The Jovian Legacy by Lilla Nicholas-Holt

Author:Lilla Nicholas-Holt [Nicholas-Holt, Lilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-06T05:00:00+00:00

For the best part of the first year their large family was a happy one, with lots of love and laughter and a heap of cuddles every day. The girls were no trouble to care for, although it appeared quite strange to see a one-year old baby girl dress herself and brush her own teeth. The toddlers even knew what to put on and when. Their bathtime consisted of six at a time, in three large tubs that took up the entire huge bathroom. The baths would always be run by the house staff and refilled after each group had finished. The girls would be in the bath for a maximum of ten minutes each in order to get through and leave plenty of time for story-telling. Once the lights went out not a peep out was heard.

Over the following weeks Sobek became withdrawn, and it seemed to Megan like she was concerned about something, retiring to her own wing straight after the girls’ bedtime and without her usual chat with Megan and Jack. The two were becoming increasingly worried about her, so decided to tactfully confront her about it. Sobek sat down and sighed like she was about to release a huge load off her shoulders.

“I know it isn’t fair not to keep you informed about what is going on around here,” she began. “Megan, do you remember when the alarms went off and I told you about the tropopause layer?”

“Yes, how could I forget?” she answered. Jack chipped in and asked what was going on. It was all news to him.

“Sorry, Jack,” Megan apologised, “I’d meant to explain to you some time ago, but I thought, was hoping, that the problem had gone away as the alarms haven’t gone off for ages. Sobek, can you please tell Jack about the layer?”

Sobek duly explained to Jack about the tropopause layer and the possibility of disaster. Jack was flabbergasted as was Megan on Sobek’s initial explanation.

“Anyway,” Sobek continued, “as I was about to explain, they have been having problems with the system again and had a close call last week when we came fifty-two seconds away from devastation. One of the scientists was able to rectify the fault, literally within the last minute.”

“Bloody hell! What about the girls?” Jack asked, shocked.

“Everyone could have been annihilated, Jack,” Sobek soberly stated, “including our girls.”

After collecting his thoughts, Jack affirmed, “That’s it! We have to get them out of here. Stuff the Jovian Secret Service and their selfish greed for power, we’re going to take our girls home!”

Megan faced him squarely. “Jack, how? The Lucre Boxes are gone. There’s no way to travel.”

“There’s got to be a way,” he asserted, turning to Sobek. “Sobek, there’s got to be a way, hasn’t there?”

“No, there isn’t,” she replied flatly, “We are in a dome five miles across which is guarded at every outlet. You may not realise it but they keep watch over us all the time.”

“Really? Twenty-four-seven?” Jack asked, feeling threatened.

Oh man, they’ve probably seen me do private stuff, he thought, a hot flush reddening his cheeks.

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