Fish Baby by Jade Wolf
It was the greatest secret ever kept. The poorest people on Earth were able to turn any vehicle into a flying weapon. The government knew it was important not to show the rest of the world what poor people could do. They did not want us to see what could happen after generations of oppression and starvation. That a people so ignored could grow so strong in the battle for access to clean food, water, and air was truly astonishing. I saw a young girl, a lifelong warrior, shot down from the sky. I saw a truck with no wings fly. I saw the man who loved that young warrior pull the pin high above the ground, engulfing himself and others in an explosion. Writing this now, I am in danger.
I did not know I was seen. I thought I was hidden well. Maybe I figured no one would threaten a pregnant woman, or feel threatened by one. But, I was wrong. I was followed out of the region. The government, as part of the war program, killed any outsiders who had laid eyes on the battle in the name of secrecy and world peace. All external communication was blacked out. I drove, then traveled as a passenger hidden under an itchy wool blanket that smelled like smoke and feet. Then I walked. Then floated. And that is how I ended up here in this small apartment on the sea where the waves get big enough to crash over us at least twice a day.
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