IN TIME
Chapter 1
Time. The new currency of the world. And the new life. When you are born you have a year on your clock, which starts when you turn twenty five. You will die when it reaches zero. Unless you get more time.
That's the hard bit. Getting time. You can work your butt off and by the end of the day you only get a minute. Well, not really. Maybe an hour or two. But, still. And this is all because of the corporation, government, whatever you want to call it.
The only person Ethan Hunt has known who's stuck it to the man was Will Salas. He supposedly 'stole' time from a man who had a century but that's only part of why he's wanted. After that, he kidnapped Weis's daughter (Weis is the guy who pretty much owns everything) who then helped him start stealing time from banks but instead of keeping it they gave it to the poor and hungry. That's all Ethan's figured out from the snippets of news his seen after doing his job as a minute men (which he loathes). A minute men is pretty much a criminal. They steal time from others and it doesn't matter who they are. As long as they have time. And minute men don't just take a little time they take it all. Though if the police are on there case they might take only an hour or two.
That's what Ethan hates. Treating people like Time Capsules but hey, you gotta pay the bills someway, right?
"Hey," A voice said in the backseat, bringing Ethan out of his thoughts. Ethan turned to look at Chris, the minute men's leader. John, his right hand man, was beside him.
"Yes boss." Ethan said, trying to keep up a strong, manly voice but failed a little.
"Not you, I'm talking to David. David, stop here."
The car slowed and parked on the sidewalk but before Ethan got out he checked his time.
0000:00:3:07:22:23
Ethan rolled down his sleeve and got out the car, following the group into a building he's never seen before. They were in the ghetto, like always, but Ethan wasn't that informed of the mission. Ethan checked his time again as they entered the building and headed up the stairs, everyone saying nothing.
0000:00:3:07:20:05
It was dark out, the moon covered by a thicket of clouds. Ethan just noticed a sort of breathing sound, which got louder and louder the higher they descended up the staircase. They finally got to the top floor, went down the hall and stopped at a door where the noise was the loudest.
"Open it John." Chris commanded. John stepped forward and took out a set of keys, unlocked the door and pushed it open. And the people inside were no other then Will Salas and Sylvia Weis.
