Surrender Seremity (Salin's Salvation 1) by Astrid Cielo nodrm by Astrid Cielo Page A

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    Kylan almost jumped out of his skin when Anna suddenly sat up, nearly clocking him with her head. She looked at him, her eyes wide and began speaking, “Serenity told me one time that we are all genetically different to help ensure our survival. She told me that there is this hypothesis that states we each have differences that allow us to fight infection or what not. Well, maybe not that. Oh, heck. Kylan, I might be immune from this virus. I could be the answer. I didn’t get sick. I’m that genetic diversity!” she stated getting up from the couch they were laying.
    “Sweetheart, what are you saying?” Kylan asked her, worry evident in his eyes.
    Anna took a deep breath, calming herself. She had to get her point across. Serenity’s life depended on it. “Okay, when Serenity and I were taking classes together before we became nurses, we had this one class where we had to understand a little about genetics for the next test. Serenity took the chapter and helped me to understand the content. Anyways, part of it was about genetic diversity and one of the hypothesis stated that some of the reasons genetic diversity was so important was so that we would survive any environmental challenge. Well, Serenity thought it was cool that somehow that also transcended to illness, out there, someone is genetically better at fighting off certain diseases or they have immunity altogether. Kylan, we have to check my blood, you have to see if I am that genetic oddity. I may be the answer to the Blue Death!”
    Kylan sat there for a few minutes, digesting the information Anna had told him, while he thought it probably wasn’t the answer, he nodded at her and took her to his lab. Taking samples of her blood he mixed it with some of Serenity’s. He blew up the virus on a screen, showing it to Anna, and was taken aback when something new came into his view. It attached to the virus and caused an immediate immune response. He looked up into Anna’s eyes and smiled, “Anna, I think you’ve got something.”

 
    Chapter 13
     
    Serenity didn’t know where she was. She walked the barren white hallways, looking for a sign of life. She became panicked when she couldn’t find anyone or anyway out. She dropped to her knees. She started at the feel of a hand on her shoulder. Looking up into the blue eyes of an older female, obviously from Salin she asked, “Where am I?” The lady looked at her as if she couldn’t understand her, and it dawned on her that maybe she couldn’t. The woman took her hand and led her toward the end of the hall and into the door she seen there.
    Serenity stepped out into a place she had never seen before and her nose rebelled at the awful smell that enveloped the area around her. The landscape was horrible, with leveled fields where she was sure there was once rolling hills and forests. The surrounding water looked foul and full of trash and generally unclean. The woman pointed to the side, where she noted an odd looking person walking around. He had puke green skin, but looked just like a human. Serenity stared in awe at the beings that walked around this planet. The woman tapped her on the shoulder and then pulled her back into the door. She was in the middle of a room surrounded by these green beings, they were in a heated argument, but she couldn’t understand. She gasped at the picture of Salin that was displayed in the middle of the room and then a picture of a blobby looking thing. She wasn’t really sure what it was, but she didn’t get the feeling it was good.
    She turned back to the woman and she beckoned her back toward the door. She was once again in the barren hallway. She dropped to her knees as scenes of destruction filled her mind. She could feel planets crying in pain as the green beings raped them of resources. Feel the civilizations that had been destroyed by these people, from planet to planet, destroying what they stole from others. When the images and feeling stopped