Genesis Cards Novels & Stories

he finally completed with a rare smile. Zane’s eyes narrowed subtly even as he accepted the embrace. "The new line—what do you call it again?" Zane glanced over at the lanky old man who asked the question with an appreciative glint in his eyes. "TheraGene. It’s a multi-purpose gene therapy enhancement line. Suppressants, boosters, even mood regulators." "Brilliant," one investor breathed. "We’re going all in. West Group will be the face of bio-advancement this decade."

“Before you were born, the Board funded a program called Genesis.” Victor’s expression darkened. “I’ve never heard of it.” “Because they erased every trace of it,” her mother replied. “It was the prototype. The one that came before Project Dawn.” Scarlett’s blood turned to ice. Genesis. The beginning. Her voice trembled. “What does that have to do with me?” Her mother looked straight into her eyes, unflinching. “Everything.” The lower lab doors whispered open behind them with a soft mechanical hiss.

Genesis took my hand, pulled me away from Aggy, Piper, and Paige, and led me into a stationery store. "Oh, are you from the Academy?" the shopkeeper greeted us as we walked in. "What can I do for you? Looking for pens? Notebooks?" Genesis nodded. "Journals. The best you have." "I'll find them for you." I turned to Genesis, confused. Journals? Was he going to write a journal? "What do you need a journal for?" I asked. "For you. Zach said you should start keeping a journal so he can track your progress at the academy."

It was empty, the glass casing etched with a serial number from the original Sentinel Initiative. "I found this where the... where the light happened," Jun said. He tapped a small display on the side of the device. "It’s a Genetic-Frequency-Broadcaster. It was used to send a Null-Signal into the monolith. But look at the logs. It required a 'Primary DNA Donor' to activate."

All under twenty-five. "Why target the young ones specifically?" he asks. "Because they're the future." Sera enters the lab looking exhausted. She and Dante have been coordinating with other packs, trying to get ahead of the outbreaks. "Whoever's doing this wants to prevent the next generation from existing." Connor's phone rings. It's Elena. "We found something. Genesis BioTech wasn't working alone. They had a parent company—Helix Corporation. Massive biotech conglomerate with facilities worldwide." "Let me guess. They're all making anti-supernatural bioweapons."