Rebellion (Zero Series) Read Free Page B

said back to him. We
set out towards Marsh City under the cover of darkness. I was nervous. I had
never done anything to disobey the ridiculous laws of the city. I tried to stay
as inconspicuous as I could for years. I lived in a small shack, had a normal
job hauling cargo at a local shop, and I only had a few friends who I talked to
on a regular basis. None closer than Frost. We were bonded by tragedy. It was
hard to accept the loss of my parents, but he understood that hardship as I
did. We helped each other as often as needed and learned how to live off of
only the basics. We had a few other acquaintances that we knew from the shop I
worked. There was a girl who worked at the shop named Flare. She chose Flare
because her hair was a reddish orange color. She was quiet but once you got to
know her, she was one of the most caring people you would ever meet. Another
acquaintance of ours was Jet. She worked at the tailor’s shop as an apprentice.
Jet was gorgeous. She was tall and had short blonde hair. She had cutting blue
eyes that were like gems. They were the two people we spent the most time with
outside of work. We kept our abilities from even them. Even though they were
our friends, we didn’t know who we could trust after a traitor caused the
downfall of the rebellion.
    We were about halfway to Marsh City when Frost said,
“I had a thought.”
    “What’s that?” I replied.
    “I was thinking about how we kept our spikes a
secret. What if people we know have gene spikes and just didn’t tell us?” he
asked.
    I pondered on it for a minute. That was a good point.
How would we tell? “That is a good question. With the rate that people with
gene spikes are rounded up, I guess that people would keep it secret if they
had one,” I replied.
    “What about Flare? Or Jet? What if they have one?” he
asked.
    “I don’t know. I have no idea how we would be able to
tell,” I said.
    “That’s true,” he said distantly.
    “What’s the matter?” I asked.
    “Nothing. I was just thinking,” he said.
    “About Flare?” I said jabbing him in the ribs with my
elbow.
    “Yeah actually. What do you think of her?” he asked.
    “She is smart. Good hygiene,” I said.
    “I’m being serious,” he said sternly.
    “What do you want me to say? It doesn’t matter what I
think. If you are keen on her, then that’s all that matters,” I replied.
    “She is great. I guess it doesn’t matter now, though.
We are fugitives,” he said.
    “That does complicate things,” I said, “It makes it
hard to have social gatherings.”
    Frost laughed and said, “We’re almost there. When we
get inside, we need to move quickly. We can’t afford anymore outbursts like
earlier.”
    “I’ll try to control myself,” I said dryly. We came
to one of the gates to the city. There were two Kraken guards, as usual.
    “What do we do?” Frost asked.
    “I have an idea,” I said. I focused on two rocks and
flung them at the guards’ heads. They struck the guards simultaneously and
knocked them out cold. We ran over to the bodies and knelt down.
    “That was nifty,” Frost said.
    “Thanks. Put some ice around their mouths and help me
hide the bodies so when they wake up, nobody hears them,” I said.
    He put ice around their mouths and we dragged their
bodies to a clump of bushes. We crept into the city and made our way into a
back alley.
    “We shouldn’t be too far from your house,” said
Frost.
    We moved swiftly through the alleys until we reached
my back window. We opened it and climbed in. I walked over to the hiding spot
where I kept my footlockers hidden. I quickly realized that we wouldn’t be able
to get the third footlocker out with us. “How are we going to get the third
case?” I asked frantically.
    Frost thought for a minute and said, “Flare has a
cart I think. We could see if she would let us use it.”
    “What if she asked what we need it for? Or why we are
dressed like this?” I asked.
    “Then we tell her,”