Chapter 52: Ajax

Kano and I are sitting in our living area playing video games.

“Sucker!” I say as my player on the screen kills his player.

“Son of a bitch!” Kano says, tossing his controller aside and slumping back into the couch.

It’s been two weeks since Doc Everett told us we were going to live. Honestly, Kano and I had both given up on life, but now…now we’ve had to really start rethinking what we’re going to do with our lives. I still don’t truly understand what it means that I’ll become a dragon.

Kano and I had talked about it after that night at the bonfire. He is my best friend, and going through all of this together has made us more like brothers. We both want to stay here. I don’t know what that will mean in the long run, but living here is way better than living on the streets and there’s no comparison to that hellhole of a laboratory.

“Lights out in one hour guys,” Kaylani calls out to us.

I look at Kano and he smirks at me. We’ve both been on our own, taking care of ourselves for a