Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:53:42 +0800
From: Jonathan Evans <jonasanevans@gmail.com>
Subject: Barely Legal Prologue (Revised)

They were dead. He was alive. He could not believe what he saw before his
eyes. Shot in the head, he could not do much, lifeless bodies that were
very much dead. Brad eyed his assailant, cautiously now, in the darkness of
the night trying to escape from this madness.

Brad once had a family, but not anymore. Just a visit to the washroom
allowed him to escape from his tragedy.

'Find him! He's bound to be in here somewhere. We can't afford an illegal
to escape.' A commanding tone reverberated throughout the makeshift home.

That was Brad's cue, he had to react fast. Looking around he saw an
opening, to the outside world of rundown metropolitan C36. There was no
time to think, he just had to jump. Hoping for the best, he took the leap
of faith...

'90...80...70...60...' Brad counted in his head as he fell from the 100th
floor.

Suddenly, he broke his fall midair. Fearing the worst, Brad slowly craned
his head down. Looks like it was Brad's lucky day, it was not the
enforcers. What he saw instead was another shocked pair of eyes.

Under the faint moonlight, Brad could see the shocked pair of eyes belonged
to a silhouette of what resembled another boy like himself. The ship slid
open and Brad fell in safely onto a seat.

'What are you doing? It's not everyday I see a young fellow like yourself
jump down from such a tall building.' A deep voice pierced through the
darkness.

'Step on it, we need to go fast!' Brad practically screamed.

'What are we running from again?'

'Enforcers.'

A spotlight soon shone on their ship.

'Get out of the ship now! Resisting arrest will lead to further charges!'

But Brad knew he would be shot on sight too. No arrest, no further charges,
for he was an illegal The Federation did not tolerate.

'Well you've put me into a tight spot, okay let's go.'

Stepping on the accelerator, the ship zipped up into the sky. Like a
dancing flamingo, the ship elegantly moved, left right left right, spinning
in the sky with ease. Eventually the ship lost the enforcers' tail.

'This boy, no, man has some skill.' Brad noted as he looked to the man he
previously underestimated to be a boy maneuvering the ship on his right.

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