Boy Gone by Mark Wayne McGinnis

Author:Mark Wayne McGinnis [McGinnis, Mark Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avenstar Productions
Published: 2018-05-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Scotty, along with throngs of other kids, entered into what would best be described as an immense arena: an arena with no seating, no large overhead TV screen, and no sports-playing field in the middle. Just a massively large, basically circular in shape, open room that had been dug and chiseled into what seemed to be solid subterranean rock. A raised platform, positioned in the center of the space, had vague figures standing upon it. Ernesto had noticed them when they entered. The ambient light within the chamber was relatively low, which allowed the ones on stage to be barely noticed: Seven faintly glowing Vallic aliens. One was instantly recognizable, not by his facial features, which were pretty much indecipherable from the others, but by his towering, brooding, stature—his overall unnerving presence truly radiated darkness.

Oh God, not him … not that Horran guy, Scotty thought.

Then, as if the alien leader had tuned specifically into Scotty’s mental wavelength, out of what could easily be hundreds of other kids there, the ghostly form raised his head and looked directly at them—at him. Scotty wondered if Horran could actually see, or maybe sense, the fear his presence was provoking within him. Nah, how could that be?

“This way,” Tori yelled, above the noise. Waving a hand over her head for them to follow her as she plowed deeper into the crowded mayhem. How does she know where to go? Scotty glanced back, making sure the others were still in tow. He heard different languages being spoken within other groups congregating nearby. Did that mean these kids were from all over? That the mass abductions truly were an international operation?

“Hey! Hold up … maybe we’re supposed to be right here,” Tori’s unique, high-pitched voice exclaimed.

It took Scotty a second to find Tori amongst the other kids. Locking onto her, she gave him an exasperated expression back. “I think we’re supposed to stand right here. I don’t know for sure, but that’s what I think. Look around you … it just makes sense.”

Scotty looked at the spot she was standing on, then at the children around her. How in the world did she figure out that this was the exact place where they were supposed to stand? But join her they did. Scotty, Ernesto, Tiffany, Courtney, and Trent squirmed around the increasingly bossy girl, clueless as to why.

“What are you doing?” Scotty asked Ernesto, who was repeatedly rising up on his tiptoes, first looking left, then right, and then behind them.

“Need to seriously punch a dook.”

Scotty frowned and shook his head.

“Squeeze a steamer … bust a grumpie … drop the kids off at the pool!”

Scotty still didn’t get it.

“He has to take a crap, stupid,” Trent said, bewildered by Scotty’s ignorance of crude slang expressions used for going to the bathroom.

“I suggest you hold it in a while,” Tori said, keeping her eyes forward, on the Vallic aliens standing on the platform.

For the first time, Scotty took in the myriad of faces around him. Listened to them talking amongst themselves.

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