The Gemini

Forever his cold hand would slap me, and I realized with a chill that forever, I would run.

"-And after the destruction of our world, our home- we stand together. We unite in the sorrows of our lost world and we find comfort in our new one."
I know I will never be picked to be tested. I cannot be picked. I will return home.
"Go, Gale, It'll be fine." My legs began to move without my permission, leading me away from my friends and up the stairs of the platform, to stand next to my father. To stand where Orsella had just died. The crowd applauded wearily as they did every year, but today I did not clap with them."
But now I am here. And there is no going back. This test is not what I thought it was.
"You will be taking a test today," he informed us. I furrowed my eyebrows, waiting for him to explain. "It will not be on paper." My heart seemed to plummet in my chest as an eerie feeling pumped through my veins. "There are 24 of you here today." He smiled, looking straight into my wide eyes.
"By the time we're done, there will only be one."