All Chapters of Skye: Chapter 1 - Chapter 2

2 Chapters

Chapter One

Skye/Michele Roget and Robert Roget

I must be dreaming. My mother is standing at my bedside, screaming at me to wake up. It is difficult to orientate myself. Finally, I recognize the sound of sirens penetrating my ears; whoop, whoop. Where am I?I open my eyes to see blood flowing through the tubes attached to my body while substitution liquid is being drained. According to the monitor above my head, cryo-preserve viability is being restored to my organs. I am cold, freezing in fact, but I can feel rejuvenation taking effect as the stabilization procedure of the cryo-protectant slowly brings my temperature back to normal. The cryo-tubes and tethers anchoring me to the capsule automatically release themselves and retract into the monitor.My brain is hammering against my skull. Is this part of the rejuvenation process?The lid of the capsule automatically lifts. Clumsily, I stand. Biometric alarms echo throughout the compartment. My companions, Judah and Peter, are missing from their pods. I can see the automatic rehabil

Last Updated : 2022-09-14

Chapter Two

Skye/Michele Roget and Robert Roget

The woman staring back at me in the mirror was like a stranger. Gone were the flowing blonde tresses that once fell to my waist. I felt a weird sensation as I passed my fingers through my short-cropped hair, a prerequisite for coming of age. I had dressed in a variation of the standard linen tunic, adding a roped belt, allowing me freedom of movement for the day’s climb.The regulation tunic worn by most of Zantus’s female population allowed the individual to rely on character and intellect rather than be preoccupied with appearance. Men, however, were allowed colorful sashes of the finest materials. They could also wear bracelets and medallions, depending on their status.As I descended the stairs, my mother’s mind projected her instructions from the kitchen. “Stay away from the Drock today!”I sighed. I had heard this so many times before.The Drock was a line of buildings on the border between the city and the garden fields. In these premises, a potent hallucinogenic concoction cal

Last Updated : 2022-10-04

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