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Chapter Two: Escape the Dead

Four Years After the First Chapter, Shion and Nezumi 16 Years old.

Shion's POV

I heard an alarm go off before hearing my coworker call my name asking me over. "What is it?" I asked walking over with two cups, one Black Coffee with two pinches of Sugar and a small amount of Milk. The other one had Black Tea which was mine.

Apparently he needs help with lost glasses, though it was strange that they weren't there thirty minutes ago. "Treat them as lost property" I said pressing two buttons before I told him to have the Sample bring them in.

I heard him complain about how nosy they are before I chuckled. "They're cute though, kids love them so it's good for the Park" I said making him chuckle before another alarm went off. This one was a lot more serious though so we rushed out taking our Bikes.

When we arrived I had just jumped off my Bike hearing it clang as it hit the ground but I don't particularly care at the moment. I ran to the collapsed man, when I saw his condition I was shocked.

"Call the Bureau of Health Yamase" I told him making sure he won't see the state of the man. I saw that the man had white hair, purple crippled skin, and red eyes something that isn't normal. It wasn't normal in No. 6 or any of the City States anyway.

I looked at his neck first when I turned him on his side to see the familiar black marking. What was inside of it proved my theory, Parasitic Wasps.

Time Skip: Café with Safu Next Day

I was too caught up in what happened yesterday that I hadn't been paying attention and spilt my Tea all over my blue jeans. When I had stood up out of surprise I heard Safu tell me to be more careful making me nod. I told her I was just spacing out before she accused me of being bored of her.

She said we hadn't seen each other in a while and she was already boring me which is how she had accused me. "I was surprised to find out about your transfer to No. 5 but what will your grandmother be doing?" I asked her as I sat down again.

She said she would be going to the 'beautiful' Twilight House making me grip my cup as my jaw clenched. I didn't like the sound of that whatsoever. It is not a place anyone should go in any stage of their life.

I took a sip of my Tea before Safu asked why I didn't enroll in the Gifted Course so many years ago making me put my cup down with a soft clink. "It doesn't really matter anymore Safu" I told her before I saw her stern look.

"I was disqualified from the Gifted Course four years ago and stripped of any other privileges I might have had before" I said before I smiled softly. "I've been living in Lost Town, which was the best thing I could've hoped for on my birthday" I said continuing. "The house is finally big enough for two people instead of too big, my mom isn't bored in the house anymore, and I have a job that keeps most of my attention" I said before I finished.

"This is the reality and I'm okay with it" I said before she asked why I think I was disqualified. "I won't go into details but I will say this… I will never regret my decision and if I was given a redo I would do the same thing" I said smiling softly.

Time Lapse: Four Years Ago

"You were supposed to follow your orders and kill the VC, you knew those were your orders did you not?" the man from the Program asked and I nodded. I was never afraid of the people here I just dislike how oblivious they are. I do however pity them when they look so happy despite having nothing to do with their lives.

"Why did you disobey your orders Shion Amarirsu?" he asked me as I leaned against the window. "He was injured, or do you not think that helping others is natural?" I asked him making him sneer at me.

Before he could do anything physical however Karan opened the door, I looked behind the man to see her worried expression. She was showed back out the door before it was closed again. "You're supposed to follow orders Mr. Shion, that is what you were trained to do or do you need more programming?" the man said before he walked closer.

Time Skip: Present

I smiled softly at the memory despite the pain of the 'reprogramming' as they call it. I heard Safu say my name in worry, I guess she called my name and I didn't answer.

"What is it Safu?" I asked her before she got up turning around. She said she won't press the issue asking me to follow, her tone was angry. I followed her without a word before asking her if she was mad at me.

When she said no I looked at her face from my Peripheral Vision seeing her stern expression before I told her to cheer up. "You get to study abroad while I can't even leave No. 6, you should be happy" I said before she asked if I was envious.

"Of course! You get to leave No. 6 and see different places" I said truthfully before she was in my face. She was justifying every word and action with the fact she's studying Neurology and Behavioral Function. "Save the lecture for when it's actually true Safu" I said pushing her away lightly.

This surprised her before she asked how she was wrong. "I'm envious that you get to leave No. 6, I'm not envious however that you get to leave one Number just to go to another" I said as she walked down the stairs.

I almost rolled my eyes at the way she spoke, like I always had the same vision for the future as her when I never wanted anything to do with the Numbers. She said she doesn't understand what I'm thinking which was an understatement since she never did. She asked me what my goal for the future is making me sigh.

"To leave No. 6 but to not go to another Number, to start a new life there, one not connected to a majority of my life in No. 6" I said surprising her again as well as hurting her. When I saw her walk away with her head down I jumped from the step I was on to the platform she was previously on.

When we reached the Water Route Transport Station I heard her say it was far enough making me smile. "Be careful on your way home, when are you leaving by the way?" I asked her before she said it was the day after tomorrow. I nodded asking if there was a reason why she never said anything before in a monotone.

