Huff, huff, huff

       "Gah!" He trips.

       BANG

       "Sh*t! No, no! Where to go..? Aha! Ah, somewhere to hide. Crap, a rat."

       BANG BANG

       Apollo curls up in the garbage can and covers his head with his arms. He hears footsteps closing in on him. The heavy breathing, They must have chased him halfway across Memphis. He remembers the terror in his chest but doesn't feel it, technically. 

       How long are they going to search? All I did was take a necklace. I was going to give them 25% of the profit, anyway. He thinks.

       Apollo digs into his pocket and pulls out the necklace, careful to be quiet. He barely twitches an eye, like he already knew, when he realizes it has a tiny blue, four-petalled flower on it. This is a searcher's necklace!

(For the non-superpowered, they have ranks when they get to age 18. The ranks go like this: (bottom to top)

Master

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Questioner

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Soldier

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Searcher

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Trainee

       Each with its own corresponding flower petals.

Master - 7 yellow flower petals

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Questioner - 3 blue and 3 yellow flower petals

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Soldier - 5 blue flower petals

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Searcher - 4 blue flower petals

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Trainee - 3 blue flower petals

       The more flower petals, the more people you're the boss of. Yellow flower petals are an elite version, only the highest up on the list get yellow ones. Yellow flower petals are things you should watch out for if you're ever faced with them and you have powers, and if you're unlucky enough to ever be faced with 7 yellow flower petals, you can just kiss your normal life, if any, goodbye.)

       Trainees just train to become Searchers, Searchers are the day-to-day ones. They look for the super-powered, patrol the streets. They're your average Memphis Union enforcers. (Memphis is the name of this city, and the Union is like their capital, their government. They hate powers and anyone who has powers' guts.) Even though they are common, they're still just as deadly and dangerous. After a Searcher has been working well and doing good, they get promoted to a Soldier. The Soldiers do what you'd think they'd do. protect the Memphis Union and stand for everything in the Union. They're very highly trained and you'll probably die if you get anywhere near one of them and you've got powers or just going against the Union. Questioners are scary. After you're caught by a Searcher, you get sent to the Questioners. You sit in a dark room on a grey chair and look at them straight in the eye over a big long table. They're always so menacing and intimidating. If you ever have the misfortune to look at them, you'll know there's no escape. The Questioners are also like lawyers, not like anyone would go against them. Finally, the Master. There's only one Master. They never go outside, nobody knows anything about the Master. If anyone's getting talked to by the master, they won't be coming out of that room alive.

       "So that's why they were searching for so long. I heard them leave a little while ago and I can't hear any more breathing. They must be gone. They made such a ruckus, ugh. Hopefully, nobody followed them. I can't believe they didn't find me. Isn't that their job...?"

       Apollo walks out into the alleyway, where a lot of special people are sitting and standing, offering things to trade. As he walks by, he sees someone with a snake tongue! And someone who looks... green? Also someone on fire! Apollo doesn't even look affected by this, he must have been here before many times. Suddenly, someone made out of plants screams out, pointing to a bunch of people... with a blue 4-petaled flower on their necklaces! And they look angry...