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Running From Me from TRUSTcompany.
It seems that Jonas and Asher weren't the first two guys to kiss ;)
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Losing The Grip of The Rules
"Benjamin?"
Benjamin turned to Daniel. He was already tested and was determined a Cold Resister. The others were still being tested.
They had to go through a few strange obstacles, drinks, food, and really fast blood tests. They would know who their mothers are by the end of the tests.
"How's it been going in the community?" asked Daniel not looking at Benjamin.
"Well before we escaped, it was fine. Now that you say it's at war against us, then I guess it's not doing well."
"Oh....they found a new Giver of Names then?"
"Right after you left. His name was Etaris but he changed it to Toni, just like you changed your own name."
"Well I hated my old name, it sounded too.....weird to me, I like the name Daniel better."
"What made you go against the rules?"
"Well I don't know how it happened but one morning I forgot to take my pill, a few seconds later I started seeing colors, of course back then I thought I had a disease or something, but I had no idea how it came to happen so I tried to ignore it and go on with my training. It didn't work to well because I started to realize how stupid the rules were and I wondered why it was up to ME to name the newchildren. So I just lost control, broke a bunch of rules and was released to here."
"Did it hurt?"
"Yes it did, a lot. I didn't run away because I was afraid I'd end up like Jonas, watched and all. But he's here and not one plane has come to get him."
"Yes there has! In the forest-"
"Yes I know, but I meant about a plane coming HERE to take him. They probably gave up."
"Yeah. How's it been going here?"
"Pretty good if you count out the war part. Everyone here experiences every emotion. It's just sad to see a lot of people who were released from their communities to come here. But a few were smart enough to RUN AWAY to here rather than get released."
"So Elsewhere's getting over populated?"
"No, the more the people come, the bigger Elsewhere gets."
"On our way here I noticed a flag hanging from a window-"
"That's the flag for Elsewhere, two hands held open and high with a glowing crystal in between them. In this place, difference is an honor."
Benjamin raised his eyebrows; that last sentence sounded so plain yet it was powerful at the same time. "Difference is an honor?"
"Yes, here we're free to do what we wish, we are proud of our difference, out individuality. The only thing here that's dishonorable is an idiot who thinks them self higher than any of us. We're all equal and different at the same time. We know the true meanings of the illusions in the communities."
"Wow," Benjamin raised his eyebrows even higher.
"You still mad at me for kissing you last year?" Daniel asked very quietly so that the other RTR members couldn't hear.
Benjamin, who was looking at the others being tested, looked at Daniel surprised, he was still looking firmly at the others.
"No....no I'm not. I was shocked when you did that because.......well because I never thought a male would awaken my stirrings more strongly than a female."
Daniel blushed lightly. "Really?"
"Yeah......why did you do it?"
"I couldn't help it. I felt attracted to you....longer than you know.....and that was the day I forgot to take my pill, not taking it made me realize certain feelings that the pill was preventing me to have."
"The same thing's happened to Jonas and Asher."
"They're-"
"Yeah. Ever since the week before the RTR was born."
"I knew they had feelings toward each other," Daniel grinned as Asher fell flat on his back from a physical test and Jonas tripped over him.
"What powers do you have?"
"I can see what's inside the mind, but it's different from telepathic communication. I just read the mind, not talk with it."
"That's an interesting power."
"Yeah......have you ever listened to music?"
"Not really, just Jonas's terrible singing, and beats and stuff, and Gabriel's singing."
"There's much more. I can show you now if you want," Daniel looked up at him and Benjamin, now seeing color, realized how deep green Daniel's eyes were, it was almost hypnotic in a strange, innocent way.
"Yeah....sure."
He followed Daniel out of the building of Power Determination and walked through the snowy streets to another large building with red and black colored glass with the name of the building over the line of entrance doors. MUSIC OF THE PAST AND PRESENT.
"There's a building of music?" asked Benjamin as he followed Daniel inside the building.
"It's a music store," laughed Daniel. Benjamin looked inside and his jaw dropped.
