25 September 2012
Stolen Minds Pt. 1
INTRO: Beyond Now is a new collection I am working on, completely separate from the Radiant Order world. I am experimenting with writing entirely in third person :-). Stolen Minds is one of the stories from Beyond Now and I would love to share it with you all. I'll break it up and present the story in parts about 12 in total (some longer than others), this is the first part, enjoy!
++++++++++++
Part 1
Dr. Hannah LeBeaux was a beautiful, driven woman, who let nothing stand in the way of her goals; absolutely nothing. It was said by those within her circle that it was because of this trait that she had become such a successful business woman. However, Hannah would tell you that it is easy to sell what people wanted... Hannah like others of her generation was born into a New World. Before she was born, nature had raged, decimating populations and cities, leaving destruction in its path. Luckily, a truly United Nations effort put forward a project, led by a group of top scientists and engineers and the result was Safe Haven; a domed city that was completely protected and shut off from the outside world. Shortly after its completion, Safe Haven became a point of refuge for all Humans that had survived the initial devastation. That was about two centuries ago, now Safe Haven had become a thriving metropolis, a mega city that sustained itself and provided everything Humans would ever need; and Hannah lived at the centre of it all.
Hannah roused herself from sleep, feeling a little groggy from the heavy night, last night. She stretched in bed and her arm met another sharing the bed. She remembered that she slept with John Grayson last night... She accessed her brain implant, a fourth generation chip that did many things. Her implant retrieved her memories of last night, minus her intoxicated stupor. She smiled as she remembered that he was an excellent lover, which made her task all the more easier. Her musings were interrupted by a popup advert, which flashed irritatingly on the edge of her vision. It was part of the function of the implant and she tried to ignore it, knowing that her attention will only end up filling her senses with the full advert; she had more important things to deal with right now. The room was dark and she wanted to leave John's apartment in silence. So she used her implant to access its positioning system, which lit up 'breadcrumbs' on the floors and walls, giving her a rudimentary image of the room and more importantly where the door was; the implant also located her missing items of clothing. (Tbc...)
© 2012 by Pthasse Amadeus
Beyond Now: Stolen Minds • Opuss № I