Monty is lying on his bed staring at the celling; it's 4:27 a.m. on August 15, 2150, which means it's his older brother's 17th birthday. Minho is more of a shadow now than an actual person, someone who only lives in the back of his family's minds.
Monty usually pushes his brother into the back of his mind. He never lets himself think of him, to prevent drowning in the fear and hopelessness the thought of Minho brings. But this morning Monty lets it drift to the forefront of his mind. Monty can't distinguish between his memories and pictures, and it scares him he can't remember what his big brother looks like, sounds like, acts like. Monty does remember Minho was his hero growing up and "It's going to be okay Monty, we'll be together again I promise." It's the last thing Minho ever said to him, and it haunts Monty every day. When he was younger he used to believe Minho would walk through the door of the pod and they would be whole again, but after many years of uselessly hoping Monty has given up believing he will see his brother again.
Monty pushes all thoughts of his brother away. 5:11 a.m. He gets out of bed, knowing he will never get back to sleep now. Monty makes his bed with military precision before putting a pot of coffee on for his parents, and then he slips out of the pod. He registers the cold when he's about half way to his destination, its not worth going back to grab something warmer.
Monty rasps on a door, "Jasper!" He whispers.
Monty waits a moment, but nothing happens. He knocks a little louder, "Jasper!" He hisses.
A tall lanky boy with scruffy brown hair and a pair off goggles opens the door, "What?" he yawns.
Monty scrunches his nose up at the smell of Jaspers morning breath, "Brush your teeth for one thing."
Jasper rubs his eyes, "It's to early for this Monty, come by later."
Monty rolls his eyes and pushes past Jasper and sits on his couch. Jasper shuts the door and sits next to him. Monty look at the boy who's more of a brother to him than his actual brother. Jasper leans his head back against the couch and falls into a light sleep; Monty pokes him in the side, "Wat?" Jasper slurs.
"Get up, we got things to do." Monty instructs.
"Five more minutes." Jasper says, waving at Monty before he finds a more comfortable position.
Monty pokes him again, "Get up before your parents wake up and start asking questions."
Jasper sits up, "Fine." He grumbles before walking to his room.
Jasper comes out wearing clothes instead of pajamas and looks more awake. The boys grin at each other before leaving.
"Did you remember to bring the replacement?" Monty asks.
Jasper waves him off, "Yeah, I have it right here." Jasper pats his pocket.
A few minutes later the boys arrive to the Green house, cleverly named after Monty's parents who are pharmacists and naturopaths, they stared growing their own natural medications when Earth started sending less supplies due to the outbreak.
A few employees nod their heads at Jasper and Monty, recognizing the two boys because of their connection with Anna and Baron Green. Jasper is basically part of the family, forcing himself into their lives through his friendship with Monty.
Monty is about to voice his concern once more when Jasper cut's him off, "Dude relax, and we've done this before and haven't been caught."
"Yet." Monty whispers. Jasper ignores him and they walk up to a row of green plants.
They both take a few and quickly disappear, it's only later do they realize their mistake.
Jasper is higher than a kite, he begins drifting in between awareness and nothingness for the past 20 minutes. Monty only had two drags and second hand smoke, he isn't as big a fan as Jasper is, but he needed to escape today.
"Do you think they will notice?" Monty asks.
Jasper scrunches up his face and concentrates really hard, but he doesn't know what Monty's talking about.
Monty sees his friend's distress and clarifies, "The missing plants."
Jasper's eyes grow comically wide as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out the bag of soil and plants. Then Jasper begins giggling, not fully comprehending the severity of the situation.
Monty, who is much more sober, says, "We need to replace those now, before someone on the Ark complains about pains and it's discovered some of it missing."
"Shh." Jasper says, "It will all be fine, plus I highly doubt your parents would turn us in. I'm hungry. Do you want any food?"
Monty sighs, "Fine, I'll do it myself." He reaches for the bag, but Jasper quickly pulls it away.
"Jasper, give it." Monty coaxes.
Jasper hands it over when his bedroom door opens and two guard walk through, Monty quickly throws the bag back at Jasper and stands, "Yes officers?" He asks.
The one in the lead says, "Jasper Jordan and Monty Green, you are under arrest for illegally stealing medication and using it for recreational use."
Monty gulps as he gets hand cuffed, and Jasper says, "Hey!" When they put the handcuffs on him.
A few hours later, Monty and Jasper are sitting next to each other in a cell. Jasper asks, "Do you think we have a chance?"
Monty shakes his head 'no', "They have video evidence, one of the interns noticed some was missing and they pulled up the video file and saw us. In two years we will be sent to Earth to face the scorch."
"How do you know this?" Jasper asks.
"I was pretty much sober when they told us the charges, we will still get a trial but I highly doubt we will get off with all the evidence against us." Monty says, he hangs his head in defeat.
"That sucks, at least we wont get floated like the adults." Jasper tries to put a positive spin on the situation.
"Yeah they just send everyone who's 18 or about to turn 18 down to Earth to fight a losing battle." Monty bitterly says.
A/N Adults get floated because it is to expensive and time consuming to send them down to Earth and to prevent people from committing crimes so they can go to Earth. I have them send the kids because they can send large groups at once, and it's only been 11 years since people started living on the Ark, so their shouldn't be oxygen issues yet.
Also I have never done drugs so I have no idea how people act on drugs.
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Just a warning, the next chapter is very intense.