Me Against The World [complete]

Echo (Teaser)

Hi, peeps! Steven here, posting a teaser for a work that will be coming soon. Thanks to everyone who read all the way through Me Against The World, it helps me a lot! And if you liked this story, you might want to check out my two AU's, Press Start and The Man In The Blue Box. Or, if you're more into realistic teen fiction, check out Hacked! Anyway, enough self promos, time to get on with the......self promos? Anyway, Echo is the next book in the MATW trilogy, and it picks up just a week after I left off this one. Not to give off any spoilers, but there will be more new characters introduced this book, along with more development for old characters. Don't read Echo or this teaser if you haven't already read MATW. On with the teaser.

Astro's POV

"Beace, are you almost done there?" I asked, my voice unsteady and crackly from dehydration.

"Just about. Keep your panties on." Came the gruff response from my friend. Beatrice wasn't exactly known for an overflow of emotions, at least, not friendly ones. I shrugged. I had known her for a year now, and wasn't bothered by her demeanor.

She was working on welding together metal pieces of a broken invention of mine. I don't know why they keep breaking recently. I haven't been able to do much of anything useful, not since....since he left me. I shook my head vigorously. He hadn't left me voluntarily, none of them had. But it didn't help my emotional state that it was partially my fault that they were gone.

Me and my friends are members of an organization, simply titled, The Resistance. What are we resisting, you ask? Sometimes, I think we're resisting ourselves. But no, there's a greater enemy. The Hollows, or stringers as they're commonly referred to as. Evil puppets that will break your neck and enter your body in a heartbeat. They bottle your soul up, and utilise your old body for their master's grim purposes.

My other best friend (?) Samuel Sagous is the leader of our group. Or was. He hasn't been seen for weeks. I've almost given up hope. And then Danny, the boy I thought I had a chance with, unlike Sam, is also gone, disappeared the same day. They're probably dead. I'm about ready to let go.