[ WP ] You live in a dystopian future where anyone who breaks a law is executed except the most wanted criminal . You just committed a minor crime and now must fight , murder , and steal your way to the top of the most wanted list .

`` Nathan Wells, get out of the car with your hands up. We have you surrounded, there will be no escape this time.'' Police cars and SWAT vans had surrounded the four-way intersection, leaving me trapped in the middle. Officers rushed around behind the vehicles, taking up defensive positions and aiming at my car, preparing for anything I might try. I glanced down at the dashboard and picked up her picture. It was from before she got sick, before her beautiful blond hair fell out from the treatments that did n't work. Before her health declined to the point she could n't even get out of bed. She had been all I had left in the world, the only person I had ever truly loved, and in the end all I could do was watch her die. There was a cure for it, of course, as there was a cure for just about anything. But we were poor and the cure for cancer is n't cheap. Poor people get sick, poor people starve, poor people die, and life goes on and no one cares. We suffered and the rich simply turned a blind eye. So I stole the cure. I was willing to give up my life for hers, did in fact. But I was too late. Amber died, and I was now a wanted man. And in this world, a wanted man is soon a dead man. That's the law. 
 
 Without her I had nothing to live for, and a man with nothing to live for is a dangerous man indeed. I stole food, money, medicine, anything of value from those who had it all, and gave it to those who had none. I never killed anyone, but the politicians and business men who profited off the exploitation of the poor soon found that death could be considered mercy compared to what happened to them. I did it all for her, and for all those who never had a chance. Soon I was the second most wanted criminal in the country. But second would n't be enough to let me continue my work, I would be executed as a public demonstration if I did n't make it to number one. That's the law. 
 
 `` Mr. Wells, I will not ask you again, get out of the car right now!'' The officers were all in position, guns aimed and ready to fire. Lights flashed all around and news choppers hovered over head, but on the street not a person spoke a word. They were all waiting on me to make the next move. Not many people knew who the most wanted criminal was. Odd as that may seem, no one seemed to question it. Talking about the laws was a rather taboo topic, definitely not a conversation you would have in public where cameras could listen in on you. But I knew, and I had gotten close to getting to him. It was obvious really, once you thought about it. Who could be more criminal than the man who controlled everything, the leader of the'free' world? It had n't been free for a long time now, but no one argued about his title. It was well known that the most wanted man alive got to live. The man who had murdered, robbed, and cheated the most. That's the law. 
 
 I had been on my way to his vacation home when the chase had began. He would have been my one kill. I grabbed Amber's photo and put it in my pocket. After a heavy sigh, I opened the car door. I got out of the car and looked at the surrounding officers. They were just as trapped as me, doomed to follow their orders in order to feed their families. `` I'm sorry Mr. Wells,'' said the one of the officers closest to me, `` but we have to arrest you now. That's the law.'' 
 
 Suddenly, a single shot rang out, followed by a barrage of gunfire as nervous officers opened fire at the sound. Nathan hit the ground, torn to pieces by the bullets, and the helicopter news cameras kept on shooting. `` Shame,'' thought one of the policemen. His gun smoked and he could feel how the weight had changed with the firing of the one bullet. `` That was a damn fine man. Too bad he'll make an even better martyr.'' 
 
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 This is the first WP I've ever responded to, so sorry if it sucked. Thanks though if you liked it.
