Him: Hard Times In Hantov

2 0 0
                                    

The men of Hantov all looked the same: gruff faces, dirty hands and faces, oil spills across their donated blue overalls. The biggest was Jack, the mayor. He cared for all the people in Hantov, alerted them to the CDUF officers (Commune Disruptive Unit Force). The CDUF hated the Hantov society, because they were sons and daughters of immigrants and prisoners of war after the last few conflicts. Hunter was no different: he was the engineer on board the fishing trawlers, officially. Unofficially, he smuggled fish off and helped Jack smuggle Hantov men into better countries. He had his own nets, and when they set off to fish, they went above deck and only the Hantov engineers remained near the bottom: so they could steal fish and put their own nets in the water. That was how Hunter Hantov supported the community. While this happened, Blade sat by the shore of the small lake, skimming stones. He fished a paper clip from his pocket, and Dash and Ace sat next to him. Blade took a scrap of crusty bread, and attached it. Blade suddenly got furious, and screamed at Dash, "WHERE IS GER- FLASH?!" and Ace said, "Relax. Here he is!" The four-year-old was in the polluted lake. Drowning. Blade dived in,  and pulled him out backwards, by his neck. Blade took off his blue shirt and gave it to Flash. He passed a newspaper to Blade, and he looked at the articles. Ace coughed heavily. Hunter threw a bar of chocolate to the younger boys as he walked into the plot. He yelled, "NIX! NIX!" and Phoenix flipped to the lake. Hunter said, "Nix, you gotta leave. The CDUF caught us Hantov boys, and found the fishing scam. You gotta go. Jack's orders, since ya look like me." Nix sighed, and he ruffled Ace's hair, and told Blade, "Look after Ace, kay?" and Hunter continued, "Blade, you got a good job. Tutor, to the Mayfaire family. The Prime Minister's kids. Find all CDUF documents or get us protected, aite?"

ContrastWhere stories live. Discover now