Toby had nearly drifted off to sleep, laying on a futon on the floor of his small apartment. Lying on his stomach, the sight of the stained wallpaper  slowly vanished as his eyes closed.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~You don't know me yet. I am like you. In fact I have known what I was for a very long time. I am leader of a resistance. You and are shared a common bond. We both use strange powers otherwise known as magic. I am Drake. I have built a place hidden and ignored by VIKKI. If you wish safety and to be rid of the driods and control of VIKKI...go here.~ He then implants the location and images of how to get there into his mind. ~I am off to find others like us. Stay safe.~</span><br/><br/>Toby's eyes flew open. That wasn't a dream. The images of an underground dwelling in a nearby town still vivid in his mind.<br/><br/>"Hello?" he said aloud, but whatever it was, it was long gone. It was like a dream, a voice in his head, but it was something he felt sure about, and he found it odd that he barely had doubt this place existed.<br/><br/>But this meant that others were like him. Others with these strange powers. Were they exactly like him or did they all have different powers? Just the concept of meeting them alone had him excited to go, and it wasn't like he had anything here to hold him back.<br/><br/>But how would he get there. Even if it were only in the next city, he had no transport and most vehicles nowadays were automated, eliminating the chance that a human could make mistakes and cause accidents. They also all had tracking devices integrated into the core systems that made them easily found by Vikki anywhere on the planet. He needed something old. Something made before Vikki was brought online.<br/><br/>He felt excited as he scrambled out of bed and began throwing his things in a bag. He had a large duffel bag filled when he came up with an idea. The next half hour he spent writing a script that would automatically sign him out every morning from his apartment, and sign him in again five minutes before curfew. Then with a bag on his shoulder, he took one last look over his home, then left through the window.<br/><br/>His plan, was to head to the junkyard and try to find an old vehicle that would run, or one he could fix. The good thing about his plan was that many manual cars were simply stored there when Vikki upgraded the public transit system and made it mandatory.<br/><br/>So with a simple hack, he disabled the security cameras and zapped the gate, rushing inside towards the massive sea of cargo containers. He picked one at random and disabled the lock, then it took all his strength to push the heavy doors open. He was lucky. Before him sat an expensive looking SUV, and by the look of it, it was a newer electric one, before Vikki got her electronic hands on the production lines. Toby snapped his fingers and the doors unlocked. Popping the driver side door he climbed inside, the smell of leather and new plastics filled his nose. He heard of this before, the fabled 'New Car Smell'. It made him smile. This one was confiscated straight from either a dealership, or the factory itself.<br/><br/>He took out his terminal and connected it to the port on the dash. A few moments later he had the security disabled and any GPS system turned off. Excitement rushed through his body as his finger extended and seemed to hover in the air for effect, then he pushed down on the ignition.<br/><br/>He knew it was an electric vehicle, but he had heard that the car company wanted to keep the feeling of power in their vehicles by preserving the roar and sound of the old gas powered engines, installing amplifiers and speakers under the hood so that it was indistinguishable from a V8 engine. The sound and the feeling simply screamed power, and Toby felt it. He heard it when he revved the engine.<br/><br/>But so did a passing Android...<br/><br/>"Stop! You are trespassing! Please submit for corrective punishment or suffer the consequences!" it called. Toby's heart went to his throat. A few taps on his terminal and he saw a bright dot closing in on his position. On instinct, he pulled on his seatbelt, pulled the stick to Drive, then stomped on the accelerator, making the machine roar and lurch forward, but stop in its tracks. The tires squealed beneath him against the floor of the shipping container and that's when the obvious hit him. This truck was SHIPPED.<br/><br/>Scrambling out of the truck he rushed to the back of it, slamming his fist into the release for the restraining clamps to keep the vehicle stable as it the container was moved. He slid around corners unlatching all 4 restraints, then jumped back into the cab just as the Android skidded to a stop at the entrance to the large metal box.<br/><br/>"Stop! You are attempting to steal this transport. This charge will be added to your trespassing. You are now to come with me."<br/><br/>"Fuck that!" Toby yelled, feeling his masculinity heightened while behind the wheel of this metal monster. He again tromped on the accelerator and this time the truck roared forward, hitting the Android in the chest and sent it flying back against another container. Toby spun the wheel and sped down the line between the rows of shipping containers, pulling the seat belt across his chest. With adrenaline running high, he turned a corner and steered straight for the main gates, when he saw a flash of metal in the rear view mirror. The android was giving chase.<br/><br/>He thought of using his EM field, but then that would disable his electric vehicle. As he passed the main gate and skidded onto the street, he heard a thump on the roof, the Android gone from behind. With one hand on the wheel and the other typing furiously on his terminal, his eyes darted from the road to his screen wildly. It took a few looks to be certain, but he smiled when he saw the schematics.<br/><br/>His heart leapt into his throat when he saw a face in his window, the android had latched on to the roof and was leaning over to stare at him. Again it demanded him to stop. Toby swerved making it retreat above to get a better grip. Thats when Toby rolled down the window, planted his palm on the roof, then used his magic to send thousands of volts of electricity into the frame.<br/><br/>The Android ceased and slid back on the roof, paint scraping above making Toby cringe, yet the energy spike in the frame took a moment to hit the grounding wires, then into the capacitors, then it hit the electric engines. Like hitting a nitro burst in a combustion engine, the SUV lurched forward with increased speed, and the Android slipped off the top, clattering to the road behind him. He then hit the highway and headed out of town, towards the city that was portrayed in his vision. His adventure was about to begin.