Hunter:
All too soon I get to the prison, and I'm kind of scared by the dark grey walls and the looming structure above me. Barbed wire is strung along all the windows and fences. I gulp, staring up at Era's home.
"Be strong." I mutter to myself.
I walk around the corner, my stride big and powerful. Firm, like my father's. The twenty four Keepers standing guard at the door state at me as I come around. One has a cut lip, the other a black eye. All of them have other degrees of cuts, scrapes and bruises. I ignore them and walk up to the door, putting my hand on the handle to open it.
"And just what do you think you're doing, young man?"
A massive hand clamps down on my shoulder and I turn to him, faking rage.
"Do you not let me in to my father's own building?" I snap at them.
They all stare at me, confused.
"What are you talking about?" the same man asks.
"I could get you all fired!" I shout.
The Keepers give me a blank look.
"Walk away young man, before we have to shoot you." The one with the black eye mutters irritably.
"Do you not know who I am?"
"Back away." The one with his hand on my shoulder warns.
I shrug off his shoulder and glare at him in the eye.
"I am Hunter, son of the Head Keeper!"
They all pale and I pray that Father hasn't told everyone that I left to be with Era. Knowing him, he's probably to proud to admit that I've escaped him, but his Keepers might know...
"S-s-sir!" the one with the black eye stutters, "I'm sorry, we didn't recognize you."
"Clearly." I snap, "Just let me in and I'll pretend it never happened."
"Of course!"
The man takes his hand off my shoulder and I open the door and walk in, sliding the pistol out of one of their pockets.
Finally, Railt will get his wish of me shooting a pistol.
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Running With the Wave
RandomIn a world where women are imprisoned in order to breed and are taught to fear men, fourteen year old Era discovers that she is barren, and is to be Disposed. Desperate not to die, Era does the unthinkable: she leaves the prison where the women are...