The inside of the store looked a good deal bigger from the inside, it was carpeted with a pattern of colorful swirling lines and music notes. The shelves were stacked with discs and CD's. In a different shelf there were CD players, and posters. All around the store there were pillars that had sample players surrounding it. There was music booming through the store. Music that Benjamin never heard before.
Looking around at the customers Benjamin realized what Daniel meant about 'Difference is an honor'. The people looked different in their own unique way, different clothing, hairstyles, some had piercings in their noses, lips, eyebrows, and even their nails. They walked in different beats; some were speaking loud or else just very quiet looking through the sample players or discs.
But what shocked Benjamin more was that there were couples of all kinds. Boy and Girl, Girl and Girl, Boy and Boy, no matter how different it was they didn't hide it.
"Listen to this," said Daniel. Benjamin blinked and realized that Daniel had taken him to a sample player. Before he could say anything Daniel put the headphones on him and pressed play.
"Whoa," breathed Benjamin as music started playing. It was such a different beat that he was left breathless. He looked at the information on the song and realized that it was a song from the past; the song was called 'Numb' from a band called Linkin Park.
The sound was so different, sort of whirling beat. Then something bammed in with the song making the beat clearer, then a guy's voice started singing. In another part another guy's voice came in, but in a low whisper and then after saying one more sentence, the first guy's voice started screaming/singing the chorus, it somehow made Benjamin want to scream with him too.
When the song ended Benjamin quickly looked through the sample player computer for another song. When he found the same band with a different song he made to press play but did it for the wrong song and band. But he wasn't disappointed.
The song was called 'Running From Me' from another band called TRUSTcompany.
Their beat was different, it started off with what Benjamin remembered as an electric guitar, then drums came in and a guys voice came in, but he was very different from the guy before, his voice sounded fragile in a hissing whisper-like way.
The lyrics were also a bit close to what he suppose Jonas felt on his first journey here, running away, no one knowing why he really did it or knowing how he really was like, but the other parts of the lyrics he was a bit confused then realized that they fit himself when he stopped taking his pills and saw colors, felt real feelings, like he was awakening from a hypnotic dream.
"That's how I felt," said Daniel when the song ended and Benjamin took off the headphones feeling confused.
Benjamin almost jumped but remembered that Daniel could read minds. "How?" he asked.
"Well, when I stopped taking my pills it was like awakening from a hypnotic dream, but I also felt, when I was being released, confused if I was leaving myself behind or because I was running from you, ashamed at what I did to you-"
"You didn't do-"
"I kissed you, I didn't know how you felt and when I came here I still had that suffering guilt about kissing you when I knew you didn't like it."
"But I DID like it!" Benjamin blushed brightly realizing too late at what he said, a few people nearby looked at them for a while with curiosity then turned back to whatever they were doing. Daniel was blushing steadily redder by the minute.
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"That's it!? I just have high intelligence!? I couldn't even pronounce my words right when I was a three!!!" exclaimed Anna.
"Well intelligence kicks in at different times, you can be an idiot as a child then become the next Albert Einstein when you become an adult," shrugged the tester, Tara.
"Where'd Daniel and Benjamin go?" asked Fiona looking around.
"Daniel's probably gone with Benjamin to show him around the place," shrugged Gabriel.
"Without us?" said Asher rushing to look out the window.
"You'll have plenty of time to look around. You need to be sent to your mothers remember?" said Tara as she walked to the computer near the testing area.
"Hope we're next door," grinned Asher to Jonas.
"Yeah. I wonder how our mothers will be like," said Jonas looking out the window. He lazily held Asher's hand, entangling their fingers together.
"My mother better be nice or I'm moving in with you," smiled Asher as he led Jonas to sit down on one of couches near the window.
"Why so you'll get anything you want?"
"I already have what I want," smiled Asher as he lay a gentle kiss on a blushing Jonas.
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"You.....really did-gmmmm," Daniel was cut off as Benjamin kissed him gently. He opened his mouth tentively, Benjamin responded quickly and explored Daniels mouth.
