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Chapter 1
POKE
Two unknown people are talking, and one is mad at the other for shutting down a
'program' because he/she found 'someone'.
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A girl named Poke is in charge of a group
of orphaned little kids. These kids’ ages range from 2-6 years old and they have banded together on the streets of Rotterdam to
try and survive. They salvage any food they can find, rotted or otherwise. One day, Poke notices a little boy across the street
that is searching for food, looking like he is the living dead. Anyways, this boy comes over and talks to Poke, who finds
his name to be Bean. Bean says that he will give Poke valuable information if she can give him food. Poke disdainfully agrees,
and Bean tells her that she and her crew need to get a bully to protect them. In this area, the kids run wild without adults.
They fight with each other to get the best food and to be first in line at the soup kitchen. Bean tells her she needs a bully,
so she sets up a trap to catch one, and she does. Their bully's name is Achilles, who has a bad leg, and agrees immediatley
to protecing them the best he can. However, Poke has a sneaking suspicion that this bully might be trying to overthrow
her crew.
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Chapter 2
KITCHEN
The two unknown people are arguing that they should search for children in this
area, although one says it is uncivilized. The other counters by saying that civilization it breaking out.
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Achilles has grown quite well in his
new family. He is the self-designated ‘papa’ of their family. Bean has been trying to avoid getting in the way
of his new family, so they don’t decide to kick him out. He didn’t have any great plans anymore, so he didn’t
want to threaten his chances in this group. On the other hand, Achilles wants to get his family some food from the soup kitchens.
He fights his way through and ends up getting food for the younger kids, making Helga’s soup kitchen friendly with kids.
From that point on, the older kids (bullies) who watched over the younger kids would get soup first. Everyday after that,
Achilles’ family would get their soup first, and they were not as hungry everyday. After their daily breakfast, they
would circle around Achilles and offer him a piece of their bread as a sign of thanks. This action soon became a ritual for
their family, except that Achilles would not take bread from Bean of Poke. Over time, Helga’s Soup Kitchen became a
safer place. There was a light fixture placed outside the door placed and a guard stationed outside for the children’s
safety. A nun named Sister Carlotta has seen this, and put many of the children through a test to get an idea of where these
children stood in education. Bean accidentally aced the test, as he didn’t want to let the rest of his family know how
smart he was. One day while Bean was walking, he overhead a conversation about a few bullies coming to kill Achilles for making
them last in line to get into the soup kitchen.
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Chapter 3
PAYBACK
Sister Carlotta has found a couple kids for the IF to take. The man she is talking
to doesn't want them, but he agrees to see them anyways.
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Bean told Achilles what he had overheard,
but Achilles didn’t seem too move by it. In fact, his family cared more for him than he did. At their urging, he decided
to go into hiding for a little bit, to let the bullies cool down. That night Achilles leaves and goes to hide, leaving Poke
in charge again. In the night, Bean meets Poke outside during a potty break. She says she had to go too, but really doesn’t.
During this time, Bean revealed to her that he knew she was a girl. Poke was a
girl, but everyone thought she was a boy and she played along with it. Even later, Bean notices Poke slip away. Bean follows
her, and sees her meet Achilles on the boat dock, and sees them kiss! He turned and left for his family. Then when he turns
around again, neither Poke nor Achilles is anywhere to be found. He looked into the water and sees Poke, drowned with a knife
in her eye. Bean had had his thoughts about Achilles, but that confirmed it. Achilles had killed Poke, and was going to use
her death to get more privileges in their little community.
Sister Carlotta has Bean take the tests
again, and he passes with soaring colors. They talk for a little bit, and Bean confesses everything he had seen/heard in the
past days, and said he couldn’t go back or Achilles would kill him too. When Achilles arrived home to his family, Sergeant
(a family member) goes and listens around to get news for his family. He hears that the police have found a little girl, and
he identifies her as Poke. Sergeant the realized what Bean had realized, but doesn’t let it out and continues to side
with Achilles.
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