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All right, well that's all the way let us begin, and then and I'll tell you what's gonna happen in this chapter.
Of course, things will get worse for my character in this chapter. These several chapters will be bad for me. This whole first part is all bad stuff that's happening. I cannot speak now.
So let's go
This is a few days later
a few days later
It's been at least two or three days since I lost the ability to speak freely because I didn't say the speech they wanted me to say my last speech taken from me. I had to be mute or I'd break the law but it's been at least several days and since I haven't been speaking for several days, it felt like I lost the ability to speak eventually, it started to happen. The implant started hurting me more and more, and I couldn't verbalize the pain I couldn't point or grant or make noises either so I whimpered in silence without making a noise luckily actually producing tears as you know other things like fluids would be outlawed was not stopped .
I felt like Ariel from The Little Mermaid after she traded her voice for legs. That's what I felt like right now or the mermaid from the fairytale the original fairytale that cut out her tongue so she could have legs. That's what I feel like right now. My sister didn't just read fantasy stories. She read fairytales too. I knew fairytales were less real than the legend of Timecrest. There's also the book that my sister I forgot to mention that Purchased was the history of the game. She also would read that to me because that was interesting as well.
The only gesture that I had to do freely was to feed myself obviously cause I could still feed myself, but I couldn't do anything else I could walk obviously, if they told me I couldn't do that then that would be awful so I could walk and eat and go to the bathroom and all that good stuff even shower but I was becoming more and more mute and my headaches were getting worse and worse the stupid wristband that I wore kept pinging, but I didn't know what to do with the stupid thing.
No, I was becoming more and more disabled. I was already blind. Yes, my mind was messed up already yes but now I was losing the ability to even speak at all because I hadn't spoken in days and I would cry, silent tears is my life gonna get any worse than this I'm better off dead I thought I'm better off dead I mean this is worse than anything. That would be a lot of a blessing to me, my friend who had to do the same procedure already passed away because he had to go mute too, and it was worse for him because he couldn't hear and he passed, and a lot of my other friends have passed as well. I had no friends left because they were all blind like me except for two I had two-sided friends, but I hardly saw them. They'd come visit me from time to time and they'd feel bad for me Tiffany and Tessa or I should say Tiff and Tess I should say.
I felt useless, even though my family loved me, my older sister, and my two younger sisters. The baby of the family didn't quite understand what was going on with my next younger sister did she helped as much as she could speaking for me and all that like I said it wasn't because I was rebelling. It was because I just couldn't read the paper they gave me and now after not using my voice for a while I'll ask the ability. Lisa, I hope I don't. I hope I can regain it eventually but for now, I couldn't speak.
My hazel eyes blinked, thinking about things I couldn't control blinking, even if it was trademarked I couldn't keep my eyes wide open or closed all the time and the implants still gave me headaches, but I had to deal with it like everyone else sister would tell me everything will get better one day I promise I will get a better life for us and we'll get out of this place somehow maybe we can live out on the wilderness so we can get these things off of us and we can live out on the in the wilderness outside these walls. Is that possible I wondered if that was even possible.
If I can figure out how to break a side of the city, she told my younger sister with all the things that we own living off the land we still have this you still have those implants, I know, and the wrist thingies, but we can live off freely if we can get out of here we can't stay in the city forever. The job I have isn't paying enough and I don't think we can save our parents. My younger sister nodded. I know let us pack then and leave, but wouldn't they notice that we left yes and no if we can get out without being detected we have everything we need. Do we know where we're gonna go if we can find an abandoned house outside the city we live in the city of Knoxville if we can find one of those abandoned houses and one of those abandoned towns, it would be nice for us.
But will they let us leave I don't know, but if we can run, I'm older than all of you even though we have a caretaker person I am an adult, but quit your waitress job. My younger sister said who cares if we can't take care of ourselves, I can cook as a waitress. We just learned to grow our food and maybe even have a farm. It's the only way survival is more important than money.
She pointed out. It's almost winter it's fall. I don't know if we'll be able to survive. We're not surviving well on this little bit of food either it's that or dying here on pointed food. I'd rather live out there good because that's what we're gonna do, but we're gonna find a house that's abandoned. We won't have to pay for it because it'll just be there. There's gotta be abandoned houses somewhere.
