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“Do
you hear that?” They travelled as a pact, sensing the movement together.
“One of the ten are out?”
“That’s why they sent us up."
They communicated
through facial expressions. They could not run the risk of the ten hearing more
than needed. They had learned long ago that only one sound should be heard: their feet as they pounded the ground. They always started in a walk and kept pace with their prey's footsteps.
- - - -
I made sure to convey nothing on my
face. It was my first night serving with them, I would be feared as I always
desired. I had trained for this, and I would continue to train to become as
near as the elders as possible. The older ones in the pact always travelled
near the front. I was in the back, no one really acknowledged our presence. We
were there to observe. I had seen them act on the camera, but never in person before.
I knew the others would be watching, envious of class 14’s presence among the
rest of their footsteps.
I
was proud. If we passed this week’s training, we could become official members,
but only five would be chosen this year, less than the past. They are more
efficient with less. If I did not join them, I would forever be only spare
change, used only when they were in need of others to join. I proudly wore my gray
coating over my skin and the black pieces of plastic I had placed into my eyes. I am one of them.
They had given us the coating and plastic to look like them. It was only temporary, but they, the true members, had the features installed into them. Their skin was
naturally a much darker grey then the rest of us, and it was permanent. They would always be a Gray. Their eyes were almost complete
black, piercing, awe-inspiring.
I
had been trained to admire them, perhaps I was ignorant, but it didn’t matter
because I was on the chase. I could be a hero.
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