Beta Planet: Rise

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Book: Beta Planet: Rise Read Online Free PDF
Author: Dayton Grey
Tags: Fiction
feet off the ground. In the distance, other identical homes lay scattered around.
    Allea noticed him staring and stepped close to him. “All the new structures have to be placed off the ground for safety. We still have elevated water levels from time to time and still stand the risk of more tsunamis hitting us. At least this way we have some room if one does hit us.”
    “What if it’s not enough room? I mean, what if the water is too high?” Geon questioned, wide-eyed, his voice wavering.
    Sabien jumped in, “Well in that case we have to initiate emergency protocols. Let’s just say this house is supposed to float. In theory anyways.”
    “Like a hydroid?” Kumuki said, with a perplexed look on his face.
    Sabien replied as he put his hand on Kumuki’s shoulder, “Something like that, Kuki. Something like that. Come on, G. Let’s walk around a bit.”
    As they proceeded down the street, Geon noticed more similar prefab structures scattered around them. There was no order to anything. They looked as if they were just dropped from the sky in random locations. Geon shook his head in disbelief at what he was seeing. “Why is it so dark?” he questioned, looking at the others and then up at the sky.
    “It’s called the permamist,” said Allea, looking up as well. “The sky is filled with a thick layer of smog, debris, dust and remnants from years of destruction and disaster. We’re told that the mist should diminish in a few years, but for now, you should get used to it. We get very little sun, and as a result, have had to evolve to live without it. Our food and water are supplemented with the necessary nutrients and vitamins to survive. Everything comes from CARE. We don’t have any way to grow anything anymore. Not the way it was in the world you remember. So, CARE makes and distributes the food rations to each home each month. That’s why each serving quantity is regulated. It’s barely enough to go around.”
    Kumuki looked embarrassed as Sabien glanced at him. “It’s all right, Kuki. You can have my food anytime you want. Especially when it’s that slop we eat for breakfast.”
    “Thanks, Sabien! I like that slop!”
    As they continued on, they approached another home on the right and Sabien motioned upward. “Hello, Mr. Dauphine! How’re you today? How’s the weather up there?”
    An elderly stout man sat in a small folding chair on the roof of his home, leaned back and staring at the sky. He had a black and white speckled beard and dark tan skin. He looked up and waved back at them. “Same as always, Sabien! How’s my favorite neighbor doi—wait a minute! Who’s this with you?”
    “This is Geon… Allea’s brother. If you can believe it, he finally woke up from his coma! Geon, this is our friend and neighbor, Mr. Dauphine. He’s a self-proclaimed weatherman around these parts.”
    Geon shyly raised his right hand and waved hello. Mr. Dauphine nodded his head and smiled and went back to staring at the sky. “Oh, by the way,” he said, without taking his eyes off the sky. “I would stay clear of sector four today. Supposed to be some serious flooding again.”
    “Yes, sir,” Sabien responded as he turned to look at Geon. With a hushed whisper he put his hand on Geon’s shoulder and said, “Sector four it is, then.”
    “I don’t know, Sabien,” Kumuki nervously whispered. “Mama V would be upset with us!”
    Allea tapped some buttons in her LifeCuff and it sprung to life in front of her with a soft pewwww sound, projecting a hologram directly above it. Geon stared in awe at the colors and life-like floating buttons and object.
    “Weather condition, sector four,” she stated.
    The hologram rapidly shifted and showed a report of the conditions in that area. She gestured with her fingers left and right, changing the digital image with each motion, the life cuff softly beeping and booping all the while. “Hmmm… I don’t see any reports of flooding. Maybe Mr. Dauphine got the
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