In the year 2082, Robert and Brooke Johnson are parents of a 14 year old boy in a society where laws have been passed by the U.S government preventing any citizen from having a competitive edge over any other citizen. Their son, James, has barely talked to his parents in the past few years. This probably being because of something that happened when James was a kid. An event that will stay with him his whole life. When James was 8 years old, shortly after the law that every citizen must take pills from the age of 8 and up in order to diminish competition in a mental, physical and emotional state, he questioned the government. His parents left early every day for work, leaving him alone to take his pills, and get on the bus to go to school. James started hiding his pills, thinking he was too intelligent to get caught by teachers or law enforcers, and he was right, for a while, however the teachers at his school caught on to him, acknowledging the fact that he was so far ahead of his classmates. The government gives you a warning for first time violators of the law. Anyone who gets 2 warnings, from the age of 8 to 13 can face up to 3 years in prison. Needless to say, James got caught hiding his pills a second time, and because he is considered a minor, his parents had the opportunity to bail him out for a very small fine. At that point, James figured that he had learned his lesson, his parents would come and bail him out, he would apologize, and everything would go back to being normal. Only his parents didn't bail him out. He sat, waiting, and waiting, and waiting, but no one came. He ended up waiting for 2 and a half years, until he was let out. Most kids would be traumatized, but this especially stood out for James. This had stuck out in his head because he then realized his parents didn't care about him, and never did. James went into a deep depression after that incident. He figured if he was never good enough for his parents, ther