Beware! Shadows in the Night by Lin Oliver

Author:Lin Oliver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2016-09-22T11:42:14+00:00

CHAPTER 6

The train raced through the dark tunnel, taking me farther and farther away from Luna. I thought how frightened she must be. Then I realized my heart was beating fast. I was scared, too.

I wanted to ask someone for help, but I wasn’t sure who to ask. I decided to take a chance and ask the man standing closest to me.

I tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and frowned at me. A gray hat covered one eye and cast a shadow on his face.

“What do you want, kid?” he growled in a mean voice. I tried to stay calm, but my words got all mixed up.

“I was wondering how to get off the subway,” I said. “I mean . . . when to get off. I mean . . . if I should get off.”

He squinted his beady eyes at me.

“Listen, pip-squeak,” he said. “I don’t know where you’re from, but it sure ain’t here. It’s not hard. The doors open. You get out. End of story.”

Well, that was clear. It wasn’t nice, but it was clear.

The minute the doors opened, I grabbed my Snack ’N’ Scoot and dashed out of the train. I was in another station that looked a lot like the one we had just left.

“Hey, little soldier,” a voice said. “I like your jeep. Never seen a pink two-wheeler before.”

It was a man in an army uniform. He looked like this picture we have of my grandpa when he was in the army. He even had a bunch of medals on his chest.

“You AWOL?” he asked me.

“I might be,” I said, “if I knew what that meant.”

“Army talk,” he said. “It means absent without leave. You know, like when you sneak away without permission.”

“Oh, then I definitely am,” I said. “I’m looking for my friend. She’s AWOL, too. I need to get back to the station I just came from.”

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