Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

When age rules the country, it’s hard to be young.

Trey runs away from the youth reserve, sure he’s no more than spare parts for a father he barely remembers. The Council of Elders has its own questions about the him. When Trey find the Underground and joins the fight to give rights back to the Youngers, he starts a chain of events beyond anyone’s control.

Generation Gap

The sun had almost set, when figures entered the underpass from each end. At one end Joe could see a silhouette of tall man, at the other a shorter man carrying a stick. He tightened his grip on his cane and waited for them to get to him. Before they arrived an access cover shifted in front of him and a youngster with blue hair climbed out. She was followed by another young woman, who looked at him suspiciously.


"Leave your cane against the wall," she ordered. "Jimmy brought one for you without the implements of torture embedded in it." Joe did as he was told. The blue-haired child raised his cane and examined it speculatively. If the lab was right she was over fifty, but she looked ten at the most. 


"Let's go," the second girl waved at the access tunnel. "Do you need help?"


"I think I can manage," Joe replied. "The control for the cane is on the brass ring. It is biometrically matched to me, so others can't use it, but I don't know what would happen if you try to break into it." 


Chapter 61: Hostage, Part 2