Island of the Sun (Dark Gravity Sequence) by Kirby Matthew J

Author:Kirby, Matthew J. [Kirby, Matthew J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

14

“THEY’RE ALREADY HERE,” SHE WHISPERED.

Luke and Eleanor’s mom followed her gaze down through the archway.

“That’s not good,” Luke said.

“Where’s Simon?” Eleanor’s mom asked. “And the boys?”

“And Betty?” Luke said.

They were too far away to discern the identities of the people moving around on the dock and the shore. They could’ve been G.E.T. agents, or Finn and Julian, or even Watkins. But even at this distance Eleanor could see that some of them were getting into diving suits, and several of them were wading into the lake. There wasn’t any way Eleanor and the others could get to Amaru’s boat now.

“What do we do?” she asked.

“We stay here in the labyrinth,” Eleanor’s mom said. “We wait and we watch.”

“Let’s find someplace more hidden, though,” Luke said. “They could spot us here with binoculars.”

They ducked down and moved deeper into the Chinkana, off the main path into the smaller chambers, but no hiding place they considered seemed secret or safe enough. If the G.E.T. decided to make a thorough search of the ruin, the agents would eventually find them. The G.E.T. had tracked them this far, after all, and Watkins knew they were somewhere on the island. Amaru’s locator had made sure of that, and it seemed likely that Amaru had also been reporting back since meeting up with Eleanor and the others in Puno. The agents down on the shore knew this. It was only a matter of time.

“Psst,” someone said behind them.

Eleanor spun around. So did her mom, and Luke had his fists up, like a boxer.

It was Betty. “You’re alive,” she whispered. “I was afraid you all had drowned.”

“Almost did,” Luke said.

“What happened?” Eleanor’s mom asked. “Where—”

“Not here,” Betty whispered. “Come on.”

She led them back through the labyrinth toward one of its far corners. When they reached it, they found an alcove in the wall of an upper chamber that was much deeper than it first appeared, most of its length choked with shadow. Betty ushered them all in, and they found Finn crouching at the back end of it.

“Eleanor!” he whispered.

“Finn!” Eleanor’s mom said. “Where’s your father?”

“They have him!” Finn said. He was scared; Finn was never scared. “They caught Julian, too. They— Is that blood on your hands?”

“The G.E.T. has them, you mean?” Eleanor’s mom asked, ignoring Finn’s question.

“We managed to make it here,” Betty said. “Best spot I could find for us to hide. Doesn’t look like much until you get close. We can see out, but they can’t see in, unless they’re right on us.”

Eleanor turned outward and saw she was right. The alcove afforded a view of most of the labyrinth, the docks, and a good length of the shoreline, but she realized the shadows would keep them obscured inside it. For now.

“Tell me what happened,” Eleanor’s mom said.

“I don’t know.” Betty sat down on a rock that jutted out from the wall a little farther from the rest. “After you all went underwater, we waited on the dock. You were gone a long time, and we started to worry.

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