The Few

Abi and Jet

"J get down from there you're going to get yourself killed!" Abi yelled up to the large fire escape ladder above her. The ally around her was dark and completely deserted and hidden behind a huge pharmaceutical company building. 

"No I wont Abs keep your voice down!" A voice yelled from atop the black metal ladder above her. He stood on the flat surface of the fire escape up towards the far end. "Okay? Can you pass up the plank?" He asked kneeling down slipping his hand through bars down towards her. She sighed heavily and picked the long plank of wood up to him. Holding one end of the wood using all her strength to balance it above her head bouncing the other end against the fire escape. He caught the other end with his two gloved hands and started to pull it up towards himself. He stood the moment the whole board was up at his side of the fire escape. "So do you think it will reach?" He asked looking across to the sign to the apartment complex he was stood on the fire escape of. 

"I guess?" Abi said looking up at the gap between the fire escape and the sign. "Can you hurry up? Mom and Dad will be worried about us! We're pushing curfew." He giggled as he started to pushed the board from the mental towards the sign balancing the end of the plank at each side. "Please get down, I feel like I am going to have a heart attack every time you do this." 

"Calm down sis." He said climbing over the railing and lightly placed his feet on the board feeling the sturdiness of the board. "Okay... it'll hold." He said as he started to creep across the board tentatively. He went into his bag hanging on his side and pulled out a large piece of paper folded into many pieces. He carefully unfolded it and pinned it to the wall. It was huge. He then took out three cans of spray paint and started spraying. 

Abi stood at the bottom looking up and down the alley then up at her brother as quickly as her neck would allow her to whip it three ways. As he finished spraying a section he ripped the paper off the wall and dropped it towards the floor and Abi scooped it up stuffing it in the identical bag at her side. Within 10 minuets he was done. He packed up his spray paint and carefully walked back across the plank. When he was safely at the other side he started to pull the plank back towards himself. "How does it look?" He asked. 

"I am not going to lie, its one of your best yet." Abi said looking up at the mural he put on the wall. It was a large set of black bird wings. Down the center where the body would be it simply said 'We need to think more and trust less!' The background was a replica of the American flag. He handed the plank down towards her and she placed it up against the wall. He started to come down the ladder towards her. He met her on the concrete of the floor. He took the plank and he nodded to her to take the other end. The two of them carried the wood towards the back of the ally and buried it under the piles of trash. "We need to get out of here." Abi said under her breathe. Jet nodded and the two of them pulled their hoods tight to their faces and ran out of the ally. The two of them ran for a while until they came to a bridge near the river. The two of them caught their breath as Abi pulled the scraps of paper from her bag and placed it onto a pile of leaves and twigs that was left their as if it was planned. Jet took a box of matches from his back pocket and lit one throwing it onto the paper. The two of them watched as the paper burnt into nothing as Abi took a bottle of water from her bag and poured it onto the fire. The wet blackened paper started to blow in the wind as the two twins sat on the bank of the river looking out towards the city. 

Jet pulled his hood fully down and the black skeleton scarf he kept over his mouth completely off. He ran his black gloved hand through his messy blonde hair until it was even messier. He pulled out a small box of cigarette from his bag and lit it with the matches in his pocket. "Do you have to do that right now?" Abi said coldly pulling her scarf tighter to her face. "You know if mom smells that on you she will kill you." 

"At least I wont turn 18." He said flicking the ash into the river. 

"Yeah, into the water very eco-friendly of you Jet!" She pulled her hood down in anger. Her hair was the same messy blonde as his in a long braid down her back. He met her deep brown eyes with his cold green ones. The only difference between the twins beside their height and gender. 

"Three days Abs, three days until we turn 18." He said lowering his head. "We can't..." He almost got chocked up.

"I know." She said softly. "I don't want to forget who I am either. I don't want them to turn that switch on within me anymore that you do but you need to think more Jet. You're putting yourself in danger."

"I can't not take risks Abi, I need them to find me." He said looking at her with pure pain in his eyes. "I need The Few to find me and take me away from this hell hole. I want you to come with me."

"But you're risking jail or injury more highly than The Few finding us. I will not manage in jail and if we get sent to jail they will switch us on faster." He sighed and nodded. 

"I know." He said wrapping his arms around her shoulder pulling her in to his side. "And I don't want you to risk anything you are not willing to but neither of us want this." She shook her head. " And in three days..."

"I get it, I'm scared too. And I guess we only have one more hit before we turn 18." He nodded, "hows that one going?" He shrugged. "Its either the one that will get us found by The Few or will be our last hit before...well." She said leaning her head on his shoulder. He just nodded and stood up reaching his hand down to hers. 

"We're pushing curfew and we have to get changed before we head back." He said with a heavy sigh. Abi knew her brother was more than scared to turn 18. She sensed he would rather die than let his freewill go. Abi stood and took his hand and they walked down the river together towards the outside of the city center.