Chapter 1: The Save

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I ran down the broken up road, more like stumbled, to get away from some group members who were chasing me. I tripped and fell, which made my glasses fall off. I cursed and continued running, as I do not have time to find my spectacles.
I ran and ran until I ran into a wall. I tried turning left, but there was another wall. I turned right, another wall. I am trapped.
Without my glasses I am blind as a bat, I can only make out blurry figures as they approach me, "Give us back our shit, little man." I stared at their figures and smiled, "The name's MINI LADD." I emphasized, "and I didn't take anything." "BULL!" One of the guys took me by the collar of my shirt and pushed me against a wall. "We saw you take some of our food, so don't lie about it." I kept the smile, "I'm not lying. I really don't have your food." I felt the eyes glare at me, "Check his bag."
The other guy approached me and I took the opportunity to kick him where no man wants to be kicked. He screeched out in pain, and the guy that was holding me raised his fist. I braced for the impact, but nothing came. I opened my eyes and saw the back of the guy's head. "Shit..." He quietly cursed and let go of me. He gathered up his friend and ran away.
I sigh and stand up, "This is not a good day for you Mini..." I start to walk away, but was stopped by someone dropping out of the sky and landing in front of me.
I flinched, but kept my composure. The mystrious figure stood and stared at me. "State your name, birth, and skills." They said in a somewhat deep voice. "MiniLadd, I don't remember, and why do you need to know?" I said smirking. The figure looked a little amused but they kept their stance, "I am not playing games here. Give me two good reasons not to kill you." They growled, probably to hide the fact that they want to laugh. "Hmm..." I thought for a moment, "Theft and computers." The figure froze for a moment, "Wait what?" His voice was higher than the first time he spoke, "Theft and computers. Those are my two reasons."
I was able to make out a strange white mask, thing, on the strangers face. He stared at me a little longer and then started to laugh. "What?" He laughed a little longer, holding his stomach. "You really took me seriously?" He laughed again, "Well yeah. Everyone here is capable of killing, even me." I tried to sound menacing, but that made him laugh even louder.
"You really... You really are hilarious, man!" He said, "My name's Delirious." I saw him straighten and put out his hand for me to shake, "Miniladd." I replied. "Oooh. A code name, I like it." I smiled a little, "How do you know if it's not my real name?" He stared at me, "Well is it?" He asked, "No..." I replied, "Well, now I know!" He said.
"So... Do you have a group you stole those things for?" He asked, which I guess he was pointing to my backpack, "What's it to you?" I asked, hissing a little, "Calm down, I'm a little curious okay?" "Heh, curious Delirious." I joked. "Hey! That's what my friends call me!" I tried not to burst out laughing, emphasize TRY. "What? What's so fu-" But he was cut off and I contained my laughter to try to see what was going on, "Peacekeepers." Delirious whispered.
My eyes widened and I pulled Delirious into the alley. "We need to hide, this alley won't protect us forever." I said, "I know! Uhh...." I saw Delirious's figure frantically look around, "How about... On the roof? There is a ladder not too far." I nodded, 'Best plan we have right now.' I thought and we both ran to the ladder. Delirious climbed first, I climbed after.
'Okay... Just trust your senses Mini.' I thought as I followed closely behind Delirious's shoes.
We finally reach the top and duck so no one can see us.
"Let's hope they don't have helicopters today..." Delirious mumbled, "Helicopters? Since when did they have helicopters?" I whispered, "Have you been living under a rock?" "More like a bridge." "Look. The only safe place is my base, but Vanoss, the leader, won't be pleased that I brought a stranger without telling him." He explained, "Then why not ditch me?" I suggested. All I saw was his mask look at me for a few moment, like he was considering it. "No." He shook his head, "I think Vanoss'll actually like you." I nodded and we put our heads down lower when we heard a gun shot.
We heard a few more, then it stopped. I peeked over the ledge and saw what looked like four dead bodies, "Four..." I mumbled.
I saw they were distracted, so I grabbed Delirious's wrist and pulled him the opposite direction of the scene, "We need to leave before they find us too. Then it will end up six..." I mumbled the last part.
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Delirious took me to what looked like a house that was used for target practice for bombs. He pushed open the door and gestured me to go inside. I walked in, afraid if I don't get in fast enough, the peacekeepers will find us. He walked in after me and closed the door, "Welp. This is where our base is." "This is just a broken house, with no one here. I'm surprised the peacekeepers couldn't find you." I said looking around at the blurred house. "Well, if you actually listened. I said, this is WHERE our base is. I didn't say it was our base." He said, "Oh." I replied, "Okay, so I have two choices right now, either I take you into the heart of the base, where Vanoss may kill you. OR, I take Vanoss out here to meet you, but you have a high chance of getting spotted by the peacekeepers, thus exposing our base, killing us all. Make my desicion for me, Mr. Mini ladd." Delirious said.
"Uh... Hm... Get killed... Or... Get everyone else killed..." "You're really contemplating on this?" "I got it! I will meet Vanoss in the heart of the base." I decided, "Okay. But don't blame me if he decides to kill you." Delirious said turning. I shrugged, 'Wouldn't be the worst Tuesday.'
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I followed Delirious through the hallway, to what I guess was a kitchen, from what I could see. He went to a white box, a fridge I am guessing, and opened it. Then gestured for me to follow. I climbed in after he did.
We finally reached the bottom and he took a deep breath, "Home sweet, underground bunker." He said chuckling, "I love saying that."
"Delirious!? Are you home finally!?" A sorta Irish voice called out, "Your patrol ended a while ago." The voice got louder, meaning they were walking towards us, "Did you close the fr-" He stopped talking as he saw me, "I had a... A few complications on my journey." Delirious finally replied.
The tall man stared at me for a while longer and just turned around, "Welp. Now you met Nogla. He's not much of the killing type." I nodded and he grabbed my wrist and pulled me through the house looking bunker.
I didn't get much time to look around, which makes sense as I would not let a visitor of my base go snooping around. He pulled me through different halls and finally through a door. It was dark but had a desk lamp. "Hi Vanoss! I'm back!" Delirious shouted. I saw the sillouhette of the figure flinch and spin around. It stared at us for a minute before saying in a groggy voice, "Who the fuck are you?"
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WHAT UP!? NEW STORY! I am gonna like this one. I love stories that deal with the crew during war, or in a gang, I dunno why. Well, that means at some point I will write a gang story xD. Hope you like it so far. Also, it's not much explained, the details I mean. Because Mini can't see them very well.
I talked too much, see yah!

~Bunnyflowerpetal

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