She said it was because she didn't want to but I know there's another reason for why she didn't say anything. I got my answer when she said she wants me to do something for her, I knew it was something I wasn't going to like either.

She said she wants to have sex which was something that I knew wasn't going to happen. "No" I said bluntly and without hesitation shocking her, she took a minute before she asked if I was interested in women. She asked if I was even interested in the activity making me sigh.

"The only person I'll ever love doesn't remember me, he's going to be my first for everything Safu" I said before I told her she's just a friend. I chuckled dryly when she said I was an immature child.

"Seriously? You're telling me that? you don't even know me and thinks that everything you say is the truth because you study Neurology" I said getting her to look at me. "You know nothing about me, I said I fell in love with someone and then you sulk calling me an immature child" I said before she said she was going home. "Think on it and ask me again after you get back, don't study too hard though" I said before she squealed when she saw a Rat in front of her.

I kneeled down when I saw him a foot in front of her running towards me before I held out my hand. He jumped on my hand before running up my arm and onto my right shoulder his nose twitching.

I heard Nezumi's voice asking if I was still a 'sap' surprising me before I saw the Rat run off. "Nezumi!?" I asked in disbelief before I ran after it apologizing to Safu without looking back. When I reached the top I lost sight of the black Rat, I stopped a foot from the street before the blaring of a horn of a Truck made me jump.

Time Skip: Night Time

I was watching the Stars glad that at least this is the one thing that didn't change. The Stars are the same as in the Forest I used to live in.

I heard my Bracelet ring, thinking it was another job I looked at it. It wasn't a job but instead Safu which I figured would happen just not this late at night. I answered the call apologizing for what happened earlier.

She asked if it was really that important before I smiled slightly and nodded. "Nezumi always loved Rats, his name means it to" I said before I looked up at the sky.

"I've never seen you so serious before it was funny actually" I heard her say making me laugh before I spoke returning the gesture. "And that's as much emotion as I ever heard you use in one sentence" I told her making her look at me sternly. I heard her about to ask something before she said it was nothing and hung up without a goodbye.

Time Skip: Morning

I heard voices downstairs when I walked down them. "Morning Karan" I said smiling before she returned the greeting.

"Morning Amaririsu" she said with a smile as I put my shoes on. She asked if anything happened yesterday making me smile slightly. "I heard Nezumi the other day, he spoke through an robotic Rat" I said making her smile at me sympathetically.

"Here dear, I remembered how to make them" she said when she came up to me with a plate. "I want to add them to the new Menu but I'm unsure if they still taste good or not" she told me before I smiled at her.

"I know you don't like it here Shion and I do hope you'll be able to leave, to be with Nezumi again, but do be careful when you do" Karan told me making me smile. "You're just like my real mother, kind, thoughtful, smart, loving,... and good in the Kitchen" I said making both of us chuckle at the last one. She kissed me on the forehead telling me that I should get to work and that if I don't come home right after she'll know I'm happy wherever I'm at.

I got to work and did the routine with a monotone voice since I don't mean it when I say it. I don't pledge unflagging loyalty to the City, none at all.

I walked into the room putting my uniform on when Yamase said that a young woman came by to see the body of her Husband. I nodded before I turned to him to get to work. Yamase said that the man we had found was only thirty-one, three years older than his Wife, before saying that the Authorities had taken custody of the body.

He asked if I wanted the usual and I nodded as I sat down, I didn't want to listen to this anymore. When I heard him say that the most surprising part about this whole thing, that it wasn't even on the Evening News, I wasn't surprised.

He said that the Authorities told her that her Husband died in a Park Accident making me growl getting Yamase's attention. "As usual they manipulated the information, you and I both know it wasn't an Accident" I said before he said that we work for the City making me scoff. "I hated this City since I was brought here, what makes you think I mean it when I say that phrase over and over again each day?" I asked him before I heard a clatter.

I looked over to see Yamase gripping his head with his left hand before I ran over to him. What I saw wasn't a surprise.

Yamase was getting older and his skin showed the same thing as the man from two days ago. I saw the black mark from two days ago and then the Wasp appeared from the middle of it. Besides the Wasp coming towards me I don't remember anything else which wasn't a surprise either.

Time Skip: Consciousness

I felt a hand on my shoulder jolting me awake before I asked where Yamase was not getting an answer besides his body going to the Hospital. "Shion Amaririsu, received top ranking in the Warchild Program a month after arriving in No. 6" the man who woke me up said from behind me.

"He passed the exam at the age of six at the same time but was stripped of all privileges due to aiding a known VC" he finished making me sigh. "The Founders in the Center City have decided on a punishment for you due to the events that occurred that day" the man across from me said before he forcefully grabbed my arm. He pulled me out of the room putting Fiber Iron Cloth Handcuffs around my wrists, they're dangerous for anyone who's been in the Program but not outsiders.

