Our society is made up of four divides. The Alpha Divide. They are the rule makers. The money makers. They choose the elections. They choose who goes into what level of service. They choose what we learn. The next divide is The Omega Divide. They are in charge of the army, of the security force, of quelling rebellion. The third divide is called The Pleasure Principles. They are the go between, they handle our media, our fun activities, and they make sure that the Blue Persuasion is being given to those who can not make do with life as it is now. Rounding out the last of the Divides is The Advisory Clinic. No one really knows what the true function of the AC is. We only know that their house is on the big hill and that if they are looking for you, you have rebelled and you might as well jump into the Forbidden Pacific.

I was 17 legal age to do as I please as long as it was within the set boundaries. Alice had already gained acceptance to the Pleasure Principles Academy. She was on her way to becoming an analyst for the Games. Alice made us all proud. She was already a wife and had a child on the way. Her future was set. Dana had gotten drafted to play left wing for the Sharks. She was in the armed forces, and she had plans to adopt two of the Lost Children (more on them later). As for me a Lost Child myself. I had all the choices I could want. But I was restless, I was the dreamer. I knew there was something more. I kept dreaming about that beach. It had become my waking nightmare. Stuck in this prison with all these lies around me. All I wanted to was see the water up close. Feel the sand at my feet. So I said no to the goal of family. I said no to the indentured servitude I was going to be forced into.  And so I joined The Underground.

It happened by accident of course.

It was the night of our graduation. Alice and Dana and me all drunk, Alice strip teasing the guards as we went by. We had taking to wandering to the southern area. It had the closest view of the water and all the young people had taken to hanging out there. There was a blind spot for the guards, but as long as they heard us talking and laughing they didn’t shine the light more than the 2 minute interval allowed. So we are drinking as it is the law. Upon Commencement of graduation minors are now adults and drinking can be had. So we loaded up. And we are there talking about our futures. Alice and Dana going on about what they were doing. And me I had nothing to offer.