The Jump by Brittney Morris

Author:Brittney Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2023-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Spider

I blink my eyes awake, and the first thing I see is the sky outside my window, turning orange with the sunrise. I left the window open, so there’s dew on my forehead, or sweat, can’t figure out which, but it’s hot under all these blankets. Or I’ve had night sweats. Yup. Yuck. Definitely night sweats. I peel the covers off and roll to my side, thinking about that number again.

I tried everything. I googled it, of course. I called it like a phone number. I called it with several different country codes in front of it. I plugged it into my phone’s calculator and looked at it upside down. I even checked it against public library records to see if anyone had that library card number. I checked inmate records. I checked dumpster codes—too easy. I matched up the numbers with the letters of the alphabet and tried to rearrange them.

All turned up empty.

I sigh, pulling out my phone, since I’ve got nothing else to do this early.

6:23 a.m. Wednesday. I don’t have to be up for school for another hour, since I showered last night and don’t need to this morning, so I get cozy and listen to the birds chirping outside as I read through the messages I missed last night.

JAX: Has anyone checked if the number is prime?

YAS: Tried already, 934589594853 is divisible by 3.

JAX: Dammit. Wait. What if they want us to divide it by 3? Since this will lead us to clue number 3?

YAS: That’s a reach.

JAX: You got a better idea?

YAS: That’s 311529864951. Any significance?

YAS: Jax?

JAX: Hold on! Give me a second to think!

Jesus Christ, why is everyone so on edge? Jax and Yas have been at each other’s throats since the last clue—I’m not getting into the middle of that—and Han is mysteriously missing. Although, I guess we can’t really blame him. Who would want to come back to their whole team angry them for a mistake they made? And I know it’s a misunderstanding. Han wouldn’t steal clues. Not intentionally. This shit Jax is spittin’ is straight-up character assassination, and I won’t hear it.

Just in time, a notification pops up from Pokémon Go that reads Jumpcutxx accepted your friend request! A warm, fuzzy feeling sinks into my chest. Jumpcutxx and I have been talking since we met in person at PAX West last year. He only joined Pokémon Go two days ago, so yesterday I gave him my twelve-digit…

My heart stops.

There’s a lump in my throat.

Is this what a stroke feels like?

I feel like everything I’ve ever eaten is rushing into my legs.

The twelve-digit code! Could it be…?

No way…

I plug it into Pokémon Go.

ThirtyFoods98004 accepted your Friend Request!

And then:

THE NEXT CLUE IS UNSTEALABLE.

THE ORDER SEES.

FIND THE BAR ON THE GOPI.

GET YOUR PHONE AND SAY CHEESE.

Messages fly between Jax and Yas so fast that I only catch a few.

YAS: You’re the logic guy on this time, and this puzzle was your idea in the first place! Why are you all pressed now

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