Fandemic by Jennifer Estep

Author:Jennifer Estep [Estep, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Jennifer Estep
Published: 2015-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

PART THREE

FANDEMIC

Chapter Eight

Something warm, wet, and sticky touched my face, jolting me out of the cold blackness I’d been drifting along in.

I sucked in a breath and opened my eyes. Rascal was standing next to me, one tiny paw on my chest as though he’d been trying to shake me awake. He leaned in and licked my cheek again, his puppy chow breath making my nose wrinkle. I dug my fingers into his fur, then reached up and scratched his ears. He let out a soft whine and snuggled even closer to me.

“Good boy,” I croaked. “Good boy.”

I tried to sit up and groaned as an ache exploded in the back of my skull. Whatever was in Frost’s freezoray gun packed a heck of a wallop. I wondered if it was some sort of radioactive chemical. I’d have to do some research on that. Maybe Kyle could tell me. He’d been hit by the gun before—

Kyle! Frost had Kyle!

Everything came rushing back to me, and I sat bolt upright. I even tried to get up onto my feet, but my headache intensified, my legs slid out from under me, and I ended up falling back down onto my ass on the cold, wet pavement. I groaned again and cradled my head in my hands, trying to push the pain away. I didn’t have time to be hurt or weak right now. I had to find Kyle. I had to save him from Frost. No matter what.

So I forced myself to lift my head again. The world spun around and around for several seconds, but I concentrated, and the dizzying rush slowly faded away. I blinked and realized that I was staring at that access road that wrapped around the fountain area. The old, battered ice cream truck that had been parked there earlier was long gone. I cursed. Of course it was.

“Hey, Piper,” a concerned voice called out. “Are you okay? You look a little pale. And cold. Yeah, pale and cold.”

Something tap-tap-tapped, getting louder and louder the closer it got to me. I must have still been kind of out of it because I blinked, and suddenly, a cane was planted on the cobblestones next to me. I looked up to find a woman standing over me, wearing a very nice Bulluci fleece pullover with a messenger bag slung across her chest. Concern filled her dark eyes, while the weak winter sun made the neon-blue streaks in her black hair shimmer.

“Lulu?” I asked. “What are you doing here?”

“The one and only.” Lulu Lo grinned and waved her hand in an elaborate flourish. “Um, Piper, what are you doing out here all by yourself? Did you get mugged or something?”

I groaned. “You could say that.”

Lulu reached down and helped me up onto my feet. I was still a bit unsteady, and my legs wobbled like they were made out of melting ice, but at least I was upright again. I’d gotten lucky. Frost could have easily set his gun to kill instead of merely stun.

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