One Thousand Tears (a dystopian mermaid tale) by Pauline Creeden

Author:Pauline Creeden [Creeden, Pauline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evershade Publishing
Published: 2018-06-12T22:00:00+00:00

At breakfast in the morning, Jo and Adelaide sat with Nathan, Scotty, and the two other boys, Deacon and Gerald. None of them had yet been eliminated, but the day was still young. Deacon picked up some of the yellow slop in one of the small serving plates and said, "I guess they're calling this, eggs. Last I heard you could only find real chickens that lay real eggs down south. I wonder if they have some in Atlantis 5?"

Gerald's almond shaped eyes studied his friend. "Atlantis 5 isn't some paradise, you know. Even if we make it there all our problems won't be solved. We'll have to work for our wages, and I'm sure there are some bad people there, just as there are here. They are still human down there."

"I'll be happy if there aren't any wolves," Jo said, shoveling a bite of her yellow slop into her mouth and then going for the gray one. "That's all I need."

Nathan shook his head at her, but smiled nonetheless. His gaze brushed across Adelaide's for a moment before he turned away, and then he returned with a happy grin. Adelaide returned his smile.

A chirp came over the intercom, and the room which had been filled with several murmuring conversations became quiet. Standing at the front on a small raised dais, the man who had a bullhorn the day before stood. He wore a navy blue pinstripe suit this time instead of the gray one from the last time. Instead of a bullhorn, he held a microphone in his hand. His plastered smile didn't reach his ice-blue eyes. "Congratulations, initiates on making it this far. Today we have planned the first of many trials for each of you to overcome to prove you are more worthy than your peers to become a part of the society in Atlantis 5. The Horizon Corporation has created this fifth premiere city on the East Coast for the ultimate purpose of saving humanity by using one of our greatest resources, the ocean."

The man's words twisted in Adelaide's stomach. What did the man mean by that?

"The ocean protects the city from the harshness of the sun's rays. We use the currents of the water to power our generators and cool our reactors. All this makes our cities beneath the waters safer and more efficient than anything we can find on land at this time. But we need to keep our numbers at a minimum. Overpopulation had always been a problem with our forefathers, so we are avoiding that down below, where oxygen and fresh water are resources that cannot afford to be squandered. You all know how difficult it is to get a cool, fresh drink of water. I don't need to explain that."

Adelaide looked at the glass sitting on her tray half full. It still had good, drinkable water. Although she had suffered with thirst for the day while traveling across the desert land that had once been a part of New York, she'd forgotten its scarcity since she'd been inside the Horizon Corporation's building.

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