Chapter 2: Thought Police
Thought Police. They were the group that took over when the government gave up even trying. They have no mercy and are extremely brutal against the rest of us as if they were gods controlling their people. Although without them the world would be obliterating each other. They have the ability to see crimes before they happen, each and every one of them can, and it's because of those neural interfaces they have installed in their heads and all the biomods they have spread out through them. Heck, they are more machine then human now. They have outposts EVERYWHERE, but their main HQ is somewhere in Nebraska, the center of the US and the location of the other one is unknown, just that it is somewhere overseas. Anyways they stop people before they can do what is illegal in their terms. They were supposed to be fair…but they are more of dictators then a democracy…
The woman screamed out loud as she can as a man pinned her to the bed and smiled deviously.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" She screamed in terror as he shook his head as it shook unnaturally. You could see the scare marks on his upper left arm from the drug shots he's been impaling himself with. "I am SICK and TIRED of this place! I heard those Thought Police turn off your mind and everything! I'd rather let time go by with an off mind then with it working! All I need is to do something to get their attention, and I chose the most amusing way!" He yelled as he began to rip her clothes off her body as there was already a loud hum in the distance as one of their airships approached. "See? Its working" He said as she screamed once more and he forced himself onto her as she continued to cry out. The hum grew louder along with the sound of sirens. He continued what he was doing until there was very loud crash as one of the Thought Police shattered the door.
"FLASH FREEZE" He yelled as there was a bright flash from his shoulder as the radioactive type chemical showered them. The chemical penetrates the skin with the help of the radiation as it stiffens the muscles until they are as hard as a rock, 'freezing' them.
I walked down the gloomy and deserted road quietly, Thomas beside me as we saw the shining Titanium of the Thought Police tank up ahead, half of one of the officer's hanging out of the hatch. The twin vertical barrels were aimed at the house as two thick shields protected them from damage. The officer looked over at us as the massive .70 cal machine gun followed where he looked aimed at us.
"MOVE ALONG!" He yelled as I sped up my pace, Thomas keeping up as we watched three officers dragging a stiff body out the door of the house, his pants and underwear hanging around his ankles, a blank stare in his eyes. A small metal halo sat on his head as a light pinged back and forth on it. It was designed to 'turn off' the mind and made it extremely easy the person. There was a loud click as the officer half way out the hatch of the tank answered a radio then suddenly slammed the hatch down tight as the sirens wailed on it as it raced away around one hundred and seventy five mph down the road, taking a sharp left and continuing down that road. Suddenly dust and dirt scrapped away at my legs as it slowly circled upwards into the sky as a Thought Police airship hovered above and lowered, several cannons on the bottom bouncing between all organic targets underneath it as a gravity lift lowered and picked up the three officers and the prisoner as it lifted back into the ship and it was away as fast as it arrived.
"There goes another one…" I whispered as I continued walking on at my normal walking speed as Thomas followed behind.
"Yep…seven in only one week"
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why the heck would you want to go to such a horrible place? Be stuck in a container barely bigger then you with your mind dead and stuck underneath the ground until they decide to release you?"
"Guess they are just tired of living this way"
"I guess so…" I whispered as I turned into a house, which was identical to every single house as far as the eye could see. It was like one of those old Nazi concentration camps, only hundred times bigger. "See you around" I said as Thomas nodded and I shut the door behind me and walked through the house and sat down on the couch. They weren't bad houses, but they weren't nice either. I stared at the roof for a few minutes until I heard a soft scratching noise then the sudden noise of metal hitting metal as I stood up and glanced at the front door to see the mail slot door clattering a bit and a envelop sitting on the ground as I picked it up and opened it.
Congrats!
You and some very few others have been selected to test a new invention that should get rid of the boredom and depression of the entire world! Come to the massive building just outside the South Gate tomorrow at 10:00am SHARP; if you're a minute late you won't be testing, until then,
Dr. Zaparuk
I reread the message twice and smiled. "Finally, something new to do"
With nothin to do, I decided to write up the next Chapter, enjoy!