The Modified (The Biotics Trilogy, #1) by C.A. Kunz Read Free Book Online Page B

a wave of dizziness overcomes me. Joey immediately reacts by taking my arm, stabilizing me, and guides me toward to the mirror. My eyes widen as I see that my normal green eyes have turned a shocking blue that match Joey’s. Bringing my face close to the mirror, I pull back my eyelid to see my eye more clearly. There are small periodic electrical pulses that flow through my iris that causes me to flinch slightly and let go of my eyelid.
    “Pretty cool, huh?” Joey says.
    “Yeah.”
    I examine my hair, which has been pulled back into a tight braided ponytail and looks quite beautiful . Not too bad for an android , I think to myself.
    The uniform fits snug on me, just like it does Joey, and accents all the right areas of my body. I touch the material and it’s super smooth, and seems very breathable. It feels like spandex, but nowhere near as restrictive. I almost feel like I’m not wearing anything at all.
    A pair of dog tags hang from my neck, resting against my chest. I examine them and there’s an engraving on each one:
    Kenley Grayson
    Magnus Academy Cadet
    1696344-0216
    A patch on the sleeve of my shirt catches my eye when I look up at the mirror again. It’s a symbol of some sort. A dark grey triangle with light grey points and a light grey infinity triangle in the center of it. There’s a deep red M in the top point of the triangle. I assume the M stands for Magnus.
    “These uniforms are really cool. Way better than anything we’d have worn if we were in the regular military,” Joey comments, smiling at me in the mirror.
    I look around and notice the rest of the cadets in the med-wing are stirring in their beds. Most of them prop themselves up and begin to stand, regaining their composure.
    A voice comes over the intercom. “All draftees report to the main docking bay for transportation to the Magnus Academy. I repeat, all draftees report to the main docking bay for transportation to the Magnus Academy.”
    “The Magnus Academy?” I ask, looking questioningly at Joey.
    He shrugs his shoulders and replies, “Let’s go find out.”
    As we exit the med-wing I see the guy I saw back at the entry platform leaning against a wall down the corridor, talking to a group of cadets. He looks in our direction and his eyes meet mine. He sends me a smirk and I dodge it, turning my head toward Joey.
    “Hey, so where do you think this main docking bay is?” I ask.
    “Uh, probably that way,” he answers, pointing down the corridor the guy is hanging out in.
    I feel a twinge of nervousness come over me. “What makes you say it’s that way?”
    “The sign right in front of us that says main docking bay, with an arrow pointing that way,” he says with a chuckle.
    “Fair enough,” I reply, staring down the corridor at the guy again.
    A voice comes over the intercom once more. “Will all draftees report to the main docking bay for transportation to the Magnus Academy. The boarding process will begin in five minutes.”
    I see the guy and the group he’s talking to all begin to head down the hallway away from us. I breathe a sigh of relief and make my way down the hall with Joey in tow.
    The hallway opens up at the end into a massive industrialized space that resembles an oversized hanger bay for airplanes. There’s a moving walkway that leads us out into the area. The walkway is raised high above the ground and there seems to be a sizeable drop from the edge.
    As we step onto the walkway and move forward, I look over the side and see several spaceships below us being worked on . I’ve never seen an entire spaceship this close up before.
    “Wow, those things are kick ass. I hope we get to fly in one of them,” Joey states excitedly, peering over the edge with me.
    I hear someone call out my last name and I turn to see Sam pushing her way through the people behind us to catch up. Geoffrey and Caleb are right behind her.
    “You gave us quite a scare back there, Grayson. I wasn’t sure you’d make it. You had a