Generation M (The Toucan Trilogy, Book 3) by Scott Cramer

Author:Scott Cramer [Cramer, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2014-11-02T05:00:00+00:00

2.15

MYSTIC

In The Port’s parking lot, Jordan pumped up the tires of DJ Silver’s bike.

The story Jonzy Billings had told him had stirred up every emotion imaginable, but rage and hope seemed to float to the top.

Finished pumping the tires, Jordan took a spin around the parking lot and pulled up to Jonzy.

“After I get help for my friend, Eddie, want to come to Atlanta with me and Spike?” Jordan asked.

The way Spike felt about Toucan, Jordan was sure he would join him.

Jonzy grinned. “You bet. We can start up radio stations along the way.”

The boys agreed to meet at Wenlan’s later on.

Jordan pedaled away, still in shock that he had come so close to seeing Abby.

Gravity was his friend on the first leg of the ride to the clinic. Praying the tires held up, he cruised down the hill fast enough to feel the tug on his scalp as the wind blew his hair back.

Gravity exacted its toll as he struggled to climb up a steep incline. With the hill amplifying his fatigue, he hopped off the bike and pushed it, slowly trudging up the hill. When he reached the crest, he pedaled his brains out, all the way to Wenlan’s.

A crowd had formed two blocks from the clinic. Kids, sick with the Pig, filled the street and formed a bottleneck at the clinic’s front door.

Jordan ditched the bike and went to the back door. It was locked. Eddie’s life was more important than the glass in the door, but just as Jordan was about to smash it with a rock, he saw a window on the first floor slightly ajar.

He piled cinder blocks on the ground beneath the window, stood on them, opened the window wider, and launched himself inside. Halfway in, with the sill digging into his stomach, he saw two beds with patients in them. It took him a moment to recognize the girl with dark hair: Cee Cee, Wenlan’s twelve-year-old sister. The other girl was a toddler.

Jordan wormed his way into the room and tiptoed over to Cee Cee. Not wanting to frighten her, he whispered, “Cee Cee, it’s me, Jordan.”

Cee Cee’s lids barely lifted, revealing watery, bloodshot eyes. His stomach dropped when he rested his hand on hers. Cee Cee was burning up with fever. She looked as bad as Kenny had.

Cee Cee closed her eyes. If she had recognized him, she hadn’t shown it in any way.

Jordan rested his hand on the toddler’s forehead. She, too, was suffering from a high fever.

His heart pounded as he stepped into the hallway, figuring he‘d find Wenlan taking care of patients and passing out the pills that Abby, Toby, Jonzy, and the adult had given her.

He opened the door to the examination room, and his knees buckled. Wenlan had her back to him. She was using her fingertips to probe the neck of a boy who had his shirt off, revealing a lattice of bony ribs.

Jordan cleared his throat.

Wenlan turned, and her jaw dropped in shock. They stared at each other for what felt like an eternity.

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