Dream Giver by Ann Hunter

Author:Ann Hunter [Hunter, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rebel House Ink
Published: 2022-03-28T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

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The sound of my engine echoes in the tunnels.

“Take me past The Scar,” I request.

Sparky whistles. “We’re getting out of here?”

I nod. Mandy can wait. The threat looming over innocent people is my main concern. Mandy still has The Circle on her side. She’ll be okay. Anyone won’t.

“Alright,” Sparky says, hopping on his speeder. “But you owe me lunch.”

I nod. The tunnels descend even lower than before, and it’s the most unnerving labyrinth I’ve ever been in. “How do you keep your head straight in here?” I call to Sparky.

He shrugs. “Just do. Came through a couple times. Once you know the signs, its not so bad.”

Of course. He’s been instrumental in leading people in and out of The Capitol. I may not be able to speak for all Duners, but Sparky definitely wasn't an accomplice to abduction.

In fact, I doubt he’d hurt a fly if he could avoid doing so.

It’s quite the ride, and I force myself to trust Sparky knows the way. I’m baffled by it. I’m not sure how many twists and turns we take on the way. For all I know, we’ve gone in circles.

But Sparky follows the arrows brightly painted on the walls, even a couple of them that seem to point back the way we came. I can’t imagine how many Duners would fit down here on their speeders, along with Anyone in tow. Hundreds?

It would be unwise to take thousands— if there were even that many remaining. They’d lose track of them.

Finally, the ramps begin ascending and we breach daylight in a forest. I pause for a moment to take it in. We must be in the benchlands. I’ve always wanted to come here.

Sparky keeps going up a trail until he stops on a plateau. I pause beside him and marvel at how far I can see. It’s all visible from up here. The Capitol, The Scar, even Ol’Rep.

My friend doesn’t wait long before he barrels down the side of the mountain. I swallow hard. The trail ahead seems treacherous.

“Trust your speeder,” Sparky shouts behind him.

I take a deep breath. Faith favors the fearless, I guess.

Even with pure energy for wheels, the ride down is bumpy. The magnetism of the bike rocks unstably against the magnetism of the earth beneath me.

It’s a quick ride down, however, and we’re at the base in no time. I pull up beside Spark Plug.

“Where are we going?” he asks.

Without a word, I lead the way into Ol’Rep. Reina and I stopped at a shop in town on our way to Base Nain. She said the owner sometimes helped members of Anyone.

The woman I had met inside, however, wasn’t very kind. Still, I felt as though she was my best first contact for getting the news out about the devices.

Sparky follows me into town where strangers gawk at us. Here in Ol’Rep, everything is vintage. Even the cars have wheels. So the two of us must seem alien.

However, even if the town was old, it still seemed better kept than some parts of Pre-Ameritus.

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