Into Tordon by Z.F. Kingbolt

Into Tordon by Z.F. Kingbolt

Author:Z.F. Kingbolt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MidnightSun


Chapter 14

Beth waited until her vision cleared and she could see. They were in a vast grassy area, fenced off by a wall so high and flat it was impossible to climb. Glaringly white, the wall shimmered in the midday sun. A familiar scent clung to the breeze, of ocean and fish, and faint sounds of waves crashed on a nearby shore. Birds tweeted. She turned around. The wall surrounded them, forming a giant circle the size of four house blocks, completely trapping them inside. The wall’s surface appeared clean and strangely smooth in appearance, unlike the scraggly green trees dotted around the clearing.

Zane stood beside her, rubbing his eyes. The cut on his neck from the rockfall already had a scab. ‘At least we’re out of the cave.’

‘But still not home,’ Beth sighed, stepping further into the grassed area before them.

Four metal fences interrupted the shining surface of the wall, reaching to the top with bars too narrow to squeeze through, but allowing them a glimpse outside. Coconut palms swayed beyond and further out, an ocean sparkled. Beth spun about to check through the other bars. Ocean sparkled on every side. It looked like they were on an island.

In the centre of the grass stood a number of strange, brightly-coloured structures made of wood, plastic, rubber and metal. Then there was a tiny wooden hut off to one side, some noisy orange parrots, otherwise that was it.

Zane wandered around the wall’s perimeter, testing each fence.

‘At least it’s warm here.’ Beth lifted her face to the sun, for once not thinking of its damaging rays. She could feel her clothes drying in an instant. She wasn’t the claustrophobic type, but it was good to be out of those caves. ‘I hope the snake gets its orb back,’ she said, closing her eyes.

‘Why?’

‘It probably needs the heat for its babies.’

‘They looked fine to me,’ he called from across the grass. ‘Besides, it got the orb from the chamber before, right?’

‘Suppose.’

‘So it will again.’ He sighed. ‘Looks like there’s no way out. Again.’

Beth glanced down at her wrists. Three segments. Surely the last segment would mean home.

She looked across the grass to where Zane was inspecting the strange structures.

‘I’ve seen this type of stuff before,’ he said. ‘This is an outdoor playground from the olden days, before the dust storms and things. Looks pretty lame, though a lot less rusty than the ones near us. Dad’s never let me anywhere near them, says the government should just tear them down.’

‘Sounds familiar.’

‘What do you reckon, wanna have a go?’

Beth puffed out her cheeks and followed him towards the objects in the clearing’s centre.

The first metal structure made no sense at all. It had steps going up to double their height, then a long narrow slope on the other side that reflected the sun. Next to that was a tyre and three hanging chairs. They looked pointless—one chair even had a chain across the front.

‘This is called a slippery-slide or something,’ Zane said, rapping his knuckles on the sloped object’s metal surface.



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