Fast-Time at Aldmont High (The Time Flow Stories Book 1) by Laurence Dahners

Author:Laurence Dahners [Dahners, Laurence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Witt and Jesse were on their way to Zen’s Arch for the Eve of Destruction show. Jesse’s mom had let him take the car and they were excited to have wheels. Witt was just realizing that Zen’s Arch—a venue he’d heard of but never gone to—was downtown, about five blocks from where he’d gone as the courier for his mom’s job application. He wondered whether there was any word about that job yet.

They soon encountered problems.

All the street parking was full. Jesse cursed and reminded Witt he’d wanted to come earlier.

Eventually, they had to park in a deck and the cost was high. Once they’d split the cost of that, Witt considered his remaining funds and decided he wasn’t going to be able to get anything to drink in the Arch.

But it turned out the Arch had a two-drink minimum and Witt had to borrow money from Jesse for the drink tickets. Jesse said he didn’t mind, but Witt felt embarrassed. Also, since Witt always paid Jesse back, it was going to be one more monetary burden that’d keep him from buying as much food as he’d hoped for his family. I shouldn’t have said I’d come to this, he thought glumly.

They got their red—too-young-to-be-served-alcohol—wristbands and moved on into the club. Witt swiveled his head around, trying to get as much out of this new experience as he could.

Jesse wanted to get right up front to be close to the band. Witt wasn’t sure about that, thinking the sound would be better somewhat farther from the stage.

Getting down front was impossible because the crowd had packed in so tightly there was no way to slip in. Jesse tried to squeeze between people but they angrily rebuffed him.

Uncomfortably realizing he had people in contact with him on all four sides, Witt felt if it got much tighter, he’d have trouble breathing. This can’t be safe, can it?! he wondered. He edged backward until he had a little breathing room between himself and the closest patrons but lost touch with Jesse doing it.

He was getting out his phone to text Jesse and see if his friend was okay when the house lights suddenly went out. For a moment Witt thought the power’d gone off, but then realized the lights over the bar and some of the ones around the big room’s periphery were still on.

He started the text, then thought, Surely, if the pressure of the crowd were crushing people there’d be some screaming.

Gradually he became aware of an organ tone. It filled in to form an ominous minor chord that slowly grew louder. A spot glowed to life and brightened, highlighting a tall box. Is that a speaker? Witt wondered. It seemed a weird thing to put a spotlight on, but he couldn’t think what else it might be. Then something started spinning inside the top section of the box. The rich organ tones began to pulsate, then warbled faster and faster as the speed of the spinning object increased.

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