Upon Stilted Cities - The Winds of Change by Michael Kilman

Author:Michael Kilman [Kilman, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Runnercore, Telepathy, Upon Stilted Cities, Future, Climate Change, Dystopia, Children of Gaia, Order of the Eye, Runner 17, Sci-Fi, Dystopian
ISBN: 9781732357624
Publisher: Loridian's Laboratory LLC
Published: 2018-07-16T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

State of Emergency

Tera Reevas walked along the last sky bridge that led to the entrance to the Senate building. She stopped in the middle and stared out the side. The mazes of metal and glass gleamed in the reflection of the shield-tinged sun. Below, she could see the people movers darting up and down the lanes. Mostly though, people walked.

In the few trees that marked the pavement, birds and bees fluttered. It had taken a monumental effort to keep both creatures alive, and at least once a year, the Senate had to pass some sort of legislation on the non-human species in the city. The damn scientists of the scholar school had insisted that having some non-human species in the city was essential to everyone's survival. She could understand a few of them, but mosquitos? Rats? Why did they keep the pests around?

“Senator Reevas?”

She looked up over her shoulder. A short, rotund man with patchy blonde hair and thick jowls stood behind her. She turned toward him.

"Yes, Senator Swanson?"

Swanson said, “Come, Senator.” He gestured toward himself. “You’re very late, as usual. We have been waiting for you.” His tone was tired and agitated. He turned and walked through the open door to the chambers. Tera followed.

“Your page has a copy of today’s agenda in-hand already. Please take your place quickly, as there is much to attend to in this session.”

Tera nodded but did not reply. Her mind was on the poster. Even a few days after her encounter with it, she was still feeling ill.

The Senate door closed behind her as she entered the room. She would think later, that it was then that everything went to hell.

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