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08-13-2004, 12:24 PM
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I didn't get that far away before the siren went off. Once I realised what it was, I panicked. I had no idea of what to do.
HIDE!, my only thought. I ran, not knowing where to, just ran so that I wasn't here.

Got to get out of the line of fire...think
The panic make tought hard, but I had to concentrate. I stopped running
By Odd, what if it's Abe?!
No, hide. Take to the shadows. Safe and alone...

I took a turn off from the main corridor and crouched behind a dumpster. Safe... relax.
But, what if it IS Abe?


The siren ended pretty soon after I'd calmed down. It didn't take long to find who ever set it off, I guessed.
I emerged to find everything seemed the same, although the sligs were more alert.
Before I could find out what had happened, the sligs were sent on a moral-breaking run. Management don't like use acting up, so they beat the life out of us.

After a couple of hours work, I risked returning to my bunk. Luckily I didn't run into any sligs. They were all a little jumpy since the siren. I hear the occasional bullet shots far away from sligs who had an "ask questions later" policy.

After lying down and looking around for some people I knew, and not finding any, I decided to ask the nearest person to me about the alarm.
"Yo, Karnor... uh... did you hear that siren earlier?" I had no idea what to say. I knew nothing about Karnor except his name.
"Yeah, who didn't?!" He turned away from me. I was about to ask another question when he spoke.
"They got five of us... trying to escape." I saw his hands clenching in anger.
It's then I realised Karnor was part of the freedom fighters. I watched him try to control his emotion for moment.
"Oh... um... Do you know who they were?" At that, he turned and stared at me. His eyes looked as if they were trying to kill me.

"Yes I know. Wentral, Quitle, and Resbunt..." he seemed to chock. I knew he was trying his hardest not to cry, and it only added to his anger. His next words were through clenched lips, his knuckles white.
"They got Demrof as well. and some other guy who was only there cleaning. They didn't care, they took him as well."

"By Odd..." I only knew one of the names; Demrof.
It's not that he was my friend, but I thought he wasn't like the other freedom fighters. He seemed, well, smarter to me. I stared at the ceiling, trying not to think about what would happen to the 5. Eventually I shut my eyes tightly and tried to sleep.

Last edited by Adder; 08-20-2004 at 10:14 AM.. : Story edit
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