Uninhabitable, Cycle 1, Part 27

"Yes."
"So we're all exiling ourselves? I'm sure that'll teach them."
"It will if we do it on our terms: well-supplied with food, medicine, and tools. We'll steal it all and sneak out tonight. This city turned its back on us. Let's return the favor."#microfiction#scifi
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— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) January 15, 2020

"What is it?" I ask the woman seated there.
"Members of the PdC will steal food and medicine, then leave Catacomb City tonight."
Shit. If they take the food…
"Where are they stealing it from?"
"I don't know. Only the leaders know that."
…we're fucked.#microfiction#scifi
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— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) January 17, 2020

If people know the food is in trouble, they'll riot.
We arrive at our warehouse. It's still locked.
"Team 3 checking in. Our target is secure."
"Team 5 checking it. Same here."
"Team 2 here. They hit our warehouse."
"How much did they take?"
"All of it."#microfiction#scifi
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— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) January 18, 2020

I raise my hands.
"We've just decided to take our chances on the surface is all."
For a moment, I think they'll let us go.
Then, their radio squawks to life.
"Sergeant, PdC radicals have stolen food and may try to leave the city. Do you copy?"
Shots fire.#microfiction#scifi
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— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) January 19, 2020

"Did you follow them?"
"We did. It appears they had trucks waiting on the surface.
Sir, I think they were planning this for longer than we thought."
"Are we tracking them?"
"I sent out scouts, but I doubt we'll catch them now."
"Damn. We need that food."#microfiction#scifi
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— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) January 20, 2020

Anyone who wants to leave should be free to, but those of us who want to stay have got to work together. So it's best if we remember that those assholes left all of us to starve.

Maybe we can still find a way to make things work.

Maybe we can survive.#microfiction#scifi
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— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) January 21, 2020