Beyond the Sky: A Dystopian Survival Adventure in a Post-Apocalyptic World (The Sky Series, Book 4) by J.W. Lynne
Author:J.W. Lynne [Lynne, J.W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-30T00:00:00+00:00
THURSDAY, JULY 7
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SEVEN
When Ten returns to our dormitory, he brings with him a large black box. Quietly, he sets it down, careful not to disturb Fifty-two, who is lost in her dreams.
âWhatâs in the box?â I ask softly.
âYou said you wanted go on tonightâs mission.â He pulls out a helmet and two sim suits and places them on the bed. âI was able to synch a helmet with Miss Teresa, so we can follow along with her in the sim suits. If you still want to.â
Uncertain excitement floods into me. âWhy wouldnât I want to?â
âRyan forbade us from doing this,â he says.
âHe said he didnât want us going on the mission physically â¦â
âHe told me just now that he doesnât want us doing this either.â
âWhy not?â I ask.
âI think heâs worried about emotional trauma,â he says.
Ten and I have been through many emotional traumas. We both carry painful scars in our hearts. Even though sometimes those scars make us feel weak, I know they have made us stronger. I look deep into Tenâs eyes and I know that he wants to proceed with this. And I do too. I reach out and grab a jumpsuit and start putting it on over my clothes.
As Ten begins putting on the other one, he launches into a quiet explanation, âThis will probably be more like watching a movie than doing a sim. We can see only what Miss Teresa can see ⦠which is a three-hundred-sixty degree view of her environment.â He picks up a helmet. âI only got a chance to synch one helmet, so weâll have to take turns.â Ten is about to put on the helmet, but he hesitates. âMiss Teresa said it would make her less anxious if we were watching.â
âThen Iâm glad weâre going,â I say.
âMe too.â He puts on the helmet and, a moment later, he begins to describe what heâs seeing, so I can follow along in my mind's eye. Right now, Miss Teresa is sitting inside an aerial drone, along with a few other robots and some human soldiers, as Ryan briefs them on the mission.
As I listen to Ten, I think back to the sim we did with Ryan. I remember how Ten, Ryan, Twelve, and I stood in a circle, holding hands, just before we were drawn into that horrible place of death. I shake away that terrible memory, but something sticks. We started the sim holding hands. Maybe if Ten and I hold hands now, we can both see Miss Teresaâs mission.
âTheyâre going to be departing in two minutes,â Ten says.
âWhat if we hold hands?â I ask him.
âWhat?â he asks distractedly.
âThatâs what we did before the sim with Ryan. I wonder if that connects the sim suits?â
Ten shrugs. âI guess itâs worth a try.â
I take the other helmet out of the box and put it on. In front of me, a menu appears with numerous strings of numbers beneath it. Are all of them sims? Could there really be that many of them?
Thereâs no time to think about that now.
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