On The Run
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  • Parts 19
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Ongoing, First published Jul 20, 2015
Everyone was always so concerned about surviving the apocalypse that they never really stopped to consider what life would be like if we made it through: the remnants of equality in society have long since been lost to greed, depravity, and desperation.
	My name is Shadow, and I am no exception, what with being a fugitive on the run and all. Life wasn't all bad though, I mean, sure, my old boss and his son were determined to see me dead, and yeah, they did have an entire army of watchers to do their bidding along with control over one of the most powerful governments in the new world, but did they have a trusty knife named Reggie? I doubted it. 
	Okay, so maybe the odds were really stacked against me, but I had defied expectations before, and I was determined to do it again.
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Over time, there have been many social and political systems, this is probably the sixth imposed since the second era, all claiming to be different from their predecessor, but always maitaining two absolute invariables; the first is the one that will always be a marginalized class -which will allow a few to stay on top- and the second, the oppressed class that will be waiting for any opportunity to overthrow their oppressors. For better or for worse, I was born a Zero, the fact that I exist is already a crime and still, my family decided to be brave and keep me with them, hiding me in the shadows. They kept me for too long behind the back of the See. But now that I have empowered more than the darkness in which I was immerse; anonymity is no longer an option and it the time for Erst to know me has finally come.