Space Runners #1 by Jeramey Kraatz

Author:Jeramey Kraatz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

16.

The days at the Taj continued to be packed with activities, each one holding more unexpected wonders. Benny explored craters in automated Space Runners, was shot a thousand feet into the air via reverse bungee jumping, and ate what felt like more food than he’d had in his entire life combined. Between activities, he played around with his new hologram bracelet and showed it off to Drue, which meant that pretty soon everyone knew about it.

At night he slept deeply, soundly. If there were more vibrations in the early morning hours, he didn’t feel them. If anything, he felt like he could use more sleep.

It was a few days after the giant robot fight that he finally got some downtime.

“Today was supposed to be our group’s turn to observe Elijah as he demonstrated his driving abilities,” Ricardo said to the Mustangs gathered in the common room. “But unfortunately he’s unavailable at the moment. Something important came up that he must attend to.”

A wave of disappointed sighs swept over the room.

Ricardo raised his hands in the air. “Don’t worry. I promise you’ll get the chance to see Elijah in action in the upcoming days. For now, take the morning off. We’ll reconvene at lunch. Enjoy the entertainment in your rooms. Watch for shooting stars in the Grand Dome. Nap if you like. If you need anything, just ask Pinky.”

Most of the kids followed Ricardo out, but Jasmine motioned for Benny and Hot Dog to stay behind. Naturally, Drue stuck to their side.

“So,” Jasmine said once the other Mustangs had left the room, “I was wondering . . . We’ve been so busy these last few days, and I know Elijah said he was handling this but . . .” She trailed off as she reached into her pocket and pulled out the asteroid sample that had been left in the bottom of Hot Dog’s bag. “I still want to get this analyzed. Just to see what it’s made of.”

“Uh, yeah,” Hot Dog said. “Let’s figure out what almost blew me up.”

Benny had actually kind of forgotten about the strange rock since asking Ricardo about it. He’d been so preoccupied, and had been considering testing out his holographic bracelet’s capabilities a little more during their unexpected free morning. But Jasmine was right. This was the perfect time to push this whole asteroid thing out of his mind once and for all. Afterward, none of them would have to give it a second thought.

Besides, he had told her they’d figure this out.

“I’d be down with that,” he said.

Drue sighed. “Guys, we could be doing literally anything else on the Moon other than playing space detectives.”

“You don’t have to come with us,” Hot Dog said.

Drue scrunched his face. “Are you kidding? I’m not gonna get left out if this actually ends up being interesting.” He shrugged, warming up to the idea. “Plus, we’re going to have to find a lab or something, right? I bet there’s all kinds of cool equipment.”

“Right,” Jasmine said. “I know there are some research departments around here somewhere.

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