Storm by Evan Angler

Author:Evan Angler
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook, book, Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 9781400321971
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

The reunion among the friends was chaotic and warm.

Immediately, Logan, Peck, and Hailey flew from their circle on the floor and into a small huddle around Arianna and her tablet.

“Blake!”

“Joanne!”

“Peck!”

“Hailey!”

On both ends of the video connection, the Dust spoke too fast on top of one another for any of them to be heard.

Arianna laughed at the warm welcome, watching it unfold.

Of all of them, only Erin held back. “How’d they get through to us?” she asked suspiciously, still resting in her medical bed. “They didn’t know where we were headed, they couldn’t have guessed Arianna’s identity . . . they don’t even have a tablet that can make calls.”

“I know!” Tyler yelled. “But listen—now that we’re all here, I have this brand-new game we can play—”

“Now, wait a minute!” Erin said, raining on everyone’s parade. “I’m not saying one more word to these guys until we figure out how they found us. Something’s not right.” She leaned forward and stared into the video screen at the foot of her bed. “So what exactly is going on here?”

There was a brief silence on the other end. Several of the Dust even slinked sheepishly outside the view of the screen.

“I’m what’s going on here,” Mr. Arbitor said, entering the video feed. “Well—your mom and I, both.”

Right away, Erin was dumbstruck. She held a hand to her mouth and teared up just a little, though no one else was quite sure whether it was over fear of being caught, or joy at being found.

“We’re here to help,” Dr. Arbitor said, waving inside the tablet. “The Dust too.” And behind her, Tyler stuck a finger in his mouth and made a gagging motion.

“Arianna,” Erin said. “You know my dad works for DOME, don’t you?”

“Yeah,” Dr. Rhyne said. “But if he’s working with ’em right now, then he sure has a strange way of apprehending DOME’s number-one group of rebels.”

The next few minutes of conversation were filled with ups and downs: Erin’s apology for running out, the Arbitors’ forgiveness, Tyler’s account of being caught in the elevator, Dr. Arbitor’s stories of how worried Mac had been back on Barrier Street . . .

But ultimately, the joys of reconnecting were snuffed out once and for all by the Arbitors’ realization that Erin’s trip to the Sierra Science Center wasn’t for pleasure.

“Sick? What do you mean, Erin’s sick?” Dr. Arbitor said quickly.

“You guys didn’t tell them?” Erin asked.

Mr. Arbitor turned his head. “You knew?”

“Well, of course,” Tyler said. “With Trumpet. Obviously.”

“Obviously? What in Cylis’s name is ‘Trumpet’?” Dr. Arbitor asked.

For the first time since the Dust had arrived, a heavy silence fell over the room. Mr. Arbitor hung his head in his hands, slowly remembering the rumors he’d heard over the years.

“Olivia,” Dr. Rhyne said. “You might want to sit down for this.” And she proceeded to tell the group everything.

“I’m afraid right now there’s not a whole lot we can do for her,” Arianna said by the end of it. “Somehow, Erin must have come in contact with a second activation protein.

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