The Candy Shop War, Vol. 2: Arcade Catastrophe by Mull Brandon

Author:Mull, Brandon [Mull, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2012-10-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The Resistance

Nate awoke to the sound of somebody tapping on his window with a coin. It took only a moment for him to realize that it must be an emergency. After kicking off his covers, Nate crossed to the window to find Summer outside.

He opened it. “What’s up?”

“We got the map,” Summer said. “The Racers lost. I’m worried about Trevor.”

“What time is it?” Nate wondered.

“After midnight.”

“Let me get dressed and I’ll come down.”

Summer nodded and walked carefully away from the window, shingles groaning and splitting under her augmented weight. She jumped off the roof and plummeted out of sight.

Nate changed into jeans and a T-shirt, then added a light jacket. He put on his shoes and glided out the window and down to Summer.

“What happened to Trevor?” he asked.

“I’m not sure,” Summer said. “We were out at some trailer park getting the map to the Protector, which turned out to be a little round rock called the guidestone.”

“Okay.”

“Trevor had the stone,” she said. “He almost beat us singlehandedly, even though his teammates messed up. But I guess he ran at his top speed for too long and wiped himself out. We didn’t get much chance to talk. Anyhow, we got the stone back from him. Both clubs had gone to the trailer park in cars. We had flipped the Racers’ car upside down to mess them up, but then we flipped it back once we had the guidestone, so the driver could take them home. The car was busted up, but it still worked.”

“Then what?”

“One of the Racers tried to steal the guidestone back, but Roman held tight, and she hurt her wrist. By the end, Paige had a sprained wrist and Claire had injured her leg pretty bad. It took the fight out of them. They went back in their car. But Trevor refused. He just took off into a field.”

“Probably smart,” Nate said. “Pigeon disappeared after his club lost.”

“Right,” Summer said. “But Trevor still hasn’t shown up at his house.”

“Wait, when did you guys turn in the guidestone?”

“Around eight o’clock. Afterward, I kept looking for Trevor. I just came here from his house. I’m worried he won’t ever show up. And I’m worried that we’re getting too deep into this without solving anything. I keep waiting for a chance to sneak into the secret parts of Arcadeland, and that chance keeps not coming. We lost Pigeon. We’re no closer to finding John. We can’t let Jonas White get Uweya.”

Nate patted her shoulder. “Maybe we should go talk farther away. I don’t want to wake up my parents.”

She looked at him like he was being ridiculous. “Haven’t you noticed?”

“What?”

“Our parents are all zombified. It’s just like with Mrs. White. They can’t get enough of that nacho cheese. He’s been targeting them with taco carts—Arcadeland Taco Fiesta. My dad brought some of their food home tonight.”

Nate thought about it. He’d been generally avoiding his family, partly because he’d been busy at the training center, and partly because he didn’t want them placing limits on his excursions.

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