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Stories from the LEAR

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Chapter 1 Episode 1

It was a normal day, Like any other. The TV was showing an ad for toilet paper, and Mark was sitting in his living room. The glowing bright pink light of the crystal was visible on the desk. He was unsure about what to do with it, But he knew one thing: They were coming for him.On the other side of Earth, A set of armed soldiers were preparing to go after Mark. After all, He was the wanted criminal: Mark Ruben, The person who stole the crystal artifact that powered the whole world. He finally stood up and took his gun. He placed the "Pink Power " inside the gun, And it shined super bright. He pulled the trigger, And the ray went through the wall and broke into more than 5 houses forward. He made a sigh of relief and jumped down the ruins of the walls. Hands in pockets, He took a cigarette and lit it. While getting into the car, He shot the gun once more at the fake sun that was now shut down. The sun fell from the sky, onto the police building. A few car sirens started firing, Beeping into the dark sky. He pulled and kept the trigger, Revealing the actual sun out in the world. They were never allowed to go to space."Ruben, huh? Sounds familiar." said the shady man. Mark rolled up his eyes. "Whatever. Just give me the stabilizer and I'll hand over the money." the shady man looked around. "Alright. Fine. Here you go." the shady man handed the tube device to Mark, And in return, he took a bag of money out of his pocket, handed it over to the shady man, and said "oh, so you're still a dumb idiot." then, everywhere was filled with light in the shady man's eyes and he didn't wake up ever again.

Chapter 1 Episode 2

Mark ran towards his car, Put in the keys with shaking hands, and started the car. He heard the sirens that indicated the UMS (The United Marking System) was after him. He knew for a fact that if UMS caught their hands on him, He would be marked and traced forever, And then the international police would find him in no time.Even thinking about the corrupted dystopia that was now called the world got him a headache. The new government's system was called the order, and it was horrifying. A subsystem of the order was the UMS which meant having a microchip injected into your blood that would send your GPS location to the closest UMS server, No matter how many levels of obstacles you used, The signal always arrived at the UMS servers.Mark hadn't gotten the injection since his mother hid him away at birth, And he'd later go on to be one of the only people without a UMS chip. the order used the UMS data to track down individuals and plan their whole life for them, ensuring people would arrive at the right place, at the right time.He went to the Chill-A-Bar, The only place in town where UMS signals didn't go through. Why? Because no electronics were allowed inside not to mention that the entrance was 100 meters long and went nearly 5 kilometers deep. There were electronic scanners every meter of the entrance to make sure that nobody with a battery-powered device entered the place.The bar looked as rusty as ever. With a few dozen chairs that had blood on them. The bartender greeted him, "Hey Mark! Nice seeing you here. I hope you forgive me for what I had to do." and then guards jumped out of every corner. Mark gazed angrily at the bartender, but he shrugged and hid behind the guards. As the guards approached him, Time suddenly stopped. Mark heard a deafening screech in his ears and blacked out.

Chapter 1 Episode 3 and so on will be published at the Medium blog.

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