Hello people of the interwebfacenet! This is my 15th story! A huge milestone? Maybe not. But this is pretty big for me and I wanted to make this big story for you guys! I don't know how long it will be exactly but it will likely be quite long. Lots of characters from LR, MM and EF will be used. But everyone, please enjoy! :-)

A boy walked through the street of his home city. It was a safe place most of the time, so he had no worry of being attacked. He had gone out for a walk around the city hours ago. He had lost track of time. He looked up at the cyber-boards advertising things and chuckled.

"They actually think those boards help sell things?" He thought to himself. He continued to walk through the city.

He saw someone in an alleyway. They were curled up in a ball on the ground. When they saw him, their eyes widened.

"Hi, don't be scared." The boy said. "My name is Oliver." He reached into his pocket for some change when the boy from the alley jumped him. He cupped his hand over Oliver's mouth and took him through a couple hallway turns. The next thing Oliver knew, they were underground.

The walls were made of stone. Many parts were weathered. A few weapons were propped against the wall. A few people stood throughout the room. A door was on the far wall. The floor that Oliver had been thrown onto was damp and cold, as was the air. A few whispers echoed through the room. Oliver looked up at the boy who jumped him.

The boy had black hair. They wore dark gray clothing and had several scars lining their skin. They had a huge tear in their shirt. They looked down at him with a scowl.

"I said I didn't want to bring the newbies! Why couldn't someone else do it?!" The boy yelled, his words echoing off the stony walls.

A girl spoke up, "The leader assigned you the job!"

"I don't care! I have been in the resistance longer than most people in it today! Why don't you find the recruits, Lexi?" He countered, looking at the girl who had spoken up. The room went silent and it seemed like everything got colder.

Oliver got to his feet and looked around the room. All eyes were on him (with the exception of the boy who jumped him).

"Leader! He got one!" Lexi yelled at the door.

A young boy about Oliver's age, give or take, walked out of the door. He wore completely black and has an eye patch. He had brown spiky hair, though his hair was rather messy and quite filthy, as was his skin and clothes. A small emblem was on the leader's shirt: three intertwined red circles. He had a deep, long scar running down the side of his arm that naturally faced his torso. His other arm had a few small blood stains on it. He held an old now staff in his right hand (the one with the bloodstains).

Everyone performed a small bow toward him, all except the black haired boy who had jumped Oliver.

"Chase! I'm sick and tired of finding the newbies! I don't want to do it! I've been here long enough to deserve more respect than this! You made me your right hand man, now give me a job to live up to the title!" the boy snapped at the leader.

"Kaz! I'll leave you on newbie catching if you keep up the outbursts!" Chase said. "It's your choice. So, what's his name?"

Oliver was about to speak up when Kaz did for him. "Oliver, I think." Oliver nodded nervously.

"Well then. Kaz, why don't you show Oliver around?!" Chase yelled.

"But-"

"No buts! Show him around!"

Kaz groaned before turning to Oliver and taking him to a corner. The others began sparring with one another.

"Alright Kaz," Oliver spoke up, "what the hell is going on?!"

"Woah, language!" Kaz said sarcastically. Oliver didn't seem to understand.

"Really?"

"Sarcasm, kid." Kaz said plainly. "Look, this is the resistance. You know the republic you live in?" Oliver nods. "It's no republic. It's a façade. The law states that the Chancellor has infinite power. No limits. I think someone a long time ago made the law so that one of their ancestors could become all powerful. In every election, the Chancellor uses his power to win. We don't even know who the Chancellor is, he goes by the name Preserver."

"I know who my own government leader is." Oliver said. "And besides, you're just making this up! I'm leaving."

"Fine! You go!" Kaz said loudly. "But you're going to be sorry when the Chancellor enacts his plan!"

"Sure I will!" Oliver yelled back as he pressed a blue button on the wall, causing a wall section to slide open, revealing a staircase. He stormed up the staircase as the wall slowly slid shut behind him.

In the room, everyone stared at Kaz. "Get back to conditioning!" He yelled. Everyone obeyed as Kaz went into Chase's office.

Oliver went running through the street back home. He then saw some boy on the street talking into a watch. He didn't pay attention until he heard a few words: Treason. Resistance. Plan… Preserver.

Oliver eavesdropped in on his conversation.

"Yes, of course. I know. Yes, I know the resistance is growing but we are more powerful than them. We can squash them like bugs as soon as we find them… yes, we will find them. I'll make sure of it." He pressed a button on his watch and walked away as if nothing has happened. Oliver stood there, speechless. His eyes widened.

"Oh my." He whispered under his breath. He ran off. He found the alleyway he had met Kaz in and ran through. The alleys seemed like mazes but he eventually found a spot on the ground the was slightly red tinted. He remembered that was the color of the emblem on Chase's shirt and kneeled down next to it. He put the palm of his hand in the center of it. After a few seconds, he was about to get up and turn away when the trapdoor opened. Kaz stood on the stairs.

"Welcome home." Kaz grinned.

When they made it down the stairs, everyone was looking their way.

"Oliver, I think you should be acquainted with your partners."

Oliver nodded.

"So, there's Lexi over there." Kaz said, pointing to the girl that had a short argument with Kaz earlier. "She's an undercover rebel. But she seems to sometimes disrespect your superiors." He continued, having a sharp voice at the end. "There's Jake." He continues further, pointing at a teenage boy. "Owen." He says, pointing at another teenage boy. "There's Bob." He points to a shorter boy with blonde hair. "And, meh man, Tank." He concludes, pointing to a tall, muscular figure. They wore a black and red jumpsuit and had a scowl on their face.

"So, this is it?"

"Well, not everyone is here right now, but pretty much. Plus there's me, you, and Chase."

"Then how will we ever defeat the Preserver?" Oliver aksed.

"That's what we're all trying to figure out."

Chase walked out of his office and into the conditioning room.

"Kaz? Can I speak with you?"

Kaz nodded and went into Chase's office.

"Kaz, remember how Bree and Taylor went on that information retrieval mission?"

"Yeah…" Kaz said nervously.

"Taylor sent me this message." Chase frowned.

Kaz gulped.

The message began and a hologram of Taylor appeared.

"We've been at this Republic base for days now. Look, we've been caught. I've gotten myself into this room to record this message but Bree has been taken. I don't have much time, so I need to explain. We have found some disturbing blueprints for a new machine that they are developing. I don't know what they plan on using it for, but it can't be good. I've sent you the blueprints. Just-"

The sound of a door breaking down sounded in the background.

"Found you, Taylor! You couldn't hide forever!"

Taylor charged her laser sphere as the hologram crackled and vanished.

Kaz was left speechless.

"No…" he mumbled.

"I haven't looked at the blueprints yet. Are you ready?"

Kaz nodded absentmindedly.

Chase pressed a button and a 2D hologram came up showing blueprints for a strange machine. It was a box with an antenna on the top. It had a small screen and a few buttons on it. The title of the blueprint was in another language. One of the few foreign languages that Kaz was fluent in. He gasped at the label.

The first chapter! I hope you all enjoyed!