Incoming_Rescue Mission (Origins, Part 4)_The Art of Being Human_Cryosleep
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Incoming
It’s been twenty-four years since she’d last seen it, but the place looks exactly the same. The dust has settled a little thicker, and nature has taken back its place between the foundation cracks—but underneath all that, it’s like a picture frozen in time.Anja Volkov walks down the alleyways between crumbling buildings. Rubble scattered about the pathways. This is where it all began. Training for citizenship was something she always wanted to do—at least, ever since her father told her of the freedoms the country offered in exchange for six years of military service. When the invasion swept o...
Rescue Mission (Origins, Part 4)
(Part of a series; for better understanding, I recommend reading the other ones first) “Stop freaking out,” Ali says, peering out the front window.“Easy for you to say,” I mutter.“It’s not, actually. At least you can defend yourself with more than Brandon’s baseball bat.”Alex’s phone call echoes in my head. I’m in trouble, she’d told me. But I managed to communicate with a friend. He’ll be there soon. Okay? Her voice wobbled on the next sentence. Don’t worry about me. That really just cemented my worry. Alex, our caretaker, our surrogate mom, is in trouble, and she doesn’t want us to help her....
The Art of Being Human
Noah sighed, he sat at the table with his head resting in his left hand while he absentmindedly stirred his tea and watched the swirls of liquid follow his spoon. He sighed again. He did not want to go to the staff mixer tomorrow. But it was mandatory. The mixer happened every time a fresh group of interns came in so that they could meet the people they would be working with. It made interacting and asking for help a lot easier for the newcomers when they started work. Noah took his tea to the www.onedoor.ccsink, dumped it out, then washed his cup.It’s not that he didn’t want the tea, it’s that he wasn’t ...
Cryosleep
70 years.Frozen.Half dead in order to live.70 years ago, Zane Hale was sealed in a cryochamber. He was 17、He was but an infant when it began.People always whispered rumors of global warming; they were wrong.The world grew cold.Snow piled.People died by the millions.The second ice-age had arrived.Then, it was decided there was only one course of action to save humanity.Science.How ironic.So, as the world fell into ruin, a project was born. Only months later, twenty thousand people were sealed in cryochambers placed in underground bunkers.Everyone not rich enough to afford this, was left in the ...