A new character is coming into the story, so this chapter will consist of his and Kai's stories. Also his story is going to take place from around the beginning of the story to the present time.
Hope From the Shadows
Tap tap tap ttap ttaap tapp taapp ttaapp. It never stopped no matter how hard he tried. Even when his hands were not moving he could still hear the tapping of keys on a keyboard. That is what he and his colleagues did all day.
He laid back on his bed the tapping drilling into his skull. It would not be much longer before he cracked under the pressure. He opened his tired eyes to reveal brown irises and, reaching to his nose he picked up his thin-rimmed glasses and set them on the table beside him.
His once mousy brown hair was sleek and in some ways shiny. In a lot of ways he looked like any other business worker. In some ways he missed being picked on because at least it meant people noticed and acknowledged him. He was another worker for the King and no matter what he tried they always found him. Apart from when he was running away no one took any notice of him.
He was Kenny Dion and he was one of the hackers in the Rebellion Force, or at least he had been until one of his 'friends' had ratted him out. Putting the harsh memories aside, he soon, like always, grew used to the tapping inside his brain and settled into a fitful sleep.
"Wake up already!" The frantic, harsh whispers soon had him awake.
"What's happening?" Kenny automatically put on his glasses to see one of the other computer workers.
"They've found two traitors in King's personal army."
"You're kidding!" Inside Kenny was leaping for joy, but he had learned to keep his thought to himself.
"And not just any soldiers. Harpy was killed as a traitor and the other is rumoured to be Phoenix!"
Kenny had heard of Phoenix. It was even rumoured that he was in line for King's crown after he stepped down. So why would someone give up that kind of position?
"Basically King won't listen to his army witnesses and wants proof that Phoenix has betrayed him. Of course that's where we come in.
"Since Phoenix is one of the best we have to guess that he won't use anything that can be tapped. This means that we have to go on the streets. You've already been chosen 'cause no one will suspect you." The man smiled at Kenny's reaction. "The meeting's in twenty minutes."
The meeting had not taken very long and soon they were on the streets in pairs. It felt great to be out in the fresh air and feel the sunlight on his unnaturally pale skin. Kenny knew this search would take a while, but he began to realise how hard it was really going to be when they still had found no sign of Phoenix. It was several weeks before he found anything.
He walked through the marketplace with a photo of the young man that had escaped from the Government. It was late in that day before he found someone who recognised the photo.
"He went that way. Such a nice young man." A mother smiled as her children played around her.
Kenny gave a short thanks before he ran in the direction that he had been pointed in. He was about to turn around a corner when he heard a familiar voice:
"What about you, Kai?"
He peaked around the corner to see his old friend Hilary with Phoenix. The two of them were talking about the Rebellion and the Government Forces. It took him even longer to realise what Hilary had called him. Could it be? Kenny hid behind the corner and looked at the photo again. Why had he not seen it before? Then again in a way there was not that much in common with the old Kai, Kenny thought as he took another look at the photograph.
The two of them were still talking and Kenny wished that he could be with them, away from the Government. Thinking of that name suddenly brought him back to the present.
Kenny moved out of sight after he had watchedthe two of them. "It's only a matter of time…"
Kenny looked down to see a small girl with light wavy hair looking around the corner. She turned her mischievous eyes onto him, smiled and then skipped away.
Kenny fell with his back to the wall, slumping down and forgetting about the strange girl and what she had said. "The Government will find him and probably punish both him and Hilary." He sighed, but then realised something. "What the Government doesn't know won't hurt anyone… well except them."
With that he gave a small smile in Kai and Hilary's direction and walked away. He would find them again, but now was not the time.
He had not gone back to Hilary straight after the incident. He was still trying to piece together what happened. Whenever he fought it was as if something took over from the inside; something with a lot of power and skill. In so many ways he was afraid of himself, but he thought it would improve if he was not taking orders. He realised how wrong he was.
Kai stopped and sat on one of the destroyed structures in the park. He looked up at the sky, which was becoming a canvas of different colours with the blues and reds mixing together as the Sun slowly set gradually giving in to the blue-black of the night.
It was strange how much his eyes had been opened just in the few weeks away from the Government Force. He had changed a lot and yet this thing inside of him was making him the same killer, just in a different environment. He was dangerous not only to the ones he fought, but the ones he wanted to protect as well.
He finally had slowly pieced together the memories of the incident that he had to sometimes drag from his mind and he had an idea what had happened. He began to make his way back in the safety of the night.
It was not very long before his footsteps were followed by another pair; obviously trying to mask his into Kai's, and doing a bad job of it too. Kai turned a corner and stopped, waiting for the figure to catch up.
There was a small yelp as Kai grabbed the man by his neck and slammed him into the wall. "Who are you?"
"K… Ke… Kenny… D… Dion, sir." Kai had never seen someone shake as much as this boy.
"Are the Government running out of all their good spies?"
"I'm not here to spy." The young man's eyes were still scrunched up as if waiting for Kai to punch him.
Kai slowly lowered him down to the ground and the man continued his explanation, "You see the two of us knew each other before Take Over Day… well it didn't really happen in a day, but…"
"I get the point!"
"I'm sorry, but I tend to give long explanations when I'm nervous."
"I noticed."
"I was ordered to keep track of you by the Government, but when I saw you with Hilary I suddenly realised who you were."
So this was theone of the peoplehe had sensed that day at the market. It explained a lot, but he did not want Hilary to get anymore involved with his fight on the Government. Even if the boy said he was a friend.
"Listen, Kai I can help you put a stop to the Government once and for all. We need a few of our old friends, but with them we can do it."
"How do I know you're an ally?"
"I was captured and forced to work for the Government. Fortunately this is the area I'm supposed to be in, so they won't expect anything yet.
"If Hilary doesn't recognise me then you have full right to kill me. Is that a deal?"
"If you're betting your life on Hilary's memory you must either be very confident or you have a death wish." Kai released Kenny from his grasp. "Have they tagged you?"
"No, but I'm supposed to report back in a few minutes."
"That makes this easier. Let's go."
I'm sorry if that last part was confusing, but I couldn't really think of anything else. The chapters should be getting longer now that the characters are coming into the story.
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