Chapter 17 - Lies

A single car drove through dusty, abandoned roads and crumbling houses heading towards the only human settlement close by. 

Skyy poked his head out of the window, taking in all these sights. As hours went by, he started to feel very weird. The earth he had read about was lush and filled with trees. Humans were so scarce, and they all lived amongst the trees. 

But this place had landed in looked so... run down. 

"don't you guys have fruit trees around here?" he looked towards the young man who was sleepily lying on the seat. 

The young man did not respond. Instead, his sister in the driver's seat answered his curious question. 

"Fruit trees? Those things are a rarity. We only had a few mutated plants around here. Since they were creeping close to our base, we had to take them down." 

Skyy blinked confusedly., "Mutated plants?"