Saving Eden (Original Series book 3) by Rachel McClellan

Author:Rachel McClellan [McClellan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

17

The hovercraft lifts into the air, the rising sun's light spilling into the many windows of the cockpit.

"My eyes!" Jenna complains and covers her face.

Rafe steers the craft in the opposite direction putting the sun at our backs. "We're going to have to fly low to avoid detection should anyone be searching the skies. Get comfortable. There's not much to do until we get there."

"Are you sure this isn't a trap?" I ask.

"I don't think so. We've been watching Flin via satellite ever since we read the letter. Nothing is going on there. It's like the place is a ghost town except with people in it."

"That's a funny way of putting it," Jenna says, scrunching her nose.

"You'll see what I mean."

I make myself comfortable in the corner of the cockpit and stare out the window as we skim the tops of the trees. It's a massive forest that goes as far as the eye can see. I've heard people talk about huge deserts and prairies in the West with not a single tree for miles. I can't imagine what that would look like. Forests have all but taken over the East coast and Northern Territories.

Some time later, Rafe interrupts my thoughts of my home in Maine. "We're close. I'm going to put us in stealth mode and circle around Flin. Keep an eye out for anything suspicious."

I sense a deep vibration beneath me as the plane becomes invisible to those on the ground. Up ahead, the forest gives way to an open area full of small, modest homes. The houses are close together with no fences or trees between them. In the center, there's a single block lined with all kinds of shops.

There are several people in the streets: a shop owner sweeping the sidewalk, a lone man sitting on a bench doing nothing but staring into the distance. A woman walks down the sidewalk, another stands on the corner as if waiting for something. All is quiet otherwise. I only spot one parked vehicle, an oddity for this time of the day, but maybe in such a small town, cars aren't needed.

"Pretty dead," Jenna says, her voice quiet. "Can either of you tell if they’re Originals or Primes?"

"Not from here," I say.

"Our intel showed a thirty percent Original population." Rafe turns the craft around. "We'll land a mile out and circle the town on foot. If all looks clear, we'll proceed inside."

The forest surrounding the small town is grossly overgrown, making it difficult to navigate, which proves to be a good thing. If we're having trouble, that means others will too. The only real way into the town is by hovercraft or a dirt road in serious need of repair.

"Do you hear anything?" Rafe asks me when we reach the edge of town.

I hold still and focus my hearing. One day this ability might come automatically without me having to concentrate.

There are sounds all around, but nothing out of the ordinary. Birds' wings rustling the air, small animals scurrying

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