I know we can do it yes of course that's the only way we can live. What about clothing? We'll have to do with what we have and if there are abandoned stores, we'll just take from them food too if need be.
Living on our own is more important right now we're all that's left of our family. Some other family can take her home. She said she packed our things.
What little clothing we had and books we had the legend of Timecrest, the Bible, and all of my Narnia complete series. The Legend of Timecrest had several volumes too, and all of my Sailor Moon and Sailor V novels. Well, not novels, but comics or manga too. I forgot I had those and any toys and things I had accumulated when my parents were still here big things we couldn't take with us but a lot of little things I could take if we could find a motorhome motor sister said we could travel around and we won't have to stay in one place but we cannot enter any cities. They'll bring us back here understand.
I don't know why I didn't think about this earlier a few days ago my sister said if we decided to leave then or even last year, we wouldn't be in this mess.
Once everything was packed, we put everything we had on our backs, our suitcases and backpacks and things we owned, and while everyone was asleep, we snuck out of the gates of the city that we lived in and traveled until we could find a place to live.
An abandoned house somewhere it's not gonna be easy. We knew that much that was the only way.
All the cities were domed, and they said the places outside were not livable. We'll figure out how to make it that way for us though.
It was time for an adventure.
So once we were out and free once we figured out a way out, we ran for it. We sold our house though so they knew we were leaving somewhat. We wouldn't just leave it abandoned. We didn't know where we were gonna go. I just had to be somewhere we could just go to .
My younger sister had to push the stroller for the baby and my older sister had to hold my hand if she wasn't holding too many things.
And it was October almost November everything I once knew was changing once we got to the place we wanted to get to we stopped. We found a house that was abandoned and still in good shape. I had a perfect place for a garden a perfect place for my sister and I to play if we could if the armbands were easy to take off, we didn't do it yet. We didn't have it we couldn't so we still had to be careful because it would trace us back if we ever did anything, but this was safe. We were safe for now.
What we found was a cabin that had several rooms in it sister and I had to share, but that was OK her sister and I shared a room, and the baby and my other sister shared a room.
That was the only way.
We were broken free from the city we were in and now we were on our own.
Would have to find a vehicle to travel and if we wanted to travel anywhere else for now, we were safe in this little house, but we'll have to find a mobile home eventually they can move from place to place but for now this is what we get for the time being away from the city away from the danger.
This place had seeds and other food so we could be OK. Meat was harder to find but we had vegetables. There were vegetables left over from whoever lived here. They were still in good shape. I guess it was recently abandoned. I'm guessing this is a hiding place for people I guess, and then there were plots that we could plant in .
Even though I had headaches I had less than now so I helped around the house as best I could. I know we can't live here forever older sister said we'll make the most of it for these next couple of years at least and then we'll find a home that moves or if we can find my younger sister said materials and build a tiny home that we can find a vehicle and connect it to. Could we all live in a tiny home there's only the three of us I mean the four of us I think we can do it all right then if we can find us a tiny house and travel in that that'll be nice we wouldn't have to sit still.
We can build it to fit four people oh yeah, that makes sense.
And I'll connect it to a moving vehicle like a car or something that we can pull it with.
Sounds great sister said.
If we can make it to one of those countries that aren't under the system, maybe we can find some doctor to take these off of us, but I doubt we'll be able to get that far we need to stay here at least for the winter and into the next spring and the next full year then we'll figure out plans from there agreed and that is what we did we hunkered down in this little home for the time being and this is where we're gonna live for now.
We return our little area to a small farm. We planted roses of food and crops for ourselves. They haven't grown yet we figured out how to get livestock somehow so we have meat with fish that we can catch and eat we had to live off the land there was no other way.
It was still not easy, but at least we weren't eating printed food anymore.
And we started to get healthier, my younger sister and I would run and play, even though I didn't feel well most of the time.
My younger sister suggested to my older sister. Why don't we stay until the baby is a little older she's at least a year old. We can wait till she's older. How much you're right I guess we can leave now soon next year. Sounds good and if we can't, we'll just stay here no one's gonna bother us out here so let's live here permanently, then.
