Legends of Funland by Melanie Florence

Author:Melanie Florence [Florence, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2022-07-05T20:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The guard’s flashlight appeared again right below Buddy. He flinched, then remembered where he was. The light was pretty unlikely to reach this high. He had hoped the guard would keep going, but he seemed to have realized that whatever (or whoever) he was chasing had stopped somewhere.

Buddy watched as the guard swung his light back and forth.

“Control? I lost whatever it was. Must have been a dog or a fox or something. Do you see anything?”

“We missed it. The cameras were playing a recording. Must be a glitch.”

Oh crap. This was bad.

“Did you get it fixed?”

“Affirmative. We’ve got you over by the Death Drop.”

“Copy. I’m heading back in.”

“We’ve got something over by the south fence line. Can you check it out on your way back? Looks like there might be someone over there.”

“Copy that. I’m on my way.”

Buddy watched the light bob away from him as the guard jogged toward what presumably was the south fence line. Whatever that was. If the guards had the cameras back up and had seen someone, he needed to warn Steph and Jimmy.

He fished his phone out of his pocket. With the ringer turned off, he hadn’t noticed Ryan blowing it up. He ignored the texts from his brother and typed a message to Jimmy and Steph.

Where are you? Cameras working again.

He waited, heart pounding. Steph replied.

Carousel

Jimmy too?

Yeah. You ok?

Yeah. Meet you there.

Wait. If Jimmy and Steph were both at the carousel…who was at the south fence line?

Buddy looked at his phone again. He read all the messages from Ryan.

Buddy, where are you?

Look, I’m sorry, ok?

I didn’t mean what I said.

Will you answer me please?

OMG what are you doing at Funland?

I’m coming. Stay there.

Buddy’s heart was beating out of his chest. How did his brother know where he was?

Ry? Don’t come.

No reply.

Seriously. I’m ok.

Buddy had to get back to Jimmy and Steph. From this high up it was easy to spot the carousel. He could get to it, and they could get out of the park while the guards were over by the south fence line. He started back down the track, which was a lot scarier than going up. He had to concentrate on where he put his feet, even with the handrail. And honestly, it was a lot steeper than he had realized. His feet finally touched the ground, and he turned toward the carousel, ready to make a break for it. If he stuck to the shadows, he could stay out of sight of the cameras. As he glanced in the direction the guard had taken, he suddenly realized how Ryan had figured out where he was.

The app his mother had made them all download so they’d be able to track each other.

Ryan had checked the app.

Buddy had a sudden, horrifying thought.

What if…no. No way.

Buddy opened the app and waited for it to load Ryan’s location.

Oh. No.

Thoughts of meeting up with his friends at the carousel vanished. Buddy took off for the location marked by a blinking dot on his phone.

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