Dooney Potter

The Soul of Chaos

“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” -- Nietzsche. Violet ran through the desert separating Genosphere G336 from the Dead City for hours until she finally collapsed, exhausted and dehydrated. Her mind clung to the image of her dead clone, whom she had left behind in one of the many supply alleys of the Genosphere, lying lifeless under the faltering light of a single bioluminescent bulb. Knees scraping against the hot sand, Violet thought of her girlfriend Mercy, who had urged her to leave the Genosphere and had transported her to the very edge of civilization, where desert met city wall, hoping that Violet would reach the Dead City, only now visible ahead.