The Broken People (#Wattys2016)
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  • Reads 386
  • Votes 68
  • Parts 9
  • Time 59m
Ongoing, First published Mar 30, 2016
The year was 1986.   Rock 'N' Roll had its first induction in the Hall of Fame, the Bears crushed the Patriots in Super Bowl XX, Beatles records officially went up for sale in Russia,  the US performed nuclear testing at a Nevada Test Site, and my kid brother and I made our final escape from from the miserable prison that ruined our lives.  Sure, the people and machines there gave us abilities one can only dream of, but my brother's talents and my own would never be worth all of the pain.  And now, all of the running and fighting for our lives.
None of that mattered now, though.  I promised my brother 10 years ago that I would bring him home, now I would let nothing stand in my way to do just that.


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