After discovering clues from her astray father, the first hybrid offspring joins forces with her ragtag friends, embarking on a mission to regain the planet Safforia from the dystopian regime.
*...
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Year E2996
Beck
The gate made a creaking sound as the wind blew through the underground realm. Darkness surrounded us with tiny holes in the surface above. A blue tint streamed over Kat's face as she rolled off me and lit her purple fire.
"What is this place?" I asked her, brushing mud from my clothes and walking with her to the giant gate.
"I don't know," she responded with her head propped up and mouth open, watching the droplets of water mist from the roots of the rust grass above. "I have not seen this place before."
Kat gripped the gate, wiggling it, but it didn't budge. A whistle from the breeze and vines caught my attention, and I saw a loose spot.
"Here," I said, creeping and slipping my body between the metal bars.
Kat followed behind me while we tracked our way in her lavender light. The road to the brick building splashed with our shoes, sinking in the sand with every step. The surrounding forest whispered in the shadows while we kept close to one another. Kat's hand gripped mine, tugging down and pointing with the other.
"There," she whispered.
I glanced up from my muddy shoes at shadows leaving the building toward the dark forest away from us. A glow followed them until the gloom took them.
"Let's enter over there," I said and quickened my steps, pulling Kat.
We snuck to the door, wiggling the handle to see no security to enter. The lights blinded us on the inside. I walked a few steps on the floor, seeing the muddy footprints.
"We need to ditch our shoes," Kat said, removing hers and throwing them outside.
I nodded, tossing her my shoes. Removing my shirt, I crawled on the tile floor, cleaning the mud I had already tracked in. My hands did multiple circles up to Kat's feet, and I stopped to smile at her.
Her purple eyes glowed a tint of pink while watching my back before connecting with mine.
Not leaving her eye contact, I stood slowly before her. She smiled with mystery in her expression. My throat seized while I cupped her cheek and removed dirt from below her eye.
Footsteps echoed down the hallway with voices, and we jumped into the room beside us. The dark room hid us as we watched out the door window. Two females in white lab coats walked by. The blue safforian handed the human a briefcase before they exited the building.
"That was too close," Kat whispered.
I spun, leaning my back on the door. Kat switched on the light as rows clicked on above slowly, one by one. The enormous room had thousands of tables with humans and safforians lying on them, tied up with no consciousness.
