Diseased

The Town

"Can we please go shopping?" Sybil clawed at my arms. I frowned and shoved her off.

"You nearly made me drop my eScreen!" I fumbled with the device and slid it into my ear. I pressed a tiny button on it, which made a holographic rectangle shape appear before my eyes. I felt the light scan up and down my face until it recognized me.

" Welcome Zada Cole." I heard it say into my ear. It made a clicking sort of noise and I saw my 'home screen' in front of me.

"Please..." Sybil made puppy dog eyes at me.

"Fine..." I snapped. 

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We grabbed our pink and yellow hover boards and walked out of the door. I flipped it over so the underside was showing and flipped on the 'on' switch. I tucked a lock of what was left of my hair behind my ear and proceeded to fly in the air. Sybil quickly caught up to me. 

What used to be a nice, clean cut lawns and big houses, was now gradually turning into yellow and brown spikes of dead grass and shacks that were homes up to 8 people.'The Rich,' as they called my people, were rarely allowed to even look at this area.

I heard soft whimpering and could almost feel Sybil's body tighten next to me.

"Sybil..." I clenched my teeth together and whispered harshly. I didn't want to get caught in a mess with them today. Don't look down.. My brain told me. As if ignoring it, I snuck in a quick peek and saw a girl, about the age of 7, crying into her mom's arms. 

"My stomach hurts!" She whined uncontrollably. 

"I know, honey." Her mother coaxed her and ran her bony fingers through the girls wispy hair. You could just tell by looking at them that they weren't emotionally or physically healthy. I sped up a little, I couldn't bear to see this anymore.

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Sybil and I landed on the concrete sidewalk in the city, and rested our boards on the hover rack. I plugged in my hover board to charge it so that it would be full when we had to go back.

"What's that?" Sybil pointed ahead of us. I followed her finger until I saw what it was. 

"I don't know..." I replied. I could see a young man behind a pedistol with a mega phone to his lips. Many other people whom I knew were circled around him.

"Have you ever wanted to help your community?" He yelled into it.

"YES!" They replied.

"Then take in the weary and hurting and let them be cancer free!" He screeched, "If we are healthy, they are healthy!" 

Equalists.

I looked at Sybil who was looking at a piece of paper on the ground. She bent over and picked it up.

"Help the weary and hurting by letting them be cancer free. For just 2 E-O's* you could make a life longer." Sybil looked up at me wide eyed, then whispered so I could even barely hear it, "We need to do this."

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Sorry for the short chapter! Hope you are enjoying it!

*2 E-O's is like money for them. 

2 E-O's= 1 Dollar

3 E-O's= 1.50

4 E-O's= 2 Dollars

5 E-O's= 2.50

6 E-O's= 3 Dollars

(And so forth)

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