The Conspiracy Game: A Tully Harper Novel: A Tully Harper Novel (The Tully Harper Series Book 1) by Adam Holt

Author:Adam Holt [Holt, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Adam Holt
Published: 2013-12-15T22:00:00+00:00

NEW PROBLEMS, NEW SKILLS

Two hours passed before Tabitha and Sunjay arrived in the Hamster Wheel. Before they arrived I shot free throws, practiced with the bo staff, and tried to sort out what I might tell them. I made a mental list that would make me sound like a halfway normal human being.

Now Tabitha stood there with a death-ray stare and her scarf on fire. “Okay, Space Boy, story us. Sunjay and I are ready.” Sunjay looked around the Wheel, amazed by all the endless possibilities for entertainment, just like I had, but Tabitha pinched him. “Sunjay, remember prison. Remember our discussion.”

“Oh, right. Sorry.” He scowled at me and crossed his arms.

“Okay, okay, I blew it. I got caught.”

“That’s not why we’re mad. Queen Envy would have found us soon anyway. Sunjay was jealous that he wasn’t her pillow.”

“Then why are you mad?”

“Because we planned this for weeks and you didn’t tell us everything you knew. The Harper Device was on board? Just a little detail.”

“It didn’t seem that important at the time. I didn’t want y’all to freak out.”

“Well, here we are, freaking out!” yelled Sunjay. “Freaking out in space! I’ll never breathe the free air again. And what I did to my dad’s car—“

“What else haven’t you told us, Tully?” asked Tabitha. “There’s no room for secrets out here. Secrets cause problems. Secrets kill. Tell us everything that happened, everything you know.”

Everything I know? I don’t know anything anymore, I thought. I have a weird secret friendship with an Android. I see Red Visions about space jellyfish. I wasn’t about to tell them that. They would think I was crazy.

I began my story. I took them through the facts of my journey—getting the orangutan spacesuit, finding my cage, getting fed by Moreline, stargazing in the cage, and the first orangutan carwash. They asked about Little Bacon. I told them about how he saved me.

“You kicked him across the lab? That was a jerk move,” Tabitha said.

“It was my only hope,” I explained.

“Yeah, he did save your bacon!” Sunjay laughed. “Did you shout ‘GOALLL!’ when you kicked him?”

Tabitha shot him another look and he scowled again. It felt good to tell them some things, even if I did feel guilty for kicking Little Bacon. Still, it wasn’t enough. Tabitha popped her gum. She wanted more. I took a deep breath and told them about Sawyer, how he discovered me, fed me, kept my secrets, and took me to the Hamster Wheel. I did not tell them about our conversations back on Earth.

“You practiced martial arts with him? Nice!” said Sunjay, looking over at the equipment again.

“Why did Sawyer keep your secrets?” asked Tabitha.

“Because he likes me. He says I have nerve.”

“What a creeptastic Android,” said Tabitha. “I never want to talk to him—his eyes are so bright and hollow at the same time. He looks possessed.”

“Yeah, Androids have that freaky look, but he also saved me from the Harper Device. Just because he’s unusual doesn’t mean he’s dangerous.” I

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