I watched Karan serving guests on the balcony after a while making me smile before I watched the road from then on as the Car drove on. When we entered 'Undeveloped' Property I knew where we were headed.

A Correctional Facility for those in the Warchild Program who've gone berserk, or at least disobey orders or aren't in their right mind. We reached a bridge that goes to the Correctional Facility when I saw a Trash Collector, the blue Penguin that kids seem to like best. I heard one of the men tell the driver and the others to watch me before he got out of the Car.

When he did I saw a familiar figure before the scene was black, it was a fight. When I heard a Gun Shot I was able to see who it was, I wasn't really shocked to see Rat.

He took off the Handcuffs when he got inside before I could even tell him that these cars aren't like the others. It was too late by the time I was able to speak because he figured it out when the Car reversed by itself. The Cars are remote controlled.

I heard Rat tell me to get ready to jump before I looked towards him just to see Super Fiber Cloth cover him and I. I heard the creaking and clash of something hitting metal and the screech of metal scraping ground before I didn't feel the ground for a second.

I heard Rat grunt making me worried since I know he hit a tree before he pushed himself onto his hands taking something out. He reminded me of something but I wasn't sure what, or maybe it was a who, but I still can't remember. I saw a Detonator before I went to see if I still have mine.

I felt around my belt loops to feel the familiar container before I heard an explosion. I got up without hesitation when I saw Rat get up before I heard him tell me to hurry up and I did.

I was running down the hill in a similar stance as Rat since it causes less wind resistance before I heard sirens. He told me to get rid of it before he elaborated saying my ID Bracelet. I looked at it for a moment scowling since I wanted to take it off before but now I have no reason to keep it on.

I chucked the Bracelet not even a second after he told me to and not bothering with the images of Safu and Karan. I have no reason to care for them, maybe for Karan but not Safu.

"So where are we going to leave from?" I asked him before he turned around motioning to a blue and white Japanese Mini Truck. We got in the Truck before we got in, Rat was the one driving onto the Main Road. I looked into the Rearview glad it was clear before I looked at Rat seeing how much he's changed from four years ago.

The four years was good for him, I heard him ask what I was doing before I thanked him. He asked me if I noticed that he's taller than me making me scowl half-heartedly before he said that I even look skinnier.

That I haven't had much to eat, I know my eyes darkened when he said that since I did that on purpose. He told me that I would probably be too embarrassed to undress for a lover making me look away not even bothering to say anything. "There's a reason for being skinny but it has nothing to do with not having enough food or similar" I said monotonously.

"I wonder what your reaction would be if you did undress in front of someone, it would be hilarious" he told me and I felt my face heat. "If you remembered a single thing you wouldn't have to wonder or guess" I mumbled but I know he heard it.

After a while I saw the gate, I think this was where I put a central Diazodinitrophenol Explosive. I saw Rat turn around when I heard Sirens, we were heading to a Waste Disposal Plant. Rat pressed the Gas Pedal making the speed over 100 Mph before we rammed through the gate breaking it causing glass to fly from the Windshield.

I saw the gates closing as I watched the Sirens flash before my head was pushed down so I was bending over in the seat. I vaguely remembered Rat telling me to get down and that I didn't listen.

The Truck skidded before I heard him tell me we have to go. I sat up before I followed Rat to a Sewer Channel. He said this was a fitting way for a Rat to travel almost making me laugh at his humor.

I saw Goggles in front of me before I put them on absentmindedly hearing Rat whistle. He said that the black Rat from earlier will show us the way before I pulled myself over the railing my arms in front of me, my body like an arrow before I landed in the water.

Rat wasn't far behind me and neither was the black Rat. I easily climbed up the Ladder at the edge of the rushing Sewer water before I saw the Rat clinging to a Foothold. I cupped my hands around the Rat before I pulled Rat up when he appeared from under the water.

"How did you know where to go?" he asked me making me shrug. "Where do we go from here? I only saw the Sewer Routes up till this point" I said before he told me we're half way there.

I felt the Wasp from earlier as I walked, I lied when I said what I did about the Sewer Routes. For four years I've researched a way to get out of No. 6 this way. I only said that so he'd walk in front of me, until I'm about to die I'm not telling him.

I climbed out of the Sewer with Rat who pulled me up when I reached the top like I did for him in the Sewer. Hearing Rat call my name I jumped up the rubble that leads up to where he's at.

He bowed apologizing for the wait before I looked at the town outside of the walls of No. 6. I didn't have a Bracelet, there was no way for No. 6 to know I was out here, I had finally gotten out of No. 6. I was so happy I felt wetness on my face covering my mouth to hide a smile.

Rat asked me if I was hurt and why I was crying before I shook my head. "T-Thank you Rat, I've wanted to be free of No. 6 for over ten years now" I said before I took my hand from my mouth smiling at him with my eyes closed.

A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 9:30 P.M. on November 29, 2016.

I do hope you like this chapter and will continue reading, see you some other time today.