Into the Shadows

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Authors: Jason D. Morrow
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to convince me that she was good, and that she wanted what is best for everyone. I find it hard to believe that if she allows you to be treated the way you are. Not to mention the fact that I’ve been imprisoned here because I’m a Starborn.”
    “A what?”
    “Starborn,” I say. “I’m a person with special abilities. I can see glimpses of the future.”
    She shakes her head. “I never could understand what you were all about.” She almost says something else but she stops suddenly and holds out a finger. “Do you hear that?”
    The sound is faint down here, but once I hear it, it’s clear. Alarms are going off on the floors above us, warning all the guards that we are missing. I look at Amber as she stands.
    “We’re running out of time,” she says. “Let’s go.”
    I follow Amber into the second tunnel where the rushing water nearly knocks us off our feet. The ground under the water is slick and it’s difficult to maintain my balance as I try to keep up with her.  
    It suddenly hits me that I need to know the way out whenever I find myself alone. If I can’t change Amber’s future to where we both make it out alive, then I will still need to know how to escape.  
    “Where are we headed?” I ask.  
    “Out of the compound,” she answers.  
    “I understand that, but what if we get separated, or if something happens to you,” I say. “Wouldn’t it be good for me to have an idea of how you plan to escape beyond the sewers?”
    Amber spins on me, her eyes narrowed. “What are you saying? Have you seen something?”
    “No, I just…”
    “You’ve seen something. Tell me.”
    I hesitate a second. I never meant to let her in on the future I saw. I don’t want to tell her the truth because I don’t know how to change it.
    “You get shot,” I say. “When we reach the end of the sewers, I see you get shot, though I don’t know if you’re dead or not. But assuming you are, and assuming we can’t change the fact that you get shot, I need to know how to get out of here.”
    Amber doesn’t say anything for a long moment. I’m sure she didn’t expect me to tell her the truth, but now that it is staring her in the face, she doesn’t know what to do with it.  
    “Do you know how to change what you saw?”
    I shake my head. “There isn’t a way to know sometimes,” I say. “Not unless the alternative is clear. Is going through the metal bars the only way out?”
    “The only way I know, yes,” she says.  
    I shake my head again. “Then I don’t know what to tell you. We can be as careful as possible and I will do my best to figure out a way to change it, but I can’t promise anything.”
    Amber nods, staring at the water below us still seemingly shocked. She blinks and shakes away her thoughts when she looks up at me. “Past the bars is a small creek. We’re going to have to swim through it. If we swim a few hundred yards we will swim past a parking lot with a bunch of vehicles. The plan is to sneak into one of the search and rescue trucks, because that’s what they will use to start looking for us once they realize we’re no longer in the compound. Then, we just ride out with them. Once we’re safely away from Anchorage, we take out the guards driving the truck and go far away from here.” She looks away from me and down the tunnel where we should be running, but she stands still. “Now I’m not so sure about my plan.”
    I can’t imagine being in her situation. Knowing that I’m going to be shot if I move forward would make me stall too.  
    “Is there no other way out that you can think of?” I ask.  
    “We could explore going that way,” Amber says, nodding in the direction behind me. “But I don’t know where that leads.”
    I bite my lip, not knowing what to suggest. I can’t help but feel that any decision made would result in the same outcome. If we decide to go the opposite direction, wouldn’t that mean that she will be shot there? I don’t know where she

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