Running From the Authorities

Zane stared sternly at the Corporal who was now insisting that he come along with them to the so called "safe zone" deeper in the center of the city. The last thing Zane wanted to do was be rounded up and used for manual labor, or worse, spare parts.

Such were the images his paranoid mind conjured when it came to the government and how it treated its citizens. On a normal day, you were lucky if the government didn't interfere with your lives, but during a crisis? You might as well be considered cattle. Or so was Zane's perspective.

Thus, he was quick to ask exactly what would happen if he refused. Knowing full well their answer would be that they would use force to drag him back to their base of operations.

"And if I refuse?"