ログインThe phone in Junes hand felt very heavy. It was a piece of glass and metal that should not have been working. Around her the world was a graveyard of ash and broken machines. There were no power lines, no cell towers. Yet the screen was glowing with a light."INCOMING CALL: BENSON""June what is that?" her mother asked. She pulled her hand away from Junes face. Her eyes were wide with fear. "Is that a piece of the machine?"June did not answer. Her thumb stayed over the Accept" button. Her heart had just started beatingIf I answer this do I let the dream in? June wondered."Do not touch it!" the soldier shouted. He ran toward her through the dirt. His heavy boots kicked up clouds of grey ash. "Doctor that phone is a trap. The Boss is trying to find a way into our heads."June looked at the soldier back at the phone. The vibration was moving up her arm. It shook her bones. It did not feel like a machine. It felt like a heartbeat."He is calling from the ocean " June whispered. Her voi
The orange did not rot. It did not fall to the ground. Instead it broke into a thousand black squares. These squares swirled around Junes wrist like a cloud of bees. They felt cold and sharp buzzing against her skin."Drop that remote Mom!" June yelled.She tried to move but her feet felt heavy like they were made of stone. She looked down at the ground. The grey dust was turning into computer code beneath her boots. The "Save" icon over her heart was spinning fast. It made a high screaming sound."I can't do it June " her mother whispered.Her mothers hands were shaking. She was holding the remote like a shield. Behind her thousands of workers began to walk toward the ship. They moved like puppets on strings."The General said the orange was a virus " her mother cried. Tears left lines on her dusty face. "He said if you brought it from the dream world it would delete our world. He said you were trying to kill us all!""The General is a computer program, Mom!" June stepped onto the du
The air in the lab did not feel fresh like the rain in my dream. It felt cold and metallic like something was burning.June tried to get up. Her legs felt weak like they were made of wet paper. She fell against the metal pod she was in. The cold metal felt like ice on her skin. All the alarms in the room were screaming loudly. The noise hurt her ears. Made her head spin.A voice said, "Do not move, Subject 03."June looked up. Saw a boy.. He did not look like a real boy. His skin was too smooth, like stone. There were icons in his eyes that looked hungry. He was floating in the air his feet not touching the ground.June asked, "Where is he?" She did not care about the soldiers with guns moving towards her. She looked at the man in the pod next to her. This man sounded like the Assistant. "Where is Benson?"The man looked at her with scared eyes. He started pulling wires out of his head with fingers. "I am the backup " he said. "I am the saved file. The real Benson stayed in the fire."
June did not scream. She could not scream. Her throat felt like it was filled with wet sand.She stared at the television screen. Her eyes were wide and unblinking. The news lady was. Her voice sounded like it was coming from a deep well. "...The biggest medical test in history " the voice said. "Doctors say the students are okay. They are just sleeping deeply.""June look at me" Benson said. His voice was sharp.He did not come near her. He moved back. His boots made a scratching sound on the floor. The sound was too loud and too clear. It sounded like a recording not like someone walking in a house."I am looking at you Benson" June whispered.She slowly turned her head. There was a green circle in the corner of Bensons eye. It was spinning. It looked like the "Save" icon on a computer. It was beating like a heart. It was like a ghost living inside his eye."You see it too do you not" Benson asked. He reached up to touch his eye. His fingers were shaking. "It feels like a bug's movi
The blue sun did not feel warm anymore. It felt sharp like a thousand needles pressing against Junes skin.She stood in the middle of the field. Her hand was shaking. It was an inch away from the glowing "YES" button in the air.The air around her smelled like flowers and fresh rain. This was a world made from pieces of a dying one.. Behind the beautiful blue sky she could still hear the ghost of the Generals voice.* "One soul for a planet June. Save people by killing just one."* "June? Why are you shaking?" Benson stepped closer to her.He reached out to touch her shoulder. His hand was no longer made of skin. It was shining, metal that caught the blue sunlight.He looked perfect. Strong, healthy and young.. As his fingers touched her arm June pulled away."If I press this Benson " June whispered, her voice cracking like wood "the 'Original Universe' is deleted. That means the basement. The bridge. The ruins of our city. All of it... Will be gone forever.""But June those places we
Junes feet were on a metal bridge. It was shaking really badly. It was making a noise because it was so old and rusty. June fell down. Her knees hit the cold metal. It hurt a lot. One minute she was a ghost made of light. She could float around. The minute she was a real person with a body that could feel pain. Her heart was beating fast and it felt like a bird was trapped inside her."June you are solid " Benson said. He was moving towards her. He was not walking. He was crawling on his hands and knees. His fingers were holding onto the metal bridge and his hospital clothes were blowing in the wind. The air was really thin. It smelled bad. It smelled like something was burning."Stay back Subject 04 " the General said. He was not holding a gun. He had a remote control. He pressed a button and a part of the bridge moved away. Now there was a gap between Benson and June. If they looked down they would see a scary empty space."Benson " June screamed. She was reaching out her hand to hi
The air in the bakery didn’t just go cold—it felt like someone had died in there. June froze. Her heart slammed against her ribs, wild and frantic, like a bird trapped in a cage. She clutched her son, Leo, so close she could feel his own heartbeat pounding against her skin. Right in front of her st
The ground didn’t just shake—it roared, wild and hungry, beneath the construction site. June clawed her way out of the smashed van, fingers digging into cold, wet sand. She hugged the silver box tight under her arm. Her mother’s heart was inside. All around, the New York skyline looked unchanged, b
The darkness wasn’t black. It pulsed red—hot, furious, alive.June’s eyes shot open. She tried to scream, but nothing came out. Her throat burned, like she’d swallowed fire. She tried to move her arms, but they wouldn’t budge. Heavy metal cuffs bit into her wrists. She lay on a cold, slanted table
The wind up here howled like something wounded. Snow spun everywhere, stinging June’s eyes. Above her, the helicopter blades slammed the air—thwack, thwack, thwack—making everything colder, louder, meaner.June stood at the open elevator, boots slipping on frosted metal. One hand gripped the buzzin







