Gene. Sys. by Aaron Denius

Author:Aaron Denius [Denius, Aaron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-10-20T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XII

80 and I walk through the hole in the medical ward wall and out to the open area of the compound. I haven’t spent much time out here before, but what I do remember looks unrecognizable. What was once the grass is now a mix of dirt and rubble. Drones have overrun the compound. Hundreds of them are patrolling while others work on cleaning and fixing the walls.

“This is crazy,” 80 says as he leads me next to a pile of rubble with bloodstains on parts of it.

“Yes, it is.” I look around to see that the wall that was in front of the drones’ quarters is gone. “I’m guessing this is why they brought you back.”

“Yeah. We were pretty much done building the bunkers, and they said that they needed reinforcements here. They left a few of them back to finish up the work.” He climbs atop one of the taller piles of rubble and sits.

I climb up and sit next to him. “Where did they send you?”

“A place called Nairobi,” 80 says nonchalantly as he points toward the wall.

I look beyond the large opening in the wall. Rising above the city’s rubble is the Great Pyramid. It has never appeared as imposing as it does right now—the shadow looming over the city, swallowing blocks into darkness.

“It was even worse in Nairobi,” 80 adds.

“What was?” I ask as I adjust myself on the pile of rubble. The shift has somehow made my vision clearer—I spot about a dozen Flyz hovering above the city.

“The people, the outsiders. They were all living in filth and days from death. Most of them were either covered in sores or nothing but bones. Some, which they called cabras, would be so malnourished and mentally gone that they’d try to eat you.” 80’s eyes have glossed over. There is a hurt deep within him that I haven’t seen before.

“Are you serious? That sounds horrible. Did the outsiders attack in Nairobi as well?” I’m curious because I haven’t heard much about what humans are like in different parts of the world.

80 stares at the pyramid beyond the wall, “They couldn’t. They were way too weak. Most of them wouldn’t even move when we walked by. Some would try to attack us individually, but it was more because they had lost their mind from malnourishment.”

“Like the cabras,” I add.

“Exactly.” I can tell he doesn’t want to talk about it anymore, which makes me realize that things really were worse out there.

After a few moments of silence, I decide that I should probably go back inside and find the other Genesys. I stand, and he looks up at me. “I’m glad you’re back, 80.”

“Me too.” He smiles. “I’ll catch up with you later. You gonna be up on the roof?”

“I’m not even sure if the roof is still there.” I force a smile. “How about I meet you back over here?”

“Sounds like a plan,” he says as he jumps off the pile and jogs over to a group of drones working on the wall.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.