Ms. Infinity (Book 2): Where Infinity Begins by Kirschner Andrew

Author:Kirschner, Andrew [Kirschner, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superheroes
Published: 2018-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

15. Centerian Missile Crisis

Lisa ran frantically through the congested streets of Woodside. Now and again she strained to pass through the Saturday night crowds, her teeth gritting in frustration. She often slipped against brick walls, taking advantage of her smallness, but occasionally there was no choice but to take detours through the gutter. When she crossed the street, she darted blindly through traffic. Then there was the checkpoint. The wait was no longer than usual, but that was a solid ten minutes. She was relieved when she was waved on; by now the officer seemed to know her, and smiled at her a little too familiarly. Lisa did her best to keep her eye roll out of his sight.

Her mind raced as fast as her legs. Would she get there in time? Could she save Bonnie? Would she even be able to get through to her? She had no idea how to tell her what she had to say, or how she might take it. Could Lisa even say it out loud? Might Bonnie finally acknowledge what they both knew if it were life and death? Or did she have to go over Bonnie’s head? Mrs. B. If she were around, she would listen.

Lisa remembered one time, years ago, when she had noticed Bonnie and Betty communicating in what seemed like telepathy. Bonnie seemed oblivious to Lisa’s observance, but Betty caught on. Lisa immediately apologized, and frantically promised that she would never tell anyone.

Betty’s reaction was even more surprising than her superpowers. She was alarmed, but not at all for the reason Lisa expected. She sat her down and talked with her heart to heart. “Honey, I don’t want you ever to feel unsafe here. If you ever feel that there is something you need to tell your mother, please go ahead and do so.” She would not even let Lisa leave until she promised that she would. Such was the sense of trust that Betty worked to cultivate, at least with Lisa.

Ms. Infinity flew far into the sky, at a speed that rendered her invisible. For the first few seconds, her concentration was intense as she negotiated around the density of air traffic in the lower atmosphere. She had to make many turns, and occasionally found herself doing full loops. This quieted down briefly, until she reached the zone of orbit. Then she had to get past the enormous swaths of space junk. Here she had developed the trick of finding a few articles moving, flying in tandem with them, then turning to pass them. At any rate, her entire flight from ground to the outermost reaches of the atmosphere was never more than a minute.

At times she wondered if her flight would make a great carnival ride.

She had begun to have some doubts about her sudden decision. She hoped Gunn wasn’t leading her on some wild goose chase, then pulling some other trick in her absence. But then she had definitely heard something amiss. At any rate, it wasn’t as if she was doing anything else that was important.

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