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Losing The Grip of The Rules
"Benjamin?"
Benjamin turned to Daniel. He was already tested and was determined a Cold Resister. The others were still being tested.
They had to go through a few strange obstacles, drinks, food, and really fast blood tests. They would know who their mothers are by the end of the tests.
"How's it been going in the community?" asked Daniel not looking at Benjamin.
"Well before we escaped, it was fine. Now that you say it's at war against us, then I guess it's not doing well."
"Oh....they found a new Giver of Names then?"
"Right after you left. His name was Etaris but he changed it to Toni, just like you changed your own name."
"Well I hated my old name, it sounded too.....weird to me, I like the name Daniel better."
"What made you go against the rules?"
"Well I don't know how it happened but one morning I forgot to take my pill, a few seconds later I started seeing colors, of course back then I thought I had a disease or something, but I had no idea how it came to happen so I tried to ignore it and go on with my training. It didn't work to well because I started to realize how stupid the rules were and I wondered why it was up to ME to name the newchildren. So I just lost control, broke a bunch of rules and was released to here."
"Did it hurt?"
"Yes it did, a lot. I didn't run away because I was afraid I'd end up like Jonas, watched and all. But he's here and not one plane has come to get him."
"Yes there has! In the forest-"
"Yes I know, but I meant about a plane coming HERE to take him. They probably gave up."
"Yeah. How's it been going here?"
"Pretty good if you count out the war part. Everyone here experiences every emotion. It's just sad to see a lot of people who were released from their communities to come here. But a few were smart enough to RUN AWAY to here rather than get released."
"So Elsewhere's getting over populated?"
"No, the more the people come, the bigger Elsewhere gets."
"On our way here I noticed a flag hanging from a window-"
"That's the flag for Elsewhere, two hands held open and high with a glowing crystal in between them. In this place, difference is an honor."
Benjamin raised his eyebrows; that last sentence sounded so plain yet it was powerful at the same time. "Difference is an honor?"
"Yes, here we're free to do what we wish, we are proud of our difference, out individuality. The only thing here that's dishonorable is an idiot who thinks them self higher than any of us. We're all equal and different at the same time. We know the true meanings of the illusions in the communities."
"Wow," Benjamin raised his eyebrows even higher.
"You still mad at me for kissing you last year?" Daniel asked very quietly so that the other RTR members couldn't hear.
Benjamin, who was looking at the others being tested, looked at Daniel surprised, he was still looking firmly at the others.
"No....no I'm not. I was shocked when you did that because.......well because I never thought a male would awaken my stirrings more strongly than a female."
Daniel blushed lightly. "Really?"
"Yeah......why did you do it?"
"I couldn't help it. I felt attracted to you....longer than you know.....and that was the day I forgot to take my pill, not taking it made me realize certain feelings that the pill was preventing me to have."
"The same thing's happened to Jonas and Asher."
"They're-"
"Yeah. Ever since the week before the RTR was born."
"I knew they had feelings toward each other," Daniel grinned as Asher fell flat on his back from a physical test and Jonas tripped over him.
"What powers do you have?"
"I can see what's inside the mind, but it's different from telepathic communication. I just read the mind, not talk with it."
"That's an interesting power."
"Yeah......have you ever listened to music?"
"Not really, just Jonas's terrible singing, and beats and stuff, and Gabriel's singing."
"There's much more. I can show you now if you want," Daniel looked up at him and Benjamin, now seeing color, realized how deep green Daniel's eyes were, it was almost hypnotic in a strange, innocent way.
"Yeah....sure."
He followed Daniel out of the building of Power Determination and walked through the snowy streets to another large building with red and black colored glass with the name of the building over the line of entrance doors. MUSIC OF THE PAST AND PRESENT.
"There's a building of music?" asked Benjamin as he followed Daniel inside the building.
"It's a music store," laughed Daniel. Benjamin looked inside and his jaw dropped.
