Chapter 1
X, Shortcut and Jazzlyn waited patiently as the train rocketed through a coastal forest. Flower fields sprung up around them, green, yellow and red, mixing together in a dazzling blur. Rainbows flickered where irrigation lines sprayed water into the air, giving the sky a patchy, otherworldly glow.
The train ripped around an arced track, its metal bottom screeching against the electric rails as it rushed toward a huge, white dome at the base of a lopsided city. On one side of the city stood tall, white buildings and skyscrapers guarded by UEA planes. Flying cars zipped in between the shadows of the buildings. On the other side stretched a flat skyline, barely visible underneath the dome. A brown hue of dust hung over it, almost as if it were permanent. There were no airplanes fl
