote up a formalized report that jeopardized both groups almost to the point of defeat. She wrote a fan letter to both groups and became a very avid agnostic because of them. She used to be a casual agnostic but now was serious about her views thanks to them. She finally got her chance to talk to both leaders and her fronts were very good on what needed to be done. She thought of the idea to combine the two groups into one to save each other.
It was actually here at the Duchess High Hotel which was made by the Formalized Educated Agnostic Religion before they joined as one with the Harvard Agnostic Thinking Elite both major organizations announced their merger. Eliza was invited to attend and was very proud to see such an organized coming of age for two organizations she had a lot of respect for. Then it was the biggest surprise right then and there when she was honored and recognized as the single person to bring them together. It was a bigger surprise being named the leader of the new organization. It was at that time this new organization was recognized as the Agnostic Alliance.

Eliza was a ruthless leader when it came to the Double A and she had done some of the most unbelievable and most powerful accomplishments and tasks that the Double A had ever been accounted for. She was the one who brought a front up in a formalized research of the authenticity of the word of Catholicism and the Vatican. She attacked the small country with an iron fist and smote them with every hypocritical view they had. From banning gospels in the Bible, their views on killing, and how they did anything that was considered terrible in human right terms in the name of God, she held nothing back.
Whenever the Vatican tried to regroup, she would scream that they were thinking lies to cover their asses. The Vatican lost that battle going face to face with Eliza Roark that night. Almost all of their followers turned on them. Even those who worked, slaved, and lived in the Vatican gave up their views to search the truth. Now, believing in agnosticism was the right way thanks to Eliza Roark and her iron fist.

Without any support, the Vatican closed. What would happen next would be the biggest slap to Catholicism when the Double A purchased the Vatican. The Vatican, which once was the center of the Catholic Church and Catholicism in general, was now the home base of agnosticism in Europe. The former members still true to the Vatican were furious but could not do anything about it.

Later on, Eliza used her position and used it to turn those who had religion against their religion. In Islam, Mecca was an extremely important city and because of the Double A it was almost demolished by the fanatical destruction of terrorism. Muslims are quite terrifying in the name of Allah, but they are far worse when they are manipulated into thinking Allah has no substance. In front of the Muslim nation, Eliza Roark questioned why kill for something when all it brought was death and war. It was a suicidal question to ask but she used lines from the Koran to help her. She recognized that their leader, Muhammad, was a peaceful, wonderful man and being warlike and barbaric was not being like him. Then she brought the possibility that Muhammad probably made Islam up and based it off of Christianity since there were many similarities between both religions. Next, she presented all the destructive things that nations, races, countries, continents have done in the name of Christianity. The Crusades, the killing of billions in history including those without faith, those of different faiths, even women were brought up. The final question she asked: did the Muslim nation really want to be like Christians?

The speech was very simple, yet how Eliza spoke made her position very substantial. The next day, Islam went from the fastest growing religion in the world to the fastest declining. Agnosticism sky-rocketed to extremes that same week and many former Muslims made pilgrimages to the United States so they can finally shake hands with Eliza Roark letting her know that she was right and the most influential person they had ever met.

Elizas status in the world was huge and well respected. People didnt believe she could get any more powerful until that one day she had an interview with the most influential person among those who still held on to their faith. The meeting with Gwendolyn Anderson was quite a feat since it was two worlds colliding.
In the beginning, it seemed that the both of them would get along. They probably would have made a compromise of some kind, but it was a tainted dream. All it took was a couple of well-placed tactical lines here and there which caused Gwendolyn to lose her composure. Eliza had the upper hand making the meeting go the way she wanted it to. Even the guards secured Gwendolyn so Eliza could take luxury in a taste of carnal pleasures, the ultimate sign of dominance. In Elizas mind, the kiss hurt Gwendolyns pride and Eliza knew it. The world was watching during that time and those watching questioned if Gwendolyn could counter her own views against Eliza. It was a victory nevertheless on Elizas behalf.

Now all Eliza wanted to do was to find the man who made an impact on her those many years ago so she could show him that she was better. She had secured her place in history and she knew it. She was immortalized as a leader of a religion respected by over ninety percent of the worlds population. The mere ten percent was nothing to her but she had plans on diminishing the remaining percentage, as well. Also, she wanted to do something out of a good joke and predicament for those in the Double A who previously had faith. She wanted not just to win, but to control, dominate, and completely demolish a way of life to fit her personal views. She wanted that man here just so she could show him that she was better than him. Because of that man, Eliza was more driven than ever. However, she knew that her personal battles with demons would have to wait. The clock showed ten minutes left till she had to show herself downstairs. Eliza printed the speech and placed it delicately in the manila folder titled speech. Her next step would be something she knew would put her on the top tier of those who have succeeded and she knew it. This was the biggest feat she could ever accomplish. The biggest step she could ever take. She was ready to jump, and jumping was something she wasnt afraid to do when it came to personal gain. She took a deep breath and Eliza exited the suite and took the elevator down to the grand dining ballroom. It was time for the world to experience her presence. This was true awe at its fullest and she reveled in it.