Born to Be Wild by Matt London

Author:Matt London
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2015-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Evie was flying over the eighth continent. It was one of her favorite dreams.

2-Tor wasn’t carrying her, and the Roost was nowhere in sight. The trees looked so small below her, the mountains like the papier-mâché volcano she had made for a school project. If she flew high enough, she could see the entire continent. It looked like a big heart, like home.

She saw all the different settlements—the village of scientists her family had created, New Miami, and other groups too. It looked like everyone from the seven continents had set up shop on the eighth, even Winterpole, making her utopia look like the rest of the world, with the same problems, the same pollution, the same obsession with money and power and profit that she had seen rip societies apart before she came here.

From high above the land she had made, Evie could see that no country on the eighth continent was better than any other. It wasn’t the old continents that made things bad, it was the people—the same people who were here now.

It broke Evie’s heart to see that even though she had won every battle and done everything right, nothing on the eighth continent resembled the democratic utopia she had dreamed of, not even the place her family had created. She vowed to do everything she could to change things, to make things more her way.

She rolled over onto her back and stared up at the puffy clouds overhead. Wake up, Evie. Rick would never let you do that.

“Wake up, Evie. Wake up.”

With a gasp, Evie jolted awake. Vesuvia was standing outside her cell, rapping on the bars.

“Hey, switch on, 2-Tor,” Evie said bitterly. “Our generous host is here to torment us some more.”

2-Tor’s eyes brightened. “I say, what does the super-secret CEO of Condo Corp want with us?”

“I’ve actually come to see you, Mister Bird.” Vesuvia clasped her hands behind her back and smiled. “I’ve brought you a present. Something those selfish Lanes would never give you.”

“Excuse me?” Evie glared. “We give 2-Tor everything.”

2-Tor awkwardly tapped the tips of his wings together. “Actually, Miss Evelyn, the only thing your family has given me recently is orders.”

Evie frowned. “I’m sorry, 2-Tor.”

“Hey!” Vesuvia snapped her fingers to regain their attention. “Over here. I’m giving you something. Tada!”

A tall pink robot stepped out from behind the wall, revealing itself to Evie and 2-Tor. The machine looked a lot like the robots Vesuvia had sent to torment Evie and her brother so many times, but this one was a giant bird! It looked a lot like 2-Tor.

“Salutations,” the bird-bot greeted in a lady’s voice, bowing humbly. “It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance.”

“Yeah, sure, whatever.” Evie eyed the robot suspiciously.

Didi gestured with a wing to 2-Tor. “Pardon, but I was speaking to your robot companion, miss. I am a Dee-Two artificial intelligence. But you may call me Didi. My current duties include the monitoring and improvement of young Miss Piffle.”

“Truly?” 2-Tor rose from his seat on the floor and approached the bars, inspecting the other robot.

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