Collusion Course by J.S. Morin

Author:J.S. Morin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-939233-99-8
Publisher: Magical Scrivener Press

Kubu did not like Mommy’s new friends. They were not fun to walk with. None of them said anything nice to Kubu—or to Mommy or Mriy for that matter. They argued a lot, and they all had pointy spears meant for hunting but got used in the arguing, too. Kubu hoped he never got mad enough at anyone that he had to point a spear at them because his paws had a hard time gripping anything thin and round.

Everyone had gone on a long walk, and part of it was through a sneaky tunnel under a mountain. There was a big rock blocking the tunnel, and it took three of Mommy’s friends to move it. Kubu offered to help, but nobody listened.

Now they were in one of the jungle cities. It was like the ones Mort liked to break, except Mort hadn’t broken this one yet. All the tall, pointy rock towers were standing, and Mommy was leading the way toward one of them. Kubu was finally going to get to talk to this Devraa person who everyone was always worried about!

Mriy laid a hand on Kubu’s shoulder. “Remain calm. Play along for now.” She used her very quiet voice, the one that most people’s ears weren’t good enough to hear. Kubu had very good ears.

Kubu wanted to tell Mriy that he was pretty sure that no one here was looking to play. Thinking that this was play time might get Mriy in trouble. But while Mriy had very good ears too, Kubu couldn’t do the quiet voice. Even his quietest voice was too loud for people not to hear.

Kubu’s tummy was rumbly. They hadn’t stopped for a snack or let Kubu run off to hunt since they found each other. At times, Kubu wondered what went on in human tummies. Certainly not much. Food sat in a human tummy for a long time before it went away and the tummy demanded more. Kubu hoped that this big talk with Devraa was short, and that there was a feast afterward.

This was Kubu’s first time going up one of the big ramps that went ‘round and ‘round the towers. Mort knocked them down before letting Kubu have a chance to go up. He could see a long way over the sides, over the tops of the big grass and over the littler buildings. The times he tried to stop and really take a good look, someone bumped him or grumbled something mean to make him start up again. If they had been something other than people, Kubu would have just knocked them all off the ramp for being so mean. But it was wrong to hurt people, and these were most certainly people.

Kubu sighed. Being a good boy wasn’t always easy.

Near the top of the tower, the ramp ended at a doorway. It was a nice doorway, big enough that Kubu didn’t have to squeeze to get through. On the inside, the tower was hollow like a knock-knock fruit but less tasty.

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