Feeling the Vibes by Annie Dalton

Author:Annie Dalton [Dalton, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lazy Chair Press
Published: 2013-07-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

It had seemed like such a simple mission. Take a child bodhisattva to India, hand him over to the monks, go back home.

I’d forgotten that nothing on Planet Earth is ever simple.

“It’s my fault,” I said miserably as Brice wearily led us back to the time tunnels. “I was interrogating him like a cop.”

“It’s not your fault,” Reubs contradicted.

Brice agreed. “Now he’s unplugged from the time grid, I don’t think anything seems quite real to our little Obi Wan now except his feelings, which feel like, gigantic. That’s what Florentina said. She said it felt like she was one massive nerve-ending flitting through a world of dreams.”

This made sense. In dreams the least little thing can knock you off balance, even just being asked a question you can’t answer.

Knowing this made me feel less like a complete loser, but I really wasn’t looking forward to going back into the time tunnels.

Even supposing that the wrong thing is sometimes the only thing, using them twice seemed like pushing it.

Though they acted super-casual, the boys seemed equally uneasy.

Outside the familiar flashing curtain I took a breath and silently hooked up with my inner angel. “Helix, I’m so sorry, we lost him again.”

But she was unflappable as always. No probs, we’ll sort it this time.

Helix seemed so sure of herself, my heart leaped. “You can really stop him time-hopping?”

‘Fraid not, sweetie, but we can make it so you stick with him whatever. He’s seriously confused now, OK, so no matter what happens in the tunnels, stay v. focused.

No matter what happens. Helix was warning me to be prepared.

I felt them as soon as we were inside. Unlike Brice I don’t have Dark Radar, but the not-quite-there images boiling at the edges of my vision added to the sickening impression that my worst nightmare was due to materialise at any moment.

Sing! Helix commanded.

I’m sorry, I just thought she was losing it.

“Helix, I am sharing a cosmic anomaly with the forces of evil. Strange as it may seem, I am not in a singing mood!”

Sing your theme song, Helix insisted. Just sing it inside your head if that makes you feel better.

“Oh, sorry, now I get you!”

Helix wasn’t losing it. As usual she was totally on the ball. Reuben’s anthem “You’re not Alone” always sends my vibes irresistibly soaring, basically making it impossible for PODS to stay in our vicinity.

I took Helix’s advice and sang privately inside my head. This probably sounds super vain, but I sound like a frog when I sing and I wasn’t giving my cosmic enemies the satisfaction.

As I sang, I found myself picturing Obi and Reuben in the time portal, heads close together, singing their hearts out, as the shimmery silvery rivers of Time and Space swirled past.

I didn’t even notice when the PODS evaporated. I just went on singing and thinking of Obi.

Three, two, one, jump!

We were in an empty street at night, so narrow it was barely wide enough to cycle down. On either side loomed tall

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