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Technocracy AU
Drabble, 430 words
Niou, Yuuta, Hiyoshi, Kirihara, ???
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They were running. Have been running. Five days, no, three years, and they were still running. The Blacksuits were after them, and they were relentless hunters. Especially their leader, that man with eyeglasses. Sometimes they could outwit him, sometimes, the Blacksuits drive them into a corner and they would have to force their way out. Yuuta never did like fighting. It was always Kirihara or Hiyoshi on the defense. Niou, Yuuta realized, was always on the offense. As for himself, he had a quick eye for exits and passages that always, always led them to safety.
"Quick, over here!" Yuuta called out. There was a small door-- not that you could call it a proper door anyway-- that led to an underground room. Probably a storeroom that would lead somewhere else, hopefully, and not a dead end. The three others rallied toward him and they quickly slipped inside. Yuuta kept a hand on the door and focused. None of them were skilled in using the full potentials of their strange abilities. At least, all of them except Niou. "It's easy," he'd said ages ago with a shrug. "Just focus and think about what you want to do." And so Yuuta did, eyes closed and concentrating on some way to conceal the door, hide it from their pursuers. He felt something shift, and a small tingling in the back of his head told him the deed was done. "Good job, Yuuta," said the voice in his head, sounding strangely like his older brother.
"Yuuta, come down here," he heard Hiyoshi call out for him. It was dark, in the room he'd found, so he placed his hand against the wall and let it guide him down the stairs to the underground room. When he reached the bottom, Yuuta squinted. His eyes should have adjusted to the dark by now, but he still couldn't see a thing. "Where are you guys? I can't see a thing!"
"Shhh!" One of them hissed. He wasn't sure which one it was. "I'm trying to look for a light switch!" The voice was hushed, and he couldn't tell if it was Kirihara or Niou. Probably Kirihara. And then the lights went on and they found themselves in a round room filled with shelves and boxes of oddities. "I didn't do that," Kirihara said, wide eyed. In fact, none of them were even near a light switch. "Oh. Shit," Yuuta heard Hiyoshi say.
"Let there be light," said a man with unruly hair, stepping out from behind a shelf. He smiled at the four of them. "Welcome, those who are Hunted."
Drabble, 430 words
Niou, Yuuta, Hiyoshi, Kirihara, ???
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They were running. Have been running. Five days, no, three years, and they were still running. The Blacksuits were after them, and they were relentless hunters. Especially their leader, that man with eyeglasses. Sometimes they could outwit him, sometimes, the Blacksuits drive them into a corner and they would have to force their way out. Yuuta never did like fighting. It was always Kirihara or Hiyoshi on the defense. Niou, Yuuta realized, was always on the offense. As for himself, he had a quick eye for exits and passages that always, always led them to safety.
"Quick, over here!" Yuuta called out. There was a small door-- not that you could call it a proper door anyway-- that led to an underground room. Probably a storeroom that would lead somewhere else, hopefully, and not a dead end. The three others rallied toward him and they quickly slipped inside. Yuuta kept a hand on the door and focused. None of them were skilled in using the full potentials of their strange abilities. At least, all of them except Niou. "It's easy," he'd said ages ago with a shrug. "Just focus and think about what you want to do." And so Yuuta did, eyes closed and concentrating on some way to conceal the door, hide it from their pursuers. He felt something shift, and a small tingling in the back of his head told him the deed was done. "Good job, Yuuta," said the voice in his head, sounding strangely like his older brother.
"Yuuta, come down here," he heard Hiyoshi call out for him. It was dark, in the room he'd found, so he placed his hand against the wall and let it guide him down the stairs to the underground room. When he reached the bottom, Yuuta squinted. His eyes should have adjusted to the dark by now, but he still couldn't see a thing. "Where are you guys? I can't see a thing!"
"Shhh!" One of them hissed. He wasn't sure which one it was. "I'm trying to look for a light switch!" The voice was hushed, and he couldn't tell if it was Kirihara or Niou. Probably Kirihara. And then the lights went on and they found themselves in a round room filled with shelves and boxes of oddities. "I didn't do that," Kirihara said, wide eyed. In fact, none of them were even near a light switch. "Oh. Shit," Yuuta heard Hiyoshi say.
"Let there be light," said a man with unruly hair, stepping out from behind a shelf. He smiled at the four of them. "Welcome, those who are Hunted."