The Fall by Laura Liddell Nolen

Author:Laura Liddell Nolen [Nolen, Laura Liddell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008113643
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

I managed to leap over the micrograv spaces without embarrassing myself too much, and Mars looked at me as we reached the end of the maze of blue, cubed hallways.

“Where to?” she asked. “What’s the plan?”

I cleared my throat. “I, uh, don’t have a whole plan just yet. But I think I know how to defeat Adam. And I think I know where he’s going, too.”

She nodded approvingly. “And?”

“Well, I think he’s with An. He can’t have gone back to the North American Ark. We’d have heard about it.”

“There’s always Ark Four. Maybe he went there.”

I shook my head. “They’re unarmed, and Europe wants him dead. If he wants to avoid capture, he’s going to need weapons. An army. The Asian Ark’s the only place he could get that now.”

“So we hijack a hopper? The Asian Ark is impenetrable,” she said flatly. “That will never work.”

“Oh hey, thanks for the confidence, but no. I think our best move would be to contact An. See if she’s willing to give him up. At the very least, we can warn her about him.”

Mars weighed that idea. “She’s not exactly reliable.”

“She’s reliable in her way. We know she’s ruthless. She wants to preserve the peace as long as possible. But if there’s a fight, she will make sure she can win. I’m betting Adam makes her nervous.”

She sighed. “We’d have to find the comm room. I’m pretty sure it’s all in French, though. Do you speak French?”

“No. Do you?”

She shook her head. “Okay,” she said, her voice determined. “Do you know where it is?”

“No,” I said. “Do you?”

“No. What makes you so sure she’ll even speak to you?”

The truth was that I wasn’t sure of anything. But An and I had a strange connection. We understood each other. Something told me that if I found a way to reach her, she’d give me a shot. I couldn’t explain all that to Mars, so I gave her an apologetic look instead.

She scoffed. “The rumors of your abilities have been greatly exaggerated.”

“Not helping. Besides, that’s not the first step anyway.”

“What is the first step, then?”

I couldn’t help smiling a little. “It was going to involve breaking into your office. So.”

She narrowed her eyes. “What for? Wait, no. You want the antidote.” Her voice sped up as she pieced together my thoughts. “You think we’re going to go rescue your boyfriend. He’s safe where he is. That is a terrible plan.”

“First of all, no it’s not. And second, you’re here now. So obviously, we’re not breaking in.”

She sucked her teeth, glanced around the corridor. “Look,” she said, her voice softer. “I know you care about him. But my antidote is an older version. When he wakes up, he’ll be… less than functional. It’s a lot of extra risk, and he’ll probably be dead weight.”

“Nevertheless. We’re getting Eren first.” I crossed my arms.

She shook her head. “I’d get caught, be exposed.”

“None of that will matter if we don’t stop Adam. We need Eren, Mars. He’s good at preventing major wars, which is pretty key here.

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