The rain was falling hard this night, maybe that was why John didn't see the boy until it was too late. The car had made contact with the fragile body of the child before coming to a full stop, it was a sound that he would never forget.
He ran out of the not caring about the rain soaking his clothes.
"Kid? Are you-oh god" John had tried to call out for the boy in hopes that the car hadn't made any damages to him
But he had been wrong, the young boy was laying unconscious in the middle of the street, a gash was prominent on his head pouring a steady stream of blood.
His trembling hand dug out his phone out of his pocket.
"What his your emergency" the voice on the other end began
"I hit a kid, a young boy. He appeared out of nowhere" the man said his voice trembling.
He knew how precious children were, how rare they had become. He couldn't live with himself if he killed one, even if it hadn't been his fault.
"I'm at the station, please come quick"
The ambulance didn't take long despite the rain.
In all his life John never felt so hopeless, he could only stare and do nothing to help the unresponsive boy. But never, not even for one second had he questioned why a child had been on the street in that weather at that time.
The paramedics lift the boy onto a stretcher immobilizing his body.
As fast as they come they had left, leaving behind only the small puddle of blood.
The ambulance arrived quickly at the hospital, getting the boy inside
"who is he?" the doctor asked wanting the relevant information concerning the boy's health
"we are checking it now" the nurse said holding a small device on her hand
It wasn't common knowledge in section two, but as the sections were created every citizen on section one were implemented with a chip on the back of the neck. Said chip contained the information of the person, it was a way that permitted to prevent any person to sneak in outside their section.
The nurse held the device against the boy neck, frowning when nothing came up "he doesn't have one" she said.
The doctor stop, he had noticed something. "he is from the academy" he said pointing at the boy's clothes. Peter had chosen the darkest clothes he could find, but every piece had the school logo, even if it was small.
"Contact them" he finally said starting to clean the wound on his head.
Tony was pacing back and forth, it was nearly morning and no sight of peter, the king knew he couldn't have gone far, and eventually they would find him, but until then he couldn't help but worry about the kid.
It was pouring rain outside, not to mention the freezing cold. Peter could be lost in the forest scared and alone. Tony heart clutched with that thought.
Tony was lost in his thoughts when suddenly someone breached in the room
"sir, the hospital call in, there's a boy that matches peter description"
Tony was up in the same moment, but the moment of relief fell when he process the words "wait, did you say hospital?"
"Yes, your majesty. It appears the boy was hit by a car, near the station, they didn't report any life-threatening injuries" the man had barely finished before Tony was out of the door.
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The Selection
FanfictionAfter the war all hope was lost, millions had died, and crimes were in a all time high. Until the Stark's took their rightful place in the throne. Two sections were created, Section one, where the rich lived, and section two, where people starved. P...
