What happened in Gravity by Melissa West - Recaptains

what happened in Gravity?

• One night, Ari misplaces her Taking patch and catches a glimpse of her ancient – Jackson Locke, one of the famous kids at school who lives in the government provided accommodation at Landing Parks, and her main competition. Jackson promises to explain things to her and then disappears.
• At school, Ari, Jackson, and Gretchen, Ari’s best friend are selected for Early Op Training. We also find out that Ari and Lawrence, President Cartier’s son, are engaged to be married. It is a political alliance, though Lawrence and Gretchen like each other.
• Ari & Jackson are called to the Commander’s (Ari’s father) office, where Cybil, the Special Projects Assistant to the commander, is assigned to train Ari in special Commander work, with a specialisation in Ancient analysis.
• On the way home, Ari sees Ancients attacking humans, and later on, at the Address, Zeus Castello, the Ancients’ leader walks out when questioned about the attacks. Jackson explains to Ari that the attacks are because humans are not agreeing to coexistence of the species now that the Ancients have acclimated to Earth. The Ancients’ need a new planet because the water supply in Loge is dwindling.
• A war between the species is imminent, and Jackson asks for Ari’s help in finding out the humans’ attack strategy so that the war can be prevented.
• Ari & the others enter first day of Op Testing, which will determine whether or not they become Engineers. Halfway through the simulation, Jackson pulls her out because of a bomb in the school. Once outside, Ari has a breakdown and Lawrence asks Jackson to heal her, which he does.
• Ari & Jackson are growing close. Later, Ari learns that Pres Cartier is Jackson’s mother, and Lawrence & him are half brothers, which is why Lawrence knew about Jackson being an Ancient.
• Ari, Jackson, Gretchen and another kid Marcus pass the Op Testing, and are ready for Op Training. Ari finds her senses enhanced and her strength increased. Also, her eye colour is changing and her skin is getting a glow to it.
• At the Trinity Masquerade Ball, an annual event celebrating the rebirth of Earth after WWIV, the three eavesdrop on the leaders’ meeting and find out that they’re preparing for a siege against the Ancients, and have decided on airborne attack strategy.
• Ari’s father, the Commander, finds out about Ari and Jackson, and throws him out of the building.
• Ari suspects she’s becoming an Ancient. Upon confronting Jackson, he explains that he did a full healing on her the day of the bomb, and now the xylem in her body is multiplying, and she’s turning into a half breed.
• During her session with Cybil, Ari finds out that the airborne weapon is neurotoxins, which when released in to the atmosphere will attack the xylem in the Ancients’ bodies and kill them in a matter of minutes. When she discloses the info to Jackson, he shuts her out and tells her he’ll handle it.
• Gretchen lets the cat out of the bag when her father overhears her & Lawrence talking, and he comes to interrogate Ari. Ari finds out Jackson is Zeus Castello’s grandson, and assigned to spy on her. Jackson does not return.
• The president gives the order to release the neurotoxin. Ancients start dying everywhere. Ari is also poisoned by the neurotoxin, but it works slowly on her body, since she is still half human. There are other humans as well who have been healed by Ancients, and are infected too.
• The Government decides to round up the infected and execute them. Zeus offers sanctuary to the affected humans.
• Ari’s mom gives her an experimental medicine, potent healing serum, and it works for a significant amount of time. Ari plans to break into the execution base at the airport with Law and Gretchen and save the infected people by giving them the serum, allowing them to escape to the ports which will take them to Loge.
• Law distracts the guards while Ari and Gretchen slip in. They go to the underground chamber where the infected are kept, and distribute the vials to the infected. Ari gives her back up vial to a small girl. When they come aboveground they’re surrounded, so they run for the surrounding woods.
• While trying to save Gretchen, Lawrence and the other infected, Ari’s serum expires, and she starts failing. Jackson arrives, and takes her away to Loge.

Three days later, Ari wakes up in Panacea, the hospital at Loge, where an Ancient, Emmy has helped heal her. Jackson promises she’ll see her parents again. He still remains closed off, though, and after he leaves, Emmy says that Ari has been chosen by him long ago, and so os one of them. But she means Zeus, not Jackson.

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