The inside of the store looked a good deal bigger from the inside, it was carpeted with a pattern of colorful swirling lines and music notes. The shelves were stacked with discs and CD's. In a different shelf there were CD players, and posters. All around the store there were pillars that had sample players surrounding it. There was music booming through the store. Music that Benjamin never heard before.
Looking around at the customers Benjamin realized what Daniel meant about 'Difference is an honor'. The people looked different in their own unique way, different clothing, hairstyles, some had piercings in their noses, lips, eyebrows, and even their nails. They walked in different beats; some were speaking loud or else just very quiet looking through the sample players or discs.
But what shocked Benjamin more was that there were couples of all kinds. Boy and Girl, Girl and Girl, Boy and Boy, no matter how different it was they didn't hide it.
"Listen to this," said Daniel. Benjamin blinked and realized that Daniel had taken him to a sample player. Before he could say anything Daniel put the headphones on him and pressed play.
"Whoa," breathed Benjamin as music started playing. It was such a different beat that he was left breathless. He looked at the information on the song and realized that it was a song from the past; the song was called 'Numb' from a band called Linkin Park.
The sound was so different, sort of whirling beat. Then something bammed in with the song making the beat clearer, then a guy's voice started singing. In another part another guy's voice came in, but in a low whisper and then after saying one more sentence, the first guy's voice started screaming/singing the chorus, it somehow made Benjamin want to scream with him too.
When the song ended Benjamin quickly looked through the sample player computer for another song. When he found the same band with a different song he made to press play but did it for the wrong song and band. But he wasn't disappointed.
The song was called 'Running From Me' from another band called TRUSTcompany.
Their beat was different, it started off with what Benjamin remembered as an electric guitar, then drums came in and a guys voice came in, but he was very different from the guy before, his voice sounded fragile in a hissing whisper-like way.
The lyrics were also a bit close to what he suppose Jonas felt on his first journey here, running away, no one knowing why he really did it or knowing how he really was like, but the other parts of the lyrics he was a bit confused then realized that they fit himself when he stopped taking his pills and saw colors, felt real feelings, like he was awakening from a hypnotic dream.
"That's how I felt," said Daniel when the song ended and Benjamin took off the headphones feeling confused.
Benjamin almost jumped but remembered that Daniel could read minds. "How?" he asked.
"Well, when I stopped taking my pills it was like awakening from a hypnotic dream, but I also felt, when I was being released, confused if I was leaving myself behind or because I was running from you, ashamed at what I did to you-"
"You didn't do-"
"I kissed you, I didn't know how you felt and when I came here I still had that suffering guilt about kissing you when I knew you didn't like it."
"But I DID like it!" Benjamin blushed brightly realizing too late at what he said, a few people nearby looked at them for a while with curiosity then turned back to whatever they were doing. Daniel was blushing steadily redder by the minute.
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"That's it!? I just have high intelligence!? I couldn't even pronounce my words right when I was a three!!!" exclaimed Anna.
"Well intelligence kicks in at different times, you can be an idiot as a child then become the next Albert Einstein when you become an adult," shrugged the tester, Tara.
"Where'd Daniel and Benjamin go?" asked Fiona looking around.
"Daniel's probably gone with Benjamin to show him around the place," shrugged Gabriel.
"Without us?" said Asher rushing to look out the window.
"You'll have plenty of time to look around. You need to be sent to your mothers remember?" said Tara as she walked to the computer near the testing area.
"Hope we're next door," grinned Asher to Jonas.
"Yeah. I wonder how our mothers will be like," said Jonas looking out the window. He lazily held Asher's hand, entangling their fingers together.
"My mother better be nice or I'm moving in with you," smiled Asher as he led Jonas to sit down on one of couches near the window.
"Why so you'll get anything you want?"
"I already have what I want," smiled Asher as he lay a gentle kiss on a blushing Jonas.
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"You.....really did-gmmmm," Daniel was cut off as Benjamin kissed him gently. He opened his mouth tentively, Benjamin responded quickly and explored Daniels mouth.
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