Chapter 1 (Very Short)
Flow: Beginnings (Chapter 1)
Janus looked up to the sky. Just passing by, the urge to look was too strong, a magnet drawing his gaze up towards the very top of the Omniah Skyscraper.
A dark brooding man dressed in a grey suit stands near the window, looking down he sees the people pass by, unaware of what is going to be unleashed by his actions, unaware of the turmoil that will be caused. Every moment he spends here procrastinating is a moment more that the people will have to suffer, it is time to move on. “Do it” from behind him a soft voice distinctively female replies “are you sure?” a moment of silence “yes”…..
A gunshot from above…indistinct but nonetheless a gun being shot. Janus had heard enough of those throughout his life to recognize them, he was already looking at the skyscraper but now his attention is caught by the brilliant sparkles that are flying down towards him. Looking up he sees a dark silhouette fall out of the building at the very top, the silhouette takes shape as it comes hurtling down, down on to the roof of the opposite building. Janus runs towards the building, he is sure it was the body.
Just as he is crossing the road he realizes what the glittering shower was, whilst the rest of the window comes crashing down around him. Janus keeps running.
People start screaming near Janus, he quickly looks around, then sure that nobody is looking he runs into the building where the man has fallen, he takes the stairs to the roof, no-one is in the building, it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, and finds the man, on the roof, lying on his front side, blood soaks out of the torn suit blazer and black shirt. Janus looks at the mans neck when a dark shape attracts his attention, a tattoo on the back of the man’s neck? Looking again he realizes that the man has a circular bar code and the number 5, on his neck. Janus rolls him over.
“Why? I’m …. Cough …meant …to…die……” blood spills out of his mouth and ears
“Sir, Sir?? Are you ok??” looking frantically around for something to stop the blood with
“ Run away..cough..danger…One….One …cough…..r..u...n…..now…cough”
“ Who are you? … What happened?” no reply.
The man fainted…but the blood has stopped.
Janus looked up to the sky. Just passing by, the urge to look was too strong, a magnet drawing his gaze up towards the very top of the Omniah Skyscraper.
A dark brooding man dressed in a grey suit stands near the window, looking down he sees the people pass by, unaware of what is going to be unleashed by his actions, unaware of the turmoil that will be caused. Every moment he spends here procrastinating is a moment more that the people will have to suffer, it is time to move on. “Do it” from behind him a soft voice distinctively female replies “are you sure?” a moment of silence “yes”…..
A gunshot from above…indistinct but nonetheless a gun being shot. Janus had heard enough of those throughout his life to recognize them, he was already looking at the skyscraper but now his attention is caught by the brilliant sparkles that are flying down towards him. Looking up he sees a dark silhouette fall out of the building at the very top, the silhouette takes shape as it comes hurtling down, down on to the roof of the opposite building. Janus runs towards the building, he is sure it was the body.
Just as he is crossing the road he realizes what the glittering shower was, whilst the rest of the window comes crashing down around him. Janus keeps running.
People start screaming near Janus, he quickly looks around, then sure that nobody is looking he runs into the building where the man has fallen, he takes the stairs to the roof, no-one is in the building, it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, and finds the man, on the roof, lying on his front side, blood soaks out of the torn suit blazer and black shirt. Janus looks at the mans neck when a dark shape attracts his attention, a tattoo on the back of the man’s neck? Looking again he realizes that the man has a circular bar code and the number 5, on his neck. Janus rolls him over.
“Why? I’m …. Cough …meant …to…die……” blood spills out of his mouth and ears
“Sir, Sir?? Are you ok??” looking frantically around for something to stop the blood with
“ Run away..cough..danger…One….One …cough…..r..u...n…..now…cough”
“ Who are you? … What happened?” no reply.
The man fainted…but the blood has stopped.
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