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Chapter Two

I don't remember much about the next two or three- or maybe four- days following this rather shocking development, just that I spent a lot of time looking out the window at the expanse of nothingness. The window reminded me of the giant plate-glass window looking into the open ocean habitat of the Georgia Aquarium the one time I visited, except that there weren't any animals to see.  The day that I was able to leave my room- vaguely resigned rather than blank with shock- I wandered around who knows how many levels to find a restaurant or something when I found myself in the eerily-silent room of pods. To keep from getting too creeped out I reminded myself that everyone that was currently still asleep would be waking up eventually and these weren't just coffins. The lights on the ceiling moved with me as I walked, and I giggled as I subconsciously compared it to the freezer aisles at the grocery store. However, my neck tingled as I involuntarily kept glancing back at the wal...
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Chapter One

I suppose I should start from the beginning.  Very well.  I don't remember much, but I do remember a voice.  "Good morning, Kelsey," it said.  The voice, I remembered, wasn't necessarily male or female, it was simply... there . "Where am I?" I asked, groggily. I opened my eyes, but what I saw didn't make sense. I was in a cavernous room, and I was reminded of the gym or auditorium at my high school. I turned my head to the left and saw row upon row of pods. I then turned my head to the right and saw the same thing.  I groaned.  "It's natural to feel slightly nauseous. That's to be expected," the voice said. That's supposed to be comforting? "What's going on?" I asked. I struggled to sit up. "No need," the voice said, and the cushion I was lying on raised itself up a little bit. I looked around but I only saw silver-colored walls.  A few seconds later I realized the pod I was in was moving entirely of its own ...
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