Eden's Root by Rachel Fisher

Author:Rachel Fisher [Fisher, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Publisher: Rachel Fisher
Published: 2012-05-14T13:38:57+00:00

Back in the City

----------- Fi -----------

When Fi and Sean finally drew close to the City, she felt her chest tighten. The glittering towers stood still, silent monuments to what had been. From this distance, she thought, you couldn’t even tell that anything was wrong. That was, until night fell.

As the sun sunk lower in the sky, Fi felt the tears well higher in her eyes until they broke their bonds and sailed down her cheeks. The New York City skyline was dark, just a silhouette of black spiking mountains and stepped foothills against the brilliant night sky. She knew that Sean could tell that she was crying, but for the first time in a long time, she didn’t care. It was all over. Her beautiful City was dead.

The tears fell silently as she said goodbye to her memories, one by one. The only thing she could be glad about was that Mike and Maggie hadn’t ever seen the City this way. Though their loss felt more permanent, now that she saw that she’d lost the City as well. Her heart wrenched as she mourned them all…all the people who had ever loved or laughed or lived in that City. It was all gone now.

After a time, her tears dried up and the familiar empty feeling took its place. She sniffed and wiped her face. It was time to get it together, she thought. This was just another raid.

“Let’s go,” she whispered and Sean followed her to the bridge. Thankfully, he didn’t say a word. A large waxing moon ascended as Fi and Sean climbed down from the damaged bridge. When her feet hit the ground Fi felt ‘official’, she was back…back in the City. Though they were expecting to find the City largely abandoned, Fi knew that they couldn’t count on it and there were likely to be some Others. That was why this raid, like all raids, was going to be conducted at night.

“You have your list ready?” she asked Sean. He patted the pocket of his light jacket and pulled out a folded piece of paper to show her, and then replaced it. Though they both had memorized all the basics to grab on raids long ago, this raid included lists of the specialized drugs needed for Rachel. The names were so bizarre that she and Sean knew they’d have to keep the lists in order to be sure.

This check was necessary before they split up. They both decided that this was necessary, despite the risk. They needed to cover the entire City as quickly as possible so that they could squeeze everything from it in one trip. They turned and snuck quietly southward, taking in their surroundings. As they walked, Fi kept her head on a swivel. Cool white moonlight drifted along the tops of the buildings while she and Sean maneuvered in deep darkness at ground level. Though Fi appreciated the cover, it slowed their progress. She only caught glimpses of the buildings around them, but her heart picked up when she started to notice some consistent graffiti.

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