"Education is said to bring Happiness. It is the key to success. Embrace what you know..."
- UNKNOWN TO US
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Date: June 4, 2092
Location: UNKNOWN
The long, dark table sat in the middle of the large, dimly-lit room. The chairs were neatly tucked in underneath the table. The sounds of clattering dishes and pattering feet rung out throughout the house.
There was a TV there. A crappier one, but it sufficed. It was on the news channel, and there was a man reporting on the screen.
"On this day, June 4, six years ago, marks the anniversary of the Burnings. As we have said, it has come to the of being a cold case. The SFPD aren't even sure they can use any of the evidence to make a single arrest. For those of you who don't know, the Burnings was a series of six separate arson in areas that a lot people gather, and each arson occurred within one hour of the previous one. And in the last area alone, at least 50 people were reported with a huge number of injures. Stay strong, Burning survivors, we'll have more on the Burnings tonight later. This is Eli Schmitar, here on XR-"
Somebody picked up the TV's remote and turned it off.
"Hey! I was watching!" said a red-headed boy, who reached his hand to grab the said remote.
"If you don't hurry it up, you'll be late for the last day of school Nico!" said a blonde.
"But it was from six yea-"
"We don't have time." a brunette cut him off.
Nico puffed his cheeks. "You're no fun Melissa."
"Well, Chris is right, we can't miss today."
Nico sighed. He stood up and ran upstairs to grab his bag. He quickly ran downstairs to grab his charred scarf.
Honk! Honk! The car horn went off several times more. Nico ran out the door, locking and slamming it as he went towards the car to open the door.
He hopped into the car... Well, more like dashed into the car.
"About time you showed up. I was about to let Yugo leave ya behind." Melissa said.
"Whatever." he scoffed. He tilted his head towards the window.
He propped his arm up so that he could rest his head on his arm, and stared out the window into the vast landscape.
Several minutes passed of pure silence.
"So, how is everyone?" the driver asked.
"I guess we could all be better Yugo..." Chris replied.
"Yeah..." came the other replies.
"Well, this is no time to fret friends. Just because today's the day doesn't mean that we should be down and sullen about it." Melissa stated, facing herself towards the back of the car.
Silence had befallen the car once again...
"Okay," Melissa piped up, grabbing a notebook, "Let's see if we left somebody at the hideout. Today is Wednesday, June 4." She flipped through the book. She cleared her throat.
"Eva." she stated.
"I'm here..." said a blonde-haired girl quietly, slightly raising her hand.
"Sakura."
"Here." said a soft-spoken white-haired girl, who was staring out a window.
"Nico."
"Really?" Nico stated, still looking in his bag.
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Hunted Down Volume 1
Fiksi Umum"If you could control ONE thing in the entire world, and people would pursue you, what would do?" -UNKNOWN TO US These words will mean a lot to a group of 10-year olds. These children, of different backgrounds, all have one thing in common: They all...
