The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn

Author:Suzanne Weyn [Weyn, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780545342636
Google: bwvaCrdCyVoC
Amazon: B009G9VIRK
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2004-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

“Well, game over. I never thought Nedra would do that,” August said.

“Nedra goes where the power is,” Mfumbe noted. “She liked Zekeal and she thought we had a shot at winning this, so she came with us. Maybe she was just mad, like she said. Now, though, she thinks Global-1 is unbeatable, so she’s shifted her position to their side. Nedra’s an extreme person — whatever she does, she does it all the way.”

“People who are extreme on one side lots of times become extreme on the other,” Allyson pointed out. “We’ve got to watch out for her now.”

“I don’t think so,” August disagreed.

“You wait and see,” Allyson insisted.

Kayla couldn’t believe they were so calm. She was reeling from the scene she’d just witnessed. Zekeal had walked out with Nedra — and Nedra just got the bar code.

What did that mean to the group? To her?

“Did Zekeal just walk out on us for good?” Kayla asked them, struggling to keep her voice normal.

“I guess they needed to talk,” Allyson suggested. “I’d be surprised if he’s gone for good.”

“If he listens to her, he’s a fool,” August said.

“We have to be careful how we handle her,” Mfumbe said. “She knows everything about us, and she’s not necessarily on our side anymore.”

August took a map from his pocket and handed it to Mfumbe. “I’ve circled Lake Placid. It’s a pretty big town in the Adirondacks. We’ll all be able to find it.”

“Shouldn’t we go somewhere more out of the way?” Mfumbe questioned.

August shrugged. “We could meet and then get out of there pretty quick. None of us knows the mountains. I’m not exactly a mountain man. We might get lost.”

“That’s true,” Mfumbe agreed as he scanned the map for Lake Placid.

“Yeah, well … in the meantime, I have a pretty big problem I need to tell you guys about,” Allyson said. “You know I won that scholarship.”

“What about it?” Kayla asked.

“I can’t collect the scholarship without the tattoo now.”

“Do you need the scholarship?” Mfumbe asked. “Your family is pretty well set up, aren’t they?”

“Yeah. I need it because my dad’s being a real creep about this. He’s been wanting me to get the tattoo ever since I turned seventeen last August. He says that if I blow this scholarship, he won’t pay for college. He says I think credits grow on trees, blah, blah, blah, and all that. But it doesn’t really matter what he says. I can’t even get into college without the bar code.”

“Let’s go online and hopefully some of the resistance websites can give us advice,” Mfumbe suggested. He took out his laptop and logged on. His face furrowed into frown lines as he tried to get into the different websites. August looked along with him, also looking worried after a few minutes.

“What’s wrong?” Kayla asked.

“This is weird,” Mfumbe told her. “None of the sites will open. It keeps saying, This page currently unavailable. The only one open is the Dave Young site. Let’s wait for Zeke to come back for that one.

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