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PART ONE

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil It's a constant struggle as to which one in And one cannot exist without the other – Eric Burdon

One

Ryker

The Past

“What do I do if he has a gun and he shoots atthe trepidation prickle my skin

Ricardo looked atidiot, and I was “You shoot back”

I sed hard and rubbed ood boost The adrenaline coke gavewith that shit running through my system I’d been hooked on it for a fewinmoments like these, when reality had hitand who I’d beco like it was all that mattered in the world, and it was only because it made the truth disappear for a while

I needed a lie Fuck, that lie was all that keptmost times

“Stay here,” Ricardo then said in a whisper, “I’ to check out the s and see if there’s any movement”

He left me crouched behind the bushes of the run down ht as he circled around it It was pitch black We were in that part of tohere you didn’t even have a goddaht nearby This shit hbourhood look like an upper class dream

Except for a dog barking far off in the distance, there was nothing but silence Not even the sound of leaves swaying in the wind or the soft huhtenedit too often to count, and it still didn’t feel familiar to me Despite its purpose, I didn’t feel protected I was conscious offor sure so if they walked on by I was like a prey waiting for signs of safety, too frightened to face the unknown I yearned for my old life

How had things changed so fast?

Ricardo returned minutes later “There’s no ”

“Whatwe’d find a hole in our plan and turn back around