Runner

chapter 1: The oh so close escape

My feet pound on the pavement that's still wet from last nights rain. I see a tall circular parking garage in the distance and lock the coordinates "Stop! Ally Parker, you're under arrest! Stop running or we'll shoot!"

"Bullsh*t!" I scream over my shoulder and pump my legs even harder to bring some distance between me and them. They never shoot, it ruins the peace. keep going I tell myself as I reach 500 feet away from the garage. I calculate the distance and jump. I jump as high as I could (which was the second story lot) and grabbed a hold of the wall, pulling myself up into the somehow empty parking floor. "perfect," I whisper and catch my breath when suddenly I hear him, the reason I'm running, flying around in the distance with those stupid rocket boots and zero gravity energy blaster that I invented! asshole.

"Ally...Where are you..." he says in that mocking singing sorta tone, like when you were playing hide and seek as a kid and you knew where someone was, except my situation is much worse. I hide in a corner and rip off my tracker, sliding it across the garage under a car "Ah Ha!" A ZGE beam shoots across to the car and lifts it up "F*ck" he mutters and flys off to another floor below me. I take the chance and run to the stairs, taking them two at a time till I reach the top floor and finally the roof. "There you are darling" I spin around and see him pointing MY own weapon at me. As quickly as I can, I try to formulate some type of a plan, glancing back and forth between the edge of the roof, and the bastard Maximus.

"Stay away from me! I'm dangerous!"

"Now why would I let the only thing I care about kill herself?" He takes one step closer to me and I take two steps back "Come home with me, I'll let you work in the lab again, we can give you a normal life, one without your gift-"

"It's not a gift," I interrupt. "I'm a science experiment! A lab rat! You treated me like a slave! Why should I go back when I can end everyone's misery including mine right now!" I step up onto the edge

"I wouldn't do that Ally" He rests his index finger on the trigger

"Don't you realize that I'm more powerful than you? I'm a genius, I can calculate your every move even before you even blink. As we speak your workers are destroying everything in your lab" his eyes go wide, "You may have money Maximus but I have power and that trumps you any day." I punch him in the throat, grab the gun and jump off. Landing at the bottom, on my feet. "The suicide trick gets them every time," I chuckle.

I casually walk into the nearest store, grab the first outfit I see and head into the dressing room. I look at what I grabbed, jeans, an olive green t-shirt, a leather hooded jacket, and brown combat boots. That's when I notice my short blonde hair "F*ck" I mutter. Then I get an idea. I dash out of the dressing room and grab some instant hair dye and colored contacts. In no time I have brown eyes and hazel hair, although I do smell a bit like vinegar. I walk out of the dressing room and straight out the door without paying. Not like anyone cares what we do, we're all supposed to get along together, and we have the right to bare arms so I don't have to worry about the gun either.

"Excuse me ma'am have you seen this woman?" Two keepers show me a picture of myself, well my old self anyway. I shake my head.

"No sirs I'm sorry I haven't, did she do something wrong?" I ask the younger keeper on the left.

" No ma'am, shes been missing for a few hours and her family is worried. If you hear anything please let us know." I nod and smile. "You, have a great day and stay safe." They bow their heads and walk away to ask the next person about Ally Parker, the girl who is now gone, and she's never coming back. I walk down the street and tuck the gun into my front pocket. I have to find some place safe before dark. I walk down the street until all the shops and condos turn into trees and bushes. I guess I'll stay here I shrug and start to climb up a thick tree trunk and stop at about 40 feet on a thick branch covered by loads of leaves. I nestle in a notch and prepare for a long night.

I wake up around five o clock in the morning to footsteps breaking a twig. I sit up, grab the ZGE and look through the leaves to the ground. Not seeing anyone, I jump down and land silently on my feet. Then I run as fast as I can in one direction til I come across an old warehouse.