A New World Awaits

Chapter 3 : Secret

From now on I'm going to write whenever I have the chance and I will update and write new chapters whenever I get the chance so hopefully I'll write at least one chapter per week!
I'm super excited!

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Oh no what do we do!? I keep think to myself as I start to sweat from nervousness. The security man comes closer, "What are you two doing 'er this late at night?" He says sternly glaring at the both of us. "Uh..er..." I try to come up with something when the boy next to me grabs my hand and whispers in my ear, "we need to run, let's go!"

Before I can register what his words meant he pulls me and he starts running in the opposite direction of where the security man was approching us from. I stumble a couple times before I can start running, the boy in front of me tightens his grip and pulls me along as he runs faster. Once I start running fast enough with the boy I hear the security man yelling at us. "Get back 'er you filthy brats!!"

I hear foot falls behind us, but the constant squeeze of his hand tells me to keep running, so I do.

Long after I can no longer hear foot steps behind us, I start wheezing from running for so long. As if on que the boy stops running, but since I happen to be behind him I slam into his body causing us to tople over each other. THWAK! Darkness clouds my vision as I slip into unconsciousness.

".....you..." Huh? Whats going on? I try to open my eyes but pain shoots through my head so I squeeze my eyes shut until it fades a bit.

Finally I try to open my eyes slowly,  "mng..oww, whats going on? Where am I?" I ask while groggily looking around, I rub my eyes trying to wake up a bit better. "I'm so sorry,  are you ok?" I roll over on my stomach and try to get up. Once I'm up on my hands and knees I look up and I see the boy from earlier smiling down at me with a hint of concern in his eyes. "I..I'm ok, but where are we?" I look around and I notice we are still in the forest with the moon still hanging in the sky.

"Still in the woods." He squats down in front of me so he is more eye level. I move shifting my body back so I'm sitting and the boy does the same. "In wondering what your name is." The boy says In a more mumbled tone.

I look at him a bit puzzled. "..Name?...Oh you mean my number? I'm M-595, " I smile at him thinking I understood. He looks at me his brows creasing, "no that isnt what I meant, I meant a name, like..well mine is Jason." I shake my head not understanding what he is meaning. I cross my legs in front of me so I can be more comfortable, while he sits and spreads his legs out so they are on opposite sides of me.

A name ..his is Jason...but he needs numbers..right?? As if understanding what I was thinking Jason looks at me and says, "my dad's dad..my grandad..he never had to have a number, no one did. Look this place isn't an okay place, thing use to be different, better as he would put it. We don't belong here, we belong somewhere with more space, more freedom. No one had numbers, they had names something they could call you by instead of a number like someone owns you."

Like someone owns me?..Hmm. "I want a name like you Jason." I look up at him wanting this more than anything else. Jason looks at me and smiles, "then lets think together what your name should be." I smile ever so happy. I get a name! Just like him. I wonder what it should be!

After hours of trying to figure out what my name should be I finally ask, "did you pick your name?" Jason's eyes widen a bit, not expecting a question like that. As quick as it goes I see a flash of pain in his eyes. He looks off in another direction. After what seemed forever he finally spoke in a hushed tone. "No. My..mom picked it before she.." As if thinking about it causes him extreme pain, his body trembles a bit, "before she left me and my father." He looks down into his lap, then looks back up at me.

"..I.." At a lost of words I just look into his eyes and I can see everything. All the pain and sadness, everything he is feeling. Jason takes a deep breath and it all disappears. "Don't worry about it." He says cooly, pushing me away with his words. Its probably better if I drop this. I think to myself before speaking as softly as I can. "Have..have you thought of a name yet? Because I can't think of any, anymore."

He looks at me as if trying to find something within me, searching for an answer. Then he spoke in his deep voice, "I think your name should be.." He looks up into the sky and at the moon and I see his face light up, he looks back at me and pulls my face closer to his and whispers a secret into my ear. A secret name between only us.

I like the name already.

Midnight.

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I hope you liked this chapter!
I'm actually quite happy that I thought of a name for them, I've been thinking for a while but just couldnt think of one until now.
Have a good day, I'll see you next time! 🖤