Nevalo

Chapter 2 : Home

As i went into our new home's glass bubble, i felt a wave of pure, clean air just immediately enter my lungs. I started coughing. I wasn't used to this kind of air ; it was my first time breathing fresh air actually. I looked around our new "ecosystem", there was a huge Eves Necklace tree in our front yard. It was beautiful, its light green leaves, its salmon pink blooms. I have never, in my entire lifetime, seen a tree like that. Yes I've read about it and seen it in movies, but in real life? No way.
I made my way behind Gerald and Ava and followed them into our new home. We all toured the house together and decided who gets what room. I got the one with its own bathroom (that's huge by the way) and closet. So i quickly ran in and, to my surprise, the rooms lights quickly lit, something it hadn't done just a brief moment ago. A huge screen dropped down from the ceiling, and I suddenly heard : "Welcome, new resident, to your new, ecological abode! We here at Tekana Housing strive to please our new residents and fulfill their every need. Please fill out the slot below to save your name into our system." As it finished it's sentence, a blinking arrow appeared on the screen, pointing downwards, towards the slot. I placed my boxes down and filled in my name, then waited. "Welcome!... GABRIEL LANCER". It startled me, saying my name with that same as ever robotic voice. "Please place your hand on the green pad displayed at the top right of the screen to claim this bedroom as your own." I  followed what it had just said, I placed my hand on the screen before it displayed "SCANNING COMPLETE, WELCOME : GABRIEL LANCER". The screen quickly went back up to the ceiling and the room's lights dimmed. I made my way into my new room, boxes in hand, and stared out my window. I observed the neighborhood and it's homes. It seemed as if all the houses were located inside a glass bubble. I placed my boxes on the floor once again and sat on my bed. I noticed a screen the same size as a tablet right on top of the headboard. It seemed to control the room's conditions like the lights, temperature and doors. I stared at the screen in pure awe and confusion, so I tried to change the settings of my room, but it quickly displayed another hand scanner on the screen. I placed my hand, once again and it started scanning. "Access Granted" it said. I started playing around with the settings until I heard the doorbell. I looked out my window and onto the front door : no one was there. I then looked out onto the glass dome and saw two suspicious yet familiar teens with ginger-tinted hair.  "Ava? Gerald?" I yell out, no answer. I go downstairs and open the door, focus my gaze and immediately recognized the two people...