I could feel the hum of the engines underneath me. I felt Dog sniff my hand as I woke up. I petted the grey wolf's head as I got ready putting on my flowing black tunic and narrow silk trousers in preparation for the day. When I walked down the stairs I saw father sitting at the dinner table eating breakfast.

"Ah Katherine come sit down. It's an exciting day ahead of us. The guild of navigators have said we should be catching prey soon which means work for us". He said with such joy I had no choice but to smile back. We spent a large part of the day in Clio house.

I was re-reading a book on Municipal Darwinism when I felt the engines roar and felt London move even faster than it had before. I ran out of the house with Dog beside me to reach the lookout point. When I got there i saw a small traction suburb desperately trying to flee. I felt a small sense of pity for the poor sods trying to escape London. I reminded myself that this was just Municipal Darwinism at work and it was a beautiful thing. I felt two hands grab onto my shoulder. I tensed until I looked behind and realised it was just father.

" Come along Katherine we have work to do. There's an entire suburb of history two explore". He said grinning.

" Fine but dibs on any computer discs okay" I said trying to replicate his smile.

I saw out of the corner of my eye that the suburb had already been captured and I could hear that the people were cheering.

" Sure honey but you should know I have been informed by that we will be working with a third-class apprentice"

" Are they not going to celebrate with the others?" I asked curiously.

" It seems this is their punishment. For what I don't know". He said shrugging. We made our way towards Father's bug accompanied by Dog,Pewsey and Gench who were two former air pirates. Personally I don't like them but they were loyal to Father and that is all that mattered in the end.

When we got down to the Gut we saw the townspeople being moved into the immigration offices. Father was talking to the head engineer of the Gut, when i saw a boy of the same age as me, which was fifteen. I saw him talking to father as Dog came and started sniffing him.

" Oh do behave" I said snickering. " Don't worry. He's a lamb. I mean, he's a wolf really, but he's as gentle as a lamb" I said trying to hold in my laughter.

After that Father introduced us. His name was Tom Natsworthy and he seemed kind enough and I wouldn't lie, he was quite cute. When we got to the junk pile he went first, eager to prove himself and he found a Seedy. After Father kindly told him it was useless, he seemed very disappointed so I came up to him, trying to cheer him up.

"It's lovely, Tom. Anything that has survived all those thousand of years is lovely, whether it's any use to the horrible old Guild of Engineers or not. I've got a necklace made of old computer discs" I said smiling.

After that we went to the immigration offices to ask if anybody had any belongings that may be of worth for the Guild of Historians. After we had asked the towns people we went to a group of gruffer looking folk who where wearing long tattered coats. I felt a pang of jealousy that they could just travel wherever they wanted without needing ships or cities. However, then I remembered that while they were walking in the desert i was living in the epitome of privilege. One of them had a scarf wrapped around their face like a desert nomad. I saw them walk up to Father like the rest but instead of taking out their valuables or antiques they took out a single knife. Before i even had the slightest idea of what was going on I felt myself moving. I grabbed onto their arm stopping them from killing Father and held there arm until they dropped there knife. They started running towards the Gut and climbing. I chased after them whilst hearing my fathers protests behind me. Whilst we were running through the Gut I saw their scarf get tattered on a stray piece of railing revealing flowing auburn hair. Out of the corner of my eyes I could see Tom running along on another railing followed by a engineer.

Eventually we came to the waste chute. The chute itself was incredibly big, practically the size of Clio House. Within the hole there was dirt, mud, feces and scraps of metal being thrown out of London as it speed through the Hunting Grounds. The emergency lights were flashing illuminating her face as she finally faced me.

"Why did you stop me". She shouted at me as I physically recoiled upon seeing her face. She had a single scar cut right across her face from the top of her forehead to her check. She was also missing her right eye and her nose was nothing but a stub. Her mouth was stuck in a permanent snarl. Before I could answer I heard the whistling of police and felt crossbow darts whis past me. I saw one get lodged into her leg.

" Stop you're going to kill her, stop" I pleaded with them but no one listened. I saw her drop her satchel as another dart nearly hit her. I noticed her getting ready to jump of the railing into the waste chute. Just like before I moved before I knew what I was doing. I grabbed onto her arm as she was about to fall. I honestly had no idea what I was doing. This girl just tried to kill Father but i couldn't let her kill herself.

" Let me go" She hissed.

" I won't let you kill yourself" I shouted back. I had to put my heels into the ground to stop myself from falling.

" You will fall too" She shouted, sounding concerned.

" So be it" I said smiling, hoping I could convince her to climb back up. However it was too late as I finally lost my footing. I felt myself slip and fall. In the back of my mind I could hear the voice of Tom shouting as I could see nothing but flashing lights until there was nothing but black.