Azure Chronicle

Hack

HACK

"That dame is gonna try an pick us off, what ya think twits?" I shut the hatch.

Twits responded with an agreeable chirp.

"Yeah probably"

I walked Twits across the cabin to the keep in the side wall.

"Home safe." I tucked Twits onto her wood perch.

She responded with a cheerful tweet.

I turned the ignition and it sputtered before the engine roared to life and the cabin jerked.

"Let's go." A girl on a rocket bobbled back and forth with the rumbling dash.

The mech lunged forward as I was grabbing the throttle.

I tanked along between dusty markets, carts, and desert-worn people as they paced about. The shops all decorated in light blue.

"Damn shame these people got Azure worship shoved up their arse, it'd be a real nice town."

Twits angrily squawked.

"Exactly, I'll be damned if you ain't the smartest bird I've seen."

A kid appeared from around a corner and disappeared under me.

I grabbed my mic.

"Watch it kid!" putting my mic down, "these people huh."

I slammed the release and the hood popped open to check if I squished him. The boy was sitting down, arms on his knees.

"Ya godfersaken savages." I spat.

An old white sensei man appeared around the corner as well, "Az, you return immediately."

"Maybe the kid wants tah go home and play, aye?"

"Mind your own business, this is our way of life" the old hag yelled.

The kid had a gash in his leg and was skinned from the trip, he was probably blight bait.

"Maybe ya didn't know, but enslavin kids is illegal"

"Mind your own business"

"Feckin savages"

A cold breeze stirred up the dust and suddenly everyone was lookin at the sky.

"What in tarcounty."

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AUTHOR COMMENTS

With the name Hack, you were expecting a hacker, weren't you. :P

Oh, We came full circle. Its almost like I planned that. Hmm.

Wonder if we are ever going to figure out what's in the sky.