Bloom by Sam Best

Author:Sam Best
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: action, adventure, dual protagonist, hero, powers, science fiction, scifi, series, ya, ya action, ya adventure, ya fantasy, ya trilogy, young adult, young adult action, young adult adventure, young adult fantasy
Published: 2012-11-29T08:00:00+00:00

23

Haven watched as the man named Dormer dropped a wrench he had been holding and ran to the large door as yet another scream echoed through the dome.

Next to the door was a metal box as big as a refrigerator. Dormer pushed down a handle on the front of the box and the side panels slid down to reveal a compact block of machinery. He flipped a switch on the box and it fired up like a car engine, shaking quickly on its base. Dormer put his hands into the machinery and grabbed onto a thick metal pipe. The machine’s loud rumbling turned to a slow, intermittent chugging until finally the engine died and the box went silent. Dormer let go of the pipe and walked over to the large door. He pressed a sequence of buttons on a black wall panel and the door unlocked with a loud, pneumatic phoomp and swung open.

“I’m going to check on them,” said Corva.

Elena nodded and rested her hand on Haven’s shoulder. She gently guided her toward the opposite side of the dome.

“Not all of us are lucky enough to have full control of our abilities,” she said.

Haven looked behind her as Corva went through the doorway.

Elena sighed. “Sometimes we have to take extra care of some of our own. It’s very sad.”

“Are we really underground?” asked Haven.

“Oh, yes. We built this facility decades ago as a safe-house for our kind. We saved a bundle by not renting any equipment to dig the hole. It helps when your friends work better than dynamite!” She giggled at her own joke and her clear eyes twinkled as she relived an old memory. “We have been safe here for a long time.”

She guided Haven around tables, chairs, piles of machine parts, and stacks of paper, and steadily toward a set of swinging double-doors that were cut into the wall of the dome. As they walked, Elena explained the existence of Sources and Conduits. She told Haven how one needs the other if they are to fully realize their own potential—Unity—and how rarely that synergy is achieved.

Elena pushed open the doors and led Haven into the Grove.

It was like stepping out of a warehouse and into a forest. Lush, green grass rolled over small hills to the distant corners of the room. Haven vaguely remembered it from when she had first arrived at the facility. A grid of trees had been planted in the middle of the vast space, half of them dead, half still blooming with green leaves and small, colorful flowers. Blue pinpoints of light floated lazily amongst the branches.

“Do you play football?” asked Elena.

“I’m an all-star quarterback,” said Haven, smiling weakly. Something about the trees and the grass made her feel lighter and happier than she had felt in a long time.

Elena laughed. “Very good. You still have a sense of humor. Sometimes we lose that.” She pointed to the far side of the room. “This space is roughly the size of a football field, give or take a few yards.

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