The World's Greatest Adventure Machine by Frank L. Cole

Author:Frank L. Cole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2017-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT POURED in as Cameron poked his head through the exit, twisting from left to right as he examined the track. “That’s impossible,” he muttered.

The Adventure Machine cart rested on the opposite side of the exit door, balancing at the peak of a sloping stretch. Above Cameron, security lights dotted an expansive section of curved wall that towered hundreds of feet in the air. He could see the winding metal track like the skeletal remains of an enormous dinosaur, looming all around. “It must be a duplicate. Our vehicle went miles and miles in the opposite direction.”

Trevor approached the cart. He picked up one of the tethered abort remotes and waved it in the air. “It’s definitely our ride. These are scattered all over the place, except for the one beneath my seat. Just how we left them.”

Cameron remained in the doorway, keeping his foot wedged beneath the door to prevent it from closing. Just in case. Not that the damp mountain was by any means ideal. With that peculiar lizard and the glowing fungi, Cameron doubted an actual safe place existed inside the Globe. Still, the Adventure Machine cart almost certainly spelled complete disaster. “What just happened?”

“We got out of there,” Devin answered. “And it’s about time, if you ask me.”

“Am I the only one worried about what that lizard said?” Cameron asked. “It told us that we were being stolen. And that someone was corrupt. I’m thinking that refers to someone who works on or operates the Adventure Machine.”

Devin, who’d already climbed into the cart, rapped his knuckles on the back of the seat. “What does it want with us?”

“I’m thinking it’s not really us this person wants to steal, but our abilities,” Cameron said.

“But I’m the only one with an ability. What, does he or she want to be psychic? I mean clairvoyant?”

Cameron glared at Devin. “Don’t forget, I’m a genius.”

Trevor glanced sideways at Cameron. “Yes, we know.”

“I don’t mean that in a condescending way,” Cameron said, growing impatient. Honestly, talking with middle school children could be quite taxing at times. You had to spell everything out in simple terms. Cameron may have been a year or two younger than the three of them, but only in age. “I’m a genius because of a medical condition I’ve had since birth. Hyperactive ingenuity. Due to this condition, my intellect has been able to accelerate.”

“Okay, so there’s two of us, then,” Devin said. “Big deal.”

Cameron pursed his lips and sighed. Devin’s reaction earlier had been less than favorable, but the circumstances in the Adventure Machine had drastically changed. Everyone needed to know all the facts. Cameron nodded at Trevor expectantly. “Don’t you feel it’s time to clue everyone in? There’s nothing to be ashamed of. Your condition is quite impressive.”

Devin looked at Trevor and then back at Cameron. “Seriously? He has a special ability? What is it? He knows how to annoy people really well?” Devin snickered, and Trevor smiled, playing along.

“No, Trevor was born with a misfiring amygdala,” Cameron explained.

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