The Sonic Breach by Victor Appleton

Author:Victor Appleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

9

The Appropriation Vexation

THE CELL TOWERS WERE BURNING up the next morning as Sam, Noah, and I exchanged texts about the latest update. We were all shocked that Amy would make such drastic changes to the app. Each of us also tried to text Amy several times. None of us got an answer.

My father agreed to drop me off at school early so I could meet up with my friends. I didn’t want to tell him about the new development until I had more answers. This also meant that I couldn’t tell him about my decision—that I had already decided to dump the app in the first place. Of course I wanted him to be proud of my choice, but now that was the last thing on my mind. I was too worried about my friend.

After my father dropped me off, I waited on the school’s front steps. Sam showed up next, followed by Noah.

“Amy’s mom said she dropped Amy off early,” Sam reported. “So she’s probably in the gym for fencing practice.”

We ran up the steps and went inside.

“Man, I still can’t believe Amy doubled down like that,” Noah said.

“I think I pushed her too hard,” Sam admitted. “Now when they uncover who’s behind the app, she’s really going to get in trouble.”

“Yeah, it’s full-blown cheating now,” Noah added.

“Or at least the ability to,” I said.

“Why would she add all those other schools?” asked Sam.

“Are you kidding?” Noah rubbed his thumb and index finger together. “That means big bucks after that news story last night.”

“You think people will really pay for it?” asked Sam. “I can’t believe the academy’s students will go for it.”

“First of all, there’s no way Davenport will let this fly,” said Noah. “I bet there’s an announcement before lunch banning the app entirely.” He shrugged. “But if he doesn’t ban it . . . then yeah, it’s worth five bucks to keep the alerts coming.”

Sam shook her head and pressed forward. “We have to talk her into taking it down.”

When we reached the gym, there were only three fencers there. There was a tall, thin fencer sparring with a shorter one. The looming figure couldn’t be mistaken for anyone other than Michel Villa. The fencer watching the bout had his mask off; it was Kyle Swan. The third one had to be Amy.

We strode across the gym floor as the sound of clashing foils echoed around us.

“Amy,” Sam said. “We need to talk.”

The fencers didn’t stop.

“Yo, Ames!” Noah shouted as we approached.

“Halt!” Michel ordered. Both fencers lowered their foils and Michel removed his mask. He waved to Noah as we jogged over.

“Amy? She is not here this morning,” Michel said in his French accent.

The shorter fencer removed his mask. It was Toby Nguyen.

“Have you seen her?” I asked.

“No, I have not,” replied Michel.

“Okay, thanks,” Noah said with a wave. “Sorry to bother you!”

“It’s no bother,” Michel said. He put his mask back on. “My program has been working great thanks to you. Happy to help, if I can.

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