Chapter 3: J

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Jack - April 20th, The Source
We both shuffled into the house, looking up at the other side of the crescent shaped planet, where someone else was probably looking up and seeing us. I slumped down on the couch while Amanda stood by the table, in a house we had lived for 6 years, until we were 12. While we knew our way around the house, it felt like walking through a strangers house. "We cant stay here forever" i say. "We have to make it out someway, like the trials, or the Prime Ministers approval, he could bring us straight to the source.". The Source served as an energy source for the entire world here, but could also transport us back to our own world. "Or..." said Amanda. "We could break into the source ourself. Think about it, the early stages of the trials are easy enough, and we have a major advantage having done it before. " She said. I continued where she left off, "after Stage 5 we're staying in the center of the city anyway, putting us close to the Source. All that we need to do afterwards is break in and through. " Amanda smiled, thinking about the plan we had just came up with. "And, if the rumors are true..." she said. Rumors drifted around through the low lives and drunken bars around the city, of contenders who had seen the real world. They were called programmers commonly, and could hack the program in special ways. One man famously, could change the gravity and beat the entire trials in first place every single trial.
"But first," Amanda said, "we need to pay and entry fee.".
"Why don't you go and take a job from Santiago, while I search for leads of mom?" I said. She nodded her head, and with that I touched my bracelet, a suit spreading over my body, black and blue, leaving only my head unconverted. And then she did the same

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