Mag-log inThe black ship just stood there. The air around it started to burn.June was standing in the mud of her hometown Uyo. She was staring at the screen in the sky. The countdown was a red: 00:59… 00:58… 00:57… Every second felt like a hammer hitting her chest. On the map below the numbers there were thousands of gold dots blinking. Each dot was a person June had saved. Now each dot was a target for the killers in the sky."June we have to run!" her mom, Patience grabbed her shoulder. She tried to pull June toward the safety of the Arks doors."Run where Mom?" June asked. Her voice was tight. She did not move. She pointed at the gold dot on the screen. It was right over their heads. "They know where we are. They are not dropping bombs. They are locking onto our DNA. We cannot hide from our blood."The soldier limped to her side. He held his knife ready though he was tired. His face was covered in mud and blood. His eyes were clear. "If that ship fires the gold blood in our veins will act l
The giant eye in the sky did not blink. It was a machine that was as big as a moon. The machine was made of silver gears and bright white light. It just hung there in the silence of space. As the Ark ship was pulled into the center of that light the Earth below disappeared. There was no sky. There was no ocean. There was no forest. All that was left was a perfect brightness that covered everything.June felt her feet lift off the deck of the bone-ship. The gravity was changing. Everything was becoming weightless. She was really scared."Stay together! Do not let go!" she screamed. She reached for her mothers hand.Patience grabbed Junes wrist. Her face was very pale. Her hair was flying upward in the air. The soldier was now awake. He was very weak. He gripped the edge of a glowing moss bench. The thousands of people on the ship were floating like leaves in the wind. Their voices were lost in a pitched humming sound. The sound vibrated through their bones.The soldier yelled, "It is p
The bone-ship did not make a noise like the machines from the Moon. It sounded like it was breathing.As the eyed man carried June across the deck she felt the floor move under his feet. The ship was made of a material. It felt like stone and smooth sea-coral. The air around the ship was thick with the smell of salt and very old rain."Put her down now!" the soldier yelled. He splashed through the water toward the ship. His boots hit the ramp of the bone-vessel with a sound. He was. His shoulder was bleeding, but he held his knife ready to fight.The eyed man stopped. He did not look angry. He looked at the soldier with pity."Your knife is Little Soldier " the man said. He placed June gently on a bench made of glowing moss. ". Your heart is very tired. Sit down. The world is about to become very loud and dangerous.""June!" Patience ran onto the deck. Her face was wet with tears and lake water. She pushed past the man. Knelt by June. "Are you okay? Can you hear me?"June coughed. A s
The blue dome was not a shield for them anymore. It was like a lid on a coffin. June slowly backed away. Her boots made splashing sounds in the water of the lake. The man she had just saved. The one who looked so human a few seconds ago. Stepped toward her. He moved in an stiff way. It was like he was a puppet being controlled by strings. His silver eyes did not blink. They seemed to soak up the light."Target found " the man said in a voice. It sounded like a machine talking through a mouth."Stay back " the soldier yelled. He stepped in front of June. Raised his sharp metal knife. His hands were shaking. He was not just afraid. He was shocked by the number of people moving toward them.There were thousands of them. They came from every corner of the neon forest. The "newborn" people were walking toward June and the soldier. They did not. Run. They just marched in a rhythm. The sound of their feet hitting the moss was like a slow heartbeat."June we have to run " Patience said. She g
The sky was not blue anymore it was an angry white. The giant metal thing from the moon was coming down from the sky fast it was tearing through the air. The air around it was on fire. It had a long tail of flame behind it like a finger pointing straight at the city of Uyo. The sound was really loud. It hurt Junes teeth and made her skin feel weird. "Ten minutes " the soldier said quietly. He was looking up at the thing falling from the sky. "But it is moving fast we probably only have five minutes left." June turned to the picture of her grandmother it was like a picture on a screen. The picture was moving like a candle in the wind. The blue light from the lake was making the picture work. Her grandmothers face was full of pain. Her eyes moved from June to the sky and then to Patience, who was standing still on the shore. "Grandmother, use the shield!" June yelled, her voice was sore. "You are in charge of the power of the sea if you move the shield over the forest we can survive
The basement did not just shake; it tilted like a sinking ship. June grabbed the edge of the metal computer desk as the floor made a groaning sound. A terrible noise echoed through the walls. It sounded like a thousand giant whales screaming at once. Suddenly water began to spray through the cracks in the ceiling. It was water and smelled like old salt from the ocean."The ocean is coming here?" Patience cried out. She tried to climb up the floor but her hands slipped on the wet tiles. "June we are miles away from the beach. How can the sea be here in the middle of the land?""It is not a flood, Mom " June yelled over the roar of the water. She pointed at the computer screen. The "Atlantis Protocol" signal was flashing. "They are using the gravity machines. They are pulling the ocean across the land like a carpet. They are moving the sea to us!"The soldier crawled toward the exit. His face was tight with pain. "The Investors... They do not just want the land. They had a city hidden u
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
The wind on the mountain top stopped suddenly. It felt like someone had turned off a giant machine. The silence was heavy and scary. June stood very still. Her boots dug into the cold snow. She kept her body in front of the elevator door. She had to protect her son, Leo, who was waiting inside.The
The SUV’s tires shrieked as June raced up the narrow mountain road, pushing the car as fast as she dared. Rain had turned to icy snow, painting everything outside in quick flashes—dark trees, white ice, and nothing else. Behind them, the FBI’s blue and red lights danced in the storm, angry and rele
The warehouse doors exploded open with a bang, slamming against the wall. Night wasn’t dark anymore—flashing blue and red lights painted the wet ground, flickering like wild dancers. June just stood there, frozen. Her hands shook, but she didn’t drop the heavy black gun. Her white dress was a mess,







