I'd like to apologize for the short chapter but this is kind of a test chapter to see how you guys like it. A review would be greatly appreciated!
Chapter 1
A knife protruded from the desk between the man's jittering fingers.
"I'll ask you again…What did you see exactly?" said Colton, a short man, but intimidating nonetheless. He was the leader of The 5, a group of friends that banded together after the Draft.
"I-it was huge…at least 15 meters…I'm telling you, the Titans have returned!" Colton picked up his knife and left the room, leaving the man tied to his chair.
"What did he tell you?" Asked Jackson.
"He says the Titans are back…I don't believe it."
"I wouldn't either…but something's telling me he's not lying"
"C-Colton!" yelled a small voice from the back of the room, Colton turned to see his long-term girlfriend Cynthia rushing towards him, embracing her warmly she asked.
"Are you okay? Did he hurt you? What happened?" Colton smiled at her concern
"I'm fine I promise"
Axel spoke from the back of the room: "Damnit, I was hoping you'd die." Colton laughed it off.
"Hey…Where's Mark?" Colton asked,
"Last I heard he was takin' a shit" Axel responded. They all laughed but Colton had to turn his attention back to the man behind the door. He sighed and walked into the room again, looking at the still-frightened man.
"Is that all you had to say?" Colton asked the man.
"Y-yes"
"Well I'm sorry, you can't be allowed to go. you'll just tell and have us found and killed"
"No! Wait! They've evolved! There's new types! Oh god they have evolved!" and with that, Colton drew his knife, placed it to the man's throat, and cut. He somberly left the room, blood trailing down his hand.
"I…I had to kill him…" Colton said sadly. Everyone sighed heavily.
"It was that or have him tell and kill us, Axel…remove the body please." Axel nodded and began working, Cynthia walked up and hugged him. Wanting to comfort Colton after what he had to do.
"Guys…If what he said is true…We're gonna need some new gear, something to help us fight." Jackson added. Mark strolled into the room, gaining stares from everyone.
"Did I miss something…?"
"Oh not much, just our possible fates, Colton murdering the hostage, and Axel being Axel." Jackson said, adding a heavy sense of despair to the room.
The group left the building and walked into the forested region outside. It was dark and the moon wasn't very bright, making seeing all but impossible. Cynthia tripped, being caught by Mark and lifted back to her feet. They continued walking, a helicopter flew over them, shining down a beam of light. They were rebels, and deserters, if they were caught they were sure to be killed. The Draft forced more than 200,000 men into the military. Axel, Colton, Mark, and Jackson were among those numbers. But they ran away, refused the crown and turned their backs, and now they're wanted. A loud crash broke the silence, the group froze.
"Just a piece of the old wall falling" Mark whispered. He was right, thousands of years ago there used to be three massive walls around here. They were long gone now, well, except for the ruins. They continued their silent march. Reaching the edge of the forest, overlooking a military base. They stared at the huge Rose emblem on the gate.
"It's a Garrison base" Mark observed.
"How could you tell? Was it all the soldiers or, you know, the GIANT EMBLEM ON THE GATE?!" Axel responded sarcastically, Mark hissed in annoyance and stayed quiet. Colton shushed Axel and slowly crouched, motioning for the others to do the same and stay quiet, the group slowly made their way to the base, silently praying they wouldn't be caught.