She heard a thump behind her. Legnon Treze had collapsed, drunk. He was drunk a lot since Hevidel died. The man had a hard time believing that the boy was really a traitor. To Shaln, it was easier to believe-- he was caught sabotaging the barricades that kept the city safe. Not much more evidence was needed. But this was not the time for such thoughts. Legnon had fainted. There was her opportunity. Shaln quickly and quietly grabbed her backpack, and slipped out of the bunker. She was out.

Shaln weaved expertly through the nearby alleyway and down a grate into the flimsy system of tunnels and pipes that kept the city intact. The guards never noticed her leave. She had done this many times, after all, and the first failure was enough to teach her how to move quietly. …show more content…
In here, everywhere was sheds, held together by bits and pieces of wood and metal. An abundance of different species was all gathered here, flooding to Last Hope City to escape the end times. Shaln wondered sometimes whether Last Hope City was named as such just for this purpose, but it was recorded as to have that name ever since 2020, and these “problems” had only begun in 2278. She never found out why it was originally given the name. The girl took out a strange device from her backpack… something that looked like a bunch of metal and electrical wires tangled around an orange ball in a vaguely gun-like shape. She held the device close and put up her hood. If the Census were to see someone properly cleaned and bathed in this filth pit, they would investigate. Shaln head straight for the barricades where the Ravek Militia were holding their own against the things, like they had been many years now. They weren’t Militia anymore… ever since Lord Ravek took control of the government by force, they were really royal guards and police officers. But everyone still thought of them like that. The Ravek