Frank is just an ordinary person, with an ordinary job, when one day everything changes. A flaming metal object falls from the sky, crashes right in his backyard, and what was inside it would change his life forever. Chapters: 33/33. Complete. FAQ at the end covers all 3 installations of the fic. Prologue and Epilogue can be found on my page.

"Give me ten days, and I can give you ten reasons not to die." Evan paused. "And if I can't change your mind by then, you can go jump off that cliff."

After the wars, Battery City lost all of its color to the Better Living Industry. Everything for the citizens is just a black, white and grey landscape of city, nothing beyond it except the Zones. But in their dreams, things are different. Everything is full of color, and people are fighting the BLI, not working for them. No one speaks of the dreams- they are strictly forbidden to by the government. Everyone wants to stay longer in this fabulous, action-packed world of adventure, but it's only a dream, right? Pepper Hood doesn't think so. She worked for the BLI- she knows there's more than just dirt and sun out there. One day, when hiding out along the borders of Battery City with her friends, they are pushed into the Zones. That's when all of Pepper's dreams come true.

"You only have a month to live." At fifteen years old, those are the words you never hope to hear that early in your life. Eden Chase knew something wasn't right when she is bruising and bleeding easily, losing weight, and had no appetite . Her mother took her to the emergency room, only to learn that she has Stage IV Leukemia. It's so far along that it can't be treatable. After moving into the hospital to get all the care she can, she realized that death was inevitable. At 15, she has to accept the fact that she's never going to see her future. So instead of pitying herself on that fact, she writes down exactly how she wanted to live her life, and this is her story if she makes it....