Chapter 2
" Shhhhh everyone!", said the teacher quietly. The only thing that could be heard was sasaku
sobbing quietly in the back corner of the shelter. One minute went by and to everyone it seemed it
was ad infinitum torture, especially sasaku. The steel door opened slowly. the teacher was the first
one out the door. " Well, it seems they left. I can't hear any gunfire or shouting. Now, everyone look
for the body of saragui ". Everyone froze and all their eyes increased in size of about a baseball.
Sasaku realized what the teacher just said. She jumped up and with the tears still running down her
face she ran passed everyone and out the door to find saragui. She knew he wasn't dead; no, that
would be too easy for him. He wouldn't let himself be killed.
Sasaku went through the halls alone, even when the teacher told the class to walk with a partner
forsafety reasons. Sasaku looked at the walls of the walls in amazement. " I've never seen so many
holes in my life!". She began to think; " Why would they even think of attacking a high school. I don't
get it?" She then turned the corner heading towards the cafe. One room caught her eye. Something
was on the floor that intrigued her. She then opened the door and gasped in horror. " No! I can't
believe this; he's gone, he's really gone". A few more tears began to run down the already soaked
face of sasaku. At this moment another student came rushing into the room. Pant " What's wrong? I
heard you crying...again". questioned an already confused student. This students partner then came
rushing into the room. " What happened?", said the partner of the first student as he stared at the
millions of splinters of what was once saragui's skateboard. " Saragui loves his board, he would
never let this happen to it. So, we need to go back to the teacher and tell her what we found". Both
students looked at each other and nodded and headed to find the teacher, leaving sasaku behind to
stare at the splinters on the floor.
There was a bang at the door. Bang Bang "Get up kid, the president wants to talk to you", said
the officer. " Oh man, my nose is killing me, where am I?", muttered saragui. " TAF headquarters,
you idiot" , said the same officer. Saragui stood up, he then looked about the room. He noticed that
the wall were made of concrete. Saragui then grabbed the door handle and tried to open the door
only to fail. " Hey, the door's locked". " It's supposed to be, it's for keeping the prisoners from
escaping you imbecile", laughed the officer from the other side of the door. " prisoner?", asked the
puzzled saragui. " why am I a prisoner?". The officer had only one response; " you'll find out", then
he chuckled. " Stand back, I'm opening the door", warned the officer. Saragui took a few steps
back, then the door slowly opened. Now a gun was pointing at saragui's head, all saragui could do is
stand there. The officer cuffed saragui, " Follow me", said the officer. While the officer was escorting
sasagui, saragui examined his surroundings. Everything was mechanical; from the medics to the food
suppliers. He noticed one room with the sign " Fixation " on the front. He took a quick peek through
the window to see a soldier being repaired. " Androids?" thought saragui. Saragui continued to walk
along side with the officer who had his left hand on his gun at all times. To saragui, walking down this
hall seemed like a death wish. He couldn't help to think that he was being executed, but he knew he
wasn't. Chills ran down saragui's spine as he stopped at the door leading to the president's quarters.
The officer ran a security card through a slot on the left. Proceeding was a light beep and a sound of
the door unlocking. The officer opened the door and lead saragui into the room. Then the officer
pushed saragui forward, making saragui stumble a little bit. Saragui lifted his head slowly after
stumbling. Everything seemed to stop when the president stood from his chair. " What is your
name?", asked the calm president. " Sa..sa...saragui,sir", fumbled saragui as he tried to say his name.
" And your last name?". " Kaio sir ", said saragui more calmly this time. The president then moved
from his chair to in front of saragui. " You see, I already knew this, I've been keeping an eye on your
school fr new candidates", said the president. Saragui couldn't but think why would they do that? "
You were caught in the fight at the high school, weren't you?", asked the president. saragui nodded
slowly trying to keep eye contact. The president chuckled, " You see, I knew that too". " Well, I
have an offer for you. Do you want to know what it is?", said the president. Saragui nodded again. "
of course you do, well, you're going to fight for TAF; you're going to have to fight for your freedom.
First, you're going to be put into a simulator and if u die, well, good luck in the real life". Saragui's
almost passed out. He became lightheaded and a million thoughts raced through his mind. Saragui
wanted to ask a few questions, but before he could get a word out the officer dragged him from the
president's quarters and headed in the directions of saragui's " Home Sweet Home".
" Sasaku, dinner's ready", yelled the mother up the stairs to sasaku's room as she was wiping off
her handson her apron. There was no reply this time. " It must be saragui, after he went 'missing',
she hasn't been the same. It's only been a day and a half and she didn't eat breakfast or lunch today.
The mother then headed upstairs to have a talk with sasaku,. Sasaku's mother is divorced for 5 years
now and her husband recently moved to America to continue his neurological surgery.
There was a knock at sasaku's door. Knock knock " Sasaku, can I come in?", asked the mother.
Without a reply, the mother slowly stepped into the room. The mother quickly dodge an oncoming
book, " Come on sasaku, there is no need for that", said the overly calm mother who just got a book
thrown at her. " Did you see the news this morning", asked sasaku. " yes I did and I know you're
sad and that you are angry that you're helpless". As if not hearing a response, sasaku began to talk. "
There was a fight between the TAF and the federation in and outside our school yesterday. The
school is closed indefinitely. Saragui is the only one missing. How come the only one person I have
feelings for disappears? Why does this happen to me? I don't understand". Without saying another
word, the mother wrapped her arms around sasaku and sasaku fell asleep in her mothers' arms.
Ring Ring,There was no response. The phone rang again, yet again, no response. The answering
machine then picked up. Hey Shikogu, I know you're probably at the bar at this moment but, I don't
know if you know this already but, your son is missing. Well, I have to go and help my wife with the
kids. I just wanted to let you know man." The answering machine the beeped and said " that is you
fourteenth new message". The house was cold , damp and nothing was moving.
As sasaku closed the house door behind her an ambulance sped on past her house in the direction
of saragui's house. Realizing what just happened, she ran as fast as she could in pursuit of the
ambulance thinking, " No, it can't be".