Secret of Mars: The Chronicles of Tom Stinson, Book 1 by Eric Johnson

Author:Eric Johnson [Johnson, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-11T22:00:00+00:00

Destructively Yes

The steady drone of machinery wound down and stopped. The spider-crabs skittered away and the lights went out. They froze in the total darkness.

Winston cried out in a strained voice. “What’s happening?”

Suddenly, the floor began to vibrate and shake and they were pulled to the ground. First to their knees and then pinned flat to the floor. The pressure made it difficult to speak and they fought to breathe.

In the pitch black they had no concept of time, but after what felt like an eternity the pressure stopped and the lights came back on. They rose up and floated in the air. They tried to grab hold of anything they could to steady themselves, but with nothing to exert force on they were unable to move.

“There’s no gravity,” Emmett said.

The strange fruit floated with them. Anidea swung her arms to bat them away. She managed to hit one but the force she exerted hitting it was enough to spin her head over heels. “Stop me.”

A booming metal on metal sound echoed, like a door being slammed shut in an empty warehouse, and gravity returned. They fell to the floor with a thud and the strange fruit landed all around them.

“Ow, my head,” Winston groaned.

Anidea stood up. Spider-crabs emerged from slots in the ceiling. She danced around trying to dodge them as they scurried past her, picking up the loose fruit that had fallen from the conveyor belt. “What happened?”

“We took off,” Emmett said.

“Took off?”

“Into space. This is a spaceship, right? I feel lighter.”

“We can’t be in space?” Anidea pulled a pack of gum from her pocket. “Anyone want gum? That's what you do on flights to help your ears.”

“What do we do now?” Winston said. “There’s no way we can get off if we’re in space.”

Tom stood up, putting his hands on his hips. “Being in space changes nothing, we stick to the plan.”

Anidea kicked a spider-crab. It flew into the wall, snapping a leg off. “If we're in space, what plan do we have?”

Tom’s face soured. “Stop the aliens.”

“Wait,” Emmett cried, as Tom turned and took a step toward the door. He rose up and he hit his head on the bottom of the conveyor belt before coming back down. “We’re in space and gravity is different.”

“That almost looked like the video of the astronauts walking on the moon,” Emmett continued, “but the gravity isn’t as light. My guess is that it is around three quarters of earth normal gravity. The diminished gravity makes us 25% lighter.”

“How would you know that?” Anidea asked.

“Duh, seriously,” Emmett replied, rolling his eyes at her.

“He went to space science camp last summer,” Winston spoke up, “I did little league.”

“Space camp?” Tom gaped, “If you’re smart enough for space camp what were you doing in summer school?”

Sullenly Emmett replied, “I missed school. So, I signed up and went.”

Tom found moving with les effort exhilarating. “You’re one messed up kid,” he said, and bounded out the door.

“Maybe the lizardmen need lighter gravity,” Emmett said. “and that was why we didn’t see them moving around the halls when we were on Earth.

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