Sorry about the really short chapter latley i just dont know whats too much and whats too little. I mostly read these on mobile so i'm trying to determine the length by looking at how many pages it is on mobile! This chapter will hopefully be longer! The future is bulletproof! ~Cyanide Murder

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~1 month later~

It been a whole month that i havent taken my pill. I've been researching killjoys and such. I've been pretty happy throughout the days that i've been off the pill and see why killjoys never take it but I'm guessing its more then just the pill being unnecessary. I couldn't find much on the killjoys most things just tell me what i already know which is their rebels who live in the desert fighting BLI and not taking the pill. I recently found a old hat in our attic. Its blue with a black lines going through it. I decided to wear it today to bring color to my outfit. As me and Marshall Walk in i notice everyone's eyes are on me but i cant read their emotions because of the stupid smile they have plastered on their god damn face. I walk into class and sit at my regular seat near the back tuning everything out except when they talk about killjoys, not that i would ever become one i'm just interested in them. When the teacher calls me i raise my hand like every other day and murmur "here". Only what catches me off guard is the sound of heels walking over to me and then feeling the absence of my hat. I look up at Mrs. Dantrey who is standing next to my desk with my hat it her hand. "What is this?" she asks waving the hat above my head, "a hat obviously." i say in a harsh manor, i dint mean to say it like that it just came out like that. I Hear a few giggles and whispering as she looks down on me a mad look upon her face. "Yes i know that but it has a bright color on it!" I look up at her furrowing my eyebrows " So what we aren't aloud to express ourselves?" i ask, she simply throws down my hat and says "The world is better off without colors and expressions, and emotions." and she grabs my wrist tightly dragging me out of the room. My brother Marshall who also hasn't been taking the pill try's to stop her but just ends up being dragged along. We are both thrown into seats in the principles office as Mrs. Dantrey explains what happened in class, i simply tune her out but by the look on Marshall's face i can guess shes throwing things out of proportion. After we leave the principle calls our parents and tells us were excused for the rest of the school day.Once were home our parents ask us what happened and we both know not to tell them were not taking the pills so instead we just say were sick and go up into our rooms.

~One week later~

Its been a week, me and Marshall keep "acting up" and i think their starting to realize what were doing. Luckily its the weekend so me and Marshall have 2 days to figure out what we should do. At the moment were enjoying our Friday afternoon with my step dad (Marshall's real father). Were playing volleyball at a old park. Me and Marshall on one team and dad on the other. We've been playing for a hour now and I'm getting tired, "dad can we rest for a bit" i ask already walking off the court "sure thing sport, i was getting tired anyways." he says and comes over to me were I'm going through the bag looking for my water bottle. I take a few sips of the warm water wiping sweat from my forehead. Since battery city is in the middle of California which is pretty much desert there's only one temperature "hot". As dad starts to drink out of his bottle a car pulls up, its a white BLI patrol car. I look up to see if dad knows whats going on but he looks just as confused as me. He starts to walk over to the car as a drac gets out of the car wearing his mask. I look at Marshall with a raised eyebrow and he just shrugs. We lay back down on the grass looking up at the sky but its no use since theirs never any clouds. All the sudden i hear the sound of a ray gun pew. Me and Marshall both sit up and see out dad fall to the ground and the drac go back inside the car. As it speeds away me and Marshall run over to are dad and see that he was shot in the heart. His eyes have a glossy look, he gone. It takes me a minute to register whats going on but when it does a single tear drops from my eye. I quickly wipe it away and get up, me and Marshall start heading home. You have to become a killjoy! a voice in my head says and i know its true. We walk upstairs, mom is at a job interview so we have plenty of time to talk, plan, and pack. "so I'm guessing you know what we have to do?" i ask looking up at Marshall, he nods and says "whats the plan?". I think for a moment before saying "bring lots of food, an extreme amount of water, clothe, money, and a few maps." he nods and disappears through the doorway of my room. I go into my closet taking out a huge bag, its full of things i poor out everything and spot a red mask with black ruffles sewn through it. After pulling the mask in my pocket i start to put some old clothe i found and my new clothe, then i went downstairs and joined Marshall with putting water and food in my bag. "do you have a mask?" i ask as i stuff another can into my bag "no, but i saw my old alien mask upstairs." he says "get it!" i say and he raises an eyebrow, i roll my eyes and said "we need to protect our identity so while your at it think of a new name too!" i say and he simply nods before running back upstairs.

~after packing (1 hour later)~

We leave the house in silence and start to walk down a side street that according to the map will bring us out of battery city. After were pretty far from the house Marshall breaks the silence by saying "have you got a new name and a mask?" I took the red mask and waved it in front off him and then said "Cyanide Murder." he raised an eyebrow at me "what?" i simply rolled my eyes. "My new name is Cyanide murder, i cant exactly explain why i'm named that but then again it doesn't really matter." he nodded and we continued walking. After a few minutes i said "and yours?" he smirked showing me his "alien mask" it really wasn't a alien it was a white mask that looked like a human but their was a huge smile across it that resembled the Cheshire cat. I looked at him and said "that's not a alien that's Jeff the killer!" i laughed and he simply smiled and said "well my name is Vampire venom" he said. I simply smiled, it was a good name but not as good as mine. We walked silently the rest of the time until finally we came upon the last building, past that all their was is sand and a few shrubs but it wasn't the zones yet, zone one still started out a little farther. We started to walk into the desert and i started to walk backwards watching the buildings slowly disappear.

_____________________________________________________________________________Its not too long but i really only wanted to do their escape in this one so your going to have to wait for chapter 4 to see what happens to our younge heros out in the zones. Dont worry im going to always make quick updates so you dont have to worry about me being a author who takes weeks or even months to update. I suppose that all for now! Its time to do it now and do it loud! ~Cyanide Murder