Escape

By: Valandil

1-28-08

Under the far reaches of space, in a building lit by fire, a man runs out yelling at the top of his lungs under the night sky. He gasps for breath, exhaling smoke. He continues to run out of his fiery home as fast as he can. He continues to run, and pulls out a pistol. After vaulting over a fence, he puts his back to it as waits, hiding. He is running from something. Something deadly. Sparks fly past him, fire roars around him. He waits patiently. Reloading his gun, he looks back, behind him, into his home. He can make out a shape, the shape of a human. But wait- it isn't a human. A human couldn't survive that. It must be something else. But why would it want to kill me? The man takes aim. He steadies his gun. Could it be a replicant? No. Their outlawed. It's the Blade Runner's job to kill them. This must be something else. Something stronger. It continues to walk toward him. It starts to jog. Then it starts to run. The man pulls the trigger of his pistol.

BLAM!

The attacker falls back into the fire. It was a hit. Should I approach it? Or should I find safety? The man decides to approach it with hid gun drawn, ready to shoot. He looks at it. A burnt body. Not recognizable. He starts to search the coat to find anything not burnt. He finds a badge. Oh no, Could it be? He lifts the badge out from the coat.

It is a Blade Runner badge. No, no! This can't be right. No. The man started to hyper venerate. It was self defense. But was he really trying to kill me? Or was he chasing after something else? Suddenly a cold hand grabbed the man's shoulder.

"Thank You." The person's eyes flashed red. It was the replicant. The replicant threw the man from the fence, and grabbed him again.

"Don't touch me," the man said. He knew the replicant could kill him. But that didn't mean the man couldn't try to kill the android. Suddenly the man started to shoot the replicant, as it dropped him. Blood gushed from the replicant's chest, and it collapsed on the ground, retired. The man limped back toward safety, away from the dead bodies.