The Final Race

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Sebastian began to pace down the hall. He was now twenty-three years old and held the title of sovereign. He glanced over at Stormie. "What's the population count here?" He murmured.

Aspen sat in her cell and glared at the wall, she knew what was coming and she was not lookin forward to it. She'd been arrested for trying to sneak her mother some more rations. If she had been eighteen she would have been floated but, she was only sixteen and had been in the cell a whole year now.

Marlow glared at her father from her cell. "Thy can really make us go?" She growled, as he gave her a disappointing look and didn't answer her.

Gracie rubbed her eyes, she could hear the voices of her father and brother down a few cells from her. Would he bother to come visit her? Probably not, he never did.

Darnell walked in and hugged his son though he didn't get much a response from it. He sighed. "I really hope that you make it down there my son. You didn't deserve anything you got up here. I'm sorry." He looked over as the guards injected his son with something to knock him out. "Get the rest of the kids."

Clove looked at her mother the medic in disbelief. "Mom!" She shouted.
"I love you. Make it." She had heard her voice respond softly before feeling a small pinch and a sudden daze.

Erick looked around confused as he was taken out of his cell. His gaze darted from side to side. "Gracie!" He shouted for his sister before being injected.

Gracie squealed as she was forced from her cell and injected.

Marlow kicked and screamed as she was dragged out and gave her father a glare of resentment, yelping as she felt the shot.

Baylee got up as the guard came into the cell and narrowed her eyes. "I'm not going." She said and crossed her arms. As the gaurs came forward she threw a punch only to be grabbed by another guard and shot in the arm with an injection.

Erick awoke beside his sister and gave a small grin in her direction. "Gracie." He said calmly before a surge of anger overwhelmed him. "Lucas!" He snapped at the boy who sat in the middle of the seats. "What the hell is your dad doing?"

Clove looked over at Lucas with a glare. "Didn't know we'd be riding with royalty." She said sarcastically.

Gracie opened her eyes and looked at her brother. "Erick..." She murmured and looked around a bit confused, where were they?

Marlow glanced around at the kids and took a mental number, there were over fifty that she could see. This was going to be a disaster and she knew it.

Baylee glared at Lucas. "So are you coming with us to report back to your daddy when things go wrong? Is he going to pull some strings to get your happy ass back up to the arch before the rest of us?"

Erick blinked as the ship suddenly began to quiver. "What the hell?" He asked and looked over at the tv where the sovereign had come to life on the screen. "We're on a god damn exodus."

"Attention prisoners, you've all been given a second chance. Most of you are shy of eighteen. Three years from eighteen where you could be floated." Darnell began. "You are our chance to prove that Earth can sustain life. If you are to succeed. You will colonize and let us know you are alive with your bracelets that are installed into your wrist. Thank you."

Clove glanced over at Lucas. "So test subjects right? Cute that he sent his own son though."

Lucas tilted his head back and gave a frustrated sigh.

Jarrett glanced over at the kids. "He's here like the rest of us right? Mean's he probably did something wrong."

"That or he's here to make sure we don't do anything that will mess up his daddies plans." Baylee snapped.

Gracie shook her head. "Are we going to die?" She asked her brother seriously.

Marlowe shut her eyes and bowed her head, waiting for everything to stop.

Seedar ran a hand through her hair and rolled her eyes. This was all so dumb, they were probably just going to die on the way down.

Thresh chewed her lip nervously, something bad was going to happen. She could feel it.

Erick shook his head. "No, no way." He said and grabbed his sister's hand. "Never I'm always going to protect you. You're my little sis."

Jarrett turned his gaze onto the siblings curiously.

Clove turned and looked at Erick. He has a sister? She clutched her seat tightly as the exodus began to shake and boom to life at high speed toward the round blue planet.

Gracie squeezed his hand as they began to hurtle towards earth.

"What do you mean sister?" Baylee snapped. "That's not possible."

Seedar looked over at them curiously along with Thresh and Marlow.

"Why the hell do you think she's here? Do you think she's ever done anything wrong?" Erick asked angrily but pushed his head back as the ship began to rock much harder. He could hear pieces fall off in the process.

Clove grit her teeth and looked at a couple of younger kids who had unbuckled and floated around. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Baylee narrowed her eyes. "Everyone here did something wrong."

Seedar looked at the kids floating around. "You guys know that gravity exists on earth right? You're going to get hurt if you don't sit down."

