She pushed off him, and looked up into his eyes. “Adam,” she began.
But before she could finish, Adam put his hand on her face, and kissed her on the lips.
The warmth in his body intensified, until sweat started to break out on his brow. He could feel his pulse pounding in his ears.
After a few seconds, he released Eve. She started up at him, as a tear left the corner of her eye, and started down the track that the others had made, but this time, she wore a big smile, to offset the tears.
Slowly, she turned away, and walked back into the room that the meeting was being held in.
Adam stood there, staring at the spot that Eve was just standing in. He stood there for a few minutes, his head devoid of thought.
After a while, he finally turned, and started slowly walking to his room. He took this moment, this feeling that he felt, and bottled it up along with his feelings from his surprise party. His life was about to end, right as he had just started to enjoy it.
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Adam was lying in the Eden Capsule, about to enter the world that he was the creator of.
“Are you ready?” Eve asked. It had been a few hours since their encounter in the hallway, but the smile on her face was still there.
“Ready when you are,” Adam replied.
“I will be joining you shortly,” Eve said. “Just wait for me there.”
Adam felt he heart skip a beat when Eve told him that she would be there with him. There was no other person in the world that he wanted to spend his last days with. “I’ll be waiting for you. Don’t worry.” The smile on his face grew bigger.
“Alright,” Eve said to somebody that Adam couldn’t see. Probably one of the many technicians that were sitting at one of the many stations in the room. “Start her up!”
There was a faint humming sound, and the restraints appeared from their hidden homes, and tightened around Adam’s ankles, wrists, and head.
Adam looked into Eve’s eyes, and she into his. They held eye contact as the chamber started hissing, and the top started closing. It was getting darker and darker inside the chamber. The hole was getting smaller, and smaller. Still, Adam stared into Eve’s eyes. After a few moments, the chamber was completely closed, and Adam could not see anything on the outside, or in.
He let out a deep sigh. He was beginning to grow sleepy. All right, he thought before he everything went black, and he entered Eden. It’s time to kill myself.
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The Runners, by Logan Rutherford
Runner (The Runners, Part One)
Caught (The Runners, Part Two)
Rescued (The Runners, Part Three)
Wake (The Runners, Part Four)
Coming Soon
The Arrival – A Novel
Eden (The Runners, Part Five)
Table of Contents
Title Page
Part Four of The Runners
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
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