Ava Altair grew up reading fantasy and science fiction novels. She graduated from Florida Tech with a BS in Science Education – Physics and a minor in Computational Mathematics. She taught as an AP Physics teacher for five years in Florida. She now lives in Oregon, teaching horseback riding lessons and managing the stables with her mom. She enjoys hanging out and talking about science concepts and story ideas with her dad.

What it is to be human doesn't apply anymore. The surface of the Earth has been poisoned by years of abuse and now most life lives beneath the waves of the ocean. Over the last 500 years, humans have become fragmented and specialized by genetic manipulation, but two main factions exist in the Undersea. The hybrids, a race that continues to genetically modify themselves to climb the social ladder, and the humans, the unmodified organic race that makes up the lowest tier of society. 

Alex, a Delta Six hybrid, finds an unlikely companion in a human man, Jack, while on a mission to steal the Athena file. Alex withholds the file to elicit help from Jack and they set out on an adventure across the Surface. Their relationship is tenuous until a device mysteriously links them together. Now, running from Alphas, an elite group of hybrid assassins, Alex and Jack must weather the hostile surface of the planet to reach their common goal. They soon find they can't both have the thing they want most, but also can't seem to let each other go.

FLUX

Tom headed to the right side of the room and leaned against a wall while he watched the commotion. The pregnant ladies were all settled on the right side along with some of his other research prisoners. Anyone that looked like they knew what was going on was rushed along the left side of the room and disappeared through the double doors behind the desk. Guards were stationed all around with large guns at the ready and handguns in their holsters. They seemed friendly enough as they helped the crowd, but the sheer number of force they had among them made Tom wary.


One pregnant woman cried out in pain and dropped to her knees. Tom rushed to her side along with another man in camo.


"It's my baby. It feels like knives right here." She gripped her belly as her whole body tightened in pain.


"Alright, it's okay ma'am. We're going to get you to the doctor." The man in camo nodded to Tom and together they helped her up by her arms. "Right through these doors."


Chapter 71: Dock, Part 2