Chasing Limits

Chapter 1

Aisha slowly opened her eyes, after being asleep until the curtains no longer kept out the now bright sunlight. She sat up in bed, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

  She pulled the thin covers off her. The cool air hit her bare arms, causing her to shiver in sudden contact. Aisha stood now, and stretched. After hearing the successful noise of her back popping, she sighed out of relaxation.

  She yawned and used her left hand to cover the gust of soft breath, and the other to ruffle her unclean jet black tresses.

  After doing so, she walked over to her dresser. Pulling out her daily clothes that consisted of white leggings, a brown shirt, brown boots that matches the shirt, and a brown faded into red satchel that went all the way around her hips and drooped on shoulders. It also had pockets and weapon and ammo holders on the strap, just in case she needed to hold some of the sort in them.

  She walked into her bathroom that she'd been granted to her, and turned on the hot water. She had woken up early to get the hotter water that she had to share with her comrades.

  She finished lathering soap on her hair, letting the sweet smell go into her nostrils. She decided she had showered enough and stepped out of the showing stall that was sectioned off with a curtain and a changing room.

  She put on her attire and towel dried her locks. It had taken a while, but she finally did it. Her hair was still damp, but she wasn't bothered. Checking the time, she noticed she still had a few minutes that she'd use to eat.

  In the year 2064, there was a climate drop in temperature. Many people died from it, and those who survived were lucky. Everything had been busy and lively before the incident. Electronics were everywhere. But as soon as the food supply dwindled during the event, many more people died.

  Because of this tragic event, people wanted to figure out what happened. After studying a whole lot, businesses, people, and others soon found out it was all a 'mistake.'

  It was a man-made global disaster. It was supposed to be a huge companies lab project, but things malfunctioned in the science area of the growing company. Thus, allowing viruses to seep into the earth, causing global disasters.

  The remaining people that were able to get in touch with each other decided to make groups. If people were found alive, they'd be taken to these groups. There was only a few hundred that were able to be reached to.

  This small organization consisted of eight groups. Each group had five people with letters. Group 1-E, the one a person that was fairly new had been put in. Aisha Silvers, rank; Newbie.

  Her number that she was given when the world disaster happened, was X900902. Each person in the world was assigned a number, just in case they'd found any leads on how to solve the problems.

  She walked out of the bathroom and ruffled her raven trusses once again, as if it'd solve all her problems. She sighed. Walking down the stairs to get something to eat, she heard footsteps. Turning around sharply she saw her best friend, Kai. He was about to attempt to scare her.

  He pouted in defeat and mumbled curse words on how she cheated under his breath, while she laughed a small bit. They had been through every think together. They were inseparable. His number was X900984. It was close enough to Aisha's that they'd been put in the same group. The numbers they were given were called ACSIs. It stood for Access Code Sign In.

  If people didn't know their code, they couldn't get food and water, or a bed, or a room. They finished walking downstairs, and made it to the public mess hall. Kai opened the doors for Aisha, who just smiled in thanks. They went to go get food.

  After waiting in line for what seemed to last for forever, they'd gotten food and sat down. They exchanged jokes with their groups. Aisha's consisted of Kai, Aria, Sonya, Eren, and herself. They sat and ate their meals that was just vegetable soup and some fruit and bread as a side.

  They continued to utter useless words and jokes until work time began. Also what Kai and Aisha liked to call 'Hell.'