-Chapter 1-
-Chapter 1-
He stumbled through the alley and raced on. His labored breath from running too long was way too audible in the silence of the night. He concentrated on placing one foot in front of the other. He knew that they were after him and his secrets. They were as silent as snakes, but he knew. If he could follow the alley and hopefully merge into the river, then he might still escape. With the thought of that, he sped on.
A million and one thoughts raced through his head. He had failed his family and friends, and now he would be forced to give up the secrets. The secrets that his family and friends had died for, and had treasured. Now, because of him, 5 seconds of advanced technology would replace twenty years of hard work. The work would be wasted. They would have to rebuild from scratch, assuming that they even survived.
He must not let them capture him, for his own sake and for the sake of the resistance. With the thought in his mind, he raced onwards, hoping to escape.
He hated them. The ""seekers." They and their shiny guns and bulletproof armor. He climbed over a fence and raced onwards. Fwoot! The sound echoed throughout the dark alley and he felt the dart puncture his neck. As the poison sped through his veins, he slumped forward and fell onto the ground succumbing to the poison. He saw darkness, knowing that when he woke up again, he would be changed.
When he awoke, he could feel the needles on his arm, sucking his precious secrets. It took a second to reactivate his mind and another second to register the fact that the needles should not be there.
"NO!!"
Desperately, he yanked at the needles, trying to rip them out. The door closed softly, and a man in white entered. He laid a soothing arm on his arm, and he fell asleep again.
As he slept, the words flashed in red on a cpmputer screen.
"DOWNLOAD COMPLETE."