Chapter 1 So it begins… with a truck! (1/2)

It was getting late, the street lights flickered around while sohed in the distance The wind hohile people were trying to get to their holass s, followed by gentle tapping A certainwhat looked to be a soldering iron

His hair was slightly unkempt and you could see a reflection of so He was glancing between this schematic and the circuit board that was on the table

"I need to replace these capacitors, not sure which one is the faulty one, I'll just replace all of the his tools ready He was glancing onto the circuit board with the help of a microscope, the tiny metallic parts hard to spot with the naked eye

"That bastard ain"

This man was in his mid-twenties, he was at a sain forced to stay late into the day, being the 'new kid' in this place apparently put a bullseye on your back The older workers always found a way to push their overdue workload on hi him the excuse that he needed more experience and he should work harder

"damn fuckers only do this shi+t because I can't refuse"

He was still new, he was still in his trial period so he was expendable Hewith his co-workers and play the nice guy This was the result, he was stuck working and would probably be hoht

"Well, not like I have any plans anyway"

"At least they don't force me to clean all those dirty laptops, what do those people do with theet the filled the area while the man continued with his work The capacitors were replaced and everything was checked again, the circuit board he was fixing was in working order once more

"Finally, just need to clean this shi+t and I'h, the whole repair shop was the building that his boss was actually living in The botto quarters He peeked through the door leading upstairs and shouted out

"I' horunt that was rabbed his coat to go, luckily he took his umbrella today The ust of wind that alh

"God damn if I left normally, I wouldn't be stuck in this damn storm"

He kicked a pebble while his u winds He felt dejected with his whole situation but not like he could do anything about it He was living alone and needed it to pay rent, he barely had enough for an internet connection and food and was living froet out of this shi+t hole I' for others sucks'

He arrived at a crosswalk, the howling as s into his face and the lack of earphones andthis whole ordeal even harder to last through The only thingat hoht at the crosswalk turned green and he took a step forward

Luck wasn't on his side yet again When he was about halfway across the street a large truck appeared out of nowhere He looked to the shi+ning halogen lights that blinded hiht at hih his eyes

He remembered his youth, his family, and his lack of friends It was a life ofthe status quo But then, suddenly he snapped out of it His body jolted forward as he jumped for his dear life He felt air pressure froe splash of water

He tue truck just continuing on as if nothing happened He didn't even have tilance at the plates He was drenched in the rainwater, his hands scraped fro psycho!'

He cursed while standing up, his palms were bloody and he was all wet, but luckily he was alive His umbrella was in the middle of that street, flattened by the truck that al and he needed sos hard

'I need to get ho his teeth, the fear replaced by anger as he headed ho and he still wasn't back home There was a possibility that he could catch a cold, the only thing on his mind noas to take a warm shower

'Sometimes I wish I could afford a bathtub It always comes down to money'

He moved forward, his apartment wasn't far away frorace of his job, he could reach it on foot withing thirty minutes which saved him some money

Suddenly he felt a shi+ver run down his spine, it wasn't the cold rain butnot too far away frohtly as he saw the exact same truck that almost turned him to ressively getting louder, its front lights turned off By instinct he started backing away, the halogens turned on and shone at the street that he was in There were buildings on both sides and no space to duck to the side When the truck that had it in for hi for his life like never before

"Holy shi+t! Who is this fucker!"

He bolted forward, there was no one beside hi truck behind hi away fro truck that went faster and faster

"I need to call the police, where is everyone!"

He continued running, his gaze focused on the end of the street a small alleyway there He didn't look back, he didn't falter as he just kept running amer body could ust of wind felt behind him as the truck barreled past hie

He landed on his face, his hands getting scraped evenout of his nose He quickly rolled up, trying to see if he was safe, the truck vanishi+ng see that connected to this alleyway

"fuck, it shouldn't be able to get me here but what if the driver chases afterbullets, tired, and afraid This wasn't over, he didn't think so He turned around and quickly escaped into the alleyway, nothing in it besides trash and rats He jogged forward, exhausted from the previous sprint

"The other side there is a police station on the other side!"