The Genesis Code 1: Lambda Read Free Page A

today was going to be a drag.
    The walk to Zack’s high school wasn’t long, but hardly short. It took him up to twenty minutes to get there, depending on how long he would have to wait at the crosswalks. Still, upon seeing classmates with matching uniforms, he inadvertently avoided eye contact. He knew all his classmates well, but just was never a fan of small talk or engaging in conversations with people that he knew had no interest in him. The useless notion of being pleasant and keeping the peace with everyone to avoid conflict was one that Zack had done away with awhile ago. He just simply kept to himself. Most people tended to leave him alone, but there was one exception.
    And as if on cue . . .
    “So the genius decides to come out of his cave. How are we doing this morning, Sleeping Beauty?” The owner of the voice quickly slapped Zack’s back with all the love of a linebacker. The boy was very built and about a head taller than Zack. His athletic body made him look like he could pass for a professional wrestler in his twenties Despite the condescending tone from the giant, Zack just rolled his eyes. He always wondered how he was friends with this behemoth.
    “I was doing crappy up until you arrived. Now I just want to die.” Zack’s reply was cold and intense.
    The boy laughed. “Come now, how is that a way to treat your friend?”
    “Friends help one another. You just laugh at my expense.”
    The boy waved his hand as a way of dismissing Zack’s comment. “Regardless, I’m here to brighten up your morning as I accompany you on our walk to our lovely Horizon Academy.” The way the boy stated the last part of his sentence seemed ridiculously flamboyant.
    Zack gave a snotty retort. “This coming from the guy who is always leaving and cutting classes? I think I should stop associating with you as I might have caught your disease.”
    The boy shrugged the comment off. “What can I say? I’m a busy guy with things to do. You ought to tag along one of these days.”
    Zack rolled his eyes. “I’m pretty sure your Anti-Network protests are going to get me thrown in jail, David. It’s a wonder you haven’t had your Network Account seized yet and your sorry soul thrown behind bars.”
    David shook his head with a condescending grin. “So you think the state of the world is fine with the split between those of the Cyber Network and those against it?”
    Zack’s thoughts returned briefly to the news report he was watching before he left. He shook his head. He didn’t want to deal with this so early in the morning. David was very adamant about the issue that was becoming quite the talk as of the last few years. Ever since the creation of the Cyber Network, the virtual world, there had been friction in how it could affect life. It wasn’t that much different from the creation of the Internet in some ways. Granted, there were some glaring differences, which stirred up a lot of controversy. In the beginning, it appeared that the process and assimilation was going well for society, and it was coping well with the quantum leap in technology. Still, people forget and things change; but not always for the better.
    “Do you know that the average employer requires people to have access to the Cyber Network in order to be hired?”
    Apparently, David wasn’t letting it go.
    Zack sighed. “Isn’t that fine? More and more businesses are moving onto the Network nowadays, so isn’t that to be expected?”
    David became a little angered by Zack’s uninterested manner.”What of the people that can’t afford to own a Network Account, or the medical procedures associated with it? Because they can’t get a job due to all the employers making it required to have these accounts, how can they pay the cost? Are you saying that they deserve to suffer because the government basically has a monopoly?”
    Zack groaned. Society had become divided due to the emergence of the Cyber Network. Those who did use it considered