Legacy by Cifford Riley

Author:Cifford Riley [Riley, Cifford]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-12-25T05:00:00+00:00

Two faceless, black-clad figures stalked back along the side street, methodically searching the area. They kicked over every trash can, crumpled every box, checked every doorway, and smashed in every window. They moved with ruthless precision. The chase had gone on long enough.

Halfway down the street, one of the figures stopped in place, and motioned for the other to be quiet. His partner slowly lowered the recycling bin he’d been looking under.

There. Yes. Definitely the sound of whispering. He moved, slowly and silently, to the corner of a side street. Peering around, he spotted a shadow hidden behind a bit of dilapidated wooden fencing. A long section of tarp hung out from behind the fence. The Cahill brats were clearly trying to hide under the tarp.

The man and his partner sneaked up very slowly to the fence, treading carefully once they were on the tarp. Turning, the man nodded to his partner, who nodded back. They lunged around the fence.

There stood Dan alone, with a ninja mask pulled over his face. Fifteen hissing bottle rockets were pointed right at them.

“Screaming bottle of death-jutsu!” Dan yelled.

The rockets exploded into the air just as the men turned to run. Behind them, Amy burst out from under a section of tarp. She made a noise that was part battle cry and part scream of terror, and pulled hard on it.

Amy was no Wonder Woman, but the men’s panic and the slick, snow-covered surface of the tarp were enough. The two kidnappers fell on top of each other, under a shower of fireworks. Amy threw the tarp over the kidnappers. Dan lit the bottle rocket daisy chain and tossed it in after them, then tied the ends of the tarp in a quick, messy knot. Inside, there was a series of screeches and cracks, and the kidnappers started shrieking.

Amy grabbed Dan’s hand and ran.

“That whole thing would have been much cooler in my ninja costume,” Dan puffed.

“No, it wouldn’t,” said Amy. She rounded the corner that led back the way they came, in toward town.

And slammed right into the third kidnapper.

Things seemed to happen in slow motion. Both Amy and the kidnapper were knocked back. Dan let go of Amy’s hand, and before he even realized what he was doing he charged forward, pushing the off-balance figure with all his strength.

Somehow the shove worked, and the man fell over into the snow. Dan grabbed Amy, pulling her back into a run.

But the kidnapper was up fast, and chasing them down. Looking back, Amy realized that he was gaining on them with incredible speed, even in the snow. His shining, blank visor gave no clue as to the person inside, but he was close enough that Amy could see herself reflected in the helmet, running, her face a contorted mask of fear. In the quiet of the snowy street, Amy could hear the man’s heavy, growling breaths under his helmet as he ran.

Then he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a gleaming steel knife.

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