Alle Kapitel von FLUX: Kapitel 111 – Kapitel 120

After three and a half hours passed, they entered the remnants of a city. They had passed a few smaller towns on their way, but the buildings here were closer together, turning into suburban areas. They came up to a large bridge. The train zipped right on past the river. On the left was bright blue ocean water and on the right was muddy dark water. The long bridge took four minutes to pass even at their speed and as they approached the end of the bridge, the train car started to slow.A few minutes later, the train car crawled forward through a junction that followed a tunnel down into the bowels of the city. Electric light lit the end of the steep tunnel, steadily getting brighter as they approached. They pulled to a halt at the end and the train lowered down onto the track at a platform.A man with a large black beard and short cropped salt and pepper hair stood on the platform with his hands on his hips. "Why are you back so early? We're never going to make it on schedule if you k

Later that morning Jack woke to a chiming alarm. The lights gradually grew brighter. The screen on the wall set to mimic a window showed the sun rising over a mountainside with green grass flowing over the scenery up to him.He stretched in bed and then slowly pulled into a sitting position. His bare feet hit the warmed floor as he stood and stretched again. His body felt slow and he realized he hadn't done any physical work since the explosion. That was something both him and Lexi were going to have to do to keep their bodies from getting weak. He'd have to put together some workouts for them to do together to stay in shape.He showered, shaved, and dressed in a suit and tie. It was a classic look, not like the ads he'd seen on TV, but he wasn't into the current fashions. He preferred a good pair of denim jeans and a T-shirt, something tried and true for hundreds of years. He put product on his fingers and ran them through his hair, just as Penina had shown him. The tuffs of blonde

Tom disentangled himself from the sleeping women. He slipped through the dim light to the showers. It was amazing how quickly this place was starting to feel like home and it had only been a few weeks. Maybe it was the people or the fact that they were human, well most of them. He flicked on the light to the shower room and picked out a stall in the middle of the row.As the steam filled behind the shower curtain, he laid his belongings out on the bench so it would be ready when he was done. Hopefully, the few shirts he had in his possession would last a while. He didn't know when or if there would be trade routes open to get new things. He doubted anyone around here would be able to make handmade shirts that would be as comfortable as a cotton T-shirt.Tom stripped down and entered the hot water of the shower. Scalding rivulets poured down the ripples and edges of his body, energizing the muscles and waking his mind. He leaned his head back and stretched his sore muscles to their li

Jack rubbed his eyes. The bright screens stared back at him. One held charts, another numbers, and yet another one with a campaign debate chattering on between two other candidates. The one he was currently working on was a list of people predicted to attend their next big event. The last screen held pictures of a location where the event could take place. He was in charge of making a list of options of what that event should be. Currently at the top of his list was a meet and greet between Henry and his constituents. He was thinking something like a family picnic at a park that was free to attend. That would show how much of a people person he was, even though he wasn't.He continued flicking at the board until he had just about finished the proposal when the screens went blank. White letters filled one of them. "Please see Mr. Bada." They flashed a couple of times and then held their place.Jack's stomach lurched. He hadn't seen that man since the first day. The manager arrived bef

Tom watched the water swirl down away from him as the tank emptied. He spit out the mouthpiece and breathed a sigh of relief. He wondered if all this tank stuff was worth the trouble. Ronson's people had been working the tracks for months and never needed the radiation flush. They seemed just fine. He wasn't about to get into it with Ellie though, she'd probably go into some scientific argument and something about statistics and experiments. It was better just to keep quiet and do what she said.He stepped from the tube into the makeshift lighting of the stringed LED lights over the locker room. It was surprising how much this place changed in the last few months. Brooke made it clear she didn't want to talk to him, so after helping Jimmy move his people in, he went out west to help lay track. It was nice to feel useful and use his body every day, but it was also nice to be back. He hoped he'd given Brooke enough time to forgive him.Tom dried and found the pile of clothing Ellie lai