1. Chapter 1 – The Shackles of Abnormality
Around the world it was discovered that within the human race there are those that have within
them a rare dormant gene that could give them extraordinary abilities. Now with the technology
called the Brace, a shackle type device which when attached to the nerves of those with the
dormant genes will control their body’s functions and bring out those gifts. Governments all around
the world started to use them as assets for war and secret services. However civil conflict began to
break out in many countries where those without the abilities were starting to be treated like
second class citizens and after a reckless ability user massacred hundreds of them the British
government saw how lethal they had become and shut the program down. In 2016 the aberrants are
treated like criminal scum getting sent down for the slightest transgressions and given no prospects.
Illaine is one of those aberrants and after her older brother was taken down last year for reckless
behaviour she wants nothing more than to keep her head down and make some kind of lifer for
herself. Working at the local supermarket barely pays the rent for her tiny bedsit and the only solace
she has is her local pub “The Two Headed Horse” which is a hangout for all the local aberrants.
Chapter 2 – The Unwanted, now Wanted
The Two Headed Horse is run by a normal couple with a sixteen year old aberrant son called Bradley
and they know that the amount of aberrants they keep in one place is considered illegal so every
time the inspector comes they make sure it is deemed safe. On the day of the inspection they ask
one of the locals Illaine who they knew from when she was young to pick up their son from school.
At school Bradley once again has been thrown into the locker for using his ability where he notices a
young girl shivering in the corner only a year seven he wonders what she could’ve done to end up
there. A teacher comes to release him at the end of the day but leaves the year seven there and as
Bradley walks past the year seven classroom he witnesses the destruction which the girl must have
caused and overheard the headmaster and an aberrant hunter saying they had a special place for
her. As he and Illaine approach the pub they notice a swarm of police surrounding and they witness
Bradley’s parents be roughed into a police van. Illaine immediately knows they will be looking for
Bradley also so she decides to take him to her brothers flat deep into the city as it Is safer than her
bedsit.
Chapter 3 – Lost Sheep in the City
In the high street a girl in strange clothing, surrounded by a flock of sheep is hurrying she is being
chased by a gang of aberrant hunters who are the few aberrants still employed by the government
to capture or kill other aberrants who are deemed reckless or dangerous to society. As she enters
the bus station they surround her and she is forced to confront them. Immediately the sheep around
her start to run at them and transform into wolves. The hunters counter attack and a battle breaks
out in which she is injured heavily she barely manages to escape into the males public toilets. Where
she is found by a boy called Bradley. He sees how beaten up she is and carries her out of the toilets
to where his companion Illaine is waiting. He asks her if they can take the girl with her and Illaine
knows she will be nothing but trouble and notices the hunters rapidly approaching so she agrees to
help her get back on her feet but nothing more.