Echo Island by Jared C. Wilson

Author:Jared C. Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Fiction/Action & Adventure/Survival Stories
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2020-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Bradley was cleaning up the remains of his makeshift bar from the George family table.

Jason was staring at Beatrice. “Your dad is looking for you.”

“I would imagine so.”

“Why did you run away?”

Bradley interjected, “Man, leave her alone. People run away. Everybody’s got to do what they got to do.”

Jason waved his hand, as if wiping away Bradley’s interruption. “Should we . . . ?” He stopped.

“Should we what?” Beatrice asked.

“Should we be afraid? Of your dad.”

Beatrice said nothing.

Now even Bradley was staring at her, waiting for an answer.

Finally, she spoke. “I don’t know what he’ll do. He was very unnerved by everything. Started talking about the end of the world or a possible invasion. I had to get out of there. So yes. I’m afraid of him. You should be afraid of him.”

Bradley sat down. He was entirely sober now. “He’s got all the guns.”

Beatrice said, “What do you think you could do anyway?”

“I don’t know. But if he’s crazy and he’s armed to the teeth, it might be good to be able to protect ourselves, you know?”

Jason nodded. “He’s right.”

Beatrice shook her head. “No. I think we should get off the island.”

“Aren’t you listening?” said Bradley. “There’s no place to get to.”

“You don’t know that!”

“Hold up,” Jason said. “Let’s not start that again.”

Bradley looked up at him. “Man, we’ve got to find Tim and Archer. They’re out there with this crazy guy. We have to get them back here.”

“Maybe he caused this whole thing,” Jason said.

Beatrice cocked her head to the side. “How would that be possible?”

“I don’t know. How is any of this possible? If he’s so obsessed with end-of-the-world stuff, maybe he’s found some kind of device that short-circuits everything, or maybe he poisoned the water. There’s got to be a reason. Somebody did this.”

“My dad didn’t do it.”

“How do you know?”

“Because he’s not smart enough, for one thing. And for another, he’s just as shocked by it as you are.”

“We can’t just sit here,” Bradley said. “We’ve got to find Tim and Archer.”

Jason agreed. He was getting anxious now. He figured they could be in serious trouble.

“What does your dad look like?” Bradley asked Beatrice.

She looked into Bradley’s eyes. Would he even stand a chance? He did look strong. But strong enough?

“He’s big,” she said. “Bigger than life. It doesn’t look real, how big he is.”

“Supernaturally big. Got it.”

“Seriously. He’s probably six-foot-six. And like, big all around too.”

“Fat guy?”

“Not really. Just big.”

“Roger that. Tall, big guy.”

“I don’t think you should be taking this lightly.”

Jason said, “Bradley takes everything lightly.”

“Shut it, George.” Then, he looked back at Beatrice. “Very tall. Very big. That it?”

“He also has a bushy beard.”

“Okay.”

“And I’m telling you. He’s not someone to mess around with.”

“What’s the name of this guy I shouldn’t be messing around with?”

“Tereus.”

“Tereus,” Bradley said. “Never heard that one before.”

Jason added, “He’s got guns, Bradley.”

“Right, I know,” Bradley said. “We just want to find our friends. Then we can figure out what’s next. But we do it together. And I want to know who I’m looking out for if I happen to run into him.

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