At times your luck can be a bastard who hate you the most, like mine. 'Wanna know why I am saying this?' well well well, I wanted to help these bastards because I wanted my sister off their radar, because I wanted what they were offering for West. 'Now wanna know what happened exactly?' well Sir Lindsay shoved me as well as West into this shit, he said 'it is our work to decide who we should send and who should stay here. You want to go you can surely go, but your sister is going too. As for her injury, don't forget she is an aberrant, she will heal, it won't be a problem and I'll see what I can do to accelerate that process. Now you may leave' and with that I was practically thrown out of his office.
Hence here I am, standing last third in the line outside of international space organization. I shield my eyes from the 'filtered' or should I say almost artificial sunlight of the dome. Nothing is completely natural after the first wave of destruction. Seven years later after almost half of the earth was destroyed due to strong earthquakes, tsunamis,floods and all, our ozone layer started to wear off, as soon as researchers discovered this entire world went on high alert. It was then when a man from France came up with the idea of dome, a shelter to protect plants, animals and human race from the brutality of sun. It took thirty five years to build a domes. But of course only those nations were able to built it which had enough money and resources, by the time domes were fully constructed more than two billion humans were dead, many plants and animals were extinct. Leaving nine nations and around one billion humans behind. In all honesty our normal days ended the day first wave of destruction hit, that is hundred and one years ago. We 'oops people who live above the ground I mean' pretend to live a normal live, but there's nothing normal about these domes or this world. According to what I've read when I used to go to school, this all happened because of that strange asteroid that entered in earth's atmosphere around two hundred and three years ago that is in year 2450, aberrants or as scientists likes to call us next stage in human evolution, wave of destruction, wearing off of ozone layer and every shitty thing that happened to earth might be because of that asteroid that was never found. There are no proves of it though but some scientists believes that's what happened, the others says this is nothing but mother nature biting back human race. Talking about aberrants, in beginning humans hated us actually some of them still do. But after the wave of destruction they stopped hating or fearing us as we are the reason human race, plants and few animals survived. It was the idea of an aberrant to build domes, how to sustain life within a dome. Besides we are the reasons why humans are technologically so advance, our higher IQ is what keeping them alive. So you see no point of hating, we are in a way a gift to them. They would have died without us.
Guards are barking orders and everyone is busy in chatting and shielding their face from sun. When they see no one is in mood of listening they hit first few in second line which quickly grabs others attention and makes them shut up. "Now stay quiet, one more word from any of you and next time we won't hit you, next time we will give you shock and believe me when I say it you won't like it" Said one of the three guards standing at the door of the main building. I looked around to see some familiar faces Rex, his friend and a boy who's name I don't know but he works in the food factory. Oh and by the way Rex's hot blonde chick is standing right in front of me. There are approximately thirty five to forty of us 'yes I am too lazy to count' and everyone seems to be between eighteen to twenty five 'what it is exactly they want from us?' I asked myself a genuine question, because there could to be nothing they want us to do here in ISO itself with this many workers from underground. ISO is a self efficient space organization which have best of both Human and aberrant "why would they bring us here?" West whispered exactly what I've been thinking. I looked back at her and shrugged, her brows furrowed and strange fear took place of curiosity in her brown eyes "wh-what if they-they brought us here fo-for some kind of ex-experiment" my fraternal twin stuttered, one of her nervous habits. I looked around once again before turning back "look around you we are all young people, we could help them running their domes for years. Why would they waste our strength like that? If they wanted us for some kind of experiment they would have choosen old dying once!" I stated what I think is a fact 'oh I soo hope it really is a fact, Because I would hate to die knowing that, that asshole of a father will be living rest of his days in comfortable home all alone'
"You know they can do anything" West whispered. "Oh can you please shut up now West? I mean if you are scared and have some shitty thought why don't you keep it to yourself?" I said through gritted teeth. There is only so much shit I can take without getting scared after all.
"Move" Barked one of the guard and we started to move in like the good slaves that we are.
Hallway of ISO is so freaking cool, with all white interior, more than enough lighting and neat & clean corridors this place is no less than a heaven. I looked down at myself, my ragged and torn muddy T-shirt and pants looks so..... I don't even know what to call it. I was so lost in my own thoughts that I did not notice that blonde chick walking in front of me has stopped which caused me bump into her. She looked back at me and scowled, "scowl doesn't suits your pretty face Blondie" shrugging I told her. Rex might have heard me cause his head immediately snapped in my direction and he raised an eyebrow looking between me and his girl. I on the other hand just smirked.
"Now you all will be allotted rooms, one room for three girl or boys. You all have one hour, get into your room clean yourself get dressed and after one hour you will be escorted to general hall. Where Dr. Campbell will explain you everything. I hope I'm clear." Said a senior guard on mike. Dr. Campbell? As in Harley Campbell? "This have to be Harley" West whispered, relief evident in her voice and I nodded if this is Harley then chances of us being experimented on are minimal. She has the most humane nature out of all the shitty people I have met, of course only if she has not changed in these eight years. I knew her back when we used to live on ground and had privilege of going to school, her younger cosine Asher and I were both interested in writing so we both knew each other from our writing classes. We became friends and that's where I met Harley.
Three girls were sent to each room but since there were thirteen girls in total, West and I got room with two girls. One being Rex's chick and other I don't know at all.
Room allotted to us looked decent, like the room that I and West shared before our life went downhill. One single bed in corner, a table upon which there were clean clothes, a table lamp, a bathroom and a window. West ran straight to window to look out, other chick too followed her giggling. Which left me with Rex's chick and an awkward silence. "I'm Nikola by the way" Rex chick said plopping on the bed which seemed to be cozy. "Talia" I replied not knowing what else to say. I am not very good at making friends or starting a conversation, I used to be but that girl is long gone and I am not the one to be blamed. When you are thrown among the people who detest you for who you used to be before you became one of them and have to work your ass off you hardly have enough time or energy left to try to talk to people around you or stay the same warm smily little redhead you were. "You can call me Nik of course only if you are interested in talking" Nikola commented examining her nails. She looks healthy and cleaner than us just like Rex and their friend, what is it are they getting more food and water than us?
"So... ummm.... you look fine, I mean healthy and clean. How come so?" I asked when silence became too awkward to bear while West and other girl admired the view West is still the same girl she was eight years ago and sometimes I wonder how. "We were thrown into that shit hole only few weeks ago, before that we lived up here on the ground." Nik replied laughing a little, so now that explains a lot. "Uhh we?" 'so what if I know when she says we she means Rex and the other guy. There is no need to tell her that, it is unnecessary'
"Yeah me and my unspoken boyfriend slash protector Rex" she said smiling. "So you have a boyfriend too wow" I said sitting on the single chair by the bed. "Yeah he kind of is, I mean you see we have grown up together on streets. I was seven when he found me starving, he was older than me plus he was an aberrant so he thought it was his duty to keep me safe. Since that day we stuck together through thick and thin." she said.
"so how did you two ended up there in hell holes?" I asked and she grinned mischievously "we robbed a food storage" to which I raised an eyebrow is is practically impossible to rob a food storage, guards stationed outside are all aberrants, and not just any aberrant like me or West or others like us. Aberrants stationed outside such important facilities are always the ones who are not chipped which means they can use all their powers unlike us who can only use our heightened senses and that too only to a limited extent.