
The year 4035 and now the earth has changed. Most people have been regulated into large cities many miles apart. Technology being used to keep them safe from the harsh conditions of the Earth now, in which the humans created. The people outside the cities are ruthless cutthroat and considered savages by the city dwellers, but the savages have developed thier own civilization and ways of surviving. And among that civilization a very lucritive slave trade is a very real and present danger to all city dwellers who are not on gaurd. Since the 'savages' infiltrate the cities anyway they can to look for potential victims. This story follows one such savage and one such victim. Rex and Shanya, Rex an lates 20s savage born and raised in the outer lands, Shanya a young barely 20 year old city girl working in the city and living out a very normal life that turns into something not very normal at all.
The day started out like any other. Shanya woke up to the soft beep of the alarm telling her it was time to start her day. She stretched and yawned and swung her legs out of bed. The light pink body suit she wore moved with her like a second skin. All city dwellers wore such suits the color varied but the fuction was the same. They protected the wearer from the harsh sun and other nasty things outside. Since the atomsphere in the upper reaches of the planet no longer did anything to protect life, technology has been developed to keep humans safe. And because of the harshness of the enviorment these suits were never taken off and grew with the wearer. She walks to the bathroom and stepped into the shower. The light warm mist fell over her body as she let the suit absorb and replinish her skin. No soap or chemicals where used or needed since the suit filtered out any dirt or anything that may have gotten on it letting that fall to the floor and out the drain. She turned and wetted down her hair giving a good scrubbing with the mist. This as well didnt require any soap since the hair was usually covered by the body suit when one went outside.
Shanya steps out of the shower and feels that light tingle on her skin as the suit vibrates from the shoulders flowing down to her toes as any excess water is dispersed. Then the alarm on her commicator goes off as she walks into the bedroom and picks up the small tablet. It is one of the water purifiers that she is responsable for it has gone offline for some reason. She sighs and gets ready to do her job. She slipped into a button down top and jeans slipping on some shoes. Clothes were not needed but a lot of people still wore them, since the body suits were not transparent but did show curves off. She had trained and went to school for this and it pays well since it is a very important thing for the city. Every last bit of water is recycled...yes even waste water...while some water is still pulled from the earth it is never clean enough to drink. The purifiers and recycling system makes a very bland tasteless but drinkable water for everyone and it was her job in this district of the sprawling city to keep the large peices of technology working.
'Probably the damn regulator again' She thought to herself as she gathered her small bag of tools ID and other necessary things and headed out. She rode the lift down to the ground floor since she lived in the pent house level. She walked through the large brightly lit lobby smiling and waving to the security gaurd who she is sure has a crush on her. She winked at him and flipped her long shiney blue hair over shoulder at him and walked outside. Once outside her world when went black...momentarily as her body suit reacted to her enviorment. She paused waiting as she felt the material slide up her neck, up over part of her cheek on both sides then over the bridge of her nose and covering her eyes then her forehead and then slicking down the back of her head and pulling her hair into a tight pony tail. Once that was done she opened her eyes to a darkened version of the world around her.
People moved through the city a very orderly fashion. Not many vehciles around and the people moved on mobile sidewalks or walked at leasuirly pace to get where they wanted to go. Shanya looked up at the tall white sterile looking buildings the coatings on the building and windows deflecting the harsh sunlight. She finally decided to start to move since she knew the suit would start to cover her face completely if she stayed out to long. And she kind of hated to feel it over her lips sealing them unitl she got inside. She hurried along the orderly crowd it was morning and people had stuff to do. She didnt notice a man in a 3 peice suit following her trying to stay with the crowd and not loose her.
The man looked like any other bussiness man that dealt with the off world races that came to do bussiness with the earthlings. This is where a lot of the protection technology came from. But this one was walking with a different purpose...not loose his prey. Rex was an outlander, a slave runner to be exact. He had been born out in the savage lands and had adapted to the sun and other armfull things that the city worked to protect its dwellers from. He took great pains though to look like the city dwellers he had a body suit but it didnt do anything for him it was just for looks. He could see just fine in the harsh light and his skin had adapted as well through years of evolution and exposure the savage land folks were suirving well without the cities protections. But there was a pretty high mortality rate and the life span was not as long as those in the city. Rex saw his target turn off the main sidewalk a head down a side street next to a purification center...perfect. He followed silently moving like a shadow now. The girl was not even paying attention as she entered letting the door swing wide as she stepped in. I started to swing shut again to lock as Rex put his foot in way....it stopped and Shanya never noticed as the man slipped in behind her.