[center]Team Georgia[/center]

It had been a long time since Madison “Maddie” Bates has felt so relaxed in her life that for a brief moment before opening her eyes she thought she was dead. As her eyelids flapped open she pushed open the glass casing lifting it off the cocoon she slept in for who know how many years. This small oblong pod has been her bed for so many years, but she’s had no memory of ever sleeping in it.

The people she used to work for told her that none of the people in the pods would dream, but she did and that meant so did the others. Her dreams weren’t vivid, memorable or anything spectacular, but for a split second she remembers them and then she forgets. She hoped that the other members in this little group had pleasant dreams because she was confident that they would be the last for a long a time.

She slowly came out of her pod walking like a newborn deer. There were no signs of atrophy or fatigue whatsoever. Silently Maddie awed at how amazing this technology was. During their periods of cryogenically induced slumber they did not eat, digest, or anything yet for some reason their bodies were still in top condition as if they had only slept for a day.

As the guide of this little team, Maddie was the first to awaken. Her pod was set to open roughly an hour and a half before everyone else’s so she could check out the surrounding areas. In the event that the surrounding area was a bad one she would have to wake them up immediately and explain later. It was dead silent outside.
The shuttle that carried the team in space was long gone. The shuttle had already sunk to the bottom of the ocean, but before it did, two rafts were released. The two rafts would then float side by side connected by a rope. In the worst-case scenario the rope would snap and separate the two teams. For the sake of humanity, Maddie hoped that everything went according to plan.

After collecting herself and her bag full of equipment Maddie stepped out of the small room shaped like a quarter of a circle. Calling it a room was stretch seeing, as it was just a small private aree with a tanning bed looking machine in one corner. There wasn’t even a door it was just a solid, but soft and rubbery plastic like substance that needed to be pushed to a side. The external dome that housed the private rooms was intact, and Maddie took this as a good sign. 

Her first task was to check the outside area for any danger, she only took a peek for a second before coming inside the raft again. There was no need to check long since there was nothing to see. Outside there was only the lonely expanse of the sea, and right in front of her was the other raft attached by group of ropes intertwined together. After coming inside she began to check the individual passengers of this boat. She started checking them clockwise from the main entrance of the raft.

The first face she saw was that of a little girl, Indian in origin and only thirteen year old. Her name was Deepti Persaud and Maddie felt sorry for the young girl who would have to face the world without her parents. She figured that they would put the youngest member with her. Before leaving she put her bag next to the pod and pressed the button to wake the girl up, it would take fifteen minutes before she properly opens her eyes. Into this new world 

There had already been two girls in the team so she knew that the other two would be boys. The second face she saw in this world was a young man barely out of his teens. He had dirty blonde hair and a peaceful looking face. This man was Simon Nicholson, the second youngest member of the team after Deepti. Maddie put his stuff next to his pod, pressed the button to wake him up and moved on to the next room.

The third face she saw was that of another young man. He was Asian looking with a stern and rugged face. This was Saito Nijinsky. She put his stuff next to him and pressed the button to wake him. The people who organized this project put the youngest members with her since she was the guide and they were the ones that needed taking care the most.

After checking the member of her raft, she moved on to the other one. She undid the rope and pulled the other raft in. It was heavy, but the sea and her training helped. Before she went under cryogenic sleep all the guides went to do some survival training and even though they hadn’t started living in tis world yet she was already using her training. She was scared of the world out there, but she hoped they were all ready regardless.

Maddie pulled the ropes closer to her and tied them back to the metal hoops that would secure them in place. She made sure to double check her loops because the last thing she wanted to do was separate this team. Jumping across the rafts, she got her clothes wet. It didn’t matter though since she wasn’t wearing anything fancy, none of them would be. Everything they had was for utilitarian purposes, nothing aesthetic. 

The raft Maddie came from was color blue and the other one was red. She figured it would be easier to call the two groups red and blue. The members of the red team would be the oldest she thought and she was right in that assumption. The fourth face she saw the oldest person in the group, second only to her. This young man covered in tattoos is Alex Bariientos and Maddie hoped that among all the dangers their group would face she hoped that he would rise up to the occasion and lead their group to safety. 
The fifth face she saw was that of a young woman. Her face saddened Maddie the most because she knew what the girl left behind to be here. This girl barely a quarter into her life was Maybeleen “Cherry” Windsom. Like with the others she put her belongings next to her and pressed the button to wake her up.

The sixty face she saw that of a young man. His name was Arrios Urais. He had just entered his twenties, which put him right behind Cherry for being the oldest member of the group. Maddie knew that he had some experience in the wilderness, which explained why he wasn’t put with the blue team. In the event that they separated he was the one who would know the most in surviving. 

The seventh and final member of this team was a young girl. She ha d a fresh and bright face, but there was an underlying sadness in her look. This teenage girl was Summer Green and Maddie figured that out of everyone here she was the one who was out of her element the most. She placed her belongs next to the pod and pushed the button to wake her. 

After leaving the red raft and waited for the members of this team to wake up. Maddie sat herself down next to the plastic door of the blue raft and waited for humanity’s last hope to wake up. She sighed, breathed in and breathed out, and hoped that the world beyond the fog was ready to for team Georgia.