Reunion Chapter Eleven, Summer 2037 Before they’d found Marshall and Jewel, Color and Myles were still biking following the trail in the woods. Myles stopped for the second time only twenty minutes later and gestured to the ground. Though they were on pavement, he pointed to small footprints of mud. “Cavs, just ahead of us. …
The Stakeout Chapter Ten, Summer 2037 The road was nearly twice the size of the road the Cavaliers were traveling on and this one was actually paved with real asphalt, though it was deeply cracked down the center. “This is the road?” Marshall said. “Looks like it.” “I wouldn’t know.” He heard Jewel mutter a …
The Greenhouse Chapter Nine, Summer 2037 Myles woke up shivering. “Sheesh.” “Awake?” Color was standing off to his left thumbing her knives for sharpness, her tarp folded next to her. The air was foggy and moist. Myles stood up. “Look at that, I didn’t see stars when I stood up just now.” Color clapped her …
An Unexpected Ally Chapter Eight, Summer 2037 Pretty woke up in an unfamiliar bed and stirred. The bunk underneath him stirred as well and Pretty remembered where he was and that Blink was sleeping just below him. The Leader lifted his head and looked across the room at Eve who was already awake and sitting …
Stablefield Chapter Seven, Summer 2037 Night had fallen as fast as a mousetrap, coating the forest in twilight. Atlas’s face was pale, but calm as he lay with a steady breath asleep at Mariah’s feet. Langley couldn’t sit still for long with his newly-discovered capabilities and was experimenting with his flight. He had crashed twice …
The Caravan Chapter Six, Summer 2037 “Marshall,” Jewel was shaking him awake. His vision was still darkness, but he sensed significant movement a few hundred yards off. “Marshall, wake up,” She whispered. He moved his head up. “Mmmh?” “Look.” She was pointing. “Good one,” he said and laid his head back down. “Marshall,” she said …
The Tozer Chapter Five, Summer 2037 Myles’s first dream on the floating planet rolled into action like an abstract slap. He was with Langley sitting around a campfire. Color was there too, smiling and laughing along with Marshall who had a blindfold on and was next to a different girl he’d never seen before. And …
The Stone Compass Chapter Four, Summer 2037 Pretty woke up with an icy right side of his face. He’d been leaning against the bars of his prison, arms crossed, lips chapped because he’d been sleeping with his mouth open. “Fugg,” He managed and rolled the cricks out of his shoulders. He hadn’t been sleeping deeply …
A Key to the Universe Chapter Three, Summer 2037 It was the following afternoon that Atlas opened the box. Mariah and Langley looked on as close as they could at all of the tiny bottles labeled with the words Atlas listed yesterday. In one of the bottles there were several capsules. “Powdered mekadine,” Atlas said. …
Jewel Chapter Two, Summer 2037 The girl woke up wrapped in Marshall’s blanket next to a campfire later that evening. “How’re you feeling?” he asked. She slowly grabbed her side and looked at her arm. Marshall had cleaned and bandaged it with some of his unused clothes. “Not good,” she said with a wince. “You …