Ali Cross by James Patterson

Author:James Patterson [Patterson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Mystery
ISBN: 9780316530422
Google: kzyRDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B07PCMRBCP
Goodreads: 44286536
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2019-11-25T06:00:00+00:00

MY HEART WAS making like a jackhammer in my chest by now, and my head was spinning around faster than that screen saver. I didn’t know where this was leading, but one thing was for sure: I needed to get into Outpost, ASAP.

I still had the no-PlayStation rule from Dad, but that was like the least of my worries. The harder part was going to be getting to the basement without anyone knowing I was down there. At least I’d been sitting behind everyone so chances were good no one would look back and notice I wasn’t there.

Once Damon’s game was back on and everyone was re-glued to the TV, I ducked out the back of the living room and into the kitchen. If anyone saw, it was just going to look like I was getting something to eat.

I stood by the basement door after that, waiting for Davidson to score. When they did, everyone went crazy in the living room all over again, and I used the noise for cover. I eased open the door, stepped onto the stairs, and closed it again behind me.

About thirty seconds later, I was logging onto Outpost with the sound muted, just in case. The good news inside the game was that I’d already been to Gabe’s home base once. That meant I could fast-travel there with one click now. It cost me half my energy reserves, but that didn’t matter. I wasn’t there to play.

Click.

As soon as I landed outside the bunker, I took a quick look around to see if anything was different this time. I made sure to look up, too, like Dad told me to do in the street that night. But I didn’t see anything. No sign of any random players, and more important, no sign of Gabe. Not that I knew what to look for. He was already good at going unnoticed in real life. How hard would it be in a virtual world where he could make himself look like anything he wanted?

What really mattered right now was the fact that the clock was going tick-tick-tick-tick, and anyone might come looking for me at any second. I needed to get this done now. I didn’t even have time to text the squad and tell them to log in with me.

I went to the bunker door and slid open the panel Ruby had found. Then I touched the keypad inside to bring it into close-up.

I typed in Q-U-B-U-Q. Took a deep breath. And hit Enter.

Right away, the screen changed. I could see Cassius Play from behind now, standing in front of the bunker door as it slid open. Yes!

Just then, another big yell came from upstairs. It sounded like the Wildcats were turning that game around. I really hated missing it, but there was zero chance I could stop what I was doing right now.

I stepped through the doorway.

Inside the bunker, all I saw was something that looked like an old dusty storage unit. There were shipping containers, metal crates, and wooden boxes everywhere.

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