The Barcode Tattoo

This story takes place in the year 2025. Money isn't valid anymore only credit cards. until their 17 they they are supposed to get the tattoo. The main character Kayla starts out being 16 years old. She's brave and artistic. She finds out by her guidance counselor at Winfrey High School that she is likely to be denied a scholarship to an art school. All because her computer grades are to low. On Kayla's 17th birthday she finds out that her friend Amber filled out the application for her to get the Barcode tattoo. As she's waiting in line she hears a gunshot and runs. This causes Kayla to not get the tattoo. Kayla sees people struggling with the tattoo. The Barcode tattoo is used instead of credit cards. You just go to the store and they scan your wrist. The barcode includes genetic information to. That is why people are struggling with it. She waits to get the tattoo and soon finds a group called Decode, they are protesting the tattoos. Kayla learns that babies born to parents who have unstable medical histories are quietly killed in the hospital where her mom works. Babies that are chosen to survive are given drugs to enhance their vision, speed and pretty much whatever else their parents wanted. Everything is run by Global 1. Kayla's dad kills himself while trying to remove his tattoo. And later on her mom tries to burn hers off but ends up catching the the house on fire.