The Tenth Land

I don’t remember much from before the Freefalls were one land. They split shortly after I had just turned three. My mother had told me the split was peaceful and everyone agreed that it was for the best. So they sectioned off the land into 10 different sections and the men of each section put up concrete walls on the perimeter of their section. It wasn’t impossible to get out. If you wanted to you could. All I’ve ever known is Freefall 10. No one was ever allowed to leave their section of land because you never knew what section of land or when Emperor Dickbag, I mean, Flyzik was going to conquer next. There was always of a risk of leaving behind your family and friends. It was never made a law but it was more an unspoken rule.

Living on 10 had its pros and cons. Pros were things like: you always had an idea of where your loved ones were and...yeah, that’s about it. Cons were things like: we never knew when Flyzik was going to come for our land and we knew exactly what our community was going to be used for. In my opinion, it was worst fate anyone could have. At least if you were a worker you were treated as a human being. Workers were provided with shelter, clothes, water and food. The breeders were cared for as if they were made of pure gold and the rarest crystals. I guess the lab rats had it pretty bad. Once everyone on 6 found out what they were going to be used for they knew it was basically a death sentence. Some tried to flee and some just offed themselves but most just accepted their fate. As a guards toy though, they wouldn’t provide you with shit. A small cloth for clothes and maybe one miniscule meal if your owner thought you had earned it that day. At least we got to live in the palace. I hated the thought of my family being used for someone else's entertainment. What really got my blood boiling was the thought of someone else treating Jack as an object. He was mine. I’m the only who should get any form of sexual enjoyment from him. Even then, I would never force him to do anything he didn’t want to do. And I’ll be damned if anyone is going to take him from me. It kept me up at night, not knowing when the last day would be that I got to hold his hand or tell him that I love him. I never knew if the current day would be the day we shared our last kiss, our last hug, our last look into each other’s eyes.

Jack and I had met in probably the most cliche way possible. No, we weren’t in the same class. Every child on 10 was homeschooled. We were neighbors and we had been having play dates since we were in diapers. Jack and I were best friends until the age of fourteen. The day Jack turned 14 was the day I asked him out. Four years later we’re still going strong and I wouldn’t trade him for the world. I will protect him until the Emperor kills me, God knows that’s the only way I’ll be dying anytime soon.

Notes

Again, a pretty short chapter introducing Alex and Jack and a little bit of backstory, I guess? This is probably a shit chapter but I promise once the story picks up they'll get more interesting and longer.