The Wait

Gunshots were fired from a distant alleyway followed by screams and cries of a woman begging for her life to be spared, this was a daily occurrence in these parts of the underground city.

There were different kinds of underground cities and all of them were connected by tunnels which require the use of trains, only few people were allowed to travel to different cities with the use of a 'track card', these cards were obtained through a high rank in the profile that was made by the system in the underground so to speak, it was like a v.i.p. card to travel.

Some cities were also either shut down or discontinued due to other outbreaks or a contamination with the surface air. These cities were all blocked out and all route that lead to it were all closed off for the safety of all people.

Due to the continuous decrease of the economy, an event was held by the government once a year, where ten representatives of each and every city would be brought up to the surface to try and reclaim the lands or bring back valuable resources, those who would be successful will be given a higher rank to their profiles in the system the government made and would be given the luxury to live in a better neighborhood and a comfortable household.

So far, only very few people were successful in collecting valuable resources, but none were able to reclaim a land, those who failed to complete their tasks were never seen again and those who came back seem to lose their memories of what occurred in the surface.

The 'System' made by the government served the purpose of creating the profile of each and every citizen in all the cities and this was to maintain peace and order as some would say, however, it also caused a great division within the people.

The government had then become dependent on the decisions of the system thus our daily lives consisted of having to follow the rules implemented by the 'system'

There were also added upgrades to our living such as more advanced technologies and robots were also added to the case, we call them 'bi-tech', they had the purpose of serving us in any way they can.

A year had gone by in a flash, the day came where everyone waited patiently for the announcement to come any moment that very day, all grew anxious in the wait and hoped for the best that they would not be chosen by the system.

Three children are seen running along the streets, chasing each other towards an empty demolished that was long abandoned and discontinued in an empty part of the neighborhood

Climbing up the scaffolding and onto the rooftop that held their little hideout, the first to arrive to the top was the girl, Y/n, a young girl with the drive to seek more adventure

"Ha! Got here first like always"

Showing of her cheeky grin and pumping her fist up in the air

"Hah... No fair, Jake w-was slowing me down"

Panting out heavily, Oliver grabbed onto the hand that Y/n held out to him followed by the boy named Jake

"TSK TSK TSK, it's no use complaining because it was obvious from the very start that I would beat you two like always"

Bragged the girl, prolonging the a in always as she waved her pointer finger in the air and shrugged her shoulders in a boastful manner

"Yeah, well... someday me and Jake will beat you somehow"

Says Oliver while putting his hand on his chest and pointing to the boy beside him who was busy patting himself off of dirt and grime

"Yeah, whatever, c'mon... hurry up will ya!"

Rushing into a tent and bringing out a few snacks that they had stashed from yesterday while the other two were busy setting up a mat that they could lay down on

Dropping the snacks onto the mat, all three kids sat and played a few board games, waiting for announcement to flash on the big screen on a building not far from where they were

The sudden sound of an alarm caught their attention and immediately their eyes were locked onto the screen and waited for their district to be mentioned

Y/n stood up proudly and pointed to herself, flashing the other two a grin

"I will grow up to be a hunter and get to see the surface along with you two by my side!"

Using her other hand to point at the other two boys that were sat on the ground, looking up at her like she was crazy or delusional

"Hah?! Have you not listened to a single word they taught us at school about the surface? You'll likely just give up on that dream of yours once you realize that it's hopeless"

Said Jake, scolding her for having the idea of going to the surface, worried that she might get herself hurt or in the worse case go missing like what happened to those that never came back from the surface

"Nu uh, I'll keep this dream of mine and one day you'll see me living my best life in one of those big comfortable houses they have in the Crannes district"

"You re-

Jake was suddenly cut off by Oliver who had put a hand over his mouth and stopped him from further saying anything to the girl in front of them and pointed to the screen behind the girl with a look of shock and concern

" Hey, isn't that your brother"

Turning her attention back onto the screen behind her, she dropped her hands to her side as her eyes seemed to be glued on the image that was flashed onto the screen

"Cole L/n"

The dictator mentioned her brother's name and continued on calling out the names of those who were chosen to go to the surface.

Thoughts came rushing to her head as she rushed to go down the building and back down the familiar path towards home

'My eyes must have been mistaken me, there's no way, this can't be happening!'

"Y/n! Wait for us"

"Run faster Oli!"

Shouted the other two who were doing their best to catch up to the girl in front of them while avoiding debris that were all over the place and out into the quiet streets

Occasionally bumping into people, arriving in front of an old apartment complex, barging inside and up the empty eerie stairwell

Y/n arrives to the floor where their apartment should be and notices a few men and bi-tech who were armed with guns wating in front of their apartment door with a brown folder in the hand of the man in front of them

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