James Munkers by Lindsey Little

Author:Lindsey Little
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: supernatural, fantasy, junior fiction, bullying, Australian fiction, Australian juvenile fiction
Publisher: IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd)
Published: 2014-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven: Superheroes in Training

As soon as it’s light enough to see I creep to the kitchen, leave a note saying I’m spending the day with Pippa, and let myself out the back door. I hurry through the woods, stumbling over every branch in the gloom and jumping at every sound, until Will’s house comes into view. My knock at the door starts up a rousing bark from inside.

‘Shut it, Gwen,’ I hear Will’s voice. He named his vicious Alsatian Gwen? He opens the door, pulling a T-shirt over his head, and looks at me in exasperation. ‘Bit early for house calls, isn’t it?’ he says pointedly.

‘I’m training with Pippa today,’ I explain, hopping about on his doorstep to keep warm.

‘Well, she’s not here yet.’

‘Oh.’ Hop hop hop. ‘Can I come in?’

He gives me a withering look but holds the door wider. I sidle in and skirt round the dog. Nice Gwen, don’t bite my hand off. Will leads me into the kitchen. ‘Do you want some tea?’ he asks.

‘Oh, no. No thank you. I don’t need anything. I’ve got to relax, Pippa said to relax, on the phone last night she said to relax, and tea would just be… Tea would be lovely, thank you. Nice.’

Will watches me jitter about his kitchen, then pulls out a chair for me. ‘I’ve got decaf,’ he says, flipping the kettle on.

I feel better once I’m sitting down with a steaming mug in my hands, although my right leg is still bouncing up and down like a ping-pong ball. ‘So, what’s the best way of using the power in a calm way?’ I ask Will.

He shrugs. ‘No point asking me. I used to be a Hoarder. We’re all about the smash and bash – never worried too much about control. That’s what makes us so wasteful of the power.’

‘Is that why the energy in the Thirteenth Dimension is disappearing?’

‘That’s a big chunk of it, yes.’

‘Then why don’t the Guardians just explain to the Hoarders about having to save the energy?’ I ask.

Will snorts. ‘You’ve never been in a war, have you, peaches? Communication and trust aren’t high on either side’s agenda. The Hoarders won’t listen to the Guardians, and they wouldn’t believe them even if they did listen. If the Guardians told them to stop using energy right in the middle of the war, that’s like asking them to disarm their nuclear weapons. They’d just think it was a trick to sap their strength.’

‘But you believe them?’ I ask.

‘I do now, yes.’

‘Is that why you’re not a Hoarder anymore?’

He takes a long drink of his coffee. ‘No,’ he says eventually. ‘I only found out about that later. I’m not a Hoarder anymore because I was defeated by one of the most powerful Guardians to come to this dimension. I was stripped of my powers, my connection to the Thirteenth severed, and exiled to this dump. Cursed for all eternity to help those who brought about my downfall.’

‘Cursed to save the world,’ I say, swilling my tea around my mug.

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