John sat at his desk. The Radio was on, but he was only vaguely listening. This essay wasn't going to write itself. "Attention all listeners," Announced Alex Hales, the Newsman,"We are starting another outcast search."suddenly there was a knock on the door. He usually hid when they did one of these. Nobody could fool the WatchDogs, robotic dogs which could sense Outcasts. This was it. John was caught.
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Jessica stared outside the window, wishing that she wasn't born an outcast. It wasn't easy having two morphs. or living on her own out in the dumps they call "Hotels". There was a knock on the door. "You have a new roommate," The policeman said. "Send him to a different room," Jessica said angrily. She hated policemen. "There are no other rooms without anyone. You're taking him in. Suck it up." He said. The door opened, and a 15 year old boy was pushed in. The door shut. "Hey," He said, "I'm John. What's your name?" "Why do you care?" "Well, we're in this life together, I figured we should get acquainted." Jessica was glad theses dumps had two separate rooms, separated by doors in the middle.
"I don't want to get acquainted with you. I work alone. You can live in the other room. Stay in there, and don't come out unless you're leaving to do something," She said. She didn't care if he lived that long without getting caught. She was angry she was forced to live with this guy. "You know what?" She said, "You go get dinner. There's an abandoned supermarket around the corner" "I have some money, I can go to Imagine Market." John said. "Yah, go there," Jessica said, "If you want to die."
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John walked down the road to the abandoned Market. He just threw out his money. He didn't have a death wish, so that didn't have any purpose. "I wonder what's on the menu tonight," He mumbled under his breath. He walked up to the supermarket, and snuck in. He gathered the best food he could find. Some slightly moldy bread, spoiled jerky, and honey. As he walked out, weird chanting filled the air. Suddenly, everyone around him, had they're eyes glazed. "Zero is our master." What was happening? He didn't seem to be affected. He ran home, as quick as he could.