The Burning Bush by Kenya Wright

Author:Kenya Wright [Wright, Kenya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Habitat Series
ISBN: 098502304X
Google: AS9_MAEACAAJ
Amazon: B00B3M4BQS
Publisher: Dragonfairy Press
Published: 2012-09-15T05:00:00+00:00

We entered the Air room, strolling by between periwinkle walls. Instead of lights or lamps full of bugs, naked Mixbreeds covered in sky-blue glow paint stood in the corners, radiating light. The effect of the painted bodies should have been captivating and awe-inspiring, but after witnessing the horror of RonRica’s gnawed-on flesh, the glowing, nude Mixies resembled haunted statutes. A naked, blue-painted girl strummed an electric guitar in the corner closest to the entrance.

“Oh, man, can I put some paint on?” Cassie asked, pointing to a barrel full of glow paint cans by the bar.

Several Supes lingered near the barrel and wiped the bright liquid on one another’s faces. Their eyes held distant looks, as if they couldn’t see who or what was around them. Something isn’t right with that group over there. I sniffed the air. The lounge smelled like someone had cleaned the area heavily with bleach. It reeked of that chemical scent. There was no escape from it. I guarded my nostrils, my eyes watering with each step.

“Are they doing Blue-Fi in here?” I asked.

“Yeah,” Angel muttered. She licked her lips then immediately stopped and slapped herself in the forehead. “I don’t want to be in here too long. Okay?”

“Fine by me. I’ll make this as quick as possible,” I said.

Blue-Fi was the top-selling drug in Santeria and the number one stupid-Supe-killer on the streets. Only a moron smoked that crap. Even my dad stayed clear of the drug, and he was only working with twenty percent sanity.

The drug was rumored to be made of cocaine and Sprite blood. Ingesting Sprite blood caused major hallucinations for Supes. As if that weren’t enough, it took Supes days to get the Sprite blood out of their systems. Introduce cocaine, and you had a hyped-up, hallucinating Supe whose grasp on reality was very loose.

Blue-Fi had been on the streets for two years now. The Human government hadn’t been concerned about it. Then, newspapers reported that Blue-Fi had somehow reached the Human cities, causing an epidemic of increased suicide rates and violent deaths among teenagers. Now habbies were cracking down on Blue-Fi production, and anybody caught with the drug would serve a year in jail.

Angel scratched her neck. “Yeah. Let’s keep Cassie far away from this stuff and these people.”

“So that’s a no on the cool glow paint?” Cassie mumbled behind me. I glanced over my shoulder and spotted her sipping another drink. Angel snatched it away, spilling the turquoise liquid everywhere.

“That’s it, Cassie. You have to go outside and wait for Zulu to show up,” I said. Before we’d left RonRica, I had called Zulu and told him Cassie was here. He’d growled and said he was on his way.

“I have to stand outside by myself?”

I waved her comment away. “Knowing Zulu, there are already five Rebels following me and hovering outside somewhere in the shadows. So you won’t be alone. I don’t want you around these drugs.”

“Do I seriously seem like someone who would do Blue-Fi? Come on, Lanore,” Cassie huffed and pointed to herself.

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