39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers 6 - Day of Doom by David Baldacci

Author:David Baldacci [Baldacci, David]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780545344722
Published: 2013-01-22T06:00:00+00:00

In the cab of the truck Cheyenne was indeed driving. And, as Hamilton had speculated, she was attempting to hit every pothole, take every curve at top speed, and do her best to make the truck fly over every steep rise in the road.

“I’ll bet they’re just loving the ride back there,” she said gleefully.

“Your infantile pleasure with pain and suffering is ingratiating,” said Sandy, who sat next to her. Casper sat on the other side of him looking glum, principally because his sister wouldn’t let him drive.

“What do you mean by that?” snapped Cheyenne.

“How much longer?” asked Casper. “I’m hungry.”

“Just tell your stomach to shut up, dear brother,” barked Cheyenne. “We have a schedule to keep.”

“Look at that sky,” Sandy said with relish.

The others eyed the sky. Clouds were going across it so fast it still looked like one of those accelerated weather maps on TV.

Sandy rubbed his hands together. “This is going to be so good. I’m going to be weatherman of the year.”

“What’s so great about that?” grunted Casper, who stared moodily out the window, but apparently without seeing what Sandy was referring to.

“What’s great about that, Casper,” began Sandy as though he were speaking to a child, “is that it has begun.”

“The Doomsday device?” exclaimed Cheyenne.

“No,” sneered Sandy. “The aurora borealis. Of course the Doomsday device.”

“Aurora what?” said Casper, sounding confused.

“The northern lights,” snapped his sister. “He was being condescending, which is really starting to get on my nerves.” She looked murderously at the weatherman.

“Now, now, Cheyenne. We’re all on the same team, right?” Sandy’s gaze bored into her.

She said, “Of course we are.”

“Excellent, because Vesper One does not tolerate disloyalty. In fact, he hates it so much the only punishment for it is immediate termination. And I don’t mean losing one’s job.”

He looked over at Casper, who was staring at him nervously.

“You’ve both seen the refined ways that our peerless leader can dispose of his enemies. So, don’t become his enemies. Just go along for the ride.” He clapped them both on the shoulders. “And you’ll have nothing to worry about. Otherwise, well, let’s not dwell on such unpleasant and lethal possibilities.”

Sandy closed his eyes and went to sleep while Casper and his sister shot nervous glances at each other.

The truck raced on while the sky kept doing extra-ordinarily odd things.

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