Ryland Grace & Colt Seavers | Coltland Twins

January 2nd, 2035, somewhere in Russia.

A two-tone brown and tan pickup zooms through the Russian countryside. The vast and yet flat greenery stretches to the horizon. Colt's hands flex around the steering wheel, his knuckles white. He is staring straight ahead, with a fire in his eyes that could melt steel.

Not so long ago, his twin brother Grace called him, out of breath, panicked and obviously in distress. Ryland told him that he was being chased down by Stratt's men and they were going to force him to get on the Hail Mary even if he refused. Before Colt could even respond, a yell of someone on the other end of the line stopped him from doing so. He heard Ryland's phone fall and the communication was cut off shortly after.

Colt doesn't know if they tackled him or his twin lost his grip on the phone (which is plausible, considering that Grace is very clumsy), but that sudden end of the call made a knot form in his throat and a cold feeling of dread settle in his stomach. He won't let the government take his brother away, not a chance in hell. He just hopes that he'll arrive in time.

...

Grace is running at full speed, trying to loose his pursuers. His chest is heaving, his eyes darting around frantically to find the exit; the whole perimeter is surrounded by a tall fence and on top of it there's barbed wire. He could try to climb over, but he doubts he would be able to do so before Stratt's agents reach him. And if he actually finds a way to climb over it, what then? Does he run for miles into the nothingness?

His legs burn now; he's never been much of a runner. His glasses are starting to slip down his nose, but he doesn't even seem to notice. The footsteps behind him grow closer by the second ad he knows that they'll reach him soon. God, how he wishes he didn't even accept this job. He could've rejected Stratt's offer, maybe even forget the Astrophage and by now he would've been in his beloved classroom, back in New Jersey, teaching his beloved students.

He finally decides to go straight for the fence; it's make or break. A hand clamps his shoulder and soon enough he gats tackled by two agents right before his fingers could even graze the metal fence. He falls down on his stomach. "No! No! NO!" He screams, terrified, squirming in the agents' grip. "I can't do this! No!" He whimpers, trying to break free, but the agents keep him firmly pinned on the ground, unyielding. "HELP! COLT!" He calls out for his brother, but he knows it's futile; he isn't here.

Ryland's eyes widen as a doctor approaches with a syringe in his hand; a sedative. He panics as tears start rolling down his cheeks. "Don't do it! Don't do it! Don't -!" He pleas, but the doctor doesn't listen and he injects the liquid of the syringe in his leg. Ryland's vision starts to swim, his grip on the grass below becoming loose.

...

Colt leaves the car in front of the boom barriers, stepping out of the car and dodging the man that was standing guard there. Colt jumps over the barriers. He walks fast, and soon enough he starts running, his eyes darting around, trying to spot Ryland.

The place is huge, a vast plain grass field with a few buildings and large satellite dishes in the distance. Thank god Ryland gave him the position of this place on the phone call, elsewhere he would've never found this place; it's a top secret base after all... or something close to it.

He slows down as soon as a cry for help reaches his ears; his heart plummeting in his stomach when he realizes to whom it belongs to. "Ry." He breathes, his eyes widening. He breaks into a sprint; his eyes start to make out a figure in the distance, on the ground, held down by other people. "RY!"

He's just a few feet away from him now, but suddenly a man in a dark suit intercepts him and grabs him before he can reach his brother. Colt tries to push the man away, but then another one comes, holding him back, stopping him from reaching Ryland. "Get off me!" Colt roars, trying to push forward, but the two men are surprisingly strong.

Colt watches in horror as a doctor injects an unknown liquid in Ryland's bloodstream. he struggles against the two men, fueled by pure rage and desperation. "What are you doing to him! Leave him alone! Ryland!" He screams, his protective instinct flaring up.

Ryland's vision starts to darken around the edges as every sound becomes muffled, as if he's under the water. He finally spots Colt, who is fighting to break free from the grip of two men in dark suits. Ryland slowly moves a hand, as if to reach his older brother. "Colt..." He mumbles, his eyelids growing heavier by the second. Then his arm drops boneless to the ground, the sedative finally doing its job.

Colt's eyes widen as Ryland goes limp under the two men, his eyes finally closing. "NO! RY! RYLAND!"

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