Necessary Evil

Summary: Set just after Pretties, in the time of Cutter recruitment. Losand, a 15 year old ugly boy, has found out that his two month older girlfriend has been made into a Cutter. It is then that he is forced to make a choice that no matter which side he chooses, someone is going to get hurt.

Author Note: I do not own anything that is in the original Uglies series. It is all the property of Scott Westerfeld.

Chapter one: Hidden in the Shadows

As Losand sat in the bushes at the edge of the pleasure garden, he asked himself the obvious question. WHAT AM I DOING HERE? The answer was obvious: to see Nespa. But that answer had not worked very well to soothe his nerves lately. It was just his luck that he had been born only two months after Nespa, but that was something he could live with. What he couldn't live with was the fact that Nespa had been his girlfriend, at least until she had turned Pretty. Now, surrounded by supermodel guys 24/7, for two entire months, he doubted that she would even remember his name. He had come to see her, instead of having another nightmare of her making out with a Pretty boy, while he stood behind a 2 inch sheet of glass, that was slowly getting thicker. His cause wasn't helped by the fact there were more and more search cars out every day. If he found that Nespa still remembered after almost two months, and still wanted to be with him after he turned, than he could, no WOULD, get back across the river to wait out the last week and a half before his birthday. However, if he found that she was already gong out with someone else, he would willingly turn himself in to the Wardens. For him, there was no point to living if Nespa wasn't in his life.

As he stealthily made his way toward Nespa's house, he took all the hidden routes he and Nespa had been working on ever since they had agreed to go out with one another when they had both been 12. Working together, they had found a way to get to every square inch of the island, without any fear of being caught. They're pointless for Nespa now, since she could go wherever she wanted to go now. When he finally reached Washington Mansion, he quickly slipped inside. He had done his homework. There was no party of any kind going on tonight. All the residents of Washington Mansion were asleep.

He silently sneaked up to Nespa's room, and after jimmying the door, slipped inside. Suddenly, Losand heard a very familiar female voice. This voice sounded like it was covered in razors so sharp they could cut a hair in half. But somehow, the voice sounded so familiar. "Hello, Losand." Suddenly, he realized who the voice belonged to. "Nespa?" He questioned. A figure dressed in gray silk dropped to the floor in front of him. "Very good. Dr. Cable wants to talk to you. All will be explained when you wake up." "Wake up, what do you…" But before Losand could finish his sentence, he felt a small prick on the side of his neck, and the world started to fade, his limbs feeling like they were filling with liquid lead. The last thing Losand remembered before he completely blacked out was Nespa whispering to him, "When you wake up, life will be so much better for you and me, together forever…"

Well, what do you think so far? I am now juggling this and my life as a new cutter. Both will be updated when I get a few reviews for both.