Clove roller her eyes as they ignored the order and looked back over at the bickering Erick and Baylee before exhaling. "I think we're going soon." She murmured and looked as the gravity suddenly came back. "Shit." She looked over as the kids who were floating hit the ground full impact.

Erick shut up and shut his eyes tightly as the ship began to shake and roar as they approached the ground.

Lucas jumped out of his seat and pushed a girl back into her own seat after she had unbuckled to goof off in the gravity like everyone else seeing to how they were about to land. He clutched the handles beside her seat and stood leaning against it trying not to lose his balance.

Thresh blinked as she was shoved back into her seat and looked at the boy. "I didn't need your help." She snapped as she clenched her teeth from the rattling and the gravity shift..

Gracie yelped as they suddenly increased speed downwards. As she saw the kids hit the ground she squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to get sick.

Lucas remained where he was and fell as they suddenly hit the ground. He huffed and quickly got to his feet.

Erick unstrapped himself immediately. "Alright, let's get the hell out of here."

"Wait," Jarrett said. "what if the air is poisoned?"

Gracie got up out of her chair and ran over to squeeze her brother tightly.

Thresh got out of her seat and carefully walked towards the door. "Well we're screwed either way right?"

Marlow coward towards the back, she didn't want to get any kind of radiation anywhere near her if she could help it.

Erick waited patiently. "We don't know till we try. Like Thresh said, we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. We're here to be the first one's on the ground."

Clove crossed her arms and looked towards the group patiently.

Lucas glanced over at Thresh. Hot-headed girl.

Thresh shrugged, she couldn't care less if they were scared. Pulling the lever to open the door she took a deep breath and slowly stepped a foot out onto the ground. Everything was so bright and colorful, had there really ever been radiation here? It didn't look like it. Taking another deep breath of fresh air she threw a fist into the air excitedly. "This is awesome!"

Gracie stayed latched onto her brother and turned to watch the girl carefully.

Erick looked at Thresh quite impressed and followed her out. "Nice." He commented and looked at the others kid who had cautiously walked out. "This is good, we're going to make it down here."

Lucas walked outside and gently placed his hand against a tree in awe. The texture was nothing like he ever felt.

Clove made her way over to Thresh gave her a genuine smile. She was certainly brave. She tilted her head back and looked at the tree's and ground. She quickly walked over to the ship and grabbed a map and walked outside. "We're not supposed to be here."

Gracie frowned as Erick ignored her and walked out to see what the fuss was about.

Thresh bent down to touch the earth, it was cool and rough. She loved it. The air was cold and sweet, it was like nothing she could even imagine. "This is amazing..." She mumbled to no one in particular before turning back to Clove as she spoke. "What do you mean?"

Seedar grabbed a leaf from a tree and rubbed it against her hands, it was all so odd.

"It means somebody made a mistake." Clove responded irritably and glanced over at Erick who was now looking at at the map from behind her. "We're supposed to be up here." She pointed to it.

"So what? We've landed." Erick shrugged. "We're fine here. We'll be fine here." He pointed out.

"What if the air here is toxic?" Clove asked.

Lucas walked over to the group. "Why don't we go take a look then?" He finally spoke up.

"Alright let's go." Thresh shrugged and began to walk forward.

Gracie shrugged and followed Thresh.

"Woah I'm not going, Gracie you're not going either. I'm not letting you out of my sight." Erick pointed out. "I need to take care of everyone." He looked around at the kids who had been to goof around and play.

Jarrett looked at Erick. "I'm going to go with Lucas, and Clove."

"You can't tell me what to do." Gracie pointed out. "I'm going with them."

Thresh rolled her eyes. "Come on let's go, it's going to get dark soon."

Marlow watched everyone from the ship, she wasn't ready to step off yet.

Seedar glanced at Erick and shrugged, she didn't see the point of going anyway. Who knows what was out there.

Clove grabbed her backpack and took lead as she began to follow the map. "Alright, look guys we shouldn't really touch anything till we know for sure."

Lucas crouched down and touched the soil to see what he could get out of it and looked over at Clove who shot him a glare. "What? These things are vital."

Jarrett allowed a small chuckled and continued to follow. "Alright here we go."

Erick turned to his remaining people. "Start collecting wood make sure it's all dry!" He shouted to them.

Thresh rolled her eyes and kept walking until they came to a small lake. "Oh my gosh look!" She said excitedly and ran over to the edge of the water.

"Flowers." Gracie mumbled to Clove and nodded towards a few.

Seedar huffed. "Since when are you in charge?"