Inferno (The Glitch Book 2) by Phil Maxey

Author:Phil Maxey [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Elias’s eyes struggled to stay open despite the bright morning sun and blue sky with only a few whispers of cloud. Everyone apart from the virtual teen were asleep. The landscape was now devoid of any features, allowing for a view for miles in all directions.

“You should pull over and rest. I will keep watch,” said Travis.

The idea of how he would do that despite being asleep Elias did not want to think too hard about. He blinked and rubbed his eye. “I’m fine. I’ll sleep some when we get you to your father. When you get the hell out of my brain.” He looked at the rear mirror waiting for the young man’s reaction, but there wasn’t any.

“He should have already arrived in the city…”

“Just want I wanted to—”

“Pull over!”

“What?”

“Do it quickly!”

Elias did as asked, the truck skidding slightly on the sandy surface just off the side of the two lane road. Travis was already standing outside.

“You need to take a leak or something?” Elias said to the driver’s door window.

The young man walked backwards. “You need to get out.”

“Why do I need to get out?” Elias looked at the miles of beige and light green nothingness.

“Follow me! I… I can sense him.”

“Who? Your father?”

He shook his head. “No, Mictlantecuhtli!”

Elias pushed his door open, and placed his boot on the dusty ground. “Uh?”

“That’s what it… he is called! I think he’s close, but if you come over here to this phone pylon, I can confirm.”

Madeline lifted her head, opening her eyes to Elias. “Why are we stopping... What… does he want you to do?”

He shrugged his shoulders. “Hell if I know. Follow him to that pole.”

“Be careful.”

“Yup.” Elias stood, and looked again at the frosty desert. Travis was already standing a hundred feet away at the base of the wooden post, waving him over. Elias grumbled and then walked out onto the grass and sand and stepped between small bushes, until he was just a few feet away from Travis and the pylon.

“I need you to touch this metal clasp on the pole. I should be able to use it to connect to the network.”

“Umm… this isn’t going to hurt, right?”

“No. Quickly, every second we waste he gets closer to my father.”

Elias sighed. “Okay then.” He took a few paces forward and tentatively placed two fingers on the small rectangular piece of metal. At first all he felt was the cold of the reflective surface but then… “What the fuck!” He was in the air, approximately two hundred feet above then ground, looking down at his truck, which now looked like a toy. He waved his arms and legs, and went to shout again, when he was even higher, a thousand feet up. He could see the buildings of Roswell and how the desert had been partitioned into farmland. His heart was beating out of his chest.

“Relax,” said Travis. “You are not actually in the air. Your feet are firmly on the ground still Elias.”

“Well it sure as

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