Ella and the Monsters by Andrew S. French

Author:Andrew S. French
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Neonoir Books

Fifteen minutes later, they were sitting on the beach, stuffing their faces with hot fish and chips, but without the fish for Ella. Hannah had drenched hers with salt and vinegar, and the smell of it appeared to be attracting all the birds nearby.

Hannah eyed them suspiciously. ‘Is this your doing, Magic Girl?’ She munched on a massive piece of fish as she spoke. ‘Billy said the insects and animals have been behaving oddly around you.’

Ella threw a few chips into the sand and the gulls flew towards them.

‘I told you, Purple Girl, it’s not magic.’

The birds fought over the food as Hannah spoke.

‘Okay, it’s all to do with Elementals and the Light, and you’re the special girl who controls it all.’

Ella sighed. ‘That will do for now. So tell me what you found out about the Venus card.’

Hannah finished her grub and looked ready to throw the plastic container into the sand until Ella scowled at her. Instead, she dropped it into Billy’s lap.

‘Well, I had to delve into the dark web first. Do you know what that is?’

‘Sure,’ Billy said. ‘It’s what me ma is always warning me about.’

Ella laughed. ‘And your ma is right because it’s where criminals and dodgy people go to do their dodgy deals.’

‘It’s more than that,’ Hannah said. ‘Through the dark web, private computer networks can communicate and conduct business anonymously without divulging identifying details, such as a user’s location. And that means it’s a place where hackers like me can connect with other hackers to get the information I can’t.’

Ella removed the VENUS card from her pocket. ‘So you used the dark web to discover what this is?’

Billy stuck a greasy chip into his mouth. ‘She hasn’t told me yet, but I bet it’s to do with ancient aliens.’

‘Ancient aliens?’ Ella said.

Billy’s eyes sparkled as he spoke. ‘You know that ETs came to Earth thousands of years ago and built the pyramids and stuff.’

Hannah reached out her hand and pushed her cousin into the sand.

‘Don’t be daft, ya silly bugger. Aliens don’t exist, and even if they did, why would they waste their time with our spawny species?’

Billy brushed himself down, but didn’t answer her.

‘What did you discover?’ Ella said.

‘Well,’ Hannah said, ‘I used the photo the daft bugger took of the VENUS card and shared it with some of my colleagues on the dark web. The ten dots and the numbers on the card appear to be security codes to enter a system or a building. And it looks like VENUS is the name of the person the card belongs to.’

Ella kicked her feet into the sand. ‘I’d already guessed all that.’

Hannah waved a finger at her. ‘Is that so, little grasshopper? Did you also guess where the building which the card gets you into is?’

Ella’s lips trembled. ‘No.’

‘Well, I found out.’ Hannah stood and pointed. ‘It’s somewhere over there.’

‘That’s the old steelworks,’ Billy said.

Ella got up and looked at where she was pointing.

‘And that’s where I’m going.’

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