It was quiet outside. I rushed to the center of the sectors to not be late. I got closer to my destination when I saw hundreds of children squeezed into a tight area. I was spotted and quickly placed in my age group. That's when I found Jonatino. "Hey, Hey, Jonatino!" I yelled out to the boy. I could see his face frantically searching for the person calling his name. That's when he finally saw me and shuffled through the crowd to get closer. "Have you seen the others?" Jonatino asked. I shook my head. "We need to find them" I thought. "This doesn't feel right".
We shuffled together and found Katherine, Lexia, Sadie, Daniella and basically everyone else. We quickly rushed over but overheard them talking. "I wonder who's gonna go first!" Lexia eagerly stated. Jonatino and I both gave each other a confused look. We stopped listening and joined the group's huddle. "Hey guys" they said cheerfully. "What do you mean first?" I yelled at them. "SHHHHHHHHHHH!" the quickly barked. "Quiet, they'll hear" Daniella whispered. "OK, OK, jeez" I remarked. Katherine started up the conversation again, "We need to get out of those gates, I have a plan" Katherine suggested. "Sadie tell them what you saw". Sadie nodded her head and her eyes turned white.
She began to describe one of her visions. " The Government doesn't want us anymore, I don't know why but they don't" Every one in the group had all eyes on Sadie. "They are gonna kill us......they are gonna call it the Power Verse. It's a sick sport so the Government can recollect the money from housing us. They are gonna make us kill each other......and only the last one standing gets out alive". We all watched in awe as Sadie's eyes returned to their normal brown color.
"Well, that's a bit dark" Katherine chuckled. "Now's not the time for jokes Katherine", Zuri said in response. "Yeah , Katherine", Symone followed. "That's why we need to escape!", Daniella reminded the group. "No we can't! Did you hear the loudspeaker!" Savanna yelled back. "SHHHHHHHHH!!", the group barked again. Katherine crossed her arms to try and make herself look tough.... it didn't work....but she still went to make her point," Whoever wants to leave will leave, and whoever want's to go into a death match and die will stay". "Ummmmm, Katherine", Symone paused "I really don't think it's a good idea to spl-". "SHUT UP SYMONE". Katherine howled. "o.k." Symone muttered.
Katherine's eyes glowed red. "Everyone calm down OK!" Monica announced "If you want to leave raise your hand". I watched as Lexia, Katherine, Danielle, Monica, Zuri, and Jonatino raised their hands. I decided to follow the majority. "Well, then who doesn't want to leave". The remaining people in the group being Sadie, Symone, Josie, and Savanna. Symone stepped forward, "but...Zuri, you can't just leave me....". Zuri had tears in her eyes when she approached Symone, she whispered something in her ear that the rest of us couldn't hear. Zuri held Symone and then went to stand next to Katherine.
"Well then you guys are stupid. You would rather choose to die then at least try to escape?!" Katherine shouted. Once again the group in unison went, "SHHHHHHHH!!!" "AGHGHGHG!" Katherine yelled. Her hands heated as orange flames emerged from her gloves. Savanna quickly took off her gloves and extinguished Katherine's flames. "I'm fine let's just go... PLEASE". Half of the group sprinted behind Katherine while we watched the other half be taken away by the guards.
"Guys, are you sure we should really leave? Aren't we supposed to stick together?" Daniella asked. "It's their choice if they want to die. I'm not going down that path" Katherine replied. We reached the large electric fence surrounding all the sectors. It was probably around 15 feet tall, and had barbed wire at the top. Guard towers were surrounding the fence, being only 30 feet apart. "Well" Katherine said "Here's the plan".
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