The Unfortunate

Chapter One

"When the only door that seems to be unlocked is the one with death and defeat written on it, do you stay in this infinite hallway, or leave behind fraudulent hope and insignificant victories for accepting vanquishment? When reverence turns to detestation do you try to make them sympathize with you or fall into complete city-wide discrimination and become an abomination as a group? When resources run short do you leave The Unfortunate behind to die or make do? When your child is born disabled do you let the oppressive government that rules over you exile your child to live with the rest of the 'useless ones' or do you stand up and fight against this holocaustic government?" Sam stared into the audience of makeshift wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, and wooden canes.

"Abel did not convince God to create humans with disabilities just so we could be exiled and even executed! We were put here to spread the word of Abel!" Sam slammed her fist on the makeshift table. She waited a few moments to calm down. "Now, I'd like you all to meet my best friend and soon to be our first spy; Nathan Rogers!"

I take a deep breath and walk in front of the large audience. I take out my little scribbles on little pieces of wood. "Hello" I read, "my name is Nathan Rogers and I have Achromatopsia, which causes color blindness, blindness in the light and low visual acuity."

I look up at the audience and see that they're uninterested. I look back down at my piece of wood and think "I'm good with words, I'm good with analogies..."

So I broke the small pile of wood in half and threw the two halves on the ground, sending splinters falling into the grass. "Those people in that big city, they don't deserve such luxuries!" I shouted. "Those egocentric, preferential, perguristic bastards deserve this!" I raised my middle finger high in the air so all could see. Some people started cheering

Sam made a gesture that I should keep going.

"I am going to go behind enemy lines, I am going to gain their trust and I will report back!" I said. "We will take down this government once and for all!"A few more people began whooping. "No child of Abel will die or be discriminated by these excrescences while I'm around!"

The cheers became louder as I continued to progress through my speech. "And as for President Jackson, I have one thing to say to you, you egotistical son of a bitch;

Fuck you!"