Agent Darcy and Ninja Steve in...Mecha-Mole Mayhem! by Grant Goodman

Author:Grant Goodman [Goodman, Grant]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

STEVE

Steve couldn’t believe his ears. How could a week have already passed? What kind of elevator had they stepped into?

Steve’s parents looked alarmed, too.

“The transporter moves instantly through time and space,” said Steve’s mom. “When it malfunctioned, it must have moved us forward in time.”

Steve stopped thinking about their problem, because an even bigger thought popped into his head. “You mean that we have time machines?!”

“No,” said Steve’s dad. “The technology is only stable for moving from place to place, not time to time. When it was being developed, any attempt to purposely move forward or backward in time made the machine explode. We’re very lucky to be alive.”

“Nora, we aren’t a thousand years in the future, are we?” asked Darcy.

“No. The display still says the same year. Just seven days later. What if…what if we’ve lost the war?” Nora asked.

That thought hadn’t yet occurred to Steve. It was entirely possible that Ninjastoria could have surrendered.

Steve texted Arjun immediately. “How’s the war?”

Arjun replied, “Very loud. The moles haven’t won any big victories yet, but neither have we. Where have you been all week?”

Steve texted, “Delivering supplies. It’s complicated. Be safe.”

A wave of exhaustion passed over Steve. Maybe it was from all of the tension from the start of the war. Maybe it was from being hurled seven days into the future. He looked around and it seemed like everyone was feeling the same way.

“We need to sleep,” said Steve’s dad. “Might as well lie down right here.”

The ground was rocky, but Steve was able to sleep. His mom woke him and the others at noon.

Steve examined the sign on the mine that read “Mine Your Own Business!” It looked like no one had set foot in the place for years.

“I have good news and I have bad news about this mine,” said Darcy.

The ninjas looked at her.

“The good news is that we can still get to the bureau if we travel through it,” she said.

Then, she paused.

“What’s the bad news?” Steve asked.

“The mine was sealed off because it had become a nesting ground for bear-wolves.”

Steve noticed that Nora had gone pale. He figured it was from all of the spinning in the elevator. Or was it possible that his fearless sister was actually scared of something?

Nora asked, “Is there another route?”

Darcy touched her fingers to her chin and thought for a moment. “Even with our hoverboards, it would take at least a full day of traveling to find another access point. With the elevator broken, this is the only way to get to the bureau quickly.”

“There’s…there’s no other way?” Nora tried again.

“No,” said Darcy.

Steve’s parents nodded as they stared down the entrance. A strand of rail tracks for a mine cart ran out of the mine, like a tongue sticking out of a mouth. The entrance itself was maybe ten feet high, fifteen feet wide. The walls were jagged, exposed rock, dotted with disks that glowed with a soft, blue light. Some of them were cracked, some of them were flickering like sparkbugs.

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