The Price For Freedom

by MajorMagma

The place he was born, Zaun, is a reincarnation of hell. The people have long forgotten what freedom meant. All hope is gone. But one day a competetition would be held. A competition about science. Various missions would be given, and competitors had to kill and survive through it. Ray, a 15 year old boy, would compete. Will he be able to pay the price for freedom? Or is it a lie?

1. Prologue

Chapter 1: Prologue

What is going on here?

This city where I live, Zaun, is corrupt and broken. A place where the police ignore mass murders, because the murderer says it has to do with science. I bet they don't even know what that means! The fog from factories only increasing, and nothing the government does about it. People are so poor and miserable, and no one gives a damn. The government only watching us, the citizens suffer from every angle that's possible.

I am a boy of 15 and my name is Raymond. They call me Ray though. I work in a tank factory. The pay is bad, and it's very dangerous. But I should be happy that I have a job. I don't have a family anymore though. Both my parents died in an accidental factory explosion. Or so they claim. I am certain they wanted the insurance money. I have been working here for years. Money is starting to become a big problem, and solutions are getting scarce.

Various gangs have started to take over town. The big ones are the Packs and the Saints. No street is safe anymore, especially in the night. Innocent people die every day thanks to them. And of course there is the police. Which by no stretch of the imagination is any better. Various organizations are also trying to gain control, like Viktor's 'Glorious Evolution'. I heard from friends of mine some big company was starting a competition. Everyone was allowed to compete. There will be various missions, all having something in common; science. Of course, everything in this city has to do with science. There are rumors saying the losers will die, and you are allowed to kill fellow competitors. So I just have to join, make sure I get a weapon, and kill everyone in my way?

They want me to fight?

I won't stand this anymore. They are right. I have to fight. This city is screwed. I may be a boy, but I have the right to fight for a brighter future. I will fight back. I will use everything I got to win, and hopefully not die in the process.

Whatever people call it, gods have done nothing for us. If you truly want to reach something, you have to get up your ass and fight for it.

People deserve better than this. Right now, death is the only freedom. But no glory awaits you there. So I guess this is it then. I will be competing. Soon it will be killed, or be killed. I will learn what the means of survival are. I will fight for the freedom and safety the people deserve. This will be a new page of history.

And I am going to be part of it.