Snippet #2739042

Run. Run. Run.

That was the only thing that ran through the mind of Tora as he ran through a dark forest in the middle of night. To just run, and run, and run. That and escape. Run and escape.

He was dressed in just a raggedy sleeveless shirt and pants. His bare feet hit the dirt as hard as he could make them, speeding forth at an unnaturally quick speed. But then again, he was desperate. He was running for his life after all.

Because he absolutely did not want to be turned into something like that.

He could hear alarms in the background now, the scientists must have realized he had escaped. They would be after him, coming like a massive storm. After all, for as long as Tora could remember he was kept prisoner in the labs there. Never allowed freedom. Barely even allowed human contact. But he wanted it. No, he needed it. Freedom.

And now that he was finally out. But the hardest part had yet to come, because he was in the Neighborhood. The Planet Nation Calsaria. They would be coming for him to such a level that it would be extreme.

"KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"

And then he heard it. If he was not focused on running, his dirty feet and his short worn legs might have frozen in place from that scream.

"Tora".

He only had two things. The first was an ally, an Autonomous Trion Soldier called Mimik he had stolen from the labs and reprogrammed to be his friend, and actually his first friend as sad as that sounded, and the second was a Trigger. Mimik had already disabled a few of the extra features installed on this Trigger, such as the fact it would force those who used it to obey, could also deliver them extremely painful electric shocks, and even track its location. However, even if those features were disabled Tora still could not risk using it. It would result in a Trion Energy Signature and allow him to be tracked as they knew how to look for it specifically.

He just knew he had to escape. He had to, no matter what. He fully believed that no matter what, he had to escape. He did not want to become something like that. Even if the escape meant killing himself.

"Yes Mimik?"

"They are approaching. It might be painful, but permission to incre..."

"Yes, do it!"

Right now, Mimik was draining Tora of Trion to use for their escape. They had heard of a place nearby, a place that had a Border between it and the Neighborhood. A place called Mideen.

Suddenly, he heard movement from behind him. But when he turned his head, to his relief it was normal Trion Soldiers.

Of course, that was bad. But, if it was that thing he would be unable to escape.

But on one of them he then noticed a man riding on top, wearing all sorts of scientist stuff.

"Just give up! You know you wont escape!"

He then turned his head and looked to something coming up from behind. It was far away, but it sent a chill down Tora's spine.

"Capture him! He shall be our next Champion!"

Tora started to full on panic as he turned towards Mimik.

"Damnit! Is it ready?!"

"Keep running. Wait, there is a cliff ahead!"

"Can you do it while we fall?"

"I see...in that case, jump! And curl into a ball!"

Tora quickly sprinted at full speed. The man expected Tora to stop when he reached the cliff, but instead the boy pushed off the ground with his bare feet as much as he could. For someone who was barely even four feet tall, as he was shorter then other boys his age due to a combination of science experiments done to him and general malnutrition also because the scientists did not take care of him as if he was a human being, his growth had been stunted but he showed amazing strength and speed now. As well as courage, as he plummeted to his death.

"Now!"

Suddenly, Mimik wrapped around Tora and a Gate opened up under them. They slipped through the gate which formed just before the ground, and managed to escape to Mideen...also known as Earth.

Unfortunately for them, it would be a crash landing.

And on Earth, they had no idea just what sort of life would await for them, and the new experiences that would be available there. On Earth, the sun was only just rising on Mikodo City, home of the Defense Agency known as Border.

"Uwaaaaaaaaa.....Mimik, please work on your landing next time".

"Sorry, I only had time to reduce the severity of the impact enough to prevent serious injury or death. We lacked the Trion for landing thrusters".

"...traveling between worlds is that expensive?"

"Very".