Lost in Space--Infinity's Edge by Kevin Emerson

Author:Kevin Emerson [EMERSON, KEVIN]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2020-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

I dunked under, and the world became a blur of purples and blacks. My suit was freaking out, alarms sounding on every panel. Water bubbles sloshed around the outside of my helmet. I kicked and thrust my arms and burst back to the surface, but that didn’t stop the suit warnings. I had maybe a minute at best to get myself up onto dry land—

But I could already see that was going to be a problem. The current had pulled me around the side of the Serpent’s head. I thrashed toward the rock, but I couldn’t fight it. For just a second, I thought I felt the side of the sandbar beneath my furiously kicking feet, but then it was gone. I was being swept away from the Serpent’s head, away from our island chain and out to sea, and as soon as my muscles tired, the weight of my suit was going to pull me under.…

Just then, I heard a humming sound on the wind. It was hard to place at first—it sounded electric—now a glint of light.

There was the chariot, churning its way across the twisting Serpent’s back, wheels spraying water. It skidded to a stop at a cockeyed angle. The door flew open and a helmeted figure popped out. Penny!

“Need a ride?” She leaped up to the rock, holding a grappling gun.

“Hey!” I shouted, trying to wave my arm, but that just made me dunk under again. I pushed back to the surface and there was a crack and the magnetized dart on the end of the grappling rope whizzed by my head. I grabbed the line from the water, dragged the dart toward me, and stuck it to my belt. Penny retracted the line, pulling me to the rock, and I clambered up and onto dry land.

“Jeez, that was close,” said Penny, helping me to my feet. “Just think what would have happened if I hadn’t come along!” She clapped me on the back, smiling.

“I would have died,” I said breathlessly.

Penny’s face fell. “True. I guess that’s a little more serious than I’m making it sound. In that case”—she slapped my shoulder—“what were you thinking?!”

“I lost track of time, I—thanks for coming.”

“Well, don’t thank me yet,” said Penny, looking over her shoulder at the rising tide between us and the Jupiter. She detached the dart from my belt and hurried back to the driver’s door. “Get in!”

Penny peeled out before I’d even buckled in, and we careened along the Serpent’s back. The chariot was wider than the twisting sandbar, and we ended up driving at a steep angle, which threw me against the door. I looked out the side window; the right two wheels of the chariot were totally submerged, the waves lapping at the step just below the door. The chariot’s engine revved, and I could feel the tires slipping as we churned along.

“Think this thing has a submarine mode?” Penny asked, gripping the wheel.

“No,” I said queasily.

She sighed. “Where’s James Bond when you need

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