And that's why we decided to stay in our place. It was easier to stay in one place than to move from place to place. This is gonna be a new life for us. It is better than trying to find another place or building a tiny home to live in.
Or to live in one of those cities.
It made us feel more now.
We're off the land off the grid no lawyers telling us what we can and can't do or be sued or anything now I tried to mumble words, but I couldn't say a word not talking for so long has frozen me Like I said my ability to even speak now and my head still hurt from time to time.
Chester wasn't out of the woods yet.
But we were safe and that's all that matters.
It wasn't that bad outside even though the sun would rise and it be scorching hot. It was better than being in those cities.
And I would dream about love. Also, in my dreams, I could speak and I dream about Luther after hearing about him so coming to Valencia. He would say I'll figure out a way for you and your family to come.
I'll figure out a way he said he would tell me to continue to read my story and keep believing in me and I will save you.
Don't worry, I will make sure you don't die or your family or anyone who aligns with you. You will be safe I promise. You mean it I asked in my street dreams yes he said as he held me close. You will be safe soon precious one day you'll be safe with me.
He kissed me in the dreams his lips were soft. He held me close protectively. I did not break my promises. He says a promise is a promise and I don't break them and when I say, I'm gonna keep you safe in your family I mean it Valencia is real. He said it is a real place and you will come and be with me. I want is real. You don't need to worry once you come everything will change. I'll figure out how to free you I will save you.
He ran his fingers in my hair. My heart pounded as I dreamed of love.
You couldn't stop at the moment Angel he would say I'm glad you got out of that awful home where I wouldn't be able to speak to you they block even your dreams. You'll have to speak to come to me and to do that. You had to leave that awful city soon I will give you the words to say to come to open up a gateway, you and your family and anyone who joins you.
As he kissed me I asked him how he was 15. He says the legend is from the past so it is not all true. Valencia is a lot as old as you think. Yes, it's over 1000s of years old, but it's not as old as you think it's only 1000 years old the story was written several thousand years in the past he says.
Tom, as old as you, he says and things from my past have already happened that you've already read about, asked him about the destruction of older. Yes, I have already done that. He said I asked him about the freezing of the meteors. I don't know if I've done that yet or not. If I haven't then you'll be coming during that event depending on when you come. I weep don't weep. He said you don't look as beautiful when you cry.
And you'll get to be with me soon I promise but you need to hold on just a little longer keep reading keep learning please don't stop OK I promise I said good. He said no rest.
And my first couple of days in the new home went by quickly.
We were free we were free from the evil of those cities, even though we didn't have a job or no money. We were happy we were healthy. We were poor, but that was OK. We knew that we would never save our parents.
Now we had to live out here on our own.
It wasn't gonna be easy since winter was coming, but what other options did we have?
None really, no other options to live out here we just lived in this cabin and that's what we were planning on doing and we best if we never moved. They'll find us here maybe help find us, but this is gonna be our home from now on.
Even though the pinging still happened with my sister's speech, it was fine. I wasn't free to speak. I still couldn't speak. Would I be able to talk ever again? I wondered if I lost the ability to speak for now all I ever get back.
My sister assured me that I would maybe one day I might be able to learn to speak again. Everything's gonna be OK soon sooner or later everything will be fine.
How is it that if we never speak if I never speak I didn't worry about that too? What if I ever lose the ability to speak again?
You won't big sister don't worry my little sister said comforting me. She's right my older sister said don't don't worry. But we're free from those evil people from the city and that's all that matters right those awful lawyers and awful people.
Then I laid down and closed my eyes again and slept like I said day after day was like this we lived off the land and the grid, even though we still wore these awful things on our arms and eyes one day we'll figure out how to get them off, but for now, we were stuck with them.
ending here
In this chapter, I hope you enjoy it. I know it's a quick end but I am sorry about that. There is more awesome story to come though this is just chapter 2 in chapter 3 is on its way. I hope you enjoy Chapter 2, and I will see you in the next one.
next chapter will be chapter 3
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