Chapter 2: Nitrogen Can't kill

          The smell of dust clinges the air as a warning that my parents are up a seacrching for whatever they need for there "jobs". The first thing I reach for is the alarm clock which says: 6:30. I usually don't get up till at least 11 in the morning. To bad mom and dad are trying to make surgery like taking painkillers in the morning cause they are sure missing out on a lot. Before this oxygen thing happened, there lives were a little bit easier.Taking care of me was like having the ability to breath (haha oxygen joke). Now there lives are a living hell, for all that I care I should be in prision then they'll worry about me more( sorry If I sound greedy, I'm the only child what can you expect?)

         Since I have no school today, (I go to a school that's kind of like charter school only I get to go to school Sunday - Wedensday) I went downstairs to watch some t.v.

       Now here's the thing with small things like Television.are very different than how it is in like New York. There is only, 4 channels for sports, 5 channels for cartoons, 3 channels for things like "house" and "meet the browns" and 3 channels for music. So that means the rest are for news and politics and how to make surgery a success. As I turn on the t.v. to watch cartoons (don't judge me), the news comes on.... and starts talking about a thirteen year old kid named Jessica Lawry who sold organs on an illegal website. WOW. They make a big deal out of the young but not the middle-aged who are runing Demer. Anyway, I got into the shower to take my daily:"I'm so bored at home" walk.

      After an hour of showering, putting on a blue and black outfit, I stroll down the busy streets of Demer, which is like Times Square only smaller and dirtier. Then all of a sudden, I feel STARES!!! They were watching me.....

      "LAW BREAKER!!!!!!" a voice yelled at me. Then screams came at me, as if I was doing something horrible.....then come to think of it, something is horribly wrong. I trace my hand from my mouth to my back pocket and think: why am I breathing straight? That's when I realize..... I have no GASMASK!!!! I swore I thought I had put it on after I showered. Now I'm in trouble. What should I do: should I stay, or should I go home and come back with the mask and gas tank.

     Nope, I run.

     I ran till my heart felt like I was going to explode. I ran at least ten blocks ( thank god for track), then stopped in an alley. I didn't look back until a blue light came over me. I had to stop, because I've watched to many "America's Most Wanted" and I did not want to join them.

     "This is Demer police authority, put your hands in the air Mr. Scorner and get on your knees". A guy was talking from a speaker in the helicopter. From the way he sounded, he needed some decaffinated coffee. Then there was a pause.....a freaky pause, like in those horrror movies.

     "You know, you don't sound like you have your mask on!" I yelled back at him. Sadly, that only made things worse.
  
     "You have just made a federal accusation of not wearing your gas mask. You have violated our law legislation of Demer. You will be placed in a detention center until the court knows what to do with you."

     "Well aren't you speaking clearly?"
    
     "ENOUGH!!!! You are still a minor and you will obey the laws in Demer!!!" Then two gaurds came at me with nightsticks and grabbed my arms. I tried to escape, but one of them hit me with the stick and I passed out.  I swore I saw a gas mask.