Chapter 3: To Blackwater (2/2)

Aldrich held up his Eye-Phone, and Darius scanned it with his own phone's ca Aldrich's electronic Citizen Identification Card (CID),his identity to a ide database ency in cooperation orld governments

"Good My name is Darius Fletcher, and I'm a Blackwater officer here to take you in," said the man, his voice tired and unpleasant He looked down at Aldrich with dead eyes that ht Aldrich was not worth his time

"Nice to meet you," said Aldrich respectfully as he held out a hand to shake

Darius swatted the hand aith enough force towith a bruise

"Don't touch ot," said Darius "And from now on, you will address me only as Officer Fletcher If you do not, you'll wish your mother never popped you out of her rank cunt"

"…" Aldrich nodded There was nothing he could do about this type of abuse, and honestly, he was prepared for it He had been bullied and looked down on his whole life thousands upon thousands of ti to an academy would only ever make that a hundred times worse

So far, this was just as Aldrich had calculated Abuse he illing to take and stoet his hero's license

"Follow me," said officer Fletcher curtly

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Aldrich followed the officer in silence outside his apart to a bulky, armored hover-car that looked like it could seat about six people It levitated by the sidewalk, the whirring of its anti-gravity engines grating against Aldrich's ears

"Get in," said officer Fletcher as he tapped his phone, causing one of the bulky doors of the black metaled car to open up The insides of the car were lit in dull red with ts of seats facing each other

Aldrich sat hi the presence of other people around hi they looked The car door closed as the officer made his way up to the driver's seat separated frorate

Felt like a prison car more so than military transport

"Hey, you're part of the Fra man, probably around sixteen like Aldrich, ide doe eyes and curly black hair smiled at Aldrich from the seat across from him

"Yeah," said Aldrich simply He looked around to see that there were a total of three other students in the car

Two guys and one girl All probably part of the Frauy He held out his hand for Aldrich to shake "My name's Adam, by the way It's incredible to see that there are so ht I was the only one Felt totally cursed You feel what I mean?"

Aldrich stared at Ada it Aldrich was not the energetic type, but he was not an asshole either,

"Yeah," said Aldrich, and that was all he said Granted, he wasn't the talkative type either

"Shut the fuck up back there!" cah a sound system Everyone in the car flinched except Aldrich "My day is already down the shtter driving you worthless drains on society I preferwhisper, I proet to Blackwater I willhell than it already is!"

"Soood day, huh," whispered Adaet the kid to shut up for both his safety and Aldrich's own He crossed his arly red tinted ceiling of the car before closing his eyes to get some more much needed sleep

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