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_______________________________ "Mel, come look at this" Rafe told his wife Melissa sitting in his favorite chair.The year was 1998 and the Virtue gene had just come into effect. Rafael McCall known by many as Rafe was one of the many people to gain a virtue and his was time.
"What is it?" Melissa waddled over to her husbands side to see him with his hand held out.
Finally holding onto her lower back for support Melissa rubbed her stomach in a circular motion after feeling Scott kick for the fifth time that day. Melissa was already eight months pregnant and baby Scott was just about ready to come into the world.
Getting closer to her husband Melissa then noticed a single planting seed in Rafe's hand.
"Time is meaningless when it means nothing to you" Rafe quoted aging the seed into a full grown flower in front of his wife's eyes.
Melissa wasn't sure what he meant but to her it felt as if he was trying to tell her something.
"What does that mean?" She asked as he placed the rose in her hands closing them and kissing them ever so gently. "I don't understand" Melissa spoke once again.
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VIRTUE: coVered in blood
Science FictionThe people of Timefields, Alaska used to be generous and down to earth; at least that's what we all were told. According to our parents and stories told by others, the virtue gene is what changed it all. Back in 1998 the virtue gene spread all acros...