"We don't have much time!" screamed the mysterious man, waking me from my heavy sleep, frantically packing things into a case. I wasn't understanding the situation at the time, I don't even remember what happened last night, but this guy threw me out of bed and shoved me down the hall of the dark apartment building.
"Take this pocket pistol, you may need it." the man said, in his gravelly, Russian tone. The gun he gave me looked very expensive and fancy; engravings of flowers and elegant patterns told me that the man thought I was important. he took out his own pistol while looking out the window. "There are police everywhere, we have to get out of this building somewhere else but the front" he said, assessing the building for any emergency exits.
Everything was swaying and out of focus, I couldn't keep control of myself so I tripped over, not knowing I was in front of a flight of stairs. I now have a broken ankle. The man picked me up, put my arm over his shoulder, and carried me out to the fire exit, shouting to me over the police sirens, "You'll have to climb down this ladder, don't worry, your bike is close"
I observed the swarms of cops breaking down every door in the building, and I heard them tearing up every room for traces of us.
I couldn't keep myself stable to ride the bike; I was close to falling off at every blink, but I knew I had to follow this strange man that has protected my life from who knows what...
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Renegades
ActionTwo people are on the run from the law, crime, and everything inbetween. They must become refugees to survive, travelling to places all over the planet. But soon they'll have the power to take on the world, just them two and others working on their...
