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_**The screen next to the robot's curvy body hummed. _“Connecting… Connecting…”_

The scientist nervously scanned the robot for flickering lights, glancing back and forth. Project Andromeda had taken years for him and his team to develop.

Scientists and engineers alike were striving to meet the expectations of wealthy clients who demanded perfect, obedient...

June was so incredibly thirsty. That was all she could think of—the cotton-like feeling in her mouth, the scratchiness of her throat, the peeling skin of her lips.

She had become so accustomed to trading with the rest of the Floaters for water that now she didn't know what to do. She missed Maddison. She missed Zachary and Amber, and even Leo, but now was not the time to think about her ol...

Here, they could not see me.

Here, they could not hurt me.

I could vaguely see black shapes roaming the barren city and hear the occasional scream. On this cliff, however, nothing but the crisp, cold air could touch me, not even Revenants. Their screeches echoed between the desolate buildings, meeting my ears as a whisper. They had been here for months already, annihilating life as we knew it, inv...