The Billionaire's Possession (Voted Best Reads for Cats)

Chapter 16/We want our country back, oh yeah

A/N - We're back. This time no one get's out unscathed. 

Kaitlyn's home 

The next day I got back home from school a little low. Not only had I gone swimming with the governor but I had failed to find the symbol of the maze. I also felt awful about Alexander. When I got home after school the next day I found Mom blankly on the sofa watching television. My heart immediately jumped up my throat with the thought she had discovered my-swimming-with-the-governor experience. I sat down next to her casually.

"What are you watching?" I asked.

Normally Mom and Even watched the fun-fun-fun channel. It basically involved videos of people falling over or cats doing weird things. It was basically America's Funniest Home Videos but as a channel and everyone loved watching it.

"Some man in the United Kingdom has won a referendum. The Brits have decided to leave the internet" said Mom.

"What?" I said turning the sound up.

The volume went up to see some chirpy news reported talking.

"...News. A huge upset for the survivors in the United Kingdom as a surprise majority vote for Independence from the internet. Nigel Von Trap nationalist and a leading campaigner for UK internet independence was delighted by overturning all the polls saying 'he had finally got his country back'. We go over to London where Mr Von Trap is mounting the stage to talk to cameras and supporters at the campaign headquarters."

"Von Trap" Mom said "doesn't sound like a Brit, sounds more German. Apparently, this so called nationalist has a French wife."

The TV switched to a picture at night in the United Kingdom. There was a man in an old grey suit.

"I cannot believe... I cannot believe that all those years ago when we founded this great party. I remember it now. It was just me sitting with Mark and John with an idea. Just one man and his billionaire friends talking ideas. The idea that I would one day see the result for the people of this great country seemed an impossible dream, but it happened. Now the common man can say we are no longer enslaved to pornographers and tax exiles..."

I looked at Mom. "Hang on what are they doing?"

"They had an election to see if they should cut the United Kingdom off from the rest of the internet." said Mom fascinated.

"That's like triply mad," I said.

Mr Von Trap continued on the television "no longer do we have to kowtow to unelected internet bureaucrats who tell us how to run our internet here in our own country. Well, the great British public has voted and they voice has spoken out loud. In a very clearer loud  voice 50.01% to 49.99% we have said, we want to have our lives back, we want to take back control, take back our borders, we are going to Believe in Britain for once."

My sister Eve came in and joined us on the couch watching the live video from the UK.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"The British are cutting themselves off from the Internet,, " Mom said.

Eve opened her eyes "wow I know I'm infected but even I know that's dumb". She said while she pulled at her long groomed hair.

Mr Von Trap continued to ta but then opened up for questions.

"What do you say to the Yes campaign that having no Amazon, No YouTube, No eBay, No Gmail, No Twitter, No Facebook, No WhatsApp, No email is going to bring this country to an economic halt?" said one reporter.

"Well that's just the kind of fake news the Yes campaign has been peddling for all these months. We are not anti-Internet we just want a British Internet for British people, we want our lives back. The overwhelming majority of British people have said 50.01% to 49.99%, yes Nigel we agree with you. The people have spoken and it's time all those re-moan-ers shut up and allow the democratic process which the over whelming majority of British people want to be enacted by parliament."