Beyond the North

A snow world

In the beginning, humans were afraid. Afraid of animals, technology, new places; other humans, but mostly, afraid of the unknown. And to deal with it, humans used force to subdue what they feared. Those who dared to challenge the unknown were then considered crazy. But then, upon discovering the wonders of the world and the possibilities, humans were amazed, seized by the thirst for conquest, and with the power they had, they dominated everything... Everything, until nothing was left...

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In the center of the box, an alarm was sounding; all the paramilitaries there were surprised, for the first time, someone had actually escaped. Quickly, everyone was getting ready, adjusting their armor and weapons, on top of that, they were using armored cars, more technologically advanced than anything in the city.

At the edges of the walls, gates were opening, soon, several squads of prosecutors were coming out, finally, they began to surround all the surroundings.

No matter how much they tried to censor everything, the news spread, people finally showed reactions, some perplexed, others celebrating, others just laughing, but one thing was common: they were all silent.

In the suburbs and abandoned places, the revolutionaries had their morale even higher, everyone was vibrating and celebrating; something like this had never happened before.

Snow fell, clouds darkened, the train finally passed the last barrier out of the box, Cynna, Rejto, and Tel couldn't believe their eyes, their faces showed horror.

Soon, everything was white, lifeless, nothing.

All they saw was the dark horizon, contrasting with the white of the snow.

The world was covered.

— "What... the hell...!?" Tel exclaimed.

The three looked around, looked in all directions, but in the end, they saw only snow; it was as if the whole world was covered by it, quickly, they were hit by the infernal cold that was there, luckily, Rejto had thought that warm clothes would be necessary, soon, all three bundled up.

— "This... wasn't supposed to happen... was it?" Cynna asked a bit desperate.

Rejto, on the other hand, remained determined, they made their choices, so they would have to deal with all the consequences; none of them really expected this, but they couldn't just give up, not now. A few seconds passed, and soon, the three heard footsteps, probably the soldiers inside the train.

— "Let's jump" Rejto broke the silence.

— "But... while the train is moving!?" Cynna complained.

Rejto simply looked at her fixedly, the two stared at each other for a few seconds, but Cynna finally decided to continue. The three held hands, and looked down, their hearts beating, but as they heard the footsteps getting closer, they closed their eyes and jumped.

The deafening sound of the train dominated their hearing, the three felt their minds spinning, it wasn't even possible to know if they really survived or not, but finally, their eyes opened, and they were faced with the train finally disappearing from their sights, the three were alive. But quickly, another feeling took over their hearts; Despair, they managed to escape, but... now what? What happens now...?

— "To the North" Rejto firmly affirmed.

The other two looked at each other, yes, to the north.

— "But something still bothers me..." He thought, while looking at the other phrase: "Overcoming the world in secret," or "Turn the world upside down."

The three sighed deeply, and then began to walk.

— "Well," Rejto started; "The supplies we have will last for about a month, I think it's enough..."

— "Enough if we only have two meals a day," Tel joked.

— "Anyway, we'll have to be quick. Meanwhile, I'll also take a closer look at this letter..."

Cynna still showed a little fear at seeing everything they aspired to frozen, her heart was still a bit racing, but... as soon as she saw the other two in front of her still hopeful, still determined, she noticed something; for some reason, she also felt relieved, but she still didn't know why.

A little time passed; the three saw that the sun would set in a few hours, and with the silence taking over, only with the sounds of the siren in the box, the three seemed a bit uncomfortable, and to break this atmosphere, Tel started:

— "Damn, looking around here, it seems like the first time we met..."

Tel looked to the side and found the other two looking at him confused with the sudden

conversation, soon the albino blushed with embarrassment, but Cynna finally spoke up and said:

— "Yeah, you were so white you blended in with the snow"

— "Hey!"

— "Haha, and you even wore that white sweater that reflected light for some reason, you looked like a lamp"

— "I regret starting to talk," Tel replied in a mocking tone.

— "Honestly..." Rejto interrupted; "I never liked talking much about the past, but... I guess it's okay to talk about the old times once in a while" Rejto replied with a smile.

A few hours later, the sun finally began to set, the three would continue for a while longer, but seeing that the place was getting darker than usual, they decided to stop, and on top of one of the large hills in the area, they camped out, Cynna and Tel were a bit surprised at how Rejto even prepared a tent for the three to stay in.

— "Come on... are you that cautious?" Cynna asked.

— "No, I'm just a scaredy-cat!"

The three then entered, Rejto glanced at the box, which was slowly disappearing from their views, and yet, he could still see guards scrutinizing the entire place, but he put all those feelings aside and finally entered the tent. There, they took out some cans of sardines and other things, and used a small stove to cook everything, Rejto and Tel chatted a bit, but Cynna was still quiet, then, breaking the atmosphere, she finally said:

— "But... what now?"

Rejto and Tel looked at the girl, still seeming indecisive.

— "Not that I regret leaving, but... if everything is like this... then what's the point?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Rejto placed a can of vegetables in front of her, then he replied:

— "Have hope." He began; "If you really don't regret it... then show it. We're still alive, we can still go on, we can still do whatever we want" He sat down, grabbed his food, and concluded: "Even if everything is like this, I still have hope that everything can and will work out. That's why we live."

Tel smiled, Cynna then began to eat, and the night passed...

— "So?" He asked; "Found anything?"

— "No, the fugitives must be far from here by now"

One of the soldiers then looked around, he started walking to a location, where other soldiers were waiting, and he nodded his head.

Finally realizing that there was no one around, the soldiers prepared an

armored car and then began to search places a little further away...