The Death of Avian Gronk by Frank Sonderborg

 


He was chained to the death chair. Labelled a violent man. 

A convicted terrorist. Waiting to die. Waiting for the poison to be injected into his system. There had been no jury, just a hanging judge.

He’d unsuccessfully defended himself.

Been warned against it. It never goes well. But Avian Gronk had committed to defend himself against all the bullshit charges of terrorism. ‘The Southern Wetlands Cooperative Terrorist Attack,’ it had been called in all the tabloids.

The Judge read out the charges he had been convicted on before his execution. “On the night of the 15th of August at approximately midnight, you took part in a raid against the offices of, 'The Southern Wetlands Cooperative.' Herein you murdered the president and vice president and destroyed their IT network. By blowing up their offices with explosives. You left a manifesto from the, Avian Action Group on site. Then you posted the action via TikTok and YouTube.”

Avian Gronk had denied all charges. He was innocent of any crimes. He was a freedom fighter and as such he was justified in any action he had taken part in. These men were monsters and deserved to die. The company was an abomination and deserved to be destroyed. The company was anything but a Wetlands Cooperative. It was the complete opposite. It was draining the wetlands to increase the area for commercial real estate. The real company behind the façade was Blueskys Invest. They’d bought their way into Southern Wetlands. And had perverted the company, created to save the migrating avian population from destruction.

Wetlands are one of the most important habitats for birds because they provide food, shelter, nesting areas, and safe migration stopovers. They support both local birds and migratory species.

Wetlands sustain entire ecosystems. A healthy wetland supports insects, fish, and plants that birds rely on, creating a stable food web.

Migratory birds rely on chains of wetlands along their long travel routes. If stopover wetlands vanish, they will vanish and be replaced with urban Blusky Invest sprawl and pollution.

Avian went on, “My mother and father were both conservationists and conservatives. My father fought in the never-ending middle east wars. He gave me my special name. Then showed me how to fight against Big Tech and Big Government. If we do not resist, there will be no birds, no bees. And we will have no, no egrets.”

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