The Extinction Trials

by A.G. Riddle

Change. If there’s one thing I know about it, it’s that people in power don’t like change. I’m not a brilliant scientist. I’m one of the little people who do the work the big brains think up, but I know that the people at the top of the food pyramid don’t like any changes to the way that pyramid works. Changes are dangerous for them. Changes have the potential to move them from the top to the bottom, and in a hurry. Apparently, this was that kind of change.

Tonight, they are evil. Tomorrow, they are survivors. The next day? They are visionaries.

We made the difficult decision: to do a controlled burn and restart the human race using what we had learned.”

“What are you saying?” Maya asked. “That we succeeded in the trials because... of our beliefs?” “That’s correct. In a word, you care. For each other. And for strangers. For the future. Caring isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Indeed, those who don’t care are often happier.

treating others the way you wish to be treated.