Elopement

Sitting in the car, she lights a cigarette. He looks at her, taking in her perfume. It's night time and the car speeds on the expressway. His mind is reeling with thoughts. He knows that they can't escape. It is their fate. But they had to give it a try. There is no driving into the sunset here. He signals her for the cigarette. She passes it to him. He takes a deep puff, his eyes fixated on the road. He knows that both their nervous systems are relaying their whereabouts to The Structure. They worked as neurological saboteurs for The Structure. Until they met and fell in love with each other. Saboteurs are not allowed to have relationships and so they are escaping, despite knowing that they won't be able to escape even if they go to the edge of the earth. They have destroyed many lives and it is the first time they have a shot at a life similar to the lives they have destroyed, at least theoretically. The Structure has employed people on them, they can tell from their thoughts, but it is The Structure itself that taught them psycho-neurological warfare and how to defend themselves against it. Love is a stupid thing and that's a thing they both know since forever, and yet love made them want a normal life. The car is zooming on the expressway. This journey is all they have got. They have got cash and they know that The Structure would have frozen their bank accounts by now. The irony of wanting a normal life isn't lost on them but they have a normal life, till the tires keep moving and the cash isn't spent.