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Chapter 140
Two patrol cars pulled up at the same time in front of the city police station. There were many other vehicles to guard and serve as escorts, but those two patrol cars were the main attractions of the night. Obviously there was no shortage of curious onlookers who approached from a safe distance to try to see something live. Those drones flying in the sky above the officers' heads was too flashy to pass up. Plus, social media was playing a huge role in those broadcasts. Everyone wanted to take a picture or record themselves next to those drones or with one of the participants of the death battles to try to get attention on the networks and receive approval from their followers. That's why the police station was soon filled with curious onlookers who were getting closer and closer to the main entrance. "Please! Please, gentlemen!" the police chief began to shout to all those people who had gathered at the place."We want to see the participants!", shouted one of those onlookers from
Chapter 139
“Drop the knife and put your hands up!” the officer insisted through the megaphone.Rex’s chest was completely illuminated in red from the infrared sights coming from the guns that were aimed and ready to fire. Of course, none of those agents wanted to kill a scared teenager. All of them stood nervously, hoping the order to open fire wouldn’t come.Finally, Rex reacted and realized there was no reason to keep fighting. Ember was already in police custody, and he had no way out. Surely, both of them would end up locked in a cell, only waiting for the moment their heads would explode—that would be the end of their lives.He threw the knife onto the ground, just as the officer with the megaphone had instructed. This brought immense relief to all the officers, knowing they no longer had to shoot the boy. Rex got down on his knees and raised his hands to make it clear he was surrendering.“Place your hands on your head!” ordered the officer, as others rushed in to arrest him.Rex placed hi
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Rex kept running through the darkness of that street. He only had the moonlight and the beams from those drones that didn’t leave him alone for even a second. The mission of those cameras was to record every detail of the battle—and they were doing it very well.There were maybe about a kilometer left when Rex heard a sound coming from his phone. A peculiar sound, one he recognized immediately. The battery had reached its maximum limit, and the phone was warning that it was about to shut down.A single glance at the screen was enough to realize that the phone was completely shutting off."No! Wait! Please!" Rex shouted in the middle of that lonely, dark street, speaking directly to his phone's screen.Now there was no way to know how to get to Ember’s house. He didn’t know if that boy was waiting for him, or if he had already gone to hide somewhere.Rex was heading straight toward an uncertain destination, not knowing what to expect. However, he was starting to recognize the houses an
Chapter 137
Kloe had to strain her eyes so they could quickly adjust to the darkness. She needed to see what the hell had attacked Lix and dragged her to the corner of the house. Her eyes finally adjusted, and her vision sharpened so fast that it now felt like she had a filter over her retinas.That was enough to see Jack Stanton in the corner of that house. His back was against the wall, one of his arms wrapped around Lix's neck, and with his other hand, he was pointing a revolver directly at her head. Lix's face was filled with pure terror, her eyes wide open, while she clutched at Jack's arm around her neck, as if trying to keep him from choking her. Jack used his thumb to cock the small hammer of the revolver, and the gun made a very distinct sound that caused Lix to start crying from fear. Just pulling the trigger would be enough to end her life before Kloe could do anything to stop it.“Jack! Jack! It’s me! I’m Kloe! I’m your grandfather’s friend!” Kloe shouted quickly, hands raised as if t
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Lix and Kloe had traveled to many places looking for Rex. They had even paid for several taxis to search the spots where they assumed he might be hiding. However, all their efforts were in vain. They had run out of ideas of where to look, and time kept slipping away.“We have to go to his house,” said Lix once there were no more places left to search.“That’s stupid. That would be the last place Rex would think of hiding. He knows perfectly well that’s the first place the police would look,” replied Kloe.“We have to do something to find him soon, before he does something stupid,” Lix insisted, completely desperate.“I have an idea, but… you’re not going to like it,” said Kloe in a slow, measured voice.“Don’t even think about it,” warned Lix, her eyes wide open.“I’m really sorry, Lix. But it’s the only way to find Rex quickly,” Kloe responded, then pulled out Lix’s phone, which she had kept in her pocket to keep it away from her.Lix had tried to keep her phone away because she had
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Rex kept running through the darkness of the forest, not knowing where he was supposed to go. He obviously couldn’t return home, because the police were probably already there looking for him. He felt deeply ashamed in front of his adoptive parents, who wouldn't understand anything that was happening. But he couldn’t let the police lock him up in a cell—because that would definitely mean his death.His only chance was to fight and try to kill a person he didn’t know, someone he had never seen, much less spoken to. All of this ran through his mind as he ran, stumbling and falling every so often because he couldn’t avoid tripping in the darkness. Maybe it was nerves, or the desperation to flee and get away from the drones chasing him from above, and those police officers following him in patrol cars. But he hadn’t even thought about turning on the flashlight on his phone to light the path. He only had time to relive the most painful moments of his life, as tears streamed down his face.
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