ScareScapes Book One: Phantom Limbs! by Bible Jake

Author:Bible, Jake [Bible, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: scary stories, kids nightmares, space action adventure, scifi for kids, children science fiction, middle grade horror, kids space stories, middle grade chapter book, cyber kids, children horror
Publisher: Permuted Press
Published: 2015-05-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“Another dead end,” I snap, exasperated. “How are the walls moving?”

“Dead end?” Bessie asks, pushing past me and Felix. She kneels next to the wall that blocks our way and laughs. “The walls aren’t moving. This is a bulkhead.”

“Oh,” I say. “That makes more sense.”

“You thought the walls were moving?” Bessie grins. “Cute.”

“I forgot there were bulkheads that can be locked into place in case of an atmospheric breach,” I say. “Cut me some slack. It’s been a weird day.”

“According to the dome it’s night now,” Felix says.

“Hey, I don’t need lip from you too,” I say. “Back me up here.”

“Relax, Captain.” Bessie smiles. “We all have off days. Or nights. Whatever.”

She walks back to the last junction.

“This leads to the galley, doesn’t it?” she asks.

“Yeah,” Felix says.

“Is this what happened before?” she asks. “You were herded in one direction?”

“I wouldn’t say we were herded,” I reply then pause. “Okay, yeah, you’re right. We were herded.”

“So why send us back to the galley?” Bessie asks. “Doesn’t make sense.”

“I want to know how the loader bots moved around so fast,” Felix says.

“Because they’re huge,” I say.

“But not fast,” Felix says. “Or we would have been caught.” He taps my leg. “Even with those sticks of yours.”

“Finally took them for a real test drive?” Bessie asks.

“Kinda had to,” I reply.

“And?”

I shrug. “It was scary as fruit.” Then I smile. “But fun.”

“Good for you,” Bessie says, surprising both me and Felix. She sees the looks on our faces. “What?”

“Was that a compliment?” Felix asks. “Did you just compliment Izzy?”

“No.” Bessie frowns. “Shut up.”

“We’re wasting time,” I say, giving Bessie a smirk. She just frowns deeper. “If we’re supposed to go to the galley then that’s where we’ll go.”

We walk past all the damage the loader bot caused in the passageway; holes in the floor, gouges from the tracks, warped corners. Bessie has to struggle to keep her jaw from hanging open.

“This is nuts,” she says.

“Yeah,” I reply.

A few more turns and we are at the mess hall.

It’s a wreck.

“Fruit,” Bessie says. “I’m surprised you got away.”

“Me too,” I say. “It wasn’t fun.”

We stand there, waiting.

“You first,” Bessie says.

“Thanks,” I say and walk into the mess hall.

Half the tables are flattened, crushed from the weight of the loader bot. The floor is mangled from the loader’s tracks and I follow the trail back to the galley. When I reach what used to be the galley doors, I stop and whistle at what’s in front of me.

“Well, I guess we know how the loaders are getting around,” I say and look over my shoulder. Bessie and Felix are still all the way back at the mess hall doors. “Hey! Come on!”

They reluctantly walk over to where I’m standing. I point into the galley at the huge hatch that sits open. The track gouges lead right to it. Or away from it since the loader came up out of the hatch on its way to chase the living fruit out of us.

“Where does it go?” Felix asks, his curiosity beating his fear as he squats next to the opening.

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