Benjamin Forrest and the School at the End of the World by Chris Ward

Author:Chris Ward [Ward, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AMMFA Publishing
Published: 2017-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

27

Rescue Plans

‘You don’t have to worry about Godfrey,’ Moto said. ‘We are quite well in control of who comes down here and who doesn’t. He will find the floor free of any secret doors, and your disappearance will be a mystery.’

‘There’s so much I don’t understand. Why are all these rooms shut off? There must be more rooms here than in the rest of the school.’

Moto’s head-wheel spun, his jaw sliding from side to side in what Benjamin assumed was a gesture of amusement. ‘More years ago than most can remember, this school was founded by men seeking to create a safe haven for those unfortunates who found themselves marooned here, to nurture and protect them from the ghouls, and worse. This they did to a certain level of success, but there were never enough of them to control as they would like. As always, when humans are involved, wars were fought, alliances formed and broken. Over time, a general truce was struck that survives to this day. We allow them their section of the school, and in turn, they allow us ours.’

‘The teachers know you’re here?’

Moto’s head spun again. ‘Of course. Though perhaps those who command here now are a little unfamiliar with us as a whole. We, of course, have the capacity to far outlive them, and quite possibly the world itself, although no one can be sure yet, for obvious reasons.’

Benjamin’s head spun worse than Moto’s front wheel in his expression of a nod. ‘I don’t understand anything about this place,’ he said. ‘All I know is that I’m here, and that back in England something has happened to my brother.’

‘Your brother? How would you know?’

Benjamin explained about the phone call, and Moto’s eyes flashed with surprise.

‘Well, I’ve never heard anything like that before. Have you spoken to the headmaster about all of this? He alone may have the answers. He is not … how could I say … like other humans.’

Benjamin shook his head. ‘He’s gone to somewhere called the High Mountains on a consultation mission and he’s not back yet.’

Moto did his unique spinning nod again. ‘He has gone to seek the Dark Man. Perhaps there is trouble brewing. If he has not returned, that bodes badly for all of us.’

‘Can you help me find him?’

Moto’s jaw clacked. ‘You propose something of great danger. The Dark Man commands all that is evil in Endinfinium—the ghouls, and worse.’

‘This man may have done something to the Grand Lord?’

‘I did not say it was a man. I am unsure what, if anything, he really is. Perhaps he is no more than thought, but he commands all of the world’s evil, and he seeks to claim Endinfinium for himself.’

‘How?’

‘By destroying all that has been built, and polluting all that can’t be destroyed.’

‘That’s insane. It also makes no sense.’

‘Quite. It is no more than a story. No one I have ever met has ever seen the Dark Man, so his existence is believed by many to be no more than a myth.

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