John Gone by Kayatta Michael

Author:Kayatta, Michael [Michael, Kayatta,]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: young adult, science, trilogy, teleportation, science fiction, adventure, action
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Ronika tackled John off the toilet the moment he reappeared in the America Offline bathroom at 3:14 A.M.

“I’m so glad you’re here,” she cried from the top of him.

John tried to speak, but his body was still in recovery from the jump.

“I was so worried,” she said. “I tried to stay optimistic, of course, but it was almost impossible knowing that those men are out there. John?”

John moaned and fluttered open his eyes. “Huh?”

“Look, John!” Ronika said, picking up Mouse from the ground beside them. “It’s fixed! Everything is working! The parts came in like thirty minutes after you left. I was so angry; I missed going with you by less than an hour! Thank goodness you’re okay!”

She leaned her head down and tickled his nose with her fox ears. He sneezed. She laughed and dismounted him.

John slowly sat up and looked around the small room.

“So, what happened?” Ronika asked excitedly. “Did they show up? How did you get away? Where were you? A concert? A spaceship? That would be so cool.”

“France,” John replied. “At a family reunion.”

“Bor-ing,” Ronika said. “Too bad I wasn’t there. I speak French.”

“I know,” he said, slowly standing back onto his feet. He crossed his arms, placing his hands inside of his armpits for warmth.

“Oh, I almost forgot. Look what I brought,” she said. Ronika held out her couch’s blanket to John.

“You’re a life saver,” he said. She smiled.

“So, did the men come?” she asked, quieting. “The Advocates?”

“Yes.”

Ronika’s eyes widened as her mouth puckered into a frown. “What happened?”

“They killed most everyone there,” he explained. “I was able to escape with someone from the party. We hid in a field somewhere. The Advocates never showed up. I guess it’s harder to track someone through the grass. I don’t know.”

“So, pretty boring, then? Minus the reunion holocaust, I mean. How was ... ” She nodded toward the watch.

“The watch?” John asked, still slightly dazed from his reentry.

“No,” Ronika said coyly. “I mean ... ” She did a silent, spirited impression of a tall man lecturing. John laughed.

“Oh, fine,” John answered. “Right, Doc? We came to somewhat of an understanding, I think.” There was no response.

“How was France, Kala? Bet you don’t even speak French,” Ronika jeered smugly. Still, he said nothing.

“Kala?” John asked. Ronika leaned in and examined the watch. She noticed the depressed knob.

“Crud,” she said. “I think you turned him off. When did that happen?”

“I don’t know,” John said. “We can turn him off?”

“Certainly makes sense,” she answered. “Pulling the knob out made him appear, so it’s definitely possible that doing the opposite would turn him off again.”

“I’m going to turn him back on,” John said.

“Why?” Ronika asked. “Just leave it.”

“He can help us more than he can hurt us,” he said. Ronika raised an eyebrow.

John carefully pulled the knob out one click. The doctor’s hologram appeared immediately.

“What in the hell do you think you’re doing?” it yelled. “I’ve been stuck down here for over thirty years and you’re just going to turn me off, just like that? You can’t